Thread: HELP: Writing 2 movies in single DVD disk.

frds,
i want to write 2 movies into single DVD disk.
below is my movie details.
please help me.. im using nero..

movie 1
VTS_01_1.VOB 1,073,739,776
VTS_01_2.VOB 501,172,224
VIDEO_TS.BUP 6,144
VIDEO_TS.IFO 6,144
VTS_01_0.BUP 92,160
VTS_01_0.IFO 92,160

movie 2
VIDEO_TS.BUP 18,432
VIDEO_TS.IFO 18,432
VIDEO_TS.VOB 57,344
VTS_01_0.BUP 18,432
VTS_01_0.IFO 18,432
VTS_01_0.VOB 8,192
VTS_01_1.VOB 41,842,688
VTS_02_0.BUP 18,432
VTS_02_0.IFO 18,432
VTS_02_0.VOB 20,971,520
VTS_02_1.VOB 8,192
VTS_03_0.BUP 55,296
VTS_03_0.IFO 55,296
VTS_03_0.VOB 47,484,928
VTS_03_1.VOB 1,073,709,056
VTS_03_2.VOB 1,073,709,056
VTS_03_3.VOB 1,073,709,056
VTS_03_4.VOB 110,211,072

I dont clearly understand your query. You have these movies in your pc and want to write it into dvd or what. If that is the case use nero to write these files as data dvd and it will work, i have tried it.

I understand the question. Aruncse30 wants to write 2 movies to one DVD but both movies should be playable in a DVD player (either in PC or standalone). A movie DVD has a folder called VIDEO_TS. The player looks for this folder and from that folder it reads the file VIDEO_TS.IFO. This IFO file tells the player the entry point, root menu, sub-menus, chapters, etc.

If there are two movies there will be two such folders (VIDEO_TS) and two such files (VIDEO_TS.IFO) as can be seen above. This obviously is not possible normally. If the two movies are just copied/burned using Nero, etc. it will make a data DVD and not a movie DVD.

However, it is possible to have multiple movies on the same disk. There are freeware programs such as IFOEDIT that can achieve this. However IFOEDIT is not very simple to use and is verrrrrrrrrry technical. The other option is a shareware program called TMPG DVD Author.

@aruncse30, Hi pal, sometime ago I had requested you to look at this site: VideoHelp.com - Forum, Guides, Tools and hardware lists. This site is a warehouse of info on video. You will find many solutions here.

Also I did not do a sum of the bytes of the two movies you mentioned above. Will they fit into one DVD (4.7GB)? Else you may have to go in for DVD-DL (9.4 GB)

Hi, I have a 8 GB .mkv movie file, and I am stuck with it. I found a splitter on the net called mkvmerge, and I split the files into two pieces. But suppose I want to write the whole movie on one DVD, are there any higher capacity DVDs available, the 9 GB ones I think, which are not double layer (bcoz I think my DVD writer won't play/record double layer). What is the cost of such DVDs, is it around 250 rs, as a friend of mine told me? Then it would be cheaper to burn two DVDs at rs 15 each.
And since I am asking this, how do I burn the movie so that I can watch it on my DVD player. The file is .mkv; do DVD players detect it? I burned the first part of the movie (4 GB) onto a DVD as data disk, and tried it on the DVD player, and it said unknown format.
Now I am sitting with that movie taking up so much of my HD space.

I do not think standalone DVD player will play .mkv file. But here are two links that may serve you better:

1. AfterDawn.com: Guides: How to play MKV files
2. how do i burn a .mkv file to DVD?

i have divx and avi movie files on hard disk... if i dump it on a dvd ( data -dvd thru Nero ) can it run and on DVD player with DivX support.....
because it not playing on regular DVD player....

Originally Posted by ranjitraut

i have divx and avi movie files on hard disk... if i dump it on a dvd ( data -dvd thru Nero ) can it run and on DVD player with DivX support.....
because it not playing on regular DVD player....

yes u can.. im using in that way only.
I have k750 sony divx home theater.. and it plays well...

@aruncse30
thanks for the info....