InstantCopy.pdi Format to .ISO

[katjarella]

Hallo Boys,

InstantCopy is very good!
The PDI format is bad? No, is an ISO with VOBCDIMG headers.

Load the dvd.pdi File into a Hexeditor and deletes the first 304 bytes. Then store it as dummy File (dvd.pdi.cut) .

Join the dvd.pdi.cut, dvd.pdi01, dvd.pdi02, dvd.pdi02 as dvd.iso
Then Mount the dvd.iso with Alcohol120% or D-Tools and Play "Offline"

Question: Doesn't InstantCopy make volume label?

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[Rombaldi]

allright, someone make a PDI > ISO converter!

in DVD Decrypter format if possible (that way you don't have
to join all the files together..)

[katjarella]

Originally posted by Rombaldi
allright, someone make a PDI > ISO converter!

in DVD Decrypter format if possible (that way you don't have
to join all the files together..)

PDI > ISO converter! = Cool



Without the Joinen (format: ISO I01 ... I03) unfortunately does not function the PowerDVD // NVDVD. :(
Is it because of the missing MDS file?

DVD Decrypter working :)

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[[Hawkeye]]

Yes we really need a .pdi --> iso or .pdi --> .img converter so you can try it before burn to dvd, to see about everything is fine.

[Rombaldi]

Well, I can say it WON'T be a simple trick :(

loping off the 1st 304 bytes of the first PDI file DOES make it a
straight ISO (compared to a DVD Decrypter image after taking those
off makes all the 'internal' structures line up) but then the PDI
file is 'short' and DVD Decrypter barfs becaus the file size is not
a multiple of the secotr size (2048)..

so, (it appears) that what it will take to make it a 'standard'
DVD Decrypter file (and I appear to need that since I haven't been
able to make a burn with IC7 yet... the image needs to be another format)..

ok.. need two options..

1) make a ISO file (one big file)
2) make a DVD Decrypter file (with the .DVD file and the .ISO, .I01, etc)...

take the 1st PDI file, lop off the 1st 304 bytes,
copy rest of the file to the new ISO file

if making #1) just append as necessary
if making #2) append 304 bytes of next PDI file to #1 (makes the block
size correct), make an I01 file, copy rest of file, get next PDI file, lather, rinse, repeat.
file.

[MrFaust]

Ya, I agree. Some sort of PDI -> .ISO or .IMG converter would be great.

I also wondered about the volume label thing.

[Jafco]

katjarella,

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try to do this, actually, with the next instant copy image I create. Just curious... what do you suggest using to join the files? I can use WinHex to chop out the first 304 bytes, but as far as joining files, all I can find on the net are specialized utilities.

Thx in advance.

[MrFaust]

I think there is a dos command to do it, but I can't recall what it is atm. Anyone know?

[mookyking]

C:\>copy /b part1.pdi+part2.pdi+part3.pdi+part4.pdi output.iso

[Jafco]

Damn... no way in hell I shouldn't have known that.

You get so used to *needing* specialized apps for everything, that you forget that old-school stuff is still available.

Thanks :)

[katjarella]

To the joint I used "VOBMerge v1.11". Other Progs fails because of the GB size.

About "VOBMerge v1.11"

VOBMerge v1.11 has got a new GUI (yeah!), not much of a difference but some users didn't like the old GUI.. :)

VOBMerge is a very simple util that does exactly the same as the DOS command "Copy /B File_1.Vob+File_2.Vob Output.Vob" but with a nice GUI. I haven't tested if VOBMerge is faster than other programs or COPY /B but this program wasn't intended to be faster or better than anything, I just wanted to use my own program, which i could design to look exactly the way I wanted :)


Happy join Day :)

EDIT : (NEW) VERSION http://www.angelfire.com/nc/evilmastr/vobmain.html

[Jafco]

It works. Thanks.

Chopped the first 304 bytes off the first file. Then I used the copy command posted above (don't forget the "/b" right after "copy").

Mounted the iso with daemon tools (or open with WinRAR). and do whatever you like with those files.

Thx

[MackemX]

preview DVD before you burn and edit what you like and burn with whatever software you want

basically convert the PDI files to trhe VIDEO folder

answer here

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46083

[Bear263]

Originally posted by MrFaust
I also wondered about the volume label thing.

As far as I can tell it doesn't. I burned a movie and then checked in windows explorer and no volume label was there. Maybe there's a option somewhere. Will have to look.

Bummer...

Bear

[schlaufer]

I've written a little command-line app that converts a bench of .pdi{xx} files to an .iso-image.
Usage is quite simple, start up a command window and enter:

pdi2iso <name of 1st .pdi-file> <name of .iso to create>

Remember that you need NTFS if you want to create a file larger as 4GB.

ABANDONED
pdi2iso has been abandoned in favor to PDITool (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47259) and the underlying PDIxtract (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46206).

[MackemX]

Originally posted by schlaufer
I've written a little command-line app that converts a bench of .pdi{xx} files to an .iso-image.
Usage is quite simple, start up a command window and enter:

pdi2iso <name of 1st .pdi-file> <name of .iso to create>

Remember that you need NTFS if you want to create a file larger as 4GB.

pdi 2iso (.ziP) (http://www.freewebs.com/schlaufer/pdi2iso.zip)
why goto all that bother when u can extract the data using ULTRAISO in a few jiffies?

then you can do anything you want with IFO files, preview it and burn with any software

you could even use ULTRAISO to create an image to burn if needed I guess

[schlaufer]

Originally posted by MisterX
why goto all that bother when u can extract the data using ULTRAISO in a few jiffies?

Three reasons:

1st) UltraISO messes up my .IFOs
2nd) I do not want to spent another 30 bucks for extracting the files.
3rd) Wanna try the OpenWatcom compiler ;)

[MackemX]

messes them up in what way?

so I can keep a look out as mine are ok at the minute

cheers

[dvdRENEGADE]

Do not use UltraISO for extracting the VIDEO_TS from a InstantCopy image. I backed up Snow White and tried it. I loaded the VIDEO_TS.IFO into PowerDVD and the navigation was totally screwed and would freeze when clicking on an extra. I thought InstantCopy had screwed up, but I tried using the pdi2iso utility located in the forums and loaded the created .iso with Daemon Tools and it plays perfectly.
Good luck,
dvdRENEGADE


UPDATE:
I ran a CRC check on both sets of .IFO's and .BUP's .
On VTS_01_0.BUP AND VTS_01_0.IFO's, the PDI2ISO .bup and .ifo were identical to the .ifo by UltraISO. However the UltraISO .bup file was different from its own .ifo.

On VTS_02_0 through VTS_07_0, the CRCs of the .ifo's were identical to their .bups on all files. However, none of the .ifo's or .bup's created by ULTRAISO matched those created by PDI2ISO.

I'll now burn a copy of the original image file created by InstantCopy and compare the output of it's files with the files created by PDI2ISO and ULTRAISO. I'll let you know how it turns out.
dvdRENEGADE

UPDATE #2:
OK, I burned the original image and ran CRC checks on the created .ifo and .bup files. They matched the CRC's of the files outputted through the PDI2ISO > DAEMON TOOLS METHOD.

You'll need Daemon Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.net) to extract the VIDEO_TS from the .iso image and then you'll be able to create a new image with any DVD burning program you wish.
Good luck,
dvdRENEGADE

FINAL UPDATE
I checked the CRC's of all 33 files of Snow White, including .vob's. Most of ULTRAISO files did not match the CRCs of the original image burnt to a DVD. All of the CRC's of the PDI2ISO files matched the original's CRCs.

Good luck,
dvdRENEGADE

[[Hawkeye]]

Well i can only say the same thing... ultraiso does not work properly, it`s mess the files up, i have to try that pdi2iso to see how it works.

[marvel2020]

Well i treid the psi2iso dos tool, and i can't burn to DVD-r using DVD Decrypter, i get this error..

Filezise is not a multiple of it's sector Size.

File Name C:\SWEp2.iso

File Size 4,438,249,521
Sector Size 2048

:(

[[Hawkeye]]

Well i have now tried pdi2iso and it works 100% for me, so i guess ultraiso is not 100% compatible with the pdi files, so thanks for the good job schlaufer, keep up the good work :) :)

[marvel2020]

[Hawkeye] wrote...

Well i have now tried pdi2iso and it works 100% for me, so i guess ultraiso is not 100% compatible with the pdi files, so thanks for the good job schlaufer, keep up the good work

Does that include the buring to DVD-r ?????

[dvdRENEGADE]

I've updated my post on the previous page comparing CRC's of the various .ifo's and .bup's.

marvel2020,
You'll be able to extract the VIDEO_TS folder and burn it with any program you wish.

dvdRENEGADE

[marvel2020]

dvdRENEGADE so what your saying is, make the iso with pdi2iso then use Daemon tools to extract the VIDEO_TS folder out of the .iso.

Ok gonna try that now, will update post if it works

[valnar]

The link no longer works in this thread. Anyone got this PDI>ISO converter?

Robert

[schlaufer]

Originally posted by marvel2020
Well i treid the psi2iso dos tool, and i can't burn to DVD-r using DVD Decrypter, i get this error..

Filezise is not a multiple of it's sector Size.

File Name C:\SWEp2.iso

File Size 4,438,249,521
Sector Size 2048

:(

Hi,

I've uploaded a new version (1.3). This should fix this bug.

Current version of pdi2iso (http://www.freewebs.com/schlaufer/pdi2iso.zip)

Cheers, schlaufer

[Rombaldi]

schlaufer

might I suggest you add an option to make a DVDDecrypter
compatible ISO? That is...

a .DVD file
multiple ISO, I01, I02, etc.. files, each is 1gb in size

that way it can be extracted and burned on systems without
a NTFS partition

[valnar]

I can see it already....

By tomorrow there will be a tool called DoItFastandEasy4U that mixes DVD Decrypter, InstantCopy and pdi2ISO.

:D :D :D :D :D


Robert

[DaveKlassix]

The Link to this file doesn't seem to work, anyone mirror this elsewhere?

[dvdRENEGADE]

I've edited my previous post in this thread to reflect my final results for my test.

dvdRENEGADE

@DaveKlassix,
Copy the address to the file into your web browser's address bar and you'll get the file.

[DaveKlassix]

DOH! feel so stupid, thanks dvdrenegade :)

[dvdRENEGADE]

@marvel2020,
That's the way.
dvdRENEGADE

[marvel2020]

Ok just finshed ;)


dvdRENEGADE didn't you not mean that you have to use ISOBUSTER on the .iso to extract VIDEO_TS folder out of it.

I can't see any way of using Daemon Tools.

Anyway since schlaufer brought out an updated version of his little tool i use that and it worked,

Burnt the .iso to DVD-r using DVD Decrypter, played the copyied DVD-r on my PC using PowerDVDand all i can say is WOW, can't play it in my stand alone as it packed in on me last night :(, luckly it's still under guarantee :).

Dam does this software rock :D:)

Big Thanks to schlaufer for taking the time to correct the error in his pdi2iso tool.

[dvdRENEGADE]

You can use that if you like. I use Daemon tools by mounting the .iso image. You'll then see it as another drive in Windows Explorer and you can just copy the VIDEO_TS or any files in it like it was another drive or you can load the video_ts.ifo into PowerDVD and check out the dvd to see if the quality is sufficient or not.
dvdRENEGADE

[ThaMan]

Stupid Question again... How to use the PDI2ISO ?

Must i copy the "pdi2iso.c" & "pdi2iso.exe" to the folder where the PDI files are stored ?
And what to do then please ?

[dvdRENEGADE]

The easiest way for some would be to:

Use notepad and type:

pdi2iso yourname.pdi yourname.iso

Then save this as pdi2iso.bat (be sure to select "All Files" in the "save as" file type drop down box and put the pdi2iso.bat into the directory with pdi2iso and your .pdi files . Just double-click on it and it'll run pdi2iso for you. The next time you can just edit this file with notepad and change the name of the .pdi an .iso files in it.

dvdRENEGADE

[ThaMan]

Awesome, many many thankx m8.
Maybe you also know the question to this one ;)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46111

Thankx

[dvdRENEGADE]

ThaMan,
Once you get the VIDEO_TS folder by using the methods in this thread, you can burn it using any DVD burning program. I always use VOB Instant CD/DVD. It's made by one of the companies involved in InstantCopy. No matter what program you use, just copy the VIDEO_TS folder to the root directory of the DVD project and you'll be in business. Make sure the VIDEO_TS folder is in all CAPS.

If it's a DVD 5, just decrypt with DVDDecrypter and then burn the VIDEO_TS folder directly to a blank DVD-R. A DVD 5 will fit without any modification. No need to use InstantCopy first.

This is also covered in the Doom9 guides for DVD authoring. Just advance to the part in the guides where the VIDEO_TS folder is ready for burning.
dvdRENEGADE

[ThaMan]

and back to the other topic because we are wandering off i guess :rolleyes:

[LIGHTNING UK!]

DVD Decrypter 3.1.5.0 already has a tool to enable you to load the pdi files and create an MDS file. This can then be burnt directly by the program, or used to mount the image in DAEMON Tools or Alcohol 120% etc.

With a little more testing, I'll release it.

Hope that helps?!

[katjarella]

Schlaufer thanks.

Your Tool functioned perfect!!!!
Also the Sector Size transformation, INGENIOUS !!!!

Thanks

[katjarella]

Originally posted by LIGHTNING UK!
DVD Decrypter 3.1.5.0 already has a tool to enable you to load the pdi files and create an MDS file. This can then be burnt directly by the program, or used to mount the image in DAEMON Tools or Alcohol 120% etc. With a little more testing, I'll release it.Hope that helps?!

load the pdi files and create an MDS file = GENIAL !!!!

Is it possible to also enter for volume label? Instantcopy does not provide. Thanks for the fast reaction to the PDI format !

[ThaMan]

Awesome, can't w8 a minute longer for that release :D
I also hope that it make an Audio_Ts folder also automaticly !!

[valnar]

Originally posted by katjarella
Is it possible to also enter for volume label? Instantcopy does not provide. Thanks for the fast reaction to the PDI format !

I don't think we should use InstantCopy's burning engine at all just to be safe. Extracting the files with PDI2ISO (or DVDDecrypter, or whatever) will be the safest way. Then burn with Prassi or something known to work well. You can change the volume label then.

In any case, we still need to remove the layer break from the IFO created by InstantCopy.

Robert

[mrbass]

wow....going right now to make a donation to dvddecrypter. This is awesome news. Thanks for such quick work LIGHTNING UK. Remember almost all this new tools rely on dvddecrypter in order to backup your dvds. Hope Lightning UK is getting the donations he deserves.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

3.1.5.0 already has the code in it to allow you to change the volume label of ISOs etc. :)

[MackemX]

Originally posted by LIGHTNING UK!
3.1.5.0 already has the code in it to allow you to change the volume label of ISOs etc. :)
what's the ETA of version 3.1.5.0?

[katjarella]

@valnar
I do not burn also with Instant. However one can work with a label better in the Explorer.

@LIGHTNING UK!
Ingeniously, very beautifully.

[MrFaust]

Side question, do any DVD players have problems playing DVD's without volume labels? Is that just an annoyence or possibly a non complience issue?

[[BMC]]

Thanks, I just donated $5 in a appreciation for all your hard work.

[Rombaldi]

LIGHTNING UK!

How about supporting PDI files :D

[japr99]

where to download DVD Decrypter 3.1.5.0 ?

[MrFaust]

Originally posted by LIGHTNING UK!
DVD Decrypter 3.1.5.0 .... With a little more testing, I'll release it.
It's not released yet.

[schlaufer]

New tool (http://www.freewebs.com/schlaufer/pdixtract.zip), new thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46206).

PDIxtract extracts the content of a .pdi file set to your hard disk.

UPDATE
Hi,
there is a new version of pdixtract combined with a GUI frontend, called PDITool, you can find and discuss it here (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47259).

[ZeroLimit]

why doesn't just everyone use http://www.mitlaender.de/download/pdi2iso_011.zip <--It converts all PDI 2 ISO and burn with ur software easy? No I've done that to over 30 DVD's and they all work so whats the problem here?

[MackemX]

PDITOOL is the best option

using files gives you a lot more control over editing your files after ripping and before burning

I have never used ISO's since I began ripping back in the old days :) (dewrin the worr!)

so I guess I'll never understand the big fuss some people make about creating ISO's from ripping and for burning :confused:

that's my 2p!, but it's a shame that option don't work for everyone

does anyone else never use ISO's, or is it just me? :scared:

[tumbar]

Personally, I have always heard that burning ISO is superior or less chance of failure. :)

Can't recall the reasoning behind it though.

[fusion007]

Originally posted by ZeroLimit
why doesn't just everyone use http://www.mitlaender.de/download/pdi2iso_011.zip <--It converts all PDI 2 ISO and burn with ur software easy? No I've done that to over 30 DVD's and they all work so whats the problem here?

yep i have to agree, i have just d/l it and it did the job fine great piece of kit,having said that i just use the ic engine had no probs yet!besides if i wanted to make(which i dont)another backup of that id proberbly use the new dvddecryptor which recognises pdi format,shame its not out yet....waitng!

[DMagic1]

I have to agree also. I have used PDITool before now. Today I had pdi files for a movie that PDITool said didnt contain any data. I used PDI2ISO and it worked fine.

[mbmbmbmb]

For converting PDI to ISO, use this script if you are on Unix

*****************************************************

#! /bin/sh

# converts PDI files to ISO files

if [ $# != 1 -a $# != 2 ] ; then
echo "Usage: pdi2iso filename [outfile]"
exit
fi

if [ ! -f "$1" ] ; then
echo $1 does not exist
exit
fi

if [ "$1" != "`basename "$1"`" ] ; then
filename must not contain a path
exit
fi

if [ "$2" ] ; then
FILENAME="$2"
else
FILENAME="`basename "$1" .pdi`.iso"
fi

if [ -f "$FILENAME" ] ; then
echo $FILENAME already exists
exit
fi

# strip first 304 bytes of first file
echo "$1"
tail -c +305 "$1" > "$FILENAME"

# append remaining files
for file in "$1"[0-9][0-9] ; do
echo $file
cat "$file" >> "$FILENAME"
done

# pad with zeros to achieve a filesize which is a multiple of 2048
SIZE=`ls -l "$FILENAME" | awk '{ print $5 }'`
MOD=`expr $SIZE % 2048`
PAD=`expr 2048 - $MOD`

head -c $PAD < /dev/zero >> "$FILENAME"

echo $FILENAME created