ISO to DVD

[fiddystorms]

i created a project, added video clips and sound and burned to an iso file on my c drive. i have to burn 40 copies for a family reunion. I need them to come out as DVD so Aunt Ethel can plug it into her DVD "machine" and watch herself 40 years ago boozing it up.

Questions: Can i burn an image to a DVD and expect it to play on most DVD players? can i use a separate program like IMGburn to do so. i would love to send the file to my father's PC to utilize his superior system to burn through 40 copies.

thanks for the help.

[Ken Berry]

Yes to both questions. And ImgBurn is a good, free choice. Personally, I use Nero or Ashampoo Burning Studio, but the end result is the same.

[BrianCee]

If you or your father has VideoStudio X5 that has an inbuilt programme for burning .iso to DVD - in X5 click on "Tools >> Burn from Disc Image" - I find that going via .iso file generally gives a more reliable burn that burning straight to disc in the Create Disc module.

[fiddystorms]

Thanks Ken.

Interesting Brian, but neither of us have that program. It has me thinking a little though. It seems contradictory to Kens statement or am I misreading the concept?

If I can just burn the image to DVD using IMGburn, why would I need a program that specifically creates a DVD? Or am I basically doing the same thing either way I go. In other words, does IMGburn and VideoStudio X5 accomplish the same exact ends?

[teknisyan]

Just adding to what BrianCee suggested - If you do not have VS X5, then you can download that trial via http://pnoy.me/coreltrials

[Ken Berry]

fiddystorms -- there is nothing contradictory in Brian's suggestion. It just depends on whether you have Video Studio X5 or not. Much earlier versions of Video Studio I seem to recall also came with an ISO-burning unit (BurnNow??) but that was dropped for several versions but has now been reinstated in X5.

But if you don't have X5, then I merely thought ImgBurn was indeed a good, free alternative way of doing things.

X5 is a full editing program with a burning module. It can both produce and burn DVDs and other discs. Indeed, its burn module is almost identical to MF7's... -- only it now also has the capacity to burn an ISO to disc.

[fiddystorms]

Thanks again Ken. I am grateful for your help. I kind of thought it was the same, I just needed the clarification and you were clear as crystal.

[canuck]

Thanks Ken.

Interesting Brian, but neither of us have that program. It has me thinking a little though. It seems contradictory to Kens statement or am I misreading the concept?

If I can just burn the image to DVD using IMGburn, why would I need a program that specifically creates a DVD? Or am I basically doing the same thing either way I go. In other words, does IMGburn and VideoStudio X5 accomplish the same exact ends?

I don't find anything contradictory.

VS X5 can create an iso file and also burn that iso file to a DVD.
IMGburn though cannot create the iso file from a VS project but can burn the iso file created by VS to a DVD.