Burning ISO File

[Lobalobo]

Not that it matters, I don't think, but I have been unable to burn an ISO file onto a usable DVD. In the Sharing module of VS Pro X6, after opting to burn a DVD, I select both "Create Folders" and "Create Disc Image." Both are created where I send them and I have no trouble creating usable DVDs by burning the folders onto a blank DVD after telling the Cyberlink burning software that I'm creating a video DVD. But I can't figure out a way to burn the ISO file disc image onto a DVD except as a data DVD, which, unsurprisingly, does not create a usable video DVD. (Cyberlink, at least, will not recognize the ISO file or the folder that it's in to burn a video DVD.) Is there a way within X6 to burn video DVDs from the saved ISO disc image (or from the saved folders for that matter) without re-rendering the video clips? I must just be missing that command, and I apologize if it's in an obvious place in the software or user's guide. (Also, while I'm asking, I take it that there is no difference between a DVD created from folders and the same content created from an ISO image. If this is right, why the two options?)

[BrianCee]

Along the top of the VideoStudio Window "Tools >> Burn from disc Image ISO..." - opens the inbuilt ISO burner.

VS itself no longer provides a means of burning folders to DVD - but as you have found out - many other programmes do.

When you look at a finished disc it will be identical in having Video_TS folders with Vob files etc. inside, however it was burnt - why the two options - because different people like to do it different ways.

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[lata]

Hi

Think of the ISO as a zipped Video_TS folder. You should be able to open the iso/ unzip using Win Zip, reverting the Disc Image to a DVD Folder.

I use the ISO Disc Image approach as I am able to burn the file to disc using Video Studio. I do not need another program, don’t have Nero installed.

I can play the ISO using VLC Player to check quality prior to burning the disc.

I guess if Video Studio is capable of creating these files they should provide means of burning them to disc.

[Lobalobo]

Understood. Thanks for the great answers.

[tikiman]

I'm using VS Pro X4. I don't see this option "Tools >> Burn from disc Image ISO..." in the Tools drop down menu. Is this somthing that was added later? Fairly new to video editing & save project as an ISO file for later burning. Is there a better method.

thanks for any info.

[BrianCee]

Hi, The option to burn an .iso file was not included in version X4 - it was introduced in X5 and is still in X6

You will need to upgrade if you want to do it with VideoStudio but there are many other programmes that can burn an .iso to DVD such as for instance Roxio or you could try one of the free ones available online such as this one :- http://www.freeisoburner.com/


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[ianwoody123]

I'm using VS Pro X4. I don't see this option "Tools >> Burn from disc Image ISO..." in the Tools drop down menu. Is this somthing that was added later? Fairly new to video editing & save project as an ISO file for later burning. Is there a better method.

thanks for any info.

Hi, I also have VS Pro X4. There is a way of saving the files you wish to burn onto disc for later. If you go through the process of creating a dvd up to the point where you are going to burn it (loading the video clips, creating the menu and setting your project settings) if you then close the program it asks you if you want to save the project file. I then give it a name and save it where I want to on the hard drive. When you wish to burn it you can then access it under File - open project - select your saved project and it will load complete with menu and you can then just set it to burn. You can then access it as many times as you want and also do any editing you wish before burning it. There may be a way of saving it as a project without having to close the program but I haven't discovered it yet.

[canuck]

I'm using VS Pro X4. I don't see this option "Tools >> Burn from disc Image ISO..." in the Tools drop down menu. Is this somthing that was added later? Fairly new to video editing & save project as an ISO file for later burning. Is there a better method.

thanks for any info.

Hi, I also have VS Pro X4. There is a way of saving the files you wish to burn onto disc for later. If you go through the process of creating a dvd up to the point where you are going to burn it (loading the video clips, creating the menu and setting your project settings) if you then close the program it asks you if you want to save the project file. I then give it a name and save it where I want to on the hard drive. When you wish to burn it you can then access it under File - open project - select your saved project and it will load complete with menu and you can then just set it to burn. You can then access it as many times as you want and also do any editing you wish before burning it. There may be a way of saving it as a project without having to close the program but I haven't discovered it yet.

Your post does not really apply to the original posters question on how to "burn" a iso file.
There is nothing unique about the process you describe, in fact, that should be the standard procedure for any project except that you should be saving the project long before you get to the "burn" step. You simply use "Save As" at any point along the way.

Saving the project does not save any files in your project, all you are saving is the instructions on how to process your project. No video files are edited or rendered.

[ianwoody123]

Perhaps I should have made it clear that the saving of the project so that it can be burnt later contains video files already edited and rendered so that if at some point in the future you wish to create the disc again it is just a case of opening the project and it loads the files, menu and settings ready to burn. I posted this as an alternative as you cannot burn iso files in Pro X4.

[canuck]

Saving a project only creates a project file, it contains no video at all. This file does not contain any edited or rendered video.

If by "saving" you mean outputting your project to a video file via Share/Create video file then that is not "saving" and you are using the wrong and confusing terminology

[ianwoody123]

Saving a project only creates a project file, it contains no video at all. This file does not contain any edited or rendered video.

If by "saving" you mean outputting your project to a video file via Share/Create video file then that is not "saving" and you are using the wrong and confusing terminology

I feel you are not quite grasping which "project file" I am meaning. Naturally I save project files as I work on video footage. Once the project is completed I then share - output - it to a video file which is saved on the hard drive. This is a file which can be accessed using media player as well as Corel so is a stand alone file. When I am happy with the final video files I load them into the share - create dvd - process to compile a menu and burn the final dvd. I can then burn the final dvd containing the video files I have selected. When the burning process is finished and I exit the program it asks if I wish to save the project file - I can then elect to save it to the hard drive in a folder of my choice and give it a name. Providing the stand alone files are not moved or deleted off the hard drive I can then come back at some future time and burn another dvd using the saved project file. It is just a way round not being able to burn an iso file in X4.

[canuck]

Saving a project only creates a project file, it contains no video at all. This file does not contain any edited or rendered video.

If by "saving" you mean outputting your project to a video file via Share/Create video file then that is not "saving" and you are using the wrong and confusing terminology

I feel you are not quite grasping which "project file" I am meaning. Naturally I save project files as I work on video footage. Once the project is completed I then share - output - it to a video file which is saved on the hard drive. This is a file which can be accessed using media player as well as Corel so is a stand alone file. When I am happy with the final video files I load them into the share - create dvd - process to compile a menu and burn the final dvd. I can then burn the final dvd containing the video files I have selected. When the burning process is finished and I exit the program it asks if I wish to save the project file - I can then elect to save it to the hard drive in a folder of my choice and give it a name. Providing the stand alone files are not moved or deleted off the hard drive I can then come back at some future time and burn another dvd using the saved project file. It is just a way round not being able to burn an iso file in X4.

Sorry but you do not grasp what a "project file" is. All it is is the instruction on how to create a project, it contains absolutely no video files. All project files have the extension vsp.
What you describe is of course the standard method of creating a DVD when you did not have the option of creating iso or folder sets.

[ianwoody123]

Saving a project only creates a project file, it contains no video at all. This file does not contain any edited or rendered video.

If by "saving" you mean outputting your project to a video file via Share/Create video file then that is not "saving" and you are using the wrong and confusing terminology

I feel you are not quite grasping which "project file" I am meaning. Naturally I save project files as I work on video footage. Once the project is completed I then share - output - it to a video file which is saved on the hard drive. This is a file which can be accessed using media player as well as Corel so is a stand alone file. When I am happy with the final video files I load them into the share - create dvd - process to compile a menu and burn the final dvd. I can then burn the final dvd containing the video files I have selected. When the burning process is finished and I exit the program it asks if I wish to save the project file - I can then elect to save it to the hard drive in a folder of my choice and give it a name. Providing the stand alone files are not moved or deleted off the hard drive I can then come back at some future time and burn another dvd using the saved project file. It is just a way round not being able to burn an iso file in X4.

Sorry but you do not grasp what a "project file" is. All it is is the instruction on how to create a project, it contains absolutely no video files. All project files have the extension vsp.
What you describe is of course the standard method of creating a DVD when you did not have the option of creating iso or folder sets.

All I am trying to say is that by saving the dvd process as a project it enables me to come back at some future date and burn another copy of the dvd without having to go through the steps of loading the video files, creating the menu and setting the burn settings again. I have just gone back to check this and a dvd I created in February and then saved as a project file with a vsp extension loaded complete with video files, completed menu and burn settings ready to just burn the dvd. This is all I am trying to convey - nothing more complicated than that.

[BrianCee]

I don't see that the fact that a project file itself does not actually contain any videos has any relevance at all - opening a project file populates your timeline with videos which is what you want and for what it's worth I sometimes do what Ian is advocating and I think Trevor mentioned in one of his posts that he sometimes does as well.

Sometimes I do as Ian says and set up the DVD menu and burning settings then close the create disc module and then "Save as" to obtain a project file which I call for instance "burning.vsp" or similar, thus saving a project. then if I do not want an ISO I can just open the 'burning.vsp' project and burn another DVD.

In fact I have a permanent project file called "schoolburn.vsp" which is all set up to create DVD's I make for my local school - throughout the year the videos change slightly so I can just open my schoolburn.vsp project - go to "Share>>create disc" then all I need to do is a quick change of video and I'm ready to go - I couldn't do that with an ISO file.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Ian's suggestion if you still have all the original videos on your PC - which one assumes you would if you were using that method - it works every bit as well as creating an ISO



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