Question: DVD burned on Macintosh shows no files/folders on PC.

[Endeffect]

I recently went into the studio with my band. We recorded our material in a program called Pro Tools. The material was then burned onto a DVD from a Macintosh G4. When the DVD is loaded in the DVD-player on my PC, it shows that data is being taken up - but shows no files or folders. What could be causing this? Is there a program or something I have to do to retrieve the files from the DVD? Or is the issue on the end of something needing to have been done while burning on the Macintosh? Any information will be greatly appreciated.

 

[n0cmonkey]

Im not rich enough right now to have gotten a chance to play with a PowerMac with a dvd burner so my questions may be silly. What file system did you use when burning the dvd? If it used HPFS+ then a Windows machine will not be able to read it without 3rd party software.

 

[gsaldivar]

I believe n0cmonkey is correct.

The problem lies in which "file system" you used when you created the DVD on the Mac. I'm not a heavy Mac-user (anymore) so I can't help you with the newer software, but in the old days the file system was an option set in Toast when you burned a CDROM. You were able to choose from ISO-9660, Joliet, HFS, etc. etc.

If you want to be able to read the HFS file system on the PC (normally not possible to do), you can use this software. I'm not sure if it works on DVD's (I recommend downloading the trial, or simply e-mailing them to ask about DVD support), but it works great for reading all of my old Mac CDROMs which were written before I learned how to burn them using ISO-9660 + Joliet so that they are readable on both platforms.

This website lists additional solutions for reading Mac media on PC's, but I would stick with MacDrive if possible - it's excellent software, and extremely stable.

Good luck!