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 and the underlying PDIxtract.

[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)

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.