Problem with movie files

[nonwired]

I'm not completely new to backing up movies but this one has me stumped.
There are 4 home movies of my daughter's performances on my hard drive taken with my Sony DVD cam. They are iso files. No clue how I've managed to mess them up but they are not replaceable! Each time I try to open them they will only open DVD Decypter. I would like to convert them to a -r disc permanently.
The programs that I have to work with are;
DVD Decrepter
Shrink
Nero 6.6.1.4, the full suite.

Any help would apreciated.

[siddharthagandhi]

You have iso files? They are dvd images, right?

If they are DVD images, using Nero, you can burn them to a DVD-R (if thats what youre asking I believe that is). Go to Nero StartSmart. Then click burn image to disc (its either in the first or last column). Then open the iso files, and click burn. Easiest thing ever.

But I'm not sure if that's what you're asking.....is it?

[BigDid]

... Each time I try to open them they will only open DVD Decypter. I would like to convert them to a -r disc permanently.
Hi,

Beside Nero utilisation descripted in previous post and unless DvdDecrypter cannot write to media, you can do the following:
DvdD/mode/ISO/Write, select destination, write

Did

[ammck55]

Additionally, you could mount your ISO's in Daemon Tools (a virtual drive utility), and run a "Disc Copy" with Nero. Open a multi-session burn and repeat; providing you have enough space on your media.

Doesn't your Sony cam capture to MPEG-2? How did you manage to create an ISO file of your shot footage and not be able to find your way back out?

ammck55

[siddharthagandhi]

If you don't want to download software, Nero even has its own image hosting software called Nero ImageDrive. Look for it in Startsmart.

I was wondering the same thing as well. I don't have a cam, but I never heard of footage being recorded to an iso file.

[CWR03]

Did you use DVD Derypter set in .ISO mode to "rip" the files off the disk from the Sony camera? If so, you can simply open the .ISO file with DVD Decrypter and burn them directly to a disk with it. As a precaution, you may want to save the .ISO files on a data DVD in case you might later want to re-burn them or perhaps edit the footage.

[nonwired]

I’m a newb. Last night I figured out how much I don't know about burning dvds. I also have an abundance of coasters for anyone in need plus I’m moving into the dog house tonight so I don’t have to hear about it.
Yes, I must have been asleep at the switch when I ripped these from the mini discs in iso mode.

2 of the files were a success, her 5th birthday party and a kindergarten play. My problems are 2 of her theater dance performaces.

All 4 will play the dvds with the Nero software on my computer but 2 will not play in any of our 4 home dvd players; Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic and a GoVideo player or the Rosen MD changers that are in both of our vehicles.

From Nero's SmartStart, burn dvd from image, 2 worked and 2 didn't.

In DVD Decrypter all will burn the image in ISO write mode but will produce no playable movie.

The 2 failures produce a dvd that stores the file transferred from the hard drive.
In other words; like a data file with a subfolder containing multiple files; iso, etc.

Any more suggestions?

[CWR03]

Pick up some +R media and try again, and use a lower burn speed setting, no more than half the rated speed of the burner or media, whichever is slower. Use ImgBurn instead of DVD Decrypter to burn, since it has a greater range of drive compatibility. If you have both Roxio and Nero installed, you may want to remove Roxio as they tend to cause problems together.

If you can mount and view the .ISO images with no problems, then your data is still ok. If nothing else, you can mount the images with Nero ImageDrive, then rip in file or .IFO mode with DVD Decrypter and have the video in .VOB format to play with.

If Nero's "StartSmart" produced a data DVD containing .ISO files, you've probably either selected something incorrectly or when selecting two or more .ISO files it simply switches to data mode automatically. You can't select more than one .ISO image to burn to one disk because each .ISO mode is an image of one complete disk. In order to have the video from them together it must be reauthored.

I personally prefer Roxio DVD Builder - it's a drag-and-drop utility that works with nearly every format, and it creates chapters and menus like a pro disk from individual clips with no effort whatsoever. Decrypting in file mode would presumably give you multiple files from each start/stop point that you could work with.

[nonwired]

My burner handles everything but +R media, Ram,Rom,-R,-RW.
I used a vey slow speed last night at 2x.
I do not have Roxio, only the programs that I originally stated.
Both of the successful copies have multiple start and stop points on each disk. In other words; they have menues that appear of each scene when started.
I do appreciate all of the responses and try to use what I can as a guide on the 2 problem movies.
Thanks again.

[setarip_old]

My burner handles everything but +R media, Ram,Rom,-R,-RW.I'm fairly certain this is not what you meant to say, as you've excluded virtually every form of burnable DVD media...

[nonwired]

You are right, I ment to say it will burn/play any form of -R, -RW, Rom and Ram but no form of + media.

[Abond]

Try ISOBuster

[CWR03]

You really need a new burner. I'm certain that will solve all your problems, and you can pick one up for $50 in many stores. You must have one of the very first units if it can't burn a +R disk. Your incompatibility issues begin there.

[nonwired]

You really need a new burner. I'm certain that will solve all your problems, and you can pick one up for $50 in many stores. You must have one of the very first units if it can't burn a +R disk. Your incompatibility issues begin there. No problems with any backups until now. It was the way that I backed them up to my hard drive that created the problem. It would cost me much more than $50 to replace the drive in my P25 that I use to do these. Over the weekend I converted a music dvd to mp4 for my wifes iPod video with no issues.

[Surf]

I wonder if you are still wired to this thread.....here's my 2 cents:

I suspect that when you were installing Decrypter, you allowed it to ASSOCIATE the ISO file extension, that's why it does this: (Each time I try to open them they will only open DVD Decypter). Why do you use Decrypter in the first place? The info in the mini-dvd disk is not decrypted, I think? Even if you still wishes to use Decrypter, you need to choose FILE mode not ISO mode....

At this moment I doubt that there is anything wrong your dvd burner. Old perhaps but functional or it won't (All 4 will play the dvds with the Nero software on my computer). A few years old standalone DVD players, most of them don't play +R, now all newer ones do.

I think you need to familarize yourself with DVD(movie) structures. Go ahead and pop in a movie, in Windows Explorer you'll see files with extensions like vob, bup, ifo.. I have no clue what your mini-dvd contents are, don't own one.

After you manage to get them 4 files in mpeg2, vob, etc. format, you may want to try an excellent basic free DVD author program called DVDstyler.

Remember, it's only worth 2 cents.

[nonwired]

After some research and a few failed attemps I managed to back up the last 2 movies to DVD using Nero.
My camcorder is a Sony DCR DVD300. It's not state of the art by any means at this point but does do a good job of making home made movies for instant playback or backing up at a later date. The file format is Mpeg-2.
The only reason that I have DVD Decryper and Shrink along with another small program that I did not mention is to back up our DVDs without menues for play in our vehicles on long trips. It can be a real problem towing a travel trailer in traffic while trying to help find the movie's menue.
The feedback was very helpful gentlemen. Thanks again.

[kdkrone]

I personally prefer Roxio DVD Builder - it's a drag-and-drop utility that works with nearly every format, and it creates chapters and menus like a pro disk from individual clips with no effort whatsoever. Decrypting in file mode would presumably give you multiple files from each start/stop point that you could work with.

When you use Roxio DVD Builder and it asks for files, do you choose the ".vob" files or "video files" option?

Thanks
Ken K