Re: LUG: DVD folder to DVD image - Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:16:55 -0400

Subject : Re: LUG: DVD folder to DVD image

From : Ed Anderson <nilbus@gmail.[redacted]>

Date : Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:16:55 -0400

Brasero is a great CD/DVD burning tool. It does data DVDs like you're
talking about just fine. It does both data DVDs and Video DVDs that
will play like a movie in a DVD player.

Ed

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Alexander Ray <alexjray.ncsu@gmail.[redacted]> wrote:
> Hey Daniel
>
> On the distro's I use most often for everyday stuff (Ubuntu, Fedora, RHEL)
> automatically give me an option to burn ISO's to DVD/CD when I hook them up
> to an optical drive with burnable blank media in it.
>
> maybe it'd help to know what operating system you're using. we'd be able to
> give you a more specific answer that way.
>
> googling 'make iso under linux' tells me there is a 'mkisofs' command.
>
> looking on my own Fedora 10 machine i see 'mkisofs' is linked to
> 'genisoimage', and theres a lot of info on the usage and such.
>
> let us know how it goes (and if i missed the question completely)
>
> ~Alex
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Daniel Underwood
> <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys and gals,
>>
>> Hoping someone knows how to build a DVD ISO image from a folder
>> containing VOB's and IFO's. Can anyone suggest a tool?
>>
>> From the little I know about DVD video media specifications, I don't
>> think that simply dumping the contents of the folder into an ISO, and
>> then burning to disc, will render a DVD playable on most standalone
>> players. However, I'm mostly interested in creating an ISO that can be
>> played on my computer (where the specification restrictions are
>> undoubtedly less strict).
>>
>> So, perhaps using the "dd" command will suffice. But perhaps not. I'd
>> appreciate clarification and/or suggestions for the best tool to use.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Daniel
>> --
>> Daniel Underwood
>> North Carolina State University
>> Graduate Student - Operations Research
>> email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
>> phone: XXX.302.3291
>> web: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~djunderw/
>>
>
>