ISO images as DATA on a DVD+-R?

[hech54]

Dumb question.

I belong to a group that trades DVD's. Mostly unknown
bands who are trying to get their names and music
out there to the public....nothing Warez are anything like that.
Recently members have been offering .ISO Images instead
of normal Video DVD's to ship out to people...who are then obliged
to ship out to another person who wishes to see this band....and the
cycle continues...and so on and so on and so on.
I really haven't seen a "drop" in bad disc complaints myself.
I see the almost same number of "can't make a playable DVD" complaints
with images as I saw with straight DVD Video discs....at least in my opinion.

Does anyone see any obvious disadvantages to
shipping out an ISO image as data on a DVDR vs sending
a normal Video DVD?

The main reason for sending out images is to keep
down the number of bad discs that are then passed on to
other unsuspecting people who are new to DVD-ing.

People use crappy media all of the time....especially when
sending to a complete stranger so the aim is to ensure that
the discs sent out are not corrupt.

I guess "bad media is bad media"...whether it contains
an Image or is in normal Video DVD format.....or am I wrong?

[guns1inger]

I can't see how this would make much difference. Bad media is bad media, and a bad burn is a bad burn. In some ways this is more likely to be a problem. If you ship a disc with DVD Video on it, and a msll section gets corrupted, you might lose a file or less, and be able to recover the bulk of the video. If you corrupt and ISO file, you will probably be unable to burn the image, so the whole thing is lost.

Secondly, this process means you have then burn the disc yourself, wasting an extra disc per copy, and still not reducing the risk of ultimately burning a bad disc anyway.

Seems like a waste of time.

[hech54]

It seemed like a waste of time to me too but the group mods are suggesting doing it this way. Maybe I will just lie (fib) and say my burner cannot burn a reliable data disc or something.

[ROF]

Other than causing the end user to have to burn their own disc of the explored iso file I don't see any difference. This could actually be considered an advantage to some of the more dvd burning savvy people out there. You could ship out the iso on a cheap disc(a good cheap one). The end user could then decide whether to explore the image to a hard drive on a computer/portable media player or burn their own disc with the media type they desire. Some people prefer DVD+R over DVD-R. This would allow them to choose.

[RottenFoxBreath]

sticking an ISO on a disc IMO is a complete and utter waste.
its 1 big file,and if its corrupted,then its a losing battle to extract it if it was damaged,whereas getting files of a normal dvd video would be a lot easier.

[hech54]

If the goal is to keep bad discs from being passed on then an ISO would have some advantages. Nobody wants someone to get a bad disc then pass on a repaired one.
The aim is to keep all of the discs the same as the very first one....menus and all.
Backhanded logic but...I'm still not convinced one way is better than the other at keeping original discs original and error free.