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Burning ISO's, game CD's, and DVD movies is a big subject. Nero 6 is a good utility for burning ISO files. Pay attention to the posts and the size of the file to determine if the ISO is for a CD or DVD. Then just load it into Nero 6 and burn it. If you're burning a PS2 or XBOX CD or DVD you'll also need a mod chip to bypass the console's anti-piracy check. Burning copies of store bought CD games software and DVD movies is a whole other subject that deals with different copy protection methods and the software and hardware that defeats them. Here is another page I wrote about copy protection. When burning DVD movies it's important to understand that store bought DVD's are 9 Gigabyte discs. The +R and -R blank discs are only 4.5 Gigabytes so you have to either use 2 discs or compression and editing to get that store bought DVD to fit on a burnt DVD. The way I circumvent this problem is through compression and editing. Use DVD Decrypter to rip the movie from the DVD and remove CSS copy protection. Then use DVD Shrink to re-edit the movie, removing the unwanted languages and special features. Use the compression tool in DVD Shrink to get the movie under the 4.5 Gigabyte limit. Older movies are usually small in file size and fit on a blank disc with no compression or editing. Newer movies shot in high resolution and containing lots of extra special DVD features sometimes have to be compressed and edited. I usually will compress a movie up to 35%. Any more than that and you will start to notice the compression in the video quality when watching the movie on a high resolution television. |