Having an issue opening an ISO File

[rocksolid123]

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.

 

[Gator]

Im not familiar with UMPlayer, have you tried other media players to see if they work?

VLC plays anything I've ever thrown at it
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[rocksolid123]

Yeah, I tried VLC, no luck

 

[AddRAM]

Why would you turn movies into iso files ?

 

[rocksolid123]

To be honest I don't remember why. I have all these home movies on dvd and I must have read that to save them I should make them ISO files. I transferred them into an ISO file and then saved them on An external hard drive for safe keeping. I think it was so if I wanted to make DVD's out of them. Is there a better way>

 

[MattShnoop]

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.

 

[kathy025]

I have all these home movies on dvd and I must have read that to save them I should make them ISO files.

Are your home DVDs "movie discs" or "data discs"?

Movie discs are like the DVDs from the video store/rental. They play on ordinary DVD players.
Data discs are just files burned to the disc (e.g. avi, mkv, mp4). They are usually read by your PC.

 

[Lance1]

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]

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.

The golden icons are my virtual drives.

 

[Lance1]

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.

 

[kathy025]

Which reminds me, I need to update my PowerISO.

 

[Lance1]

Which reminds me, I need to update my PowerISO.

Actually, now that you mention it so do I! What version do you have? I have 6.2 64bit

 

[kathy025]

I have 6.3 x64. Latest is 6.4 now that I checked. Careful with OpenCandy.

 

[Lance1]

I have 6.3 x64. Latest is 6.4 now that I checked. Careful with OpenCandy.

I always have my eyes open for things like that. Thanks for the heads up though.