On 1/13/06, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear All > > I am using mkisofs to create an iso file of a video dvd, but getting > the following: > > $ mkisofs -o ~/Desktop/dzrt.iso -V "DZRT" -dvd-video -v ~/Desktop/dzrt > INFO: ISO-8859-1 character encoding detected by locale settings. > Assuming ISO-8859-1 encoded filenames on source filesystem, > use -input-charset to override. > mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) > Scanning /home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt > Scanning /home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt/VIDEO_TS > Scanning /home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt/AUDIO_TS > mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open > /home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO > mkisofs: Can't open VMG info for '/home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt/'. > mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures. > mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image. > > It seems to be a bug of mkisofs, as it (internally) uses two > consecutive slashes: > > mkisofs: No such file or directory. Faild to open > /home/psmith/Desktop/dzrt//VIDEO_TS/VIDEO_TS.IFO The double slashes shouldn't matter. It looks like your VIDEO_TS.IFO file is missing, indicating the dvd file structure is incorrect. Did you run something like 'dvdauthor <dir_name> -T' on the top level dvd directory?