Comments on: DVD Image Utility

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:40:44 +0000

I should have waited before posting my question. It does work but I mounted the IMG before it was finished. It took maybe 10 minutes on my MacBook altho I didn’t time it closely.

It’s been frustrating finding free utilities for my Mac like the ones I was used to in the Windows environment. I still haven’t found anything to compress DVD files to fit on a single layer DVDR like DVDShrink.

At any rate, thanks for the nice utility that fills a huge hole in OSX.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:42:21 +0000

Mike,

The image will be “created” immediately, but may take a 2-5 minutes to finish writing depending on your computer. If you mount the IMG before it is finished writing, it may not play correctly.

I haven’t tested it on Snow Leopard, but I’m unaware of anything in it that would be incompatible.

Jon

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:38:44 +0000

Does your utility run under Snow Leopard? It appears to create an IMG file (almost instantly) but no completion message. How long should it take to produce a complete IMG of a typical movie from a VIDEO_TS folder?

The IMG file I’m getting seems to contain the movie, but the chapter menu isn’t working reliably.

By: cactus

cactus — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:25:13 +0000

Thankyou so much! Your little application is so easy and convenient to use, I greatly appreciate it.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:50:01 +0000

James,

I’m not sure how to determine the UDF version. DVD Image Utility uses mkisofs 2.01 with the -dvd-video and -udf options to create the disk images.

Let me know how I can get the UDF version.

Jon

By: James

James — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:54:36 +0000

Do you know what version of the UDF format is used? I have used imgburn on the PC and burn my discs as UDF 1.02. I think more recent versions are not compatible with older players. Any thoughts / comments / information?

Thanks

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:44:56 +0000

Nina,

Keep in mind that if you are making 10 identical copies, you only need to keep the disc image and burn it each time. There’s no need to re-create the image every time.

Cheers

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:11:00 +0000

Thanks. Its fine now I tried it again and it worked. Now I just need to do it another 10 times. Will let you know if it screws up again!

Cheers

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:54:42 +0000

Nina and Dennis,

Do you have multiple optical drives? Do any of these drives not have burning capabilities?

Jon

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:46:53 +0000

Nina,

I’ll look into this error. In the meantime, you should be able to take the disc image to Disk Utility and select Burn.