Hybrid DVDs - About - Expanded Support in Philips DVD-VR
Monday, 1. December 2008, 03:37:48
"Can I have web links on my DVD?
Yes, you can....The best option for web links is to make a Hybrid DVD.
What are Hybrid DVDs?
Hybrid DVDs are have two types of contents:
1st Type = A standard DVD-Video (just like the ones you rent at the video store)
2nd Type = A DVD-ROM portion that can have anything on it that a CD-ROM can have; things like software, games, links to websites, photo galleries ...
We use 'Macromedia Director' to create the DVD-ROM portion of a hybrid DVD (also for standard DVD-ROMs....)."
They're also called "Dual-Content DVDs" or "multimedia DVDs".
A key point is that "hybrid DVD" refers primarily to a DVD Video disk that you can stick into your Mac or PC to access COMPUTER FILES. (i.e. FILEs that you can't access from your DVD player).
If this is all you are trying to achieve, then it's as easy as just making a single-session disk!
When you're building it, add your DVD-Video- compliant material first ([VIDEO_TS] and [AUDIO_TS]) then dump your other files onto it. (You can put the computer files anywhere, but if you really want to be on the safe side:
put them in a folder name that comes after "V" -- like "X_DATA" -- so that you can be confident that the VIDEO_TS folder comes first on the disk; this, reportedly, allows old DVD players to "find" the video...)
The general understanding is that you cannot do multi-session on a DVD-Video disk (it's not supported in the DVD / ISO specification). Multi-session means doing part of the data now, and some later... DVD-VIDEO is Read-Only [ROM], so it must be finalized.
BUT, there is another option for most "standalone players" : use DVD+VR instead !
*( Note that VR is for "Video Recording" format; DVD+VR _REQUIRES_ use of DVD+RW disk. Should not be confused with DVD-VR, which is a different --and much less compatible-- format.
See this post/thread "about dispelling the no-multisession-dvd myth".
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The Caveat / Disclaimer: (from the DVD FAQ (quoted in the same thread)):
"DVD+VR and DVD+R Video closely resemble the DVD-Video format and, as such, maintain playback compatibility with most - but not all DVD devices. Keep in mind that not all products exploit the full range of features offered by these formats and that there may be additional restrictions to consider.
(Un-finalized disks are NOT [to be considered] DVD-Video disks, but the video CAN be played in some 'standalone' players.)"
.. from a 2007 post ["How to create hybrid ISO/UDF DVD?" -September '07; Mac Help Requests @ forums.macrumors.com]:
"....There's a description of how to [create a modified hybrid ISO/UDF DVD] on a PC ("BMW Professional Navigation" DVD rebuilding). I've managed to do all the file editing and PERL script, etc., but the problem comes when I try to burn it.
The how-to uses Nero and creates a hybrid ISO/UDF disk using relaxed ISO restrictions to allow longer file names, but also states that the Joliet file system doesn't work..." *
* Note reference to Advanced Editor "vEdit"! » [http://vedit.com/hex_editor.htm]
Lastly, for those with a Philips DVDR-3400 (what got me started on this post in the first place):
DVDR3400_NAFTA Firmware Update , Version 09_11 [FEBRUARY 2008] (for model 3400/37):
[ link (pdf / download) ]
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