I just got into usenet and some of the files downloaded are ISOs. I’m trying to figure out the best way to convert them to mp4s so that I can play them through plex. I’m running on a headless arch server (Manjaro), and I’d prefer to keep the conversion there if possible.
Anyone have experience with this?
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I’d like to recommend using DVDFab for converting your ISO files to MP4 format. It’s available on Linux, including your Manjaro setup. If you encounter any issues with encrypted DVDs, you might also need to consider tools like MakeMKV for decryption. Just keep in mind that MakeMKV is typically used to extract the video without compression, so you can then use DVDFab HD Decrypter afterward to convert to MP4 if needed.
I’d like to recommend you some freeware like handbrake and makemkv. But if you DVDs are copy protected, you’ll need to try some other free tools like Free DVD Decrypter and dvdfab hd decrypter.
I was so confused because all my isos are of operating systems
I know you’re joking, but actually most ISOs I have are actually operating systems or games. I’ve never seen a normal movie release as an ISO, except maybe 1:1 copies of retail disks.
I’ve always used Free ver. of PowerISO to “mount” the disc image to a virtual drive like others mentioned. Anyone who’s emulated PlayStation 1/2 games would be very familiar with this format. Otherwise any old software released on CD format you’ll probably find as an ISO.
ISOs are disc images. You’d have to mount them with something like Daemon Tools. To be honest, it’s been awhile since I pirated anything but movies, so there’s probably a better way to do it now. ISOs are also what we use in emulation when the console in question used discs, so I have a bunch of ISOs of discs I backed up to use in emu.
Handbrake reads and converts DVD movie and video ISOs. If they are encrypted, MakMKV and DVDDecrypter can be used to get them ready for Handbrake.
Mount that shit
Always mount unknown ISO files you download off music websites.
mkdir /mnt/iso
sudo mount -o loop /path_to_iso/filename.iso /mnt/iso
