DVD-ROM folder shows up in Mac only

I'm using DVDSP 4.12, and this topic has nothing to do with DVD@ccess.
These two folders, VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS, are standard feature in every DVD video disc.
DVDSP will also create a 3rd folder, "JACKET_P", if you include a Jacket Picture.
Finally, DVDSP will create another folder in a name of your choice when you use the "DVD-ROM" function. I usually name mine "DVD_ROM", and put the album artworks jpgs & pdfs and perhaps some .mp4 files in it.
When I mount the DVD in a Mac, all the above folders (and their contents) show up in Finder.
However, opening the same DVD in Windows XP's Explorer, only the first two folders show up. The other two are totally invisible.
Does anyone knows why this is so? Isn't the "DVD-ROM' content function of DVDSP cross platform? How do I make the DVD_ROM folder accessible for its content in a Windows environment?
Any help is appreciated.
(If it matters, I always enable the "Joliet Extension Support". I also create a image .dmg file when Formatting in DVDSP, and subsequently burn the .dmg in Toast 8.)
Mac mini (ppc), Intel iMac, Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I always enable the "Joliet Extension Support"
this is the problem - you are creating a 'ROM' disc
you should be using the data tab but select the UDF format to create a DVD

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Message was edited by: mr bluefin

mr bluefin wrote:
Hi, I am receiving conflicting advice on a job I have to output on Tuesday for a client. I have a 20 min NTSC video thats complete.
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