Having an issue opening an ISO File

About 10 months ago I transferred some old movie files into ISO Files using BurnAWare free. Then once they were ISO Files I saved them on my external hard drive for safe keeping. I played them back using UMPLayer and had no issues. Now fast forward 10 months I did it again to some new movie files and I can't get UMplayer to play them, but it will still play the old movies that I already down loaded. What the heck am I doing wrong? I don't think I did anything different.

Yeah, I tried VLC, no luck

rocksolid123 said:

I must have read that to save them I should make them ISO files.

The only time turning the movies into ISO files would be useful is if you were planning on actually burning the movies to a disk. If you were just storing them to be opened later and played on a PC, then you don't need to convert them.

Hell, even if you're gonna burn them, you can just put the MP4 file or whatever onto the disc and tell it to burn.

I thought I would have some fun with this because I've never done it before. I took one of my movies and converted it to an ISO using PowerISO. I created a Virtual Device using DAEMON Tools Lite and mounted the ISO. I then opened it with VLC. It worked like a charm! Easy Peasy Japanesey...

kathy025 said:

PowerISO already comes with virtual drive (supports numerous image formats). If you're not using Daemon Tools for anything else, you won't need it anymore. :)

Ya I know, but I like Daemon Tools. I've been using it for years.