DDP 2.0

I sent my master DVD-R off for replication as I've done many times in the past with no problems using DVDSP 4 on Mac Intel.

However, this new replication house asked for my master to be burned as DDP 2.0. I looked through the 'Help' section but cannot find anything that leads me through the process.

Is there a step-by-step guide that I can refer to?

Thanks for your assistance.

PG

This is a Disc Description Protocol (DDP) and DVDSP creates both 2 and 2.1.

You most frequently see the option when writing a DLT, but you can also build to your hard drive and select it from the options when you do so. You'll need to copy the resulting folder/s to a blank disc, but not make a DVD (as in a UDF disc), just a data disc. The bureau should be able to take it from there. Some will also accept these files on hard drive, or via FTP, so check to see what is possible.

Thanks Hal. This is the guidance that I've needed.

PG

Hal,

I've burned a successful DDP 2.0 master. Now I need to record just the 0 track onto a disc for sending to the replication company. I assume it's a data disk but not familiar with the UDF term.

Again I assume that I burn it using Toast and as DATA, is this correct?

Thanks again for your assistance.

PG

Yup - that's the way to go... burn a data disc.

UDF is universal disc format - that's what DVD-Video discs are formatted as.

Hey guys,

Not sure what version of Toast you're using but you DO want to burn a UDF disc even if it is a DDP image. Many versions of Toast have a DVD-ROM (UDF) option in the Data section anything else may cause problems,

Cheers,

Thanks guys. Your help is much appreciated.

PG

Interesting, Jake - why does it need to be UDF for a set of DDP files? Surely the bureau will simply take them from the disc and recreate form there? This is what they do if it is sent on a hard drive after all... so what have I missed here? Is this the sort of thing different bureaus handle in different ways?

Hi Hal,

It's because ISO9660, the CDROM file system used when the UDF file system is not used doesn't support larger files beyond 2 GBs in size. The MAIN.DAT files in the DDP image are almost certainly beyond 2GBs in size.

When Eclipse detects DDP on DVD-R is will test the MAIN.DAT file directly from the ISO9660 file system which will cause Eclipse not to see the whole file. This will cause an error after it exceeds the 2 GB limit.

Technically speaking, if the MAIN.DAT file is under 2 GB, you will not have any error and UDF is not required. But in general since most image files are greater than the ISO standard limitation, it's always best to use UDF Pure.

Best,

Alex Alexzander

Thanks Alex - makes perfect sense!

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