.iso to DVD?

musicvid10 wrote on 8/27/2011, 1:51 PM

ImgBurn, a free download.
Many commercial softwares, like Nero and Roxio, should also do this.

Randy Brown wrote on 8/27/2011, 2:12 PM

Thanks musicvid, I had tried something similar (4mediaisoburn) but it wouldn't allow me to make a DVD (and I saw no way to convert the iso.)
Then I went to imgburn's site and downloaded and installed the first app (which I thought was imgburn) and declined the other 50.
It installed something called grab and burn...have they changed names or did I install the wrong thing?
Anyway, when I tried to convert the iso from it I got the error "cannot convert from udf".
Any further advice?
Thanks again,
Randy

musicvid10 wrote on 8/27/2011, 2:21 PM

Randy,
I don't know where the heck you ended up, but www.imgburn.com only has one download, ImgBurn v2.5.5.0
It comes up first in a google.

Used it for many years.

Laurence wrote on 8/27/2011, 2:22 PM

ImgBurn rocks! It is one of those rare cases where the free shareware option blows away all the expensive paid programs that do the same thing. You really should take the time to check it out.

Randy Brown wrote on 8/27/2011, 2:59 PM

I don't know where the heck you ended up, but www.imgburn.com only has one download, ImgBurn v2.5.5.0
that's where I went but I clicked on the "download free" button...my mistake

Randy Brown wrote on 8/27/2011, 3:12 PM

So please tell me what I'm doing wrong:
I go to source and select the .iso, I click the write icon and it tells me there's not enough space.
I go to tools and select "create DVD file" and makes an 18 kb file with an extension of .dvd.
I try to open it as the source and it says "the system cannot find the file specified".
Thanks for your patience guys,
Randy

Former user wrote on 8/27/2011, 4:09 PM

Randy,

Maybe this will help.

An .iso is a disk image. It takes all of the files needed to create, in this case, a DVD disk and puts them into one file.

To burn this to a disk as a Video DVD file, you use a program like Imgburn and use the option to Create Disk from Image. This then takes the iso image file and expands it back to the multiple files that it needs to be a valid DVD disk.

Now which program is telling you that the file is too big?

Dave T2

amendegw wrote on 8/27/2011, 4:44 PM

Does this help?

...Jerry

Randy Brown wrote on 8/27/2011, 4:46 PM

It takes all of the files needed to create, in this case, a DVD disk and puts them into one file.

Thanks Dave, actually it's a BluRay file I created in DVDA and it's on one of my hard drives (not a disc)...don't I need to compress it or something to make a 4.7GB DVD?
Thanks again for everyone's patience,
Randy

Randy Brown wrote on 8/27/2011, 4:50 PM

Yes Jerry that helps but the iso is 6.88 gb and I need to make it watchable on a DVD player.
I have a feeling there has been some miscommunication on my part...sorry guys.

amendegw wrote on 8/27/2011, 5:03 PM

You could use imgburn to burn to a Windows Folder (rather than your DVD drive), then use DVDFab Blu-ray to DVD Converter to shrink & burn the DVD. Note: I am NOT recommending DVDFab for anything other than honorable purposes.

...Jerry

Edit: I'm 90% sure this will work. Some months ago I downloaded a trial copy of DVDFab to test it for our HD to SD adventures. I'm almost positive I followed the above workflow, but since I don't have DVDFab now, I can't test it.

AtomicGreymon wrote on 8/27/2011, 5:23 PM

Alternatively, DVDShrink can open the ISO itself without having to make a folder out of it, and export a new ISO that's shrunk to whatever size you need. It's recoding ability is pretty good, so far as things like that go. Like amendegw did with DVDFab, though, I'm not recommending you use Shrink for anything but compression your own material. In that respect, it's little different than a free version of Nero Recode (and I believe Nero did hire the guy who created the program and that's where Recode came from).

amendegw wrote on 8/27/2011, 5:28 PM

Will DVD Shrink convert the Blu Ray structure to a DVD Structure?

...Jerry

AtomicGreymon wrote on 8/27/2011, 5:34 PM

Oh, it's a Blu-Ray? Didn't see that. No, Shrink doesn't do that. For Blu-Ray structures, I use Blu-Ray media, myself. Not that I do, very often. I don't have many HD videos short enough to be made into small enough files to fit on a DVD.

musicvid10 wrote on 8/27/2011, 6:19 PM

DVDShrink is still great at what it was designed to do. Like put a DL DVD image on a SL DVD, which is what I thought Randy wanted to do.

However, the last released version was 2004, when BluRay wasn't even a word.

I got the full DVDFab 8 on GAOTD, and it's got a BluRay to DVD wizard. Keep your eyes open and it will probably show up for free again.
They've got a standalone BluRay to DVD Converter for $40.

Randy Brown wrote on 8/28/2011, 8:58 AM

I guess the lesson for me here is to remember to make a TS file archive also....oh well it wasn't a paid deal anyway (a friend of a friend wanted a dub)...with the price of BluRay players being dirt cheap now maybe this person will take a leap in faith and buy a cheap player.
Thanks again guys,
Randy