Disk Image File?

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:46 pm

I have burned many DVD's with success, but I have never checked the box that says "create a disk image file". What does that do? Would it save a rendered file so I don't have to render it again? (that would be good) If that is the case how would I tell Ulead to use that again?

Thanks in advance!

Post by **Ken Berry** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:02 pm

It does precisely that, and is thus useful if you intend to burn a lot of copies of your masterpiece(s)!!

Some people even use this method to compile their final disc, including menu, but want to actually burn the disc on some other program. As to the second part of you question, once you have the image file (which has the extension .ISO, by the way) stored on your computer (make a note of where VS places it), you can open a program like Ulead's own VCD DVD Disc Image Recorder, which you will find in the XP or other OS menu along with VS9 (or

. Or you can burn it in third party software like Nero.

The other option, FWIW, namely, production of a Video Folder (Video_TS) does much the same thing. As you might have noticed from looking at the file structure on a burned video DVD, all the relevant files that make up the content are contained in a folder invariably labelled Video_TS. In other words, producing one of these folders as a complement or alternative to burning a disc, in effect means you have prepared the final structure of your DVD which then only has to be transferred to a disc.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:42 pm

daddog

I prefer to do Ken's second suggestion of creating a Video_TS folder.
This way I can then open the DVD on my hard drive with PowerDVD or any other similar software to give it a final once over before burning it to disc.

Once you have created a Video_TS folder you can burn it as many times as you wish without further rendering.

daddog · Post by **daddog** » Thu Dec 22, 2005 10:17 pm

Thank you gentlemen!

I will check out both ways.