Confused about dual layer disk burning.......

Hello,
I'm attempting to burng "mystic river". It says on the back of mystic river that it is dual layer. I've tried twice burning and both times made coasters for myself. I used dvdshrink to back it up on my harddrive. I used Cdburner XP pro both times to burn it. The burn process completes successfully each time, but when I open the disk on my dvd rom drive or on my dvd player it gets an error on the player and just opens a folder on the computer and wont open in the dvd rom player. Help before i make a third coaster

 

hello zosohick1,

Is this program able to burn [bold]DVDs[/bold]

U can try IMGburn(Free) to burn a dvd http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download
What type of file is the Backup?
ISO or Video_TS folder?

 

thanks for the reply

its a video_ts folder....

the site i downloaded it from said it was capable to make dvds..

i have a rather naive question since i asked my first....do i need a "dual layer" blank dvd and "dual layer" dvd writer to make this from? i know the cd is "single" and im not sure about the writer...

 

Use this guide to burn the Video_Ts folder with ImgBurn
http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1779

No u do not need a DL disk to burn an original DL movie, thats what dvd shrink is for, to make the DL movie fit to a SL(4.7g) disk,

Now to burn a DL disk u have to have a DL Burner.

any other questions just post back, welcome to AD.

 

so if i take a dual layer disk, put it through dvdshrink, make a video_ts folder out of it, then use say 1click dvd to burn a dvd out of it...it should work right?

 

U r using a ripping program before DVD shrink right?

Here is a guide were u can follow for all the steps to copy a commerical dvd, u can get the links for all the programs in the guide. the program is called Ripit4Me
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360110

 

no im not using a ripping program....i just put the commercial dvd as u say into my dvd burning drive....open dvdshrink....it analyzes it....then...i 'back it up' on my harddrive...then..i opened 1click...put in the folder i wanted to make a dvd out of and hit burn...and for somereason it worked this last time...no idea why...whats the differance if i use a ripping program to take it off the commercial dvd or use shrink to back it up...its essencially the same thing isn't it?

 

Well if it is a newer movie then shrink will not be able to do it, becuz dvd shrink has not been updated for like 2 years so the newer movies have better protection that shrink cant break, and that is the reason why people rip with programs first, then use shrink.

but u can just use shrink for older movies, forgot u were trying to do Mystic River.

Is this another burning program?
Why not try IMGburn,its a very good burning program

Also what brand of media r u using?

 

yeah 1clickdvdcopy is a very simple burning program...the interface is very friendly looking....

my computer is a hp...forget the model...its midline expensive...if thats the media u were askign for...

 

Can someone tell me whether CloneDVD will support dual layer DVD media. I have sent 2 e-mails to Slysoft support but they will not reply.