Thanks for pointing it out, though.

This chapter, like all of the rest, start (should be: starts)

as much space documenting the errors than it does (should be: as it does)

few fine points that an future sed expert (should be: a future sed expert)

There’s only 63 more (should be: There are only 63 more)

some characters, like parenthesis (should be: parentheses)

this matches zero of more numbers (should be: zero or more numbers)

expand the the regular (should be: expand the regular)

leave the first world alone alone (should be: leave the first word alone)

I wrote thise. (should be: I wrote this.)

This could not done (should be: This could not be done)

can be proceeded by (should be: can be preceded by)

must wait until next section (should have a closing parenthesis)

it has it’s own (should be: it has its own)

Thank you for taking the time to help people become more proficient.

Kind regards,
Erik

>So the problem is to structure the files in the required order on the written >disk, and not just alphabetically. I’ve experimented with various disc images >& software tools (e.g Burn), with no success. How do you burn a disk with >files in a certain order?

Er… rename the files so that their alphabetical order matches the required one?

If your explanation is correct (and it sounds like you know what you’re talking about) this should produce an image that will be understood by a “dumb” DVD player. However, it may not be understood by a “smart-alec” computer DVD drive, since then the filenames will no longer match what t expects.

Unfortunately, alphabetically the file “VIDEO_TS.BUP” comes first and it appears that the mac writes this file first when burning a plain data disk. A computer DVD player, on the other hand, understands the file system on?the disk and can therefore find any file it wants with out having to?know the offset values. That’s why the mac can play the disk OK, but not a DVD player.

It is also important that the VOB files are in the correct?order as a DVD player just plays the data it finds, ignoring file boundaries,?until it reaches the end. In fact a DVD player doesn’t even understand files?and only uses sector offsets to find data.

HERE’S AN EXAMPLE OF A CORRECT VIDEO_TS FOLDER:

VIDEO_TS.IFO ?
VIDEO_TS.VOB ?
VIDEO_TS.BUP ?
VTS_01_0.IFO ?
VTS_01_0.VOB ?
VTS_01_1.VOB ?
VTS_01_2.VOB ?
VTS_01_0.BUP ?
VTS_02_0.IFO ?
VTS_02_0.VOB ?
VTS_02_1.VOB ?
VTS_02_0.BUP

So the problem is to structure the files in the required order on the written disk, and not just alphabetically. I’ve experimented with various disc images & software tools (e.g Burn), with no success. How do you burn a disk with files in a certain order?

Any suggestions?

To do it with Disk Utility, create a folder with the name you want your disk to have. Copy the VIDEO_TS directory to that folder. In Disk Utility, select “File > New Image From Folder…”. Select the folder you just put the VIDEO_TS directory in. Select “DVD/CD Master” from the “Image Format” drop-down and click the Save button.

/volumes/DY EXTERNAL/movies/Bolt/

is two tokens separated by a space

/volumes/DY\ EXTERNAL/movies/Bolt/

or

“/volumes/DY EXTERNAL/movies/Bolt/”

should solve the problem on the command line.

hdiutil: makehybrid: multiple sources specified
hdiutil: makehybrid failed – Invalid argument

This is what my terminal cmd looks like

hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name bolt -o bolt.iso /volumes/DY EXTERNAL/movies/Bolt/

1. There are no option or command keys on the Apple Keyboard so which keys is he referring to?

2. When do you push these keys down – before pressing the power key, during, or after?

“No one knows their own business anymore. Life has become too complicated for managers to manage.”

I didn’t have any of the problems that John did, maybe he had a typo in his terminal commands.

Will