Think of an .iso file as a "snapshot" of the data on a DVD or CD. It's not in folder format, like your would see when exploring a DVD disc on your desktop. Rather, it's a binary file of 1s and 0s, just as if you had lifted it off the back of a DVD/CD disc.
A poor analogy I often use is a vinyl record-- when played through a turntable, the needle turns the wax grooves into music. Similarly, when your computer looks at a DVD disc, it turns the binary 1s and 0s into folders and files-- but in reality, on the disc, they are (laser) grooves. Does that make sense? The advantage of an .iso file is that you can create it, and it's a uniform standard, so anybody with a capable DVD burner can burn the file. So you can put it on an external hard drive, take it to a friend's house, and they can burn the .iso file even though they have a different computer. Jeff Schell www.jeffschell.com · Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) · Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) · On-Site, Classroom Training for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Encore DVD, Photoshop · Books: Premiere Pro 2 Hands-On-Training · Premiere Pro 1.5 H-O-T · DVDs / Online Tutorials: Premiere Pro 2 Essential Training at Lynda.com ----- Original Message ----- From: oying_pineda To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 6:24 PM Subject: [AP] .iso File I came across .iso file in one of the replies re: burning to dvd. Could somebody pls. do a short explanation what they are and how they relate in the dvd burning process. Thank you very much. Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
