missing .MDS file

Hi all, i hope this is in the correct section, this is my first post !!.

I have a Movie, the files total 7.5 gig, i know from my limited experience that to put it on a DUAL layer DVD i should have an .MDS file so the the burner knows where the "join" is !!!.

The movie plays perfectly from my Hard Drive into "Cyberlink Power DVD".

I tried DVD Shrink but this cant get Shrink it enough, so i am now stuck, any ideas anyone.

 

what is the file extension of the file you do have

 

hiya friend, i am pleased someone can perhaps help me, i include a screen print of ALL the files i have, the folder name is VIDEO_TS

 

the files you have are a full dvd structure no mds file is needed what burning software do you have ?

 

Can someone explain (or provide a link) what the a MDS file is use for?

DVD Decypter creates a MDS file when making an ISO image. I can burn the ISO images perfectly without the MDS file (or so I think). Under what cercumstance would I need the MDS file, or how might I want to use it?

Thanks

 

philraz:- thanks for your reply, i am a little muddled now, I have a new Double Layer blank disc (phew, what a price !) to burn this movie onto, but i understood that the Burner program needed a file with the .MDS extension so that it knew where the first layer finishes and the second layer starts.

For Burner programs i have DVD Decrypter and Nero 6.6.0.3 I am willing to try either of those if you think it should be OK.

I have, as i said before, pointed DVD Shrink at these files, but this program cant shrink them enough to fit on a standard 4.7gig disc.

does that help at all ?.

I'm not sure where i first heard about this MDS file extension stuff, but it could have been at "doom9" which is where i got the DVD Decrypter program from.

PS. i do have a Dual Layer capable DVD writer, LOL

tim

 

@timmytoad
i dont know why dvd shrink cannot shrink the movie enough,you must have the settings wrong,(i havent got it installed to take a look)
i use clonedvd2 for films,easy as pie

@nrnoble
the MDS file does the same job as a cue file does for a bin image,it stores the information needed for it to burn the iso correctly,and although you can burn without it,i can never understand why people dont use it..

dvd decrypter is one of a select few programs that allows users still running on the FAT32 set up ,(which doesnt allow a single file over 4gb),to burn an image over 4gb

it splits the file in 2,creating with an mds file
then when it comes to burning it,you select the mds file,thus gives the information to join them back up

 

hursty, I use nero to burn and simply select the iso file. Never knew exactly what added value the .mds file provided so I never used it. Still a bit unclear what value it provides during the burn process vs not using it. I am sure it adds something, I just don't understand the specifics. thx.

 

thanks for all that lads, i shall give it a go, you couldnt have been more helpfull thanks.

tim

 

locoeng:- thanks for that info pal, it is all becoming very much clearer now.

tim

 

@Locoeng

you beat me to it as usual. couldn't understand everyone trying to help with shrink.

@timmytoad follow locoeng's instructions.