How to Burn a Playable DVD from a VIDEO_TS Folder

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Posted September 14, 2009 at 11:17pm by iClarified

These are instructions on how to burn a DVD that can play in your standalone DVD player from a VIDEO_TS folder using Mac OS X Terminal.

A VIDEO_TS folder is obtained when you have copied or ripped data off a DVD.

Step One
Place the VIDEO_TS folder on your desktop.

How to Burn a Playable DVD from a VIDEO_TS Folder

Step Two
Launch Terminal from your Applications:Utilities folder.

Step Three
Enter the following command into the Terminal window.

hdiutil makehybrid -udf-volume-name DVDNAME -o ~/Desktop/filename.iso ~/Desktop

Replace 'DVDNAME' with the name you want to want to assign to the disc. Replace 'filename.iso' with a name for a disc image generated by the command.

Step Four
When hdiutil completes the iso file generated will be placed on the desktop. Hold down the Control button and click the file to bring up the contextual menu. Then choose Disk Utility from the Open With menu option.

Step Five
Select the iso from the list on the left of the Disk Utility window.

Then click the Burn button from the toolbar to burn a disk which will work in your standalone player.

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aa2007 - March 27, 2013 at 2:06am

You missed one option: -udf. Without it, it still makes the image in the mac dvd format. The command should be hdiutil makehybrid -udf -udf-volume-name DVDNAME -o ~/Desktop/filename.iso ~/Desktop

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lee mikles - November 9, 2012 at 7:43pm

perfect, especially with Lee Swain's help. Thanks

Lee Swain - October 19, 2012 at 6:09pm

Should have told people to put the VIDEO_TS folder into a folder on the desktop named DVD then use the following command - hdiutil makehybrid -udf-volume-name DVDNAME -o ~/Desktop/DVD/filename.iso ~/Desktop/DVD That would prevent creating an ISO with the entire desktop in it, LOL

Carl - June 2, 2012 at 3:50pm

Using your technique on a Video_TS folder of 4.68 GB i get an ISO of 9.02 GB that won't fit on a double layer DVD of 8.5 GB. Any way to produce a DVD closer to the size of the original Video_TS folder?

hopiaman - January 23, 2010 at 5:31pm

For further clarification, usage of hdiutil is as follows:
Usage: hdiutil makehybrid -o \ \
\ specifies the source folder.
For complete help, type:
hdiutil makehybrid -h.

hopiaman - January 23, 2010 at 5:28pm

For further clarification, this is the usage of hdiutil: Usage: hdiutil makehybrid -o specifies the output .iso file. specifies the source folder. For additional info, type hdiutil makehybrid -help.

Alejandra Carrillo - September 15, 2009 at 9:18am

Please clarify that no other file or folder should be on Desktop, because that command copies everything on Desktop to the iso. Thanks.

Regi - March 2, 2010 at 7:32pm

Oh Alexandra, it's an important info. Thanks to share!