Adding ROM content (after the build) question...

[sdsumike619]

I recently sent some DVDs off for duplication and the duplicator informed me that there was a problem with one of them. It turns out that the problem was that I had taken an .img file and used Power ISO to add a folder with a pdf file in it. The reason the other DVDs did not have a problem was because I added the ROM content at the time the .img file was built with Adobe Encore DVD.

So my issue now is that I have to add ROM content to 15 older DVDs of which I only have .img files for (I also have the DVDs themselves of course)

I'm guessing that when I re-saved the .img file with PowerISO, it somehow made it incompatible with the duplicator's DVD player because when I rebuilt the same DVD with the PDF file included in the build process of the authoring software, it worked fine.

My question is if there is a specific software I can use to add this ROM content to these image files, but not corrupt any file structure or anything else so that it won't cause any compatibility issues?'

Thanks!

[sdsumike619]

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anyone?

[mats.hogberg]

No, you have to extract the content of the image file (mount it with daemon tools and copy its content to your HDD), add the "ROM content", then create a new image.

/Mats

[sdsumike619]

What should I use to create the new image file?

[mats.hogberg]

ImgBurn, ImgTools Classic...

/Mats

[sdsumike619]

With this software, it looks like I can just open the ISO file and add the content folder and save the ISO (without ever having to actually extract and recreate the ISO) Has anyone used this?

http://www.magiciso.com/index.htm

Thanks

[mats.hogberg]

No, as it's a commercial product that doesn't do anything that can't be done with freeware (even if the MagicIso way is a bit more elegant), I've not used it.
Extracting and rebuilding the ISO is so quick and simple, I see no real reason for using MagicIso

/Mats

[guns1inger]

Why would MagicISO do the job any better than PowerISO ?

[sdsumike619]

power iso didn't do the job; the DVD was kicked back for incompatibility...

[guns1inger]

Hence my question.

If PowerISO couldn't push a folder into an ISO successfully, why trust a product called MagicISO (a name that puts me off straight away) to do it ?

I'd have to agree with Mats on this one - extract the ISO back your HDD, add the folder and contents, then build a fresh ISO.

[mats.hogberg]

"Never trust an application with 'Easy', 'Eazy', 'EZ', 'Express' or 'Magic' in its name"
Of course there are exceptions to this rule, but they are few.
Also: Commercial products are made to make money. Freeware is made to accomplish tasks.

/Mats

[GeorgeW]

Most likely when you rebuilt the ISO image, the software did not place the files in their proper order for DVD-VIDEO. So make sure whatever you use is setup to build the ISO Image properly (after adding the dvd-rom content)...

Regards,
George