valnar
21st March 2007, 18:32
In investigating a NAS device for my HTPC, I plan on putting all my DVD's on it in ISO format. I suppose I could rip them to individual directories with the VIDEO_TS folders, but for the dual purpose of watching them as well as archiving them intact, I would prefer image files.
I currently have Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools available to me as methods that allow my HTPC to mount DVD ISO images. However, both involve moving the mouse, clicking on an image, mounting it to a drive letter, etc. It's not very remote-control or menu friendly. Ideally, I would like to look into the ISO images on the NAS so that I only need to mount the root folder where they are all stored, and then I could play a movie directly by clicking inside the ISO to see the VIDEO_TS folder with PowerDVD or TheaterTek.
In other words, is there a way to treat an ISO file like the way Windows XP treats ZIP files by default? Windows allows you to click on a ZIP file which opens it as another folder. I know most of us don't remember this capability since WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-ZIP are usually installed later. But that is one feature that is nice in the base install of Windows. I need an equivalent for ISO files.
Anyone know of a program that does this?
Robert
I currently have Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools available to me as methods that allow my HTPC to mount DVD ISO images. However, both involve moving the mouse, clicking on an image, mounting it to a drive letter, etc. It's not very remote-control or menu friendly. Ideally, I would like to look into the ISO images on the NAS so that I only need to mount the root folder where they are all stored, and then I could play a movie directly by clicking inside the ISO to see the VIDEO_TS folder with PowerDVD or TheaterTek.
In other words, is there a way to treat an ISO file like the way Windows XP treats ZIP files by default? Windows allows you to click on a ZIP file which opens it as another folder. I know most of us don't remember this capability since WinZIP, WinRAR or 7-ZIP are usually installed later. But that is one feature that is nice in the base install of Windows. I need an equivalent for ISO files.
Anyone know of a program that does this?
Robert