O/T Computer Techies required please

[jbsc7769]

I have got a file, an .img file and i want to watch it on my DVD player. Every time i try Sonic or Nero it is not letting me do it. I have managed to burn it as a disk but i think it is a data disc and as such wont play.
Any ideas please?
It comes to something when i come to a Poker Forum for answers, lol

[RFC]

hi mate
if you have nero 7 go to    Make Photo slide show (svcd) for better quality
add in your .img pictures and follow the instructions
what you have put in is as if it is pictures you are trying to see and not a movie or screen clip yip
if its a movie you might have to convert it
hope this helps

[Robert HM]

It comes to something when i come to a Poker Forum for answers, lol

"You know it makes sense"

[jbsc7769]

Hey RFC, thanks. I have the 6 Smart Edition. Will that do the same thing?
it was a .rar, i unzipped it and it created one file (the .img one) within the zip one i can actually see 92 other called r.91, r92 (these  have the icon of an unknown file) from 1-29 have the books, almost like have have been unzipped, half havent) etc. there is also a .sfv file in there... is any of this making any sense? lol, sry! There is also a file  with the xtension .dvdr which looks like like a screen with an "i" over it...
Thanks!

[RFC]

Are the unknown files   .cue and   .bin files ?

[Trace]

I have got a file, an .img file and i want to watch it on my DVD player. Every time i try Sonic or Nero it is not letting me do it. I have managed to burn it as a disk but i think it is a data disc and as such wont play.
Any ideas please?
It comes to something when i come to a Poker Forum for answers, lol

Nero should burn it.

Try copying the img file to another folder and renaming it an nrg file and try burning that.

[jbsc7769]

osrry, I am not being very helpful! OK, there are the following files.

Roughly 30 WinRAR ARchives files. They are all called the same thing
Then there is a .dvdr file (its pic is a computer screen with an "i" over the screen.
Then roughly 60 files starting at xxxx.r30 working up to xxxx.r92. (all are "unknown R59" or Unknown R60).
Fianlly a .sfv file

I "extract all" and it creates a new folder with one file in it called which is the .img file

Thats about it really. No Cue files or Bin files (although it will be a bin file very soon... grrrr.)

Hi Trace! do i just call it "nrg"? Sorry, I am dim...

[ifm]

just rename the extention (at the end) to .nrg form .img

[jbsc7769]

this looks promising... it now says "Foreign Image Settings (honestly guys, its not one of THOSE foreign films).
A couple of options i need to choose from...
Type of image: Data Mode 1, Data Mode 2, Audio, HFS
Block Size: 2048 or 2352
There is a box for a tick for raw data. Image header size and image trailer size are both at "0".
Damn this stuff is complicated. all i wantde to do was watch the movie, lol
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

[Trace]

this looks promising... it now says "Foreign Image Settings (honestly guys, its not one of THOSE foreign films).
A couple of options i need to choose from...
Type of image: Data Mode 1, Data Mode 2, Audio, HFS
Block Size: 2048 or 2352
There is a box for a tick for raw data. Image header size and image trailer size are both at "0".
Damn this stuff is complicated. all i wantde to do was watch the movie, lol
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Si

In Nero choose the "copy and back up" option     then choose the "burn image to disc" option   select the .img file and then just burn it - you shouldn't have to choose any other options except DVD or CD - DVD in your case.

If that doesn't work then download VLC Media Player and watch the film on your PC.   VLC normally plays anything.

[jbsc7769]

Thanks Trace, i will give it a go tomorrow, hopefully it will work ok!
Does that work with most files, where you can just change the ending? For example, when i download "lost", i always watch it on my PC which is really annoying but AVI wont play on my DVD either.

[ifm]

no, changing the extension just allows another program to recognise it, though it will only be able to use it if it is actually the right type of file to start with.
To watch .avi files on DVD you need to convert it to .bin .iso files in a seperate program (google for media converters) or burn it in Nero onto disk (auto converts).

[Trace]

Thanks Trace, i will give it a go tomorrow, hopefully it will work ok!
Does that work with most files, where you can just change the ending? For example, when i download "lost", i always watch it on my PC which is really annoying but AVI wont play on my DVD either.

WinAvi will convert it and burn it to DVD for you too.

    .nrg   was just another option for you to try Si.  Nero should burn the    .img   if you choose the options I said.  If you can get Alcohol 120% that should burn it for you too.

I don't bother burning Lost, convert takes 1-2 hours and lets face it once I've watched it I'm not going to watch it again.  Easier to watch on PC and then delete.

[lazaroonie]

for those interested in that sort of thing, I have found that Avi2DVD takes about 3 times as long to convert the Divx files but the quality is far superior.

[Graham C]

Easiest way

Get and install Daemon tools - http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php

Set up a virtual drive and then mount the image on it (right click on the program in the system tray - virtual cd/dvd - device - mount image)

Copy dvd with nero - choose the source drive as the virtual drive you have used.