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Linux => JRiver Media Center 33 for Linux => Topic started by: David Sydney on December 27, 2024, 04:49:41 am

Title: ISO disk image files in Linux?
Post by: David Sydney on December 27, 2024, 04:49:41 am
I am trying to put what few music DVDs I have into my library. I would rather a single file rather than trees full of VIDEO_TS, AUDIO_TS files....
I have ripped a couple into ISO disk image format that play in windows version ok, and VLC.

MC Linux version (latest) doesn't seem to want to open ISO files. Is this one of those limistations or differences between versions? Can MC Linux play these image files?

Thanks
Title: Re: ISO disk image files in Linux?
Post by: Awesome Donkey on December 27, 2024, 05:02:06 am
MC on Linux and Mac can't open/play DVD/BD ISO images or DVD/BD disc folder structured rips. MC uses Windows system components to support this on Windows and the only way to play that type of content back in Linux and Mac is to rip DVD/BD images using MakeMKV to MKV if it's video or DVD Audio Extractor to extract audio files if it's an Audio DVD/BD.
Title: Re: ISO disk image files in Linux?
Post by: David Sydney on December 28, 2024, 12:31:27 am
Thanks for the info AD... that's a bit annoying, especially since VLC on Linux does not seem to have any issues playing ISO images. I would rather avoid a format that years from now may require transcoding or regenerating because it has not stood the test of time such as MKV.
Title: Re: ISO disk image files in Linux?
Post by: max096 on January 09, 2025, 06:02:37 am
Quote from: David Sydney on December 28, 2024, 12:31:27 am
Thanks for the info AD... that's a bit annoying, especially since VLC on Linux does not seem to have any issues playing ISO images. I would rather avoid a format that years from now may require transcoding or regenerating because it has not stood the test of time such as MKV.

Then keep the lossless mkv file(s) makemkv creates donīt transcode it. There is really no reason to be worried about that. Itīs like saying flac is bad because somebody might invent a better lossless format that saves more space. Well... then you change format. Does not seem like a big deal to me.

For that matter iso might fall into obscurity too at some point. Many people are alive now that never used a CD/DVD/BD for any reason ever in their life and never will.