DVD Duplication Information

i dont know now how to burn multiple episodes with menu etc into one dvd and what to use. i also get a bit confused with the conversion as it sometimes makes more than one .vob file which seems like duplication, why is this and which one do i use? i use convertxtoDVD as the conversion method

Hi OJ.

Well, you've raised several issues in your question, but I'll only address a couple (I never used convertxtodvd..but I've heard good things about it).

1. Although I'm sure (well, I'm guessing) convertxtodvd generated the correct files, I believe it is also supposed to have a burning utility as well…so you shouldn't need a 2nd program. Those .ifo, .bup and .vob files are all part of a dvd but need to be burned on a dvd blank in a certain disk format (specifically, dvd Video) in order for them to play back on a standalone dvd player.

2. I don't know why, but for dvds, the .vob chunks are typically about a gig each and I'm guessing 1 gig=30 mins under the standard encoding rate, meaning two hours of content will be about 4 gigs..roughly the size of a standard non-dual dvd blank. Whether the content is one long, consistent movie or several shorter vignettes, each plays back appropriately because the entire disk structure is governed by the other files (.ifo, .bup), which contain navigational and other information.

So, in anwer to "it sometimes makes more than one .vob file which seems like duplication, why is this and which one do i use?" I'd say use ALL of them (or more to the point, convertxtodvd should use all of them).

And, 10 points or not, that's about as far as I can take you. Good luck!