Trying to copy Video DVD, get cdr disc image but it burns as two folders VideoTS and AudioTS
Using Sequoia on iMac
iMac 21.5″, macOS 15.7
Is this a commercial Video DVD or one that you created?
Where are you trying to copy it to?
If you're wanting to be able to run the Video DVD on your Mac you need to create a .dmg file of the Video DVD disk with Disk Utility.
Then open the .dmg file, launch DVD Player and play the Video DVD.
If those are the exact names you're getting of the folders on the source disk, it's wrong. They must be VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS.
These are the only folder names a set-top player will recognize.
Other note. AUDIO_TS hasn't been used for years. You will almost always find this one to be empty as the video and audio has combined for a long time. But, the AUDIO_TS folder is still created for backward compatibility. Otherwise, really old players won't play the disk if that folder is missing.
Thank you very much for this advice - I’ve been away and I missed it.
It’s a home-made Video and I’m trying to copy it onto a blank DVD disc which will play either on a computer or an ordinary DVD Player.
I guess creating a dmg file rather than a cdr file as you suggest will almost certainly work - it sounds just right! Unfortunately in my enthusiasm to try it, I have upset my external disk drive. I just inserted the DVD I want to copy into the drive, which took it in, but keeps trying unsuccessfully to read it: it starts two make a reading sound for a few seconds, then stops and tries again in a few more seconds - as if it was coughing! As you would expect, it doesn’t show up in the finder side-bar - but I can’t get it out: The eject button at top right of the keyboard has no effect, nor does restarting, nor shutting down the computer manually and restarting or unplugging the disk drive and reconnecting it. Looking at this on the web, it looks as if I will have to try a command to Terminal (which I’ve never used before and therefore makes me nervous!) and failing that a rather risky manual eject. I’ll try those unless you have a better idea.
(Unfortunately there will be another short delay as I’m going away for Christmas - but only a few days)
Thanks again.
To me it is looking like the drive mechanism is failing. Most optical drives have a small hole on the front and you can use a straightened paperclip pushed firmly into the hole to force open the drive door to at least recover the disc. Optical drives don't last forever.
Thank you. My optical drive came from the AppleStore with my iMac, but it doesn't seem to have any small hole at the front (or elsewhere) into which I could push a pin. I'll have a go at the message to Terminal when I get back from my Christmas break. If that doesn't work maybe I have to smash it open to get the disk out, but it looks a pretty well-made and well-sealed unit.
Squeezeman wrote:
Thank you. My optical drive came from the AppleStore with my iMac, but it doesn't seem to have any small hole at the front (or elsewhere) into which I could push a pin.
Uh, Apple hasn't included optical drives with any Mac in many years. I don't have the time to double check all your specifications but I would be greatly surprised if any Mac capable of running macOS 15.7 had a built-in optical drive. My last Mac with an optical drive was a 2006 iMac and I seem to remember there was a force eject button or hole on it.
Sequoia, adding an eject button to the menu at the top:
On your main hard drive, dig down into System > Library > CoreServices > Menu Extras. Inside that window, double-click on the icon called Eject.menu.
That's standard structure for video DVDs
Video DVD burns as VideoTS and AudioTS
