rbowser

Ah ha - Glad I asked, and it's as I suspected. No problem, it'll be easy enough for them to get ImbBurn and burn with that. Thanks--appreciate the info. rbowser

I understand that the mds file carries the info for where the layer break is in a double layer DVD. I'm sharing an ISO file I made with ImgBurn with people who are likely to not want to fuss very much to make their hard copies, so I'm thinking of telling them about Windows Disc Image Burner which comes with all versions of Windows - it's the default program for handling ISO files, if the user doesn't have another burner installed. But I'm concerned that this Windows utility may not handle the mds file. I can't find any reference to it online - Does someone here have info or an opinion? Will a double layer disc burned with WIndows Disc Image Burner, using the ISO file I made in ImgBurn come out all right? Or should I just give these people instructions about downloading and using ImgBurn, since I know by clicking the mds file they're sure to have the layer break work correctly in their hard copies.-- It looks to me like the Windows app would be ignoring the mds file - So how would it handle the layer break--? rbowser

HEy - great - Sure appreciate the speedy response. That sounds fine, thanks. rbowser

I did some searching on this, and have some info, but am still not positive about the best thing to do. I have a video of a play production and want to share it with the cast and crew. I've produced the video and have DVD folders burned from my video editing program. Each Act is in its own DVD folder, and each one is just under 6 gigs in size, so these are obviously to be on DL discs. I want to share the video(s) via ISO files that I can park in my online storage where people can downlad them. Act One example: The DVD folder is 5.84 gigs. When I make an ISO as per the directions, I get an ISO which is 7.72 gigs - substanially larger. I see that this has been discussed, ISOs ending up larger than the DVD folders they're supposed to be direct images of. I found the info on how to go into advanced settings in ImgBurn and paste the Media Capacity figure into the Max Sectors to get an ISO which is much closer to the original DVD size. Fine, I cooked up an ISO that way, and it's exactly the same size - 5.84. With both the large and the smaller ISOs, I selected the same layer break position. What I didn't understand in the post I got the info from, is that it said forcing ImgBurn to make the smallest ISO possible is only advisable for files that are going to only be used on a computer - that something would get messed up with the layer break position if this smaller ISO was burned to disc.-- I don't get that.-- Since I'm going to have people downloading the ISOs, it's obviously better if I can keep the size down. Will there actually be a problem if I use that smaller ISO for what I've outlined here? Hope I was clear - I'll watch for responses. Thanks. rbowser