Burning .iso Files....

[gotdamojo06]

I have an .iso file that I would like to burn to a DVD, yet the .iso file is large, it is 4 GB.

Is there any way that I could compress the file to make it fit on the DVD?

 

If this is in the wrong spot, you can move it, didnt know where to post it at

[martymcfly]

So what is the problem?

[cdoggown]

DVD's are 4.7GB (or 4.4, depending on your definition of a gigabyte). You should be fine.

[sdy284]

 

last time i checked blank single layer dvd's hold 4.7gb of data

 

so like marty said...what's the problem?

 

Do you need help on knowing how to burn an .iso?

[gotdamojo06]

I put a DVD in and it said that it was too large to burn to the DVD, so I dont know why it is saying this.

 

I do also have a 6 GB iso i would like to burn to a DVD, can that be done?

[sdy284]

what are these ISO's you're trying to burn to DVD's ?

 

if they're games just donwload alcohol 52% or 120% or daemon tools & mount the ISO's on a virtual drive & install them

[SMeeD]

It might be the media your using, if your using cheap media try and buy a couple of the more expensive disks and see if it works.

 

I know you can overburn CDs but overburning a DVD to 6gb doesnt seem possible. Your going to need a dual layer DVD for that.

[gotdamojo06]

I have alcohol 120% and I use that to mount the images, but I would like to burn them to watch them on the tv

 

they are movies

[BTSchnarfy]

For $30 PowerISO is a handy-dandy little program. It'll compress an .iso file pretty well. However, I don't know if it'll get the 6 gig file down enough to fit on a single layer DVD, though. Anyway, what software are you using to burn the image that is giving you errors? The 4 gig image shouldn't have any problems burning to a blank DVD. Also, what media are you trying to burn to (brand, DVD-R or DVD+R, etc.)?

[gotdamojo06]

im at the library right now but if i remember correctly, i use the alcohol 120% to burn to the dvd and i think that htey were dvd+r, but these are not for sure right now, because im not at home

[BTSchnarfy]

Is it the full version of Alcohol 120%? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that the trial version only lets you burn an image up to like 300MB or something like that (I may be wrong though, been a while since I've used it).

[henbenley]

I have alcohol 120% and I use that to mount the images, but I would like to burn them to watch them on the tv

 

they are movies

 

Since they are movies I would extract the files (using MagicISO) and then open up the files in DVD Shrink. Using DVD Shrink you should be able to compress the files to fit onto a single layer DVD.

 

The 4gb one shouldnt be a problem but the 6gb one would be.

 

In the end you should have a bunch of .vob files and then an .ifo file or something. Then you can burn them to a DVD and it should play in your DVD player.