.ISO file converstion for DVD player (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS)? What programs do this?

[Britchie]

Hello,

On of the projects I've been working on with my new HTPC is "backing-up" up DVD's and home movies to DVD I am burning. I have a few dozen .iso files which I understand is an image fileof the DVD. However, my DVD player won't read this. Using DVDShrink or another program can I convert the .ISO image to the directory format that DVD Player look for. I think the folder names used on most DVD's are standard folders called VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS.

Ona side note, does anyone know if s-video cables carry sound of do I need an additional RCA type hook up when using S-Video?

Thanks.

[Andrew Pratt]

Ona side note, does anyone know if s-video cables carry sound of do I need an additional RCA type hook up when using S-Video?

No the only video cable that also carries audio is an RF Coax cable like those that you'd use on a VCR.

As for ISO's they're a way of distributing a clone of a CD in a single file. For a HTPC you'd need to unpack it into the Video_TS and Audio_TS folders somehow. Nero might be able to do that for you as I know it can read ISO files.

For a HTPC though you'd be better of just using DVDShrink to copy your DVD's to your hard drive and then use a software DVD player to play them back.

[Britchie]

Thanks for the info. I am using DVD shrink. DVD Shrink created the .iso files by default. I looked under the preferences and didn't see anything that would create the windows sub-folders instead of the image file (.iso). I must be missing something but can't seem to find the setting in DVD Shrink. Does anyone know how to change the back-up setting to "create subfolders" instead of .iso which is the default?

[Andrew Pratt]

http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdbackup-guides.htm

[JOY DIVISION]

Well maybe the burning software you have is not Nero, you could burn those files with Nero, and DVD Shrink you must have a Nero software. Here's an answer to your question.

http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/burning_dvd_with_nero.cfm

and check this one too.

http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/terms/iso.cfm

and this.

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/daemon_tools.cfm