RobAC responded to your earlier post in this forum. See page two.

I have at last resolved my problem of generating an 'iso image file from my .m2ts file. Somebody has pointed me to a DVD image creator called Aimersoft. When you burn a disc it also provides a tickbox giving the option of saving an .iso file. Brilliant!

If anyone has a similar perplexing problem of how to get from .m2ts to .iso - that's an easy way to do it. Michael J.

Several Disk Burning software can create a ISO file.

Powerdirector is not a disk burning application, it is a Video Editing application that has the ability to burn a disk.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Thanks for this, Carl. However, all is still far from OK! I have done a trial burn using the recently purchased software that creates the ISO file, but it is less than satisfactory since the frames now 'judder' slightly in each section of the video where there is camera movement. I have selected interlacing, and opted for High Quality. So my quest is still on for a disk burning software that will create the ISO file, but just as importantly retain the AVCHD/M2TS quality that I have been impressed with using the Cyberlink Powerdirector software. If it burns OK using the Powerdirector facility, where am I going wrong? Michael J.

Quote: Thanks for this, Carl. However, all is still far from OK! I have done a trial burn using the recently purchased software that creates the ISO file, but it is less than satisfactory since the frames now 'judder' slightly in each section of the video where there is camera movement. I have selected interlacing, and opted for High Quality. So my quest is still on for a disk burning software that will create the ISO file, but just as importantly retain the AVCHD/M2TS quality that I have been impressed with using the Cyberlink Powerdirector software. If it burns OK using the Powerdirector facility, where am I going wrong?

For High definition Video there is only Two Disk formats that retain the HD quality.

AVCHD and BluRay. (Create Disk Module 2D Disk > BluRay or AVCHD)
Both disk formats require a compatible BluRay Player. AVCHD is not supported on all BluRay Players.

AVCHD can be burned to a DVD, Single Layer or Double Layer depending on the size of the final output.

BluRay Is 25 GB for single layer BluRay or 50 GB for Double Layer BluRay. Larger is available.

Both formats will do Full HD (1920x1080).
Both I believe are progressive video instead of interlaced, DVDs are always interlaced.

Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Successfully tested a small conversion to ISO, then burned to DVD from that ISO, using the NTI Media Maker 9.

Whether that would preserve the quality of your production is unknown, but you can give it a trial run...
http://www.nticorp.com/en/us/download/media_maker_9_trial.asp

Quote: The problem has arisen when I want to convert that m2ts files/folder into an .iso folder.

An iso file is an archive file format for optical media (CD's and DVD's) containing any sort of digital data. It isn't a video format. You can mount and open an iso in order to view the files that it contains but many people wouldn't know what to do with it and no standard video player could just play it straight off.

If you are encrypting your videos to protect them, then you have got to provide a way of decrypting them before they can be viewed. Decrypting 'on the fly' to view videos will cause a very big overhead on your computer. In any case, file encryption/protection is something that has eluded the IT industry over the years basically because of what is known as the 'analog hole'. If you can hear or see it then you can record it.

OK, I understand this (sort of). But it's not answering my basic question, alas. I have a video in AVCHD high definition, and it has been produced by Powerdirector 11 into M2TS container file format. When I burn this via the Powerdirector 11 burning facility it clearly retains the AVCHD quality. No problem there.

In order to protect my video with Anti-rip software, it is mandatory that I deliver it to the Fortium anti-rip programme as an ISO file. So the unanswered question is whether there is any means on the market (surely there is?) that will allow me to package, as an ISO file, my high definition AVCHD/M2TS packaged video, or am I going about things in the wrong way? I purchased a disk burning software that generates an ISO file, but doesn't retain the AVCHD quality.

The encryption/decryption process used by Fortium Patronus is not a problem because they also provide the burning software. The problem is how to get the AVCHD.M2TS available to their software as an ISO file.

My knowledge of AV conversion processes is still in its infancy, which is why I need to some straightforward practical advice from you guys! Trying to make contact with Internet software conversion firms is generally blocked or 'no longer available'. Michael J.

Quote: In order to protect my video with Anti-rip software

short answer to that is - "You can't". I know that there will be people who say that it is possible and DRM has been partially successful to the multinational companies, it at least makes copying stuff more difficult but the bottom line is that if you are releasing your material then you have to accept that it can be duplicated.

I do appreciate this, Longedge, but Fortium Patronus does successfuly eliminate the more readily available copying e.g. people using Nero. I still want to find out how to create an ISO package while retaining my AVCHD/M2TS format. I can't believe that this is too difficult, but answers are eluding me! Michael J.

I take it that your videos are meant to be viewed . When they are being viewed they can be copied and once copied they can be duplicated.

Quote: Thanks for this, Carl. However, all is still far from OK! I have done a trial burn using the recently purchased software that creates the ISO file, but it is less than satisfactory since the frames now 'judder' slightly in each section of the video where there is camera movement. I have selected interlacing, and opted for High Quality. So my quest is still on for a disk burning software that will create the ISO file, but just as importantly retain the AVCHD/M2TS quality that I have been impressed with using the Cyberlink Powerdirector software. If it burns OK using the Powerdirector facility, where am I going wrong?

I am pretty sure that if you have a good M2TS video you can use in my case Nero to create an ISO file.

It did try it with one of my Canon Video files (H.264 MTS), I successfully created a ISO image from just the MTS video.

It is just a matter of what burning software you have to create an ISO image File, you can then copy that ISO image to a Disk.


Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

Thank you, Carl. I'll give it a go. Michael J.

You can also try using the free IMGBurn. It will make an ISO from files. .
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Thanks also, Stevek. Michael J.

CARL312 - one more question! I have downloaded a trial Nero 2014. In the Nero video section I have successfully imported my M2TS video file. But I can't see where to generate the .iso copy. Am I in the wrong section? There is also I notice 'Nero Recode'.

Sorry if I'm being dense. Michael J.

Quote: CARL312 - one more question! I have downloaded a trial Nero 2014. In the Nero video section I have successfully imported my M2TS video file. But I can't see where to generate the .iso copy. Am I in the wrong section? There is also I notice 'Nero Recode'.

Sorry if I'm being dense.

Nero Recode is not what you want, You want "Nero Burning ROM".

I don't have Nero 2014 but Nero versions are similar. My Nero Burning ROM is Version 9.

To create a ISO image:
Start Nero Burning ROM.

New Compilation.
1. Select the type of Disk, CD, DVD, BluRay. If you are making a AVCHD, pick DVD
2. Select DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO)
3. On the multisession Tab, Select No multisession.
4. On the ISO Tab, uncheck all of the Relax restrictions except for "Allow more than 64 characters for Joliet name".
Use the default settings at File.
5. UDF Tab, Automatic is OK, but you might choose Manual UDF 2.5 (BluRay disks require UDF 2.5 file system)
6. Label Tab, any label you wish.
7. Go to Burn Tab. Check Write, Check Finalize Disk. Uncheck the rest.
8. Click the New button at bottom
9. In the file browser window, select your files you want on the ISO.
10 Drag those files to the Compilation window (The big one)
11. On the Drive selection (Top of user interface) Drop down, choose Image Writer.
12. Click the Burn button (top of user interface) Or Recorder > Burn Image.
13. At bottom of the Burn tab, Click Burn button.
14. You get a Window for the Image file location, Choose where you want the ISO file saved.
At the "Save as Type" drop down select ISO Image files (*.iso)
Click the Save button.
15. Burn process starts
16. After the burn completes. You should get a Window that tells you the Status.
17. You can Click OK.
18. DONE!
19. Close Nero.

Now you can go to the location you saved the ISO file. A ISO can be copied or emailed or put for file download or you can burn it to a Data disk. (You copy the ISO file to the Disk).

To extract the information in a ISO, you can use Nero to burn a image file to disk.
Or any other disk burning software that supports Image files.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.