Burning A DVD From A VIDEO_TS Folder On A Mac
July 17th, 2007
I have a damaged DVD that skips badly and is unwatchable when played on a normal DVD player. I ripped it on the Mac (using Mac The Ripper - great program!), and the resulting VIDEO_TS folder seems to play back fine using DVD Player in OS X.
However, I wanted to be able to play it on a normal DVD player again.
One option would be to convert it to an MPG or AVI using something like Handbrake, and then use iDVD to burn a DVD from that. It takes some time to convert and render a DVD, though, and you’d lose some quality.
Then I found this method to turn a VIDEO_TS folder into an ISO image. At the command line, type:
hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name DVD_NAME -o DVD_NAME.iso /VIDEO_TS/parent/folder
Make sure that final path is the path to the folder where VIDEO_TS can be found, not the path to the actual VIDEO_TS folder itself.
It takes a little time, but you get an ISO image out. You can then burn this using Disk Utility, and you’ll get a ‘real’ DVD!
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7 Comments Add your own
1. Imran Anwar | October 13th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I did not have any luck getting my DVD’s VIEDO_TOS folder 6.5GB compressed to be able to fit a standard DVD disc.
Imran
2. Darren | October 19th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
Imran, this doesn’t compress or anything. It just turns a VIDEO_TS folder into an ISO image. Whether or not that ISO image fits onto a single-layer DVD is a separate issue.
3. robbISanoob | January 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Every site or forum i read mentions entering a command… anychance u could tell me where i enter this so called “command” thanks a billion.
4. Shaun | January 16th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
This is great! I was searching around for hours for anything that would allow me to recreate a DVD that would not play in DVD players (due to a worn surface). MTR ripped it fine, but I was stuck on how to get it back on a DVD without spending $50-$100. You tha man!
5. Darren | January 17th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
To get to the command line, find and run an application called Terminal (should be in your Applications folder). That’s the command line!
6. Michiel | July 31st, 2008 at 2:22 am
everything worked fine, but when i inserted it in my dvd player it didnt work…
Any idea?
7. Darren | July 31st, 2008 at 9:54 pm
I’m not sure. It could be the type of DVD - some players don’t like DVD-Rs, some don’t like DVD+Rs, some don’t like RWs, some just don’t like particular brands.
I’ve also found with CDs (not sure if it’s the same with DVDs) that I have more luck with cross-player compatibility if I burn them slower. The faster the burn speed, the less time the laser spends burning each ‘dot’, and the less well-formed it is.
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