PCMech Forums - View Single Post - Whats the difference between VIDEO_TS and MPEG-2 files?

tankfreak · 04-11-2007, 04:55 PM

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I keep reading that MPEG-2 is the format files need to be in to burn and watch on a standalone DVD player.

However I have also read TS stands for 'title set' and is part of a dvd structure. The Video_TS folder contains all of the files, correctly identified by informaton (ifo) and
their backups (bup) files, necessary for a DVD to play.

Whats the difference?

It seems like most apps I've tried to burn DVDs with only accept VIDEO_TS files. For example, I want to use MainConcept MPEG encoder to make quality DVDs but every time I try to throw the files in TMPGenc DVD author or DVD Shrink or even Nero Burning ROM I get errors saying they aren't the right format. Whats going on?

04-11-2007, 04:55 PM	#1
tankfreak Member (5 bit) Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 22	Whats the difference between VIDEO_TS and MPEG-2 files? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I keep reading that MPEG-2 is the format files need to be in to burn and watch on a standalone DVD player. However I have also read TS stands for 'title set' and is part of a dvd structure. The Video_TS folder contains all of the files, correctly identified by informaton (ifo) and their backups (bup) files, necessary for a DVD to play. Whats the difference? It seems like most apps I've tried to burn DVDs with only accept VIDEO_TS files. For example, I want to use MainConcept MPEG encoder to make quality DVDs but every time I try to throw the files in TMPGenc DVD author or DVD Shrink or even Nero Burning ROM I get errors saying they aren't the right format. Whats going on?