Imgtool Classic or Imgtool Burn?

[Staz]

Hey.
I recently downloaded imgtool burn and I notice that there is no option to use Dvd decrypter for burning. Do I need Imgtool Classic?
Which is the best to use?

Before now I have always used ifoedit to create the .img files and then dvd decrypter to burn them.

[Darklistener]

Hi,
ImgTool Burn uses the Nero API to burn DVD.
(installed version of Nero Burning ROM is needed)
and
ImgTool Classic is using DVD Decrypter.

read the information on
http://www.coujo.de/ib/index.php?act=html_include&incl_name=download
and decide which for you is even best.

[Staz]

I have always loved Dvd decrypter so I will definitely get the classic version. Thanks for that Darklistener. :D

[D3s7]

Img classic is a nice front end for mkisofs....

might as well use the nero interface if your going to use regular :)

[JFerguson]

Or, mkisofs directly:

mkisofs -dvd-video -l -V <volume label> -o <output file> <work dir>

For example,

mkisofs -dvd-video -l -V SHIPPING_NEWS -o h:\BLD_SHIPPING_NEWS.iso d:\!DVDWork\MakeISO.SHIPPING_NEWS

-l is for long filenames, necessary for some DVD-ROM content. I use the switch all the time.

-D is an option I used once to correct a "long file number" error once, but that was for an image with some significant DVD-ROM content, I believe. It violates some ISO standard, so it's not a persistent switch.

Actually, I have a batch file that I use to do this, because I do a bunch of movies at once. Then, I just feed it the label ( SHIPPING_NEWS ), the source drive letter ( d: ), and the target drive letter ( h: ). Everything else is assumed based on standard naming conventions (e.g.: \!DVDWork\MakeISO.<label> and \BLD_<label>.iso). Like this:

call mkisofs.bat SHIPPING_NEWS d: h:
call mkisofs.bat BROTHER_BEAR d: h:
call mkisofs.bat AMERICANSPLENDOR d: h:
.
.
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The cdrtools package is cool. I suppose you could use cdrecord.exe to burn your movies as well, but I haven't had any trouble with DVD Decrypter, so I just use that. A while ago, I was burning a lot of CDs (50-100), and I used mkisofs and cdrtools in looped batch file to
build, burn, and beep between discs. It was pretty cool - let me do other things... :)