Play DVD.ISO

[adamsjw2]

Hi all,
I have a program that is on a dvd in myfile.iso. I mounted the dvd with sudo mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0

Konqueror can see the iso file and when a click it k3b is opened.

I want to play this file, it is a language tutorial program. In Winx? I use a program Daemon Tools, but I'm moving away from win.

Any help greatly appreciated,
Jim A.

[disturbedite]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

kaffeine can play disc isos. you don't even have to mount it.

[adamsjw2]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

I still have to mount it and Kaffieine says it can 't read it. Since it is a program and not a movie, I wonder if that's it.

[adamsjw2]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Tuenis,
Thanks for your help., the program I use in Win is similar I believe to diamond tools.

DAEMON Tools is a virtual cd/dvd-rom optical storage media emulator. It is able to emulate nearly all known copy protections on the market today.
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/download.php

Yes, I think what I'm seeing after I mount the drive is the iso wrapper.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

When you click on the ISO, you're getting K3b for burning the ISO to a disc. Wrong operation.

In Linux, no drive emulator is necessary. Linux can mount ISO 9660 (CD) filesystems like a real device!
The command is "sudo mount -o loop [image] [mount point]". For example, if I'm in a directory with example.iso and I want to mount it to my ISO mount point at /media/iso, I would use "sudo mount -o loop example.iso /media/iso". Unmounting works the same as with normal devices.

(PS: you might not want to mount an ISO as read-write, which is the default. In that case, use "-o loop,ro" to mount it read-only.)

[mchuskie]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Note also that if the directory you put as [mount point] above does not exist, you should create it first

[disturbedite]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

I still have to mount it and Kaffieine says it can 't read it. Since it is a program and not a movie, I wonder if that's it.

sorry, i guess i missed that part...

[SheeEttin]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Note also that if the directory you put as [mount point] above does not exist, you should create it first

Oops, forgot to mention that part. Ah well, mount would've complained about it anyway.

[adamsjw2]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

I appreciate all the help, but it still doesn't work. Here's what I do.

1) Insert DVD
2) cd /media/iso
3) sudo mount -o loop rsluv2.iso /media/iso

All I get is the mount man page.

I guess where I'm confused is I've always had to mount /dev/scd0 when using my cd/dvd rom.......well, Kubuntu always auto mounts for me.

I'm not a noob, but this one has me stumped. Hang in there with me,
Thanks,
Jim

[SheeEttin]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

The problem is that the ISO isn't in /media/iso.
Either specify the entire path to it, or perform the mount from the directory it's in.

Why this is giving you the help message, I'm not sure...

[adamsjw2]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

SheeEttin,
The iso isn't in /media/iso it is on the dvd, which is a device. Since it isn't previously mounted would the location of the iso be:

/dev/scd0/name_of_iso.iso?

I'll give this a try, but in case I'm wrong, any suggestions are always welcome
Jim

[SheeEttin]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Hold on. You've got an ISO on a DVD? Too much recursion for my tastes. (No wonder you haven't been given the right instructions.)

Anyway, first mount the DVD, e.g. "sudo mount /dev/sdc0 /media/cdrom0". Next, cd to the DVD ("cd /media/cdrom0"). Finally (and this is the clincher), mount the ISO, e.g. "sudo mount -o loop[,ro] example.iso /media/iso".

Question: why do you have the ISO on a DVD? You couldn't have just burned the ISO? (Or did you mean to, but wrote the ISO rather than make a disc from it?)

As a little side information, /dev holds the block device, primarily used for raw read/writes. /media holds the mounted media, i.e. the filesystem on the device.

[gnowak]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Hmm, if Kiso is installed properly you can mount an iso file as a virtual drive from within KDE.

Right click on name.iso -> Actions -> Kiso -> Mount as virtual drive...

It's the... I am afraid of the terminal way...

[SheeEttin]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Better get used to the console. Can't use all of Linux without it.

[gnowak]

Re: Play DVD.ISO

Hehe... but the power of kubuntu is the nice GUI -> KDE... and the terminal is not for my grandmother