Answer: How to quickly convert folders to ISO

[SamuriHL]

Ok, so, many of you have folders up the yang of ripped Blu-ray movies and don't want to spend the time to convert them to ISO. What if I make it easy for you? Could we then stop complaining? LOL :D

These methods will require ImgBurn 2.4.1.0 or later.

METHOD 1: Manual Way

-Load ImgBurn
-Select create image from files/folder
-Add Blu-ray folder
-In options, make SURE UDF 2.5 is selected. VERY IMPORTANT!
-Create ISO

METHOD 2: Batch file Way

Here's the batch file way for MUCH easier ISO creation. Note that I've not tested this because oddly all of my rips are in ISO format. :D However, it should work fine.

Save this to something like "makeISO.bat" or whatever and put it in your path


@echo off
set SRC=C:\Movies
set DEST=C:\ISOs
set PathToImgBurn=C:\Program Files\ImgBurn

start /d"%PathToImgBurn%\" ImgBurn.exe /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE IMAGEFILE /SRC "%SRC%\%1" /DEST "%DEST%\%1.ISO" /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.50" /VOLUMELABEL "%1" /CLOSE /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER "YES" /START
Usage:

makeISO DIEHARD
makeISO ID4
etc

That's basically it. It takes the folder name you pass in, and turns it into an ISO ready for mounting. Enjoy!

NOTES:
-Obviously you'll need to edit the SRC and DEST variables to match your system. The SRC is the folder that contains the Blu-ray folder(s) you want to convert. DEST is where you want the resulting ISO to live. So, if you have C:\Movies\DIEHARD, C:\Movies\ID4, etc and want to convert them, set SRC to C:\Movies. You get the idea.

-If you changed the default location of ImgBurn installation, edit the PathToImgBurn variable to point to the location.

P.S. Yes, you lazy people, you can create a batch file to call this script and do all your movies automagically for you.


@echo off
call makeISO ID4
call makeISO DIEHARD
call makeISO SIMPSONS_MOVIE
ETC


UPDATE - See BSalita's very nice improvement here (http://forum.slysoft.com/showpost.php?p=231420&postcount=89)

[Humpa]

Nice!

That'll be handy for many of us.
I have a lot to convert and don't want to re-rip them all if I don't have to.

Thanks

Though you have a couple errors in the MakeISO.bat

EDIT: I removed my post so as not to confuse anyone.
Nice Work - handy little "tool". :D

[SamuriHL]

I've made some changes. That should satisfy you. :) I left the \ on originally because I want people to understand they're folders not files. But, whatever. It doesn't hurt to have the extra \ at all. I do it all the time in my work batch files.

[Humpa]

oops ... posted too soon.

Is there something else that we can pass, or a setting we can set in ImgBurn so that the dialog box doesn't pop-up? That dialog box that tells you how many folders/files are going to be converted? You have to click "ok" before it proceeds. :(

I can't look for that setting right now because I clicked "ok", and now it is converting Twilight Zone to iso. ;)

[SamuriHL]

Cancel that encode. I just added a bunch more stuff to the script. (Found the damn readme.txt that gives ALL the options. Oops. ;)) That should be closer to what we want.

[Humpa]

ok, in ImgBurn > Tools > Settings > Build you need to check the following 2 boxes (unless this can be passed in the MakeISO.bat?):

Don't Prompt Image Details
Don't Prompt Volume Label

EDIT: oops again, I see you changed it again. :D

[SamuriHL]

I already fixed that. ;)

[SamuriHL]

BTW, thanks for helping me work the bugs out of this. As I said, I don't have any folders to try this with and I'm not in the mood to make one. I suppose I could have just mounted an ISO and done it from there, but, meh, this works. :D

[Humpa]

Yep, works a treat now.

I edited it to fit my filestructure (I'm passing 4 variables into the MakeISO.bat, since I have a zillion drives - now I can set up the CallMakeISO.bat file much easier, and never have to edit those root paths in the MakeISO.bat again).

Thanks again :bowdown:

[SamuriHL]

You're quite welcome. And yes, I figured more advanced users would take this as a template and run with it. There's a LOT you can do with batch files but this basic script should get most people up and running with ease. I'm glad we got the kinks worked out. This should help all those poor souls who ripped to folders before the functionality was removed from PowerDVD to play them. Now no one has an excuse to be playing from folders with old versions of PowerDVD anymore. ;)

[Humpa]

I don't have enough free space on a drive to batch process too many of my folders (which means I'm due for a new hdd anyway). So, I guess it is off to BB I go. :D
I see they have a 2TB gigabit hdd on sale for $449 - which means I'll finally cough up the $58 for a gigabit switch.

This hobby sure ain't cheap. ;)

[SamuriHL]

Yea, I'll be buying myself a new external drive soon as I'm running out of space, as well. I'd like to kick some out to the external and keep the most watched titles on my internal. A 1 TB drive would help. 2 would be better, but I certainly can't afford that.

[Humpa]

I was looking at the wrong drive - I thought I had space left, and I do. I still have .5tb left on one of my drives. :D

Though I was just testing the hddvd iso's I made with your batch files, and now I seem to have a low level hum coming from my rcvr. :(
It is only with the 6 channel analog, and I get it even with my pc off - I have to unplug all 3 of the 3.5mm jacks from my auzentech to get the hum to go completely away. This is new. Argh :(

[sigpaw]

BB has Segate 1TB internal SATA dives on sale right now for $189.99!!!!
(WOW what a bargin)

:D

[SamuriHL]

Humpa, that's pretty messed up. There's no way this process should affect audio at all. Sounds like an unrelated bad happenstance. :( That blows.

That's not a bad price for the Seagate. I don't really have room for it in my HTPC right now wihch is why I want to go external. I have to wait until June at this point I think as I have some bills to pay off first. Bleck. Plus I'm trying to save up for a new 42" plasma or LCD for the bedroom. :D

[Humpa]

Humpa, that's pretty messed up. There's no way this process should affect audio at all. Sounds like an unrelated bad happenstance. :( That blows.For sure - it is just coincidental. I ruled out the pc by turning it off and unplugging the power supply from the wall, and every other connection except the three 2 channel 3.5mm plugs. Well, I guess I didn't actually rule out the pc. But I imagine it is some sort of ground problem somewhere. So I need to unplug everything from my amp, and everything from my pc and start from there. But the access to the back of my rcvr is virtually non-existant - I have to reach up behind it while looking at a diagram of the inputs and feel my way around :bang:

EDIT: or, I need to use my digital output from my auzentech ... but that's against my religion, and will be a last resort (I'll go and buy that Denon hdmi rcvr first). ;)

[SamuriHL]

Man that sucks! Good luck man!!

[Humpa]

Man that sucks! Good luck man!!I remember having a similar issue back in Boston - as I recall, I used to unplug the cable connection from the wall for some reason. I don't recall exactly how my setup was, or even what year that was. I just remember having some audio hum in a certain configuration (and I remember unsucessfully trying to fix it by various grounding methods).
Anyway, before doing anything drastic, I unplugged the cable from the wall and BAM, no more hum! So I plugged that back in, because I need cable hooked up so I can use the dvr while watching the HTPC, of course. ;)
I then reached behind the back of my dvr cable box and felt that I had the audio left/right rca's plugged in (and the other ends were plugged into my amp, as confirmed by what happened next) - so I unplugged the rca cables and voila, no more hum! :D
... I use the digital audio out of my cable box anyway. Not sure why the left/right rca's were even connected (perhaps I did that as a fail safe?).

As to why this hum didn't happen until today, I have no idea. Though I haven't used the analog inputs in a few days - and we had a nasty storm pass thru Dallas since I last used it. Lots of lightning two nights in a row and some serious power outages (including my apartments) - something obviously happened because of that.

[SamuriHL]

That's kuel that you got it fixed so quickly and relatively easily. That would have sucked if you had to go buy a new receiver.

[Humpa]

That's kuel that you got it fixed so quickly and relatively easily. That would have sucked if you had to go buy a new receiver.Yeah, we have many, many months before we have to bother getting our HDMI rcvr's (based on that cyberlink quote). So we can let the prices drop some more.

[SamuriHL]

Yeah, we have many, many months before we have to bother getting our HDMI rcvr's (based on that cyberlink quote). So we can let the prices drop some more.

Oh I don't plan on waiting quite that long. With my PS3 I can take advantage of it much sooner. :D The 2.30 firmware is confirmed to have DTS-HD MA decoding finally, so, once the new receivers hit the market and the prices settle down a bit I'm going to pick one up. I MIGHT even consider the 605 simply because I found it for $366 2nd day delivered and once the new receivers come out, it should be even cheaper. Then I can put my yamaha in the bedroom with the new tv and I'll have a field day. :)

[Humpa]

Don't start giving me ideas!
Now I want to put the ps3 in the bedroom with my Yamaha. Granted, it would be limited to TOSlink audio. But I could put that Onkyo in the living room with my new 58" 1080p panasonic once HDMI is fully supported with pdvd, and the 50" 1080i plasma in the bedroom. Of course then I'd need a new set of 5.1 speakers for the bedroom (and another set of surround speakers for the living room to handle the 7.1 extra channels). :bang:

EDIT: I think I better get a second job.

[SamuriHL]

I got a set of logitech speakers in the bedroom now. I'd get a new sub and connect the speakers to the yamaha instead of the logitech controller. I'm a ways away from any of these goals. I need to pay off some bills in the next 2-3 months then I'll be able to do it. I can't wait though.

[RichB]

Just a word of thanks to SamuriHL :clap:

You saved me a ton of work converting about 40 folders.
I had AnyDVD running during ISO creation and I am still not sure why that is a bad thing.

Is there any existing title that using AnyDVD during the ISO creation would require a re-rip?

- Rich

[SamuriHL]

You're quite welcome. I'm glad you found the script to be useful. :)

That's a difficult question to answer because it depends on many variables. The first release of AnyDVD that had BD+ removal had a few minor...er, um, issues. (We will NOT use the word g****h as Peer does NOT want to see it again. :D) So anything that contains BD+ that was ripped with 6.4.0.0 might need to be re-ripped potentially. I am not aware of any other problems.

It's not that it's a bad thing to rip with AnyDVD enabled by any means. But, bugs happen from time to time. For instance, those people that ripped with region coding removal enabled *MIGHT* have some issues there, as well, but if the rip works there's no problem. I just like to avoid all that and rip once. Any improvements that are made to AnyDVD in future versions will immediately show up in my mounted images. If you're happy ripping with AnyDVD enabled, by all means continue that approach. It's not a bad thing at all. I'm just overly cautious because I don't like taking time to re-rip things.

[RichB]

If you're happy ripping with AnyDVD enabled, by all means continue that approach. It's not a bad thing at all. I'm just overly cautious because I don't like taking time to re-rip things.

So, I can assume the problems introduced by AnyDVD could not be corrected later for that rip. I guess I will leave it on until I get burned.

Thanks again,

Rich

[hlkc]

SamuriHL,

I am in the lazy group as I am planning to do that 1 by 1 when I about to watch them. Therefore I only convert 4 out of 50+ BD folders I have so far. Now, I guess before I go to sleep tonight, I will just put together a list and let it convert to my ISO in next few days. Can't say "thanks" enough for sharing this script to us.

Thanks! :clap:

[SamuriHL]

So, I can assume the problems introduced by AnyDVD could not be corrected later for that rip. I guess I will leave it on until I get burned.

Thanks again,

Rich

If you've ripped with AnyDVD enabled, it does all processing as the ISO is being created. If there are any issues with a particular AnyDVD version, those issues will be permanent in the rip, yes. Once you remove the protection, AnyDVD no longer does any processing. IOW, mounting an ISO with no protection, AnyDVD won't touch it. But, there's nothing it could do to fix the problem anyway...the issue was in the way the protection was removed. By having an untouched ISO image, I only have to mount the protected image and let the new version of AnyDVD perform its magic. Done.

[SamuriHL]

SamuriHL,

I am in the lazy group as I am planning to do that 1 by 1 when I about to watch them. Therefore I only convert 4 out of 50+ BD folders I have so far. Now, I guess before I go to sleep tonight, I will just put together a list and let it convert to my ISO in next few days. Can't say "thanks" enough for sharing this script to us.

Thanks! :clap:

Yea, you're not the only one that has a bunch of folders that need to be converted. And I do sympathize with you all about having to do the conversions. It's a real pain. This should remove some of that pain and allow you guys to move to new versions of PowerDVD without having to re-rip all your movies. That'll save wear and tear on the BD drive and doing the conversion on the hard drive is faster anyway. This process should make it relatively painless. Let me know if you have any problems. It should work fine.

[hlkc]

Yea, you're not the only one that has a bunch of folders that need to be converted. And I do sympathize with you all about having to do the conversions. It's a real pain. This should remove some of that pain and allow you guys to move to new versions of PowerDVD without having to re-rip all your movies. That'll save wear and tear on the BD drive and doing the conversion on the hard drive is faster anyway. This process should make it relatively painless. Let me know if you have any problems. It should work fine.

Just tested 2 BD folders and it works as described. Many thanks!

[SamuriHL]

Just tested 2 BD folders and it works as described. Many thanks!

And you tested playing them back? No problems?

[hlkc]

And you tested playing them back? No problems?

Yes, just tested and confirmed. Many thanks!

[SamuriHL]

Excellent. I'm glad this is working. Hopefully many people will benefit from this.

[hlkc]

Excellent. I'm glad this is working. Hopefully many people will benefit from this.

Most definitely!!!

[hlkc]

Just want to report that my conversion has been completed :clap: After 48 hours of discovered this post, I converted all my BD files/folders to ISO now and ready for 3370a or PDVD8 soon ;)

Due to my setup, I first need to create all my ISO in the server from different drives in my HTPC. After each drive BD finished convert the ISO then I need to erase the BD files/folders in that drive and copy those ISO created back to that drive. So on so forth for few different drives.

Once again, thank you very much for SamuriHL share this wonderful small script to us :rock:

[SamuriHL]

Sweet :)
.....

[roog]

Ok, so, many of you have folders up the yang of ripped Blu-ray movies and don't want to spend the time to convert them to ISO. What if I make it easy for you? Could we then stop complaining? LOL :D



Samuri, I'm being lazy, would you consider writing a script to install HD DVD playback in PowerDVD 8? Assuming, of course, that those using it would already have the necessary files available.

Also, I suspect that the code for 'play HD/BD from hard drive' may still be in PDVD 7.3 and possibly 8. I'm not interested in this personally, but I'm sure the 'play from hard drive' diehards would like to have it. Has anyone explored this possibility?

BTW, what does the HL stand for?

[SamuriHL]

I might be able to write something. It's not too difficult. I'll look at it when I'm eating lunch later.

I haven't looked into that. I'm sure that would be a much uglier thing to hack. It probably does some internal check to disallow playback from HD/BD content. IOW, it'd probably require patching an exe or DLL somewhere. Not something I wanna deal with.

Highlander. One of my favorite movies. :)

[roog]

I might be able to write something. It's not too difficult. I'll look at it when I'm eating lunch later.

Highlander. One of my favorite movies. :)

Thx, one of my favs too. Have you watched New Amsterdam which has stolen a lot from Highlander?

[SamuriHL]

Funny you should ask. Fox has a reputation of pulling shows I watch after 2-3 episodes. So with New Amsterdam, we decided to record the entire season in HD on my HTPC, strip the commercials, and see if we get through a whole season before watching it. Last night was the season finale. WOO HOO! So, once our other shows end in a few weeks, we now have something new to watch with no commercials and no waiting if we have to see what happens. Yes, the concept seemed very Highlander-ish to me. We'll see if I enjoy it or whether I think it's a ripoff.

[remai]

Hello,

i tried for 2 days now to play a folder converted to iso with pwd 7.3 build 3730 without success.
I follow the faq for converting the folder with imgburn and install clone drive ( and daemon tools after that).
PWD launchs but the playback doesn't start ( just black screeen).
It appears also on XP and Vista 32 bits.

If i come back to build 3319a, it works fine in ISO mode playback:confused:

If you have any hint for me ?

thanks in advance

[SamuriHL]

Not really sure. Did you use the script in this thread to create it? I haven't heard of any issues with ISOs created by this script but it's always possible.

[hlkc]

Hello,

i tried for 2 days now to play a folder converted to iso with pwd 7.3 build 3730 without success.
I follow the faq for converting the folder with imgburn and install clone drive ( and daemon tools after that).
PWD launchs but the playback doesn't start ( just black screeen).
It appears also on XP and Vista 32 bits.

If i come back to build 3319a, it works fine in ISO mode playback:confused:

If you have any hint for me ?

thanks in advance

I confirmed SamuriHL's script 100% working with 3319a and plan to try PDVD8 this weekend.

[remai]

I do the manual way but it seems pretty the same, no ?
Yes, it works well with 3319a but for newest BD releases, it doesn't work:(
That's why i try to all this work with 3730 or better pwd 8.

[SamuriHL]

Try it with my script. Manual way is fine so long as you remember to change to UDF 2.50. The script takes care of everything for you. All you do is pass it a folder name and it creates an ISO with the same name.

[SamuriHL]

Updated to make it not keep the dos window open when ImgBurn is loaded.

[flicker]

Ok, so, many of you have folders up the yang of ripped Blu-ray movies and don't want to spend the time to convert them to ISO. What if I make it easy for you? Could we then stop complaining? LOL :D

These methods will require ImgBurn 2.4.1.0 or later.

METHOD 1: Manual Way

-Load ImgBurn
-Select create image from files/folder
-Add Blu-ray folder
-In options, make SURE UDF 2.5 is selected. VERY IMPORTANT!
-Create ISO

METHOD 2: Batch file Way

Here's the batch file way for MUCH easier ISO creation. Note that I've not tested this because oddly all of my rips are in ISO format. :D However, it should work fine.

Save this to something like "makeISO.bat" or whatever and put it in your path


@echo off
set SRC=C:\Movies
set DEST=C:\ISOs
set PathToImgBurn=C:\Program Files\ImgBurn

start /d"%PathToImgBurn%\" ImgBurn.exe /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE IMAGEFILE /SRC "%SRC%\%1" /DEST "%DEST%\%1.ISO" /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.50" /VOLUMELABEL "%1" /CLOSE /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER "YES" /START


Usage:

makeISO DIEHARD
makeISO ID4
etc

That's basically it. It takes the folder name you pass in, and turns it into an ISO ready for mounting. Enjoy!

NOTES:
-Obviously you'll need to edit the SRC and DEST variables to match your system. The SRC is the folder that contains the Blu-ray folder(s) you want to convert. DEST is where you want the resulting ISO to live. So, if you have C:\Movies\DIEHARD, C:\Movies\ID4, etc and want to convert them, set SRC to C:\Movies. You get the idea.

-If you changed the default location of ImgBurn installation, edit the PathToImgBurn variable to point to the location.

P.S. Yes, you lazy people, you can create a batch file to call this script and do all your movies automagically for you.


@echo off
call makeISO ID4
call makeISO DIEHARD
call makeISO SIMPSONS_MOVIE


ETC

:clap:

SamuriHL - just for the record and to make things simple and clear like... please explain the process step by step... like how do I create a batch file? When you create a batch file to call it, do I have to list every single movie folder? Great little program you wrote - but it's the obvious things that often elude the ignorant amongst us and cause confusion :confused:. Step by step, and we'll be listening intently.

Mucho thanks.

[hlkc]

:clap:

SamuriHL - just for the record and to make things simple and clear like... please explain the process step by step... like how do I create a batch file? When you create a batch file to call it, do I have to list every single movie folder? Great little program you wrote - but it's the obvious things that often elude the ignorant amongst us and cause confusion :confused:. Step by step, and we'll be listening intently.

Mucho thanks.

flicker,

This is a simple one let me try to help u?
Open a note pad and copy/paste his script inside the notepad and save. When you save use the name, makeISO and change the extension from .txt to .bat. Make sure change the source and destination path in this file. Now, move on to the next .bat file. Same way to create and copy the 2nd set script into this batch file. Inside this file, put all the BD folder you want to covert intoeach line, like call makeISO ID4. That's it. Just save and exit out and make sure change the extension from .txt to .bat and double click the 2nd .bat file and it will call the 1st make ISO file each time to covert BD folder to single ISO for your PDVD.

[remai]

Try it with my script. Manual way is fine so long as you remember to change to UDF 2.50. The script takes care of everything for you. All you do is pass it a folder name and it creates an ISO with the same name.

Same results with the batch:(
Don't know what to do now:bang:

[SamuriHL]

Same results with the batch:(
Don't know what to do now:bang:

You're not the only one having issues. Europeman is having problems, too, and I honestly don't know what is causing them. I ran this script on a couple of my own creations last night and I was able to play them in PowerDVD 8 with no problems at all. I really wish I knew what was going on for you two. I'll give it some more thought but currently I'm out of ideas as to what could be wrong. :(

[RichB]

I had no problems.

Edit the MakeIDO.bat file to have the correct paths.
Then I made a second script to call it pasting each
directory in. If a directory has spaces in the name it must be:
call MakeISO "Move Name With Spaces"

- Rich

[Humpa]

I had no problems either - but I think you already know that.

But there are a lot of things to consider - things that some of us may take for granted. RichB mentioned a good one (use quotes if spaces exist in your paths)

For instance, if the problem is that the batch seems to work but the movie doesn't play, then it could simply be the movie folder path is not quite complete.

When I was ripping to folder, I'd create a folder called "C:\movies\hitman" and rip to that - and then the resulting movie would end up in the folder "C:\movies\hitman\HITMAN" - or somesuch. So for the makeISO.bat, I'd use the C:\movies for the set SRC=C:\movies and for the call makeISO line in the batch, I'd use call makeISO hitman\HITMAN ... you know?

[SamuriHL]

Yea, it could be anything. Missing files that are required for an ISO that don't affect playback from folder, etc. I really have no idea. Personally if I was having an issue with any particular folder->ISO conversion, I'd just throw the original back in and make a fresh ISO from the original. Might be quicker in the long run.

[gwolfman]

dang, i did this a months ago when i converted all my movies to .iso's and i was going to refine it and post it here, looks like you beat me to it. :bowdown: i do give you credit though, it's a lot nicer than mine, thanks!

[damnskippy]

Well it seems that ImgBurn knows the sizes of BD disks and detects you are making one and takes care of the issue below. So never mind :)

In looking at your script it does not seem to pass any information to ImgBurn about the media. ImgBurn has a profile for single and dual layer DVD but nothing for BD. Does that information not make any difference? It would seem if you want to be able to burn the image back to BD at some point you need to tell ImgBurn about the media.

[mikinho]

I'm extremely lazy so I've modified your batch slightly and created an additional one for bulk creating ISOs from all subfolders.

To use, place both batch files in a parent folder. Run CreateAll.cmd and it will create ISOs from each subfolder.

CreateAll.cmd
@ECHO OFF
PUSHD %~dp0

FOR /D %%i IN (*) DO MakeIso.cmd "%%i"

POPD

MakeIso.cmd
@ECHO OFF

SETLOCAL

SET DEST=G:\Movies
SET PathToImgBurn=%ProgramFiles%\ImgBurn

IF EXIST "%DEST%\%1\%1.iso" EXIT /B

"%PathToImgBurn%\ImgBurn.exe" /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE IMAGEFILE /SRC "%~f1" /DEST "%DEST%\%1\%1.iso" /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.50" /VOLUMELABEL "%1" /CLOSESUCCESS /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER "YES" /START

ENDLOCAL

To help clarify below is my folder structure and how I use it.

G:\Ripped [Parent Folder]
G:\Ripped\CreateAll.cmd
G:\Ripped\MakeIso.cmd
G:\Ripped\300\
G:\Ripped\Blue Planet\
G:\Ripped\Cars\
G:\Ripped\Ice Age\

By running CreateAll.cmd (via command line or double clicking) the below files are created.

G:\Movies\300\300.iso
G:\Movies\Blue Planet\Blue Planet.iso
G:\Movies\Cars\Cars.iso
G:\Movies\Ice Age\Ice Age.iso

[sewe]

You're not the only one having issues. Europeman is having problems, too, and I honestly don't know what is causing them. I ran this script on a couple of my own creations last night and I was able to play them in PowerDVD 8 with no problems at all. I really wish I knew what was going on for you two. I'll give it some more thought but currently I'm out of ideas as to what could be wrong. :(


I had problem to before but now I know what couse them
Powerdvd 8 is pretty sensitive when it comes to folders, make sure that u have these folders:

-Two folders:BDMV & CERTIFICATE Inside Certificate folder should be an empty folder: BACKUP
-Open BDMV and make sure the following 8 folders are present:
1.BACKUP should contain; CLIPINF,PLAYLIST,BDJO[empty] & 2 bdmv files
2.CLIPINF,PLAYLIST,STREAM Folders will be there, with 2 bdmv files.
3.If missing, add 4 folders,all empty: AUXDATA, BDJO, JAR, META
Now create ISO with Imgburn and your good to go

Works everytime for me now

[SamuriHL]

Yea, the post you quoted was very old. We have long figured out that issue. PowerDVD8 is a real pain when it comes to compliance of what it'll play. PowerDVD7 doesn't seem to care much. But, just make sure you have a compliant structure and you should be good.

[magnusr]

Im getting a message in both powerdvd 7.3 and 8 after trying to convert a folder to iso (blu-ray). Then I mount it using the newest version of daemon tools. Opening it in PowerDVD 7.3 or 8 gives the message: a critical component of the player requires periodic updates.... If I click yes, then it says progress update finished. If I click play again it just keeps saying a citrical component of the player requires... again!

The Blu-Ray folder structure looks like this:

L:\BDMV
L:\CERTIFICATE
L:\BDMV\AUXDATA
L:\BDMV\BACKUP
L:\BDMV\BDJO
L:\BDMV\CLIPINF
L:\BDMV\index.bdmv
L:\BDMV\JAR
L:\BDMV\META
L:\BDMV\MovieObject.bdmv
L:\BDMV\PLAYLIST
L:\BDMV\STREAM
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\BDJO
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\index.bdmv
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\MovieObject.bdmv
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF\lots of clpis files here
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST\lots of mpls files here
L:\BDMV\CLIPINF\lots of clpi files here
L:\BDMV\PLAYLIST\lots of mpls files here
L:\BDMV\STREAM\lot of m2ts files here
L:\CERTIFICATE\BACKUP

Anyone got a clue? Do I need AnyDVD HD active to play it maybe?

Im using the following howto shown on the previous page:

-Load ImgBurn
-Select create image from files/folder
-Add Blu-ray folder
-In options, make SURE UDF 2.5 is selected. VERY IMPORTANT!
-Create ISO

[SamuriHL]

What version of ImgBurn please? You want the very latest as it now detects blu-ray folder structures and helps you set things up correctly.

[magnusr]

I have the latest version, downloaded it yesterday.

[Adbear]

Im getting a message in both powerdvd 7.3 and 8 after trying to convert a folder to iso (blu-ray). Then I mount it using the newest version of daemon tools. Opening it in PowerDVD 7.3 or 8 gives the message: a critical component of the player requires periodic updates.... If I click yes, then it says progress update finished. If I click play again it just keeps saying a citrical component of the player requires... again!

The Blu-Ray folder structure looks like this:

L:\BDMV
L:\CERTIFICATE
L:\BDMV\AUXDATA
L:\BDMV\BACKUP
L:\BDMV\BDJO
L:\BDMV\CLIPINF
L:\BDMV\index.bdmv
L:\BDMV\JAR
L:\BDMV\META
L:\BDMV\MovieObject.bdmv
L:\BDMV\PLAYLIST
L:\BDMV\STREAM
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\BDJO
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\index.bdmv
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\MovieObject.bdmv
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\CLIPINF\lots of clpis files here
L:\BDMV\BACKUP\PLAYLIST\lots of mpls files here
L:\BDMV\CLIPINF\lots of clpi files here
L:\BDMV\PLAYLIST\lots of mpls files here
L:\BDMV\STREAM\lot of m2ts files here
L:\CERTIFICATE\BACKUP

Anyone got a clue? Do I need AnyDVD HD active to play it maybe?

Im using the following howto shown on the previous page:

-Load ImgBurn
-Select create image from files/folder
-Add Blu-ray folder
-In options, make SURE UDF 2.5 is selected. VERY IMPORTANT!
-Create ISO

This is a well known issue, remove Daemon tools and use VCD, you'll also have to download the SPTD file from Daemon tools and run that and get it to remove it (it doesn't automatically uninstall it when you remove Daemon tools) They've messed up the newer versions of Daemon tools and I always gives this message. From what I've read they don't seem that bothered that it does this and have been saying it's not their problem

[magnusr]

This is a well known issue, remove Daemon tools and use VCD, you'll also have to download the SPTD file from Daemon tools and run that and get it to remove it (it doesn't automatically uninstall it when you remove Daemon tools) They've messed up the newer versions of Daemon tools and I always gives this message. From what I've read they don't seem that bothered that it does this and have been saying it's not their problem

Got it working using daemon tools now. Btw what is the url to that vcd software incase I would need it in the future?


Thx for you help.

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

Btw what is the url to that vcd software incase I would need it in the future?

http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html

[SamuriHL]

Ah yea, keep forgetting about the DT issues these days. I just assumed everyone switched to VCD by now. :D

[DrinkLyeAndDie]

[ Express Burn posts moved here: http://forum.slysoft.com/showthread.php?t=19391 ]

[Bigrick]

Ah yea, keep forgetting about the DT issues these days. I just assumed everyone switched to VCD by now. :D

thaty should be on the Stickeys. DONT USE DAEMON TOOLS USE VIRTUAL CLONE DRIVE it would life for alot of people so much easier

[SamuriHL]

Well, previous versions of DT are fine for those that like DT. I have nothing against the product. I personally prefer VCD but others may not. It's just the latest versions of DT that seem to be a problem.

[roog]

Daemon Tools Lite 4.12.4 work fine with Vista 32/64 but not version 4.30.0. Virtual Clone Drive works well but I still prefer the Daemon Tools interface and additional options.

[ghellmold]

The batch file method is definitely the way to go. Thanks. However, I could use a little help with my batch files.

The MakeISO.bat runs and closes before the ISO creation is completed. As a result, my second batch file starts the ISO create process for each directory without waiting for the previous to finish and I end up with numerous instances of Imgburn running at the same time. I have added the "PAUSE" cmd at the end of the first batch file as a temporary fix. Does anyone know a way to have the first batch file stay open until the ISO is completed so I don't have to press spacebar between images?

[SamuriHL]

Take out the start in front of the imgburn call. Start opens it up as a separate process. I did that to get rid of the command window while imgburn runs. But if you want to process multiple things then just take the start out and call it directly from the batch.

[dokken]

what about these people who still got their HD-DVD's archived on HDD in the past?
Do they also have to convert their HD-DVD Files to HD-DVD ISO Files when they want to use these files with the latest versions of PowerDVD Ultra?

Since the latest version of PowerDVD Ultra don't support the HDD playback functionality anymore, what effect does that have on a mixed collection of files (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) saved on your HDD? Do you have to install 2 versions (old and new seperately on 2 HDD Images to run both of the files (ripped and ISO's)?? Or what other alternatives do you have to playback all of these files (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray)?!

[Adbear]

I just use the latest build of 7.3 and have everything as ISO's. haven't had anything that won't play on it so far

[SamuriHL]

what about these people who still got their HD-DVD's archived on HDD in the past?
Do they also have to convert their HD-DVD Files to HD-DVD ISO Files when they want to use these files with the latest versions of PowerDVD Ultra?


Kind of a silly question isn't it? If they removed HDD playback from all versions of PowerDVD after 3319a, and they did, wouldn't it be obvious that you'll need to use mounted ISOs for playback? The only thing this doesn't apply to is regular SD DVD's. So yes, you do need to create ISOs from the HD DVD folders, as well.


Since the latest version of PowerDVD Ultra don't support the HDD playback functionality anymore, what effect does that have on a mixed collection of files (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray) saved on your HDD? Do you have to install 2 versions (old and new seperately on 2 HDD Images to run both of the files (ripped and ISO's)?? Or what other alternatives do you have to playback all of these files (HD-DVD and Blu-Ray)?!

Don't play the "keep the old version" or "keep 2 versions" game. It's not worth it. The latest version of PowerDVD 7 Ultra (4407 as I write this) has many improvements over 3319a. Use my batch file, convert your stuff to ISO, and be done with it. That is, after all, the point of this thread. ;) Once the conversion of all your old folder backups is done, you'll be in much better shape for future changes to PowerDVD.

[foraye]

Hello All...

I just upgraded to AnyDVD HD...promptly ripped "Shoot Em Up" BD initially to Folder then tried to playbac in PDVD 8 Ultra...No luck. I then created an ISO file using imgBurn and mounted it with Virtual Clone Drive.

PDVD gives the following error "There is a disc with an unsupported format in Drive F:"

I'm not sure what to do next..can someone give some options?

[SamuriHL]

Did you read this thread at all? It has plenty of advice as to what to do...

[foraye]

Yes I did...is the .bat script different than using imgburn?

I read the thread and printed it out...i'll try it now...

[SamuriHL]

Yes, the batch script sets the right options in ImgBurn for you. I've never had a problem with that method.

[foraye]

Yes, the batch script sets the right options in ImgBurn for you. I've never had a problem with that method.

I have no problem creating the ISO using either method...the problem is PDVD8 is reporting an unrecognized format for both methods.

I have AnyDVD HD running, BDInfo reports all the video and Audio Streams as I didi not remove anything the files are still 47GB. Is there a specific setting in PDVD that might be causing this?

Thanks again

[Adbear]

Do you have Daemon tools installed?

[SamuriHL]

I have no problem creating the ISO using either method...the problem is PDVD8 is reporting an unrecognized format for both methods.

I have AnyDVD HD running, BDInfo reports all the video and Audio Streams as I didi not remove anything the files are still 47GB. Is there a specific setting in PDVD that might be causing this?

Thanks again

What is the EXACT version of Virtual CloneDrive you're using? Please don't say "the latest"...I need an actual version number. Also, are you creating a .DVD file for your ISO or just mounting the ISO?

[foraye]

What is the EXACT version of Virtual CloneDrive you're using? Please don't say "the latest"...I need an actual version number. Also, are you creating a .DVD file for your ISO or just mounting the ISO?

My version 1s 5.2.0.5...I'm just mounting the ISO created by me manually configuring ImgBurn...and by using your batch file.

In each case I did not alter the files in any way.
Thanks

P.S. noticed I'm a few versions off, I'm updating to last week's release.....That seem to have fixed it...

Now onto the blue screen during playback...LOL

Thanks again

[SamuriHL]

Glad you figured it out. Can't help with BSODs during playback. :) But at least the ISO mounting's fixed. :D

[foraye]

I've had the Vision Tek HD 2600XT for some time and was never satisfied with its HTPC performance...lots of display crashing, dual display issues etc. So I just ordered the new HD 4650 HERE (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121286&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-N82E16814121286). The card war is heating up again (well under $100), maybe the HTPC crowd will get a good card finally with HA for anything we throw at it!

[SamuriHL]

I use an 8800 GT in my HTPC and have been nothing but pleased with it. Low power draw, quiet, fairly cool, and plenty powerful for any title I've ever thrown at it. My bedroom HTPC will need to be replaced soon and I'd almost consider going with another 8800 GT for that one. I don't think that'll happen before the first of the year, though, so, we'll see what I end up replacing it with. Nonetheless, we have lots of options these days.

[foraye]

I use an 8800 GT in my HTPC and have been nothing but pleased with it. Low power draw, quiet, fairly cool, and plenty powerful for any title I've ever thrown at it. My bedroom HTPC will need to be replaced soon and I'd almost consider going with another 8800 GT for that one. I don't think that'll happen before the first of the year, though, so, we'll see what I end up replacing it with. Nonetheless, we have lots of options these days.

How does it handle .mkv files? Do you get HA?

[SamuriHL]

I don't do mkv myself. But the codec has nothing to do with HA at all. It's your player. PowerDVD doesn't support it. My advice is to use mediaplayer classic with haali splitter and have the ArcSoft TMT codecs installed. This seems to work well I think. I generally just use TMT as my player these days. I got it with my HD PVR and use it for playback of my AVC ts files. It doesn't work at all on my bedroom HTPC which is why that needs to be replaced. Even MPC has issues as the machine (even with the 3850 I through in it) isn't powerful enough for AVC.

[Ephestione]

There's now on my website a guide to build ISO image in batch with imgburn (http://www.ephestione.it/how-to-use-imgburn-for-batch-buildcreateburn-iso-to-backup-to-dvd/)

[BSalita]

Another variation of SamuriHL's Windows batch file. See first post.

These two batch files will convert Blu-Ray folders into Blu-Ray ISOs using imgburn. Unlike SamuriHL's original batch file, a source and destination path can be specified. Source path can end with a wildcard path to convert multiple folders. Use MakeIso.bat to begin the process. Internally, MakeIso.bat calls MakeIso1.bat.

Using no arguments will convert all folders in the current directory to ISO files. A single argument specifies source folders' path. If a second argument is specified, it's the destination folder. If destination is omitted, ISO files will be created in the current directory.

Examples:
MakeIso
MakeIso Contact
MakeIso c*
MakeIso C:\Movies\Blu-Ray\c* MyIsoFolder
MakeIso C:\Movies\Blu-Ray\* F:\Movies\Blu-Ray

The source code contains comments about how to alter two default behaviors. First, by default, if an .ISO already exists, the conversion is bypassed. Second, by default, the source Blu-Ray folder is not deleted even though imgburn successfully completes the conversion to ISO. You may wish to delete the source folder when the ISO is successfully made to avoid duplicated disk space.

Copy following code into MakeIso.Bat
@echo off
if exist makeiso.err erase/q makeiso.err
if exist makeiso.log erase/q makeiso.log
set DIRS=%1
if not defined DIRS set DIRS=*
set MakeIsoBatch=yes
for /d %%i in (%DIRS%) do @call "MAKEISO1.BAT" "%%~i" %2
set MakeIsoBatch=
if exist makeiso.err erase/q makeiso.err


Copy this code into MakeIso1.Bat
@echo off
set PathToImgBurn="C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe"
if exist %PathToImgBurn% goto FndImgBurn
set PathToImgBurn="C:\Program Files (x86)\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe"
if exist %PathToImgBurn% goto FndImgBurn
echo Can't locate imgburn
echo Can't locate imgburn >>makeiso.log
goto:eof
:FndImgBurn
set SRC=%1
set DEST=%2
rem echo Debug ARG1=%1 ARG2=%2 SRC=%SRC% DEST=%DEST%
if defined SRC goto HasArgs
echo MakeIso1: Makes ISO from (Blu-Ray) Folder
echo syntax: makeiso1 source-folder-to-convert-to-iso [destination-folder]
goto:eof
:HasArgs
set FolderNameOnly=%~nx1
if not defined MakeIsoBatch goto BatchOk
if not exist makeiso.err goto BatchOk
echo %SRC% skipped folder due to previous error
echo %SRC% skipped folder due to previous error >>makeiso.log
goto:eof
:BatchOk
if exist %SRC% goto SrcOk
echo %SRC% not found
echo %SRC% not found >>makeiso.log
goto:eof
:SrcOk
if exist %SRC%\BDMV goto BDMVOk
echo %SRC%\BDMV not found - not a Blue-Ray disc
echo %SRC% not found - not a Blue-Ray disc >>makeiso.log
goto:eof
:BDMVOk
if defined DEST set DEST=%~2\
set DEST="%DEST%%FolderNameOnly%.ISO"
rem Uncomment the following line (remove "rem") if any existing .ISO is to be removed.
rem if exist %DEST% erase/q %DEST%
if not exist %DEST% goto DestOk
echo %DEST% exists - skipping
echo %DEST% exists - skipping >>makeiso.log
goto:eof
:DestOk
echo Converting %SRC% to %DEST%
echo Converting %SRC% to %DEST% >>makeiso.log
rem goto IsoExists
%PathToImgBurn% /MODE BUILD /BUILDMODE IMAGEFILE /SRC %SRC% /DEST %DEST% /FILESYSTEM "UDF" /UDFREVISION "2.50" /VOLUMELABEL "%FolderNameOnly%" /CLOSE /NOIMAGEDETAILS /ROOTFOLDER "YES" /START
rem could test for %ERRORLEVEL% but seems to be zero even when errors occur (empty BDMV)
if exist %DEST% goto IsoExists
echo %DEST% doesn't exist
echo %DEST% doesn't exist >makeiso.err
goto:eof
:IsoExists
rem Uncomment the following line (remove "rem") if source folder is to be removed upon successful completion.
rem @rmdir/q/s %SRC%


Edit: 26-Nov-2009: Clarify argument usage.
Edit: 28-Nov-2009: Fix for source folders with embedded spaces. Skip folders not containing BDMV subfolder.
Edit: 29-Nov-2009: Fix for destination folders with embedded spaces. Check default x86 and x64 imgburn locations.

[SamuriHL]

Oh, sure, take the quick and dirty script I wrote and make it all fancy and stuff. :p Nice work. :)

[mulox]

The mts files play ok on VLC player (not sure why they won't work on WMP) so I know the rip is good. When I use imgburn to create a UDF 2.5 iso, and mount it using Virtual Clone Drive, it will not play on PDVD8. It does the same thing as WMP... it plays a black screen with no sound.

I have tried creating ISOs from other movies, just to make sure I was not doing something wrong, and those work flawlessly. Could it be a filter thing or should I try UDF 2.6?

[taxititan]

The mts files play ok on VLC player (not sure why they won't work on WMP) so I know the rip is good. When I use imgburn to create a UDF 2.5 iso, and mount it using Virtual Clone Drive, it will not play on PDVD8. It does the same thing as WMP... it plays a black screen with no sound.

I have tried creating ISOs from other movies, just to make sure I was not doing something wrong, and those work flawlessly. Could it be a filter thing or should I try UDF 2.6?

Same prob here if I try from folder in PDVD version 9.
And unsupported format if I try to mount.

[YaniD]

If PowerDVD won't play an ISO, try adding an empty AUXDATA folder to the BDMV folder if it is missing and re-create the ISO: I have noticed in the past that PowerDVD expects a certain complement of folders to exist and gives problems if they don't (AUXDATA being the main one). Some titles seem to miss the AUXDATA folder.

[Joe H]

Thanks Samuri and BSalita for this. Very helpful.