Need some help please.(Backup help)

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  • jaycute
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    • Feb 2004
    • 63

    Need some help please.(Backup help)

    Can someone tell me what steps should I take to ensure that my stand-alone player will play my backup dvds? I have a yamasaki player, which has played backups before but they were backups I borrowed so I don’t know the software that created them. Right now I have dvd shrink and clonedvd2 and I am about to purchase a dvd burner so I just want to cover all the bases. I also tried this: I made a copy of Crouching Tiger with both shrink and clone2 however I used vobsplitter to split the main movie vobs to just small parts so that I could put all files on a cd-rw to test. I placed the AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS folder containing the files on the cd-rw. When I check it in my computer it read it like a DVD, however my stand-alone player said UNKNOWN DISK. But it reads cd-rw disks. Can anyone tell me why did that happen because I am really worried know that when I make backups with shrink or clone my stand-alone will not play them.

    Thank you.
  • setarip
    Retired
    • Dec 2001
    • 24955

    #2
    "Can anyone tell me why did that happen"

    Because very few standalone DVD players can play DVD files from a CD...


    To determine the capabilities/limitations of your specific brand and model of standalone DVD player, as well as media compatibility, go to:

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    • jaycute
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      • Feb 2004
      • 63

      #3
      thanks alot.

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      • jaycute
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        • Feb 2004
        • 63

        #4
        since it has played DVD-Rs before will it play them regardless of the software I use to back-up?

        Thanks.

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        • sfheath
          Lord of Digital Video
          Lord of Digital Video
          • Sep 2003
          • 2399

          #5
          providing the software produces a DVD-compliant disk with the VIDEO_TS folder containing your files and an empty AUDIO_TS folder and the brand of media works with your player (see Setarip's link) you should be ok.
          This isn't a learning curve ... this is b****y mountaineering!

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          • jaycute
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            • Feb 2004
            • 63

            #6
            thanks alot.

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            • sfheath
              Lord of Digital Video
              Lord of Digital Video
              • Sep 2003
              • 2399

              #7
              Originally posted by jaycute
              thanks alot.
              Our pleasure
              This isn't a learning curve ... this is b****y mountaineering!

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              • jaycute
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                • Feb 2004
                • 63

                #8
                Bought the liteon 451s use it in conjunction with clonedvd2 and nero6.3 only burnt one dvd but it worked flawlessly.

                Thanks for the help.

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                • setarip
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                  • Dec 2001
                  • 24955

                  #9
                  "Thanks for the help."

                  My (Our) pleasure ;>}

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