Play ISO file

[jrockow]

I ripped a DVD with WinX, which created an ISO file.
When I try to play the ISO file, all I get is a black screen.
The file plays fine with VLC.

[johnsonx42]

did you set an executable for an iso mounting program in Settings->DVD? The dialog mentions DaemonTools, but I think that's deprecated now because it comes with spyware these days. However you can use other ISO mounters, I'm not sure which ones work. I know newer versions of Windows can mount an ISO directly now, I don't think NextPVR supports that yet though.

[jrockow]

Thanx for your response.

I tried a couple of ISO mounters without any success.
DVDFab acts the same as no tool; blank screen.
WinCDEmu gives "Unknown or corrupt image file" error.

Maybe there's someone else out there who's doing this on a regular basis and can give specific details?

[gEd]

perhaps try MagicISO.

I've not tested it myself but I know that you need to use an app that can automount an iso from a command line (as defined in the nextpvr config).

http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-m...-image.htm

[mulletback]

I use VirtualCloneDrive from Elaborate Bytes. Works pretty much like DaemonTools used to, better actually...

[johnsonx42]

VirtualCloneDrive, that's the one I was trying to think of but I couldn't come up with it.

[johnsonx42]

that all said, it would be nice if NextPVR supported the native windows ISO mounting now that it's being developed on Win10. sub.

[jrockow]

VirtualCloneDrive got me started, but instead of playing the ISO in NPVR it opens up VLC and plays it from there.
Seems to work OK from a client though?

I'll report back if I figure it out.
Thanx.

[johnsonx42]

VirtualCloneDrive got me started, but instead of playing the ISO in NPVR it opens up VLC and plays it from there.

that's the windows autoplay/autorun settings. as soon as a drive shows up containing a video DVD, windows does your default action which is to play it in VLC. you need to tell windows to do nothing when you insert a video DVD.

[jrockow]

Thanx to mulletback and johnsonx42 my ISO problem seems to be solved!