Another Encore question (DVD image)

[PaulJBis]

Hi all:

I've authored a DVD in Encore 1.5 and, since I need to make several copies of it, I tried to export the result as a DVD image to keep it in my hard drive (using the File/Build DVD/Make DVD Image command). The problem is that the image that Encore creates is a .IMG file, which Nero Express doesn't read. After looking around a bit for answers, I tried renaming the file to .ISO, and Nero Express opens it... only to tell me that it's a *CD* image, not a DVD one, and that therefore it can't burn it to DVD. I then open the file with Isobuster, and it also tells me that it's a CD image.

My question is: what the hell is Encore doing exporting a DVD project to a *CD image*? (or it shorter words: WTF???) I know of a number of hacks and workarounds for the situation (burning one DVD and ripping it, burning one DVD and copying the VIDEO_TS folder, etc.), but at this stage I'm mostly curious about why Encore does this, and whether anything can be done to fix it.

[Corion]

There's nothing wrong with what Encore is doing here - don't believe everything Nero Express tells you. The disc image contains information about sector addresses and the UDF bridge, etc etc that you don't get by simply burning your VIDEO_TS folder. Why can't you burn to disc from the image using Encore?? If you can't use Encore try DVD Decryptor.

[PaulJBis]

Well, I was trying to export the project as an image precisely so that I didn't have to start Encore every time I needed to burn a copy of the disc, so burning the image using Encore kinda defeats the purpose. And it's not just Nero; Isobuster also says that it's a "CD image".

[Corion]

If you can't use Encore try DVD Decryptor.
And don't change the file extension to .ISO

And what's the big problem with starting Encore? You're not remuxing every time you burn a disc are you?

[CWR03]

Encore's .IMG extension is proprietary, meaning the file it creates wasn't intended to be used in another format. .ISO is commonly used as an extension for a CD or DVD image, so naturally if you rename an extension to that, it will be read as CD image file.

Why not burn a copy, then use DVD Decrypter to make a real ISO image of the copy? You can then use DVD Decrypter or Nero to burn copies later.

[Corion]

or just use DVD Decryptor to burn the .IMG file?