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im trying to download a movie and its an .iso file (never heard of that). can i watch that in divx? or am i going to have convert it


you can use this as a thread to ask questions on downloading movies and shit. i know im gonaa keep askign questions cause im not all that good with this kidna shit

ThatGuy

iso files need to be burned or 'mounted'.

I don't know how to explain what an iso (nrg & img are similar type file you may run into) file is. Most CD/DVD burning software is capable of burning these file types. I prefer NERO Burning ROM.

You can also use software to 'mount' the image files (iso, nrg, img) on a 'virtual hard drive' on your PC and use you regular media player to play it from there. The software i use to 'mount' files is called Daemon Tools (readily available for DL, may even be freeware??).

make sense??

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Daemon tools is freeware, but due to some funky copyright law, they can't host the installer on their official website, so just google for it.

And an ISO is simply a virtual copy of a CD, it's all the data on the CD in one file, called an "image file", because it's a mirror image of the cd. Personally, I like alcohol 120% for burning, ripping and mounting, but it's not freeware.

so if im gonna burn this to dvd. should i just burn the whole movie folder onto a dvd? because in the fodler theres liek 3 sub folders and i donno how to watch it so im assuming thats all the menu shit....

so i drag the folder into the DVD burning program and ill be able to watch it on my dvd player?

i ahve winRAR cause someone told me to download it ...so i have to extract the shit first? or shoudl i jstu download nero and just open the movie folder and it will be all set?

you are starting to lose me here....

if the file in the folder are RAR (compressed) you will need to extract them first.

if you have an ISO file you can burn that with NERO.

if you burn the compressed files or even uncompress them and burn to a disc it will most likely not play on a DVD palyer.

if the files are DVD files after extracting ( something like .vob, .ifo, etc, and all contained in a 'video_ts' folder) then you can burn that folder in NERO. Use the DVD files option.

you may wanna have a look at the site http://www.videohelp.com. Tons of great info and step by step guides on there. It a little tought to navigate at first but then is soooooooo much info there.

hope i helped somewhat, just hard to follow what you have and what you need to do without seeing it........

mazdog's is great advice. You haven't really given us alot of specifics to work with, so we're not really sure how to help you. =P

thanks for the help...this is what i ended u doing

i tool the folder and put it into dvd decrypter? and i burned it to dvd but when i played it it froze on the menu so icoudltn watch the movie...but the file works fine when i watch it on VLC media player


so i heard you guys mention NERO...is this free? if not how much is it?

and for specifics it saays

thers a main movie folder...
..two sub folders (VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS) theres .ifo .vob in those


so how shoudl i go about burning a dvd (sorry if im being stupid....i not good at this stuff.

ThatGuy

If you download the free trial version of Nero there are ways of getting the full version for free (check your inbox)

Zomg pyrit!

Yes, nero free trial.

thanks guys.....yor helps been great


and thanks boner

ThatGuy

NERO cost as much as any other torrent!

yes yes the Video_ts folder should contain all the 'DVD files' that make up the DVD. In Nero (and other burners i'm assuming) there is an option to burn DVD using the 'DVD files' .....simple as that.

If you want to mount the ISO onto a virtual drive then a programe called alcohol is good to use. (Just another alternative i thought i'd throw in there)

VLC player can play all file types and is completely free. Its dead easy to use and is especially useful for torrent downloads.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/