Any Advantage in creating Image

[auldyin]

Is there any advantage in creating an image file rather than just burning a rip?

Cheers

[r0lZ]

No, it takes longer, and unless you want to keep the ISO on your HDD to mount it in a virtual drive, you don't need it.

[CWR03]

There are times I create an image - sometimes I want to make both an Xvid backup and a full backup of a disk, so I rip an .ISO image first, then mount that image to rip in .IFO mode with DVD Decrypter. With that method the second rip is much faster, and I can put the disk away after the .ISO image is made. Before RipIt4Me had a movie only mode, I would rip the disk in .ISO mode, then mount it and create my .IFO rip, but that's no longer necessary.

[lex71x]

iso's are easier to burn and preview, you can just drag them into VLC instead of digging for the IFO, and they are pre-named so you dont have to before burning. saves lots, lots of time in the long run.

[Septimus]

I was about to ask a similar question to this one.

I want to backup a complete boxset of DVD-9s, so I can leave the discs on the shelf and not scratch them.

I have ripped the discs to my hard drive using DVDFab, but I didn't choose ISO mode. For 1:1 backups on Dual Layer discs, is this going to cause any problems. Is it better to just re-rip all the discs in ISO mode and use ImgBurn to burn down, or should I rebuild using ImgBurn ?

Thanks.

[ilovejedd]

It's probably better to re-rip ISO and burn with ImgBurn to keep the layer break from the original discs.

[r0lZ]

I don't think so. ImgBurn will almost certainly propose the same layer break cell than in the original.

[setarip_old]

@Septimus

Hi!

Perhaps an equally important group of questions:

1) What is the Title and Region of the set?

2) Did DVDFab generate any error or information messages when ripping? (At one point in time, DVDFab automatically replaced ALL bad sectors, whether from copy protection or physical problems, with "dummy" sectors)

3) Have you played the harddrive rips, from start to finish, to make sure there are no problems in playback?