I already converted avi to iso using devede and burn it into dvd using k3b. When it was already burned, i tested it on my dvd player. When i played it, the dvd player can’t read the burned dvd! :(Where is the problem? I’m using opensuse 13.1 and my dvd writer is Samsung external slim dvd writer se-s084.I’m using dvd-r as my dvd.
To burn a .iso to a dvd in k3b, this is the route I use: Right click the .iso and > open with k3b
Make sure you have a dvd in the burner, then just Burn (k3b does a hash check which can take a moment)
Some things to check:
The original .iso
If you right click and open with VLC. Does it play?
Your burned DVD. Id it visible in Dolphin?
he burned dvd not shown in dolphin!
On 2014-11-01 00:56, mki wrote:
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> I already converted avi to iso using devede and burn it into dvd using
> k3b. When it was already burned, i tested it on my dvd player. When i
> played it, the dvd player can’t read the burned dvd! :(Where is the
> problem? I’m using opensuse 13.1 and my dvd writer is Samsung external
> slim dvd writer se-s084.I’m using dvd-r as my dvd.
First verify that you can read that DVD in the same computer where it
was generated. If it works, try another computer. If it works, try that
dvd player. If it does not work, the fault is on that dvd player.
Try another brand of blank media. It is not unusual for a reader/player
device to fail reading some brands. Other times, they simply can not
read whatever you burn in a particular device. The guess is that one of
the two has misaligned heads - but if you can read it on a second
computer, it is the player which is bad. Or simply “too cheap”.
Another possibility is that the dvd player does not understand the
format the media was generated. Like wrong codec. But in that case
should error out fast, or display files or something. they are very
limited. Not powerful computers, you know.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
I already tested that on my computer and the dvd player and didnt work. The dvd itself has no problem with the dvd writer. Maybe i should convert the iso to vob?. Any ideas?
Does the .iso open and play in VLC
yes it can read and open in vlc.
On 2014-11-01 09:16, caf4926 wrote:
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> Does the .iso open and play in VLC
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VLC can open anything. Standalone players, on the contrary, are very picky.
With mine, that claims to play .avi, I had to try several encoding
combinations till I found one that worked at least /acceptably/.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
On 2014-11-01 07:16, mki wrote:
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> I already tested that on my computer and the dvd player and didnt work.
But you did not test on /another/ computer.
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)
What did you make the original .iso with?
what codec does your .avi file use?
DVD players will only play .mpeg2 files with some models also being able to play .xvid/divx
Any other codec such as x263 / x264 etc . . . will not work in a DVD player. If your original file is not either mpeg2 or xvid you will need to re-encode it to be able to view it on your DVD player.
If converting to xvid first make sure your DVD player supports this. If it does it will probably have a DiVX logo on it somewhere. ( http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/DivX-Logo.svg )
edit: btw - if your DVD player does support divx there is no need to burn as an iso. Just burn a data disc in K3B and drag/drop your .avi file there.
Originally it’s avi. I convert it to iso using devede.
sorry - I missed the part about Devede. I’m not entirely familiar with devede but from what I understand it converts your original file to mpeg2 compatible with the DVD standard.
As Robin_Listas said, DVD players can be very picky about what they will play.
I’d try to see if it will play in a different DVD player.
Also try a different brand of DVD-r
another thing you could try (if your DVD supports data discs) is . . . instead of using Devede to create an iso select “only convert film files to compliant mpeg files” in advanced options then burn as a data disc in K3B
I’ve been using devede this week to make DVD
.mp4 > .iso
Then burn to dvd+r
No issues at all
sorry to hijack this thread - but a quick question kind of related . . .
when I went to install Devede to test (from packman) I get the warning
nothing provides mkisofs needed by devede-3.22 . . .
mkisofs is needed to generate the iso, is it not?
How can this problem be overcome or is mkisofs not really needed?
edit: ok - please ignore my question.
I found this thread which explains the issue around the mkisof dependency
A similar issue occurs in 13.2 FYI
But the solution is to allow the removal of cdrkit-cdrtools-compat
So a similar dependency issue but a different solution.
Yes, 13.2 ships again with the original cdrtools/mkisofs, which includes a package named “mkisofs” but conflicts with cdrkit-cdrtools-compat.
If you wanted to, you still could use cdrkit-cdrtools-compat there though. For now you would have to break the dependency as well, but that is in the verge of being fixed at the moment in the Packman package (i.e. require /usr/bin/mkisofs instead of mkisofs).
But IMHO you should better just use the original cdrtools/mkisofs.
cdrkit is just an old buggy fork, done years ago because some people saw licensing issues with cdrtools. But it’s not really actively developed for some time either and doesn’t have all of cdrtools’ features (e.g. Blueray Disk support IIANM).
Ok, I tested another movie on vob format in my dvd player and my computer and it was working. I converted it using avi to dvd converter. It is a windows program. I tested the iso format one on both and it’s not working.
And how exactly did you burn that .iso file?
An .iso is a complete image of a CD/DVD. You have to select “Burn image” or similar in your burning program.
If you create a data DVD and add that .iso file, it will not work.
I really did that and it’s still not working!