playing an ISO image from my PC

[trickydicky]

Hi,

I have a set of ISO images of CDs loaded on my PC. I have a dreambox with a nutrino image, and I can successfully connect to my PC and record and playback TV so my network is all set up ok, however I would like to also play these iso images.

Anyone know how I can do this? Ive tried selecting and playing them using movie player, but the screen goes blank. do I need a plug-in, or alternative methods.

Many thanks
Tricky

[caveman_nige]

Isn't "an ISO image is an archive file (a.k.a. disk image) of an optical disc using a conventional ISO format that is supported by many software vendors. ISO image files typically have a file extension of .ISO but Mac OS X ISO images often have the extension ".CDR". The name "ISO" is taken from the ISO 9660 file system used with CD-ROM media but the term ISO image can refer to any optical disc image, even a UDF image". [wikipedia]

Not sure how you are thinking you can play them back, unless I am a dumb twat and completely missed some trick here...

[trickydicky]

Hmm. correct. an ISO image is simply a copy ofa DVD. However many players. Media players. VLC etc will simply read it and play it as a CD image. For example, I can start VLC and load up an ISO image of a DVD and it comes up with the menu. pres play, and away we go.

I'd like to see whether I can stream such a file to my Dreambox somehow...

Cheers.

[Curious123]

The Pli image has a movie player plugin which allows you to play a movie on your pc which than streams to the dreambox. Not sure if it play an iso file.

[trickydicky]

Cheers m8. I'm noticing that some images have much better support than others. Personally I quite like the Neutrino image, but it doesn't seem as well supported as others, and I cannot find a movie player for it. any ideas anyone, or can someone recommend an alternative image which looks good and has movie support.

Finally, just a thought. surely if plug-ins are all linux based, it shouldn't be too difficult to get a generic plug-in or one built for one type of image to work on another. (or amI being naive...

cheers

[kobolt]

VLC Media player should allow you to play the file. If not, mount it with magicdisc and open the video files in there.