Lightweight geek question: ISO format - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

balderdash111 · 02-21-2006, 08:11 PM

I - ahem - came across a file in ISO format that I want to burn to a DVD.

I have DVD rendering software, but it doesn't know what to do with the file.

Do I just copy this file to DVD, or do I need to take an intermediate step to convert it to DVD format?

vanblah · 02-21-2006, 08:25 PM

You'll need to find DVD burning software that handles ISOs.

I use Nero ...

balderdash111 · 02-21-2006, 09:02 PM

Thanks. Follow-up:

So I don't just copy the file straight to a DVD as if it were a simple data file? I need to get something that can open the format, then render it for DVD?

trache · 02-21-2006, 09:16 PM

Yes. The ISO format is a copy of the actual bits as they were read from the source. That means you need a program that knows what to do with those bits to burn them to a DVD disc.

Nero will open ISO files and burn them for you. You need a DVD burner for DVD ISOs, not a CD burner, because those two types of discs are vastly different from one another.

balderdash111 · 02-22-2006, 06:57 AM

Ok thanks.

Since Nero seems to be 90 bucks or so, I think I will try to look for a good freeware/shareware application...

ratbastid · 02-22-2006, 07:43 AM

<a href="http://tech-recipes.com/windows_tips620.html">HERE</a>'s a link to a posting about a free piece of software made (but not supported) by Microsoft that will mount that ISO file as a "virtual drive", so you can read from it as if it was on a DVD in your dvd player, but without having to actually burn it.

There are other commercial programs that do this (Alcohol 110% is the one that comes to mind), but this one's free and seems to work great.

balderdash111 · 02-22-2006, 12:07 PM

Ah, thanks for that. At least I can check it out on the PC.

Was hoping to actually burn to DVD, however, so I could see it on regular TV with surround sound and all that goodness.

cyrnel · 02-22-2006, 12:43 PM

Oodles of free burning programs out there. This is a pretty good one...

http://www.deepburner.com/?r=product...r&prr=features

Da Munk · 02-22-2006, 06:16 PM

Most burning programs are able to burn copies from one drive to another, so once you have the ISO mounted as a virtual drive you should be able to burn a copy from it.

spectre · 02-22-2006, 08:42 PM

http://www.cdburnerxp.se/features.php

That's what I used in Windows.

02-21-2006, 08:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Lightweight geek question: ISO format I - ahem - came across a file in ISO format that I want to burn to a DVD. I have DVD rendering software, but it doesn't know what to do with the file. Do I just copy this file to DVD, or do I need to take an intermediate step to convert it to DVD format? __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-21-2006, 09:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Thanks. Follow-up: So I don't just copy the file straight to a DVD as if it were a simple data file? I need to get something that can open the format, then render it for DVD? __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-21-2006, 09:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
trache Insane	Yes. The ISO format is a copy of the actual bits as they were read from the source. That means you need a program that knows what to do with those bits to burn them to a DVD disc. Nero will open ISO files and burn them for you. You need a DVD burner for DVD ISOs, not a CD burner, because those two types of discs are vastly different from one another. __________________ "You looked at me as if I was eating runny eggs in slow motion." - Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip

02-22-2006, 06:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Ok thanks. Since Nero seems to be 90 bucks or so, I think I will try to look for a good freeware/shareware application... __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-22-2006, 12:07 PM	#7 (permalink)
balderdash111 Psycho	Ah, thanks for that. At least I can check it out on the PC. Was hoping to actually burn to DVD, however, so I could see it on regular TV with surround sound and all that goodness. __________________ A little silliness now and then is cherished by the wisest men. -- Willy Wonka

02-21-2006, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
vanblah Junkie	You'll need to find DVD burning software that handles ISOs. I use Nero ...

02-22-2006, 07:43 AM	#6 (permalink)
ratbastid Darth Papa Location: Yonder	<a href="http://tech-recipes.com/windows_tips620.html">HERE</a>'s a link to a posting about a free piece of software made (but not supported) by Microsoft that will mount that ISO file as a "virtual drive", so you can read from it as if it was on a DVD in your dvd player, but without having to actually burn it. There are other commercial programs that do this (Alcohol 110% is the one that comes to mind), but this one's free and seems to work great.

02-22-2006, 12:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Oodles of free burning programs out there. This is a pretty good one... http://www.deepburner.com/?r=product...r&prr=features __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

02-22-2006, 06:16 PM	#9 (permalink)
Da Munk Crazy	Most burning programs are able to burn copies from one drive to another, so once you have the ISO mounted as a virtual drive you should be able to burn a copy from it.

02-22-2006, 08:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	http://www.cdburnerxp.se/features.php That's what I used in Windows. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head