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Posted by Steve on 08/16/07 02:19
Gene E. Bloch <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote:
>>>> I'm a bit of a noob on this stuff. Downloaded the file from
>>>> http://www.tvblink.com/i_down.html
>>>> Burned the ISO file to DVD-R using Roxio Easy Media Creator 9, then
>>>> finalized the disc. But my Pioneer player doesn't recognize it, won't
>>>> play. Using same DVD-R that I've used many times to copy from the
>>>> DVR, no problems playing these in the Pioneer. But I've never tried a
>>>> downloaded file like this. Am I maybe missing a step somewhere?
>>>
>>> Did you burn the iso image to the disk using image copy, or as a file?
>>> Only treating the iso as a source image for a disk-to-disk copy (which
>>> is what image copy means) will work. Copying it as a file does not
>>> create a true DVD, only a DVD with a file on it.
>>
>> Thanks Gene. I think I used the "burn image to disc" option. The other
>> option is "copy disc" but then EMC is looking in the DVD-ROM drive for
>> the source image, with no option to look on the hard drive. Guess I'm
>> still missing something...
>
>Well, you *are* a bit inconsistent.
>
>You said that you burned the image to the disk and then finalized the
>disk. If you actually burned it as disk image to the DVD as I
>described, finalizing would *not* be an option - the image itself is
>already finalized.
>Typically (meaning within my experience :-)), to burn an image to disk,
>you have to go to the option for setting the source drive, and set it
>to a disk image instead of a physical drive. Then you can select the
>image to copy it to DVD *as an image*. I can't point you to where this
>is, since I have no familiarity with Roxio.
>I *can* tell you that the interface design of the CD/DVD programs I
>have used is uniformly confusing.
You're right about the interface, it's pretty confusing. Just tried it
again, and it seems to have worked this time. Not sure what happened
the first time. But thanks for your help!
--
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
....Flannery O'Connor
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