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What is the necessary file structure for a DVD to be playable?

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The backstory: I've purchased a DVD via online download (from EZTakes.com). The files appear in this kind of directory tree: I'm trying (on a Mac using Disk Utility) to burn this to a DVD. I've created a DVD/CD master image of this structure in a couple of different ways and then burned them, none …

Error Output

DVD Name
+-- VIDEO_TS/
|   +-- (various video files)
+-- cover/
|   +-- (a couple of .jpgs of the DVD cover art)
+-- content.info

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The format of the disc for a DVD is UDF. When playing back a DVD on a computer, this is what is used to access the files. However, older consumer disc players don't use this structure to read the disc. Instead they use the alternate ISO-9660 file st…

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