how to convert .img to .iso files

Rory in Toronto · 05-21-2005, 08:09 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to play a .img movie file (legal) that I downloaded but I'm stumped.

Xine and Mplayer won't play them from the computer.

I couldn't figure out how to just burn the img file in k3b on to a DVD to play. Just didn't work.

I've been told the only way to do this in Linux is to convert the img file to an iso file and then burn it with K3b. Is this correct?

Any solutions people can share?

I'm using SuSE 9.3.

Thanks,
Rory

Moloko · 05-21-2005, 08:43 AM

You can try to mount it from disk, like # mount file.img -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt

You can also try to rename .img to .iso and burn the .iso with the built-in option of k3b.

homey · 05-21-2005, 08:50 AM

I haven't been able to test this ( no dvd recorder ) but you could try .....

Code:

mkisofs -f -r -udf -o /home/myfiles.iso myfile.img
dvdrecord -v dev=/dev/dvdrw driveropts=burnproof -dao -data myfiles.iso

Rory in Toronto · 05-21-2005, 04:16 PM

Hmm... none of this worked. Weird. I'm basically trying to just play an .img file. I would think k3b (which is the best program of its kind I've ever used) would be able to handle this.

Any other suggestions?

aasami · 09-21-2011, 02:43 PM

It workes for me!
I dowloaded .img of MeeGo 1.2 and wanted to try it out in VirtualBox. I was unable to mount it. But homey's suggestion works great! Thank you.

David the H. · 09-21-2011, 05:18 PM

There's also a small utility called iat that will convert various image formats to iso. If it isn't available from your distro's repositories, go here:

http://iat.berlios.de/

Linux_420 · 12-05-2011, 03:38 AM

the .img is a generic term. it is a binary file and if you don't know the filesystem they can be troublesome to mount. try this command when you are trying to mount an unknown filesystem:

mkdir /tmp/mount/
sudo mount -t debugfs /path/to/file.img /tmp/mount/

if you can get it mounted then list the contents using:

ls /tmp/mount/

after mounting sucessfully you can make a new file, format it with the filesystem you would like to use (cd's and dvd's use iso9660 format) and then copy the contents to it (obviously the files may need to be edited to make a dvd that you can pop in your dvd player)

if you can't get it mounted try opening the file with VLC (video lan client)

i have had success with this command... and even more success from learning how to read manuals (they almost have a 'syntax' of their own)

jefro · 12-05-2011, 05:02 PM

I'd agree with Linux 420. The .img file is as you say a copy of some movie in some format. Not an actual image like dd or rawrite.

The image may be an image created by a software of some dvd or blu-ray. Knowing that software would help. I get the feeling .img was an old roxio format?? Is it some apple deal?

Linux_420 · 12-07-2011, 03:57 PM

Quote:

I get the feeling .img was an old roxio format?? Is it some apple deal?

.img is used as lots for lots of stuff .. read Wikipedia entry on IMG (file format)

Quote:

The IMG file format is one of the following files:

1. A CD or DVD image file, essentially equivalent to an ISO file. On such a file, simply changing the extension from IMG to ISO can make it usable as the latter by most programs.
2. An archive format used for creating a disk image of floppy disks and HDDs. This allows for digital storage, transmission, and replication of floppy disks and HDDs. Files created using this format typically use the ".IMG" file extension. There are different, incompatible image formats which use the .IMG extension.
3. A file in the Macintosh Disk Image format used by Aladdin Systems (now Allume Systems) ShrinkWrap and Apple Disk Copy for Mac OS although they share the same file extension.
4. The IMG file format, also known as GEM IMG, is an image file format used to store bitmap digital images on Graphical Environment Manager.
5. A graphics image format used in various ways by many different graphics software packages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMG_(file_format)

Still, I can put the .img file extension (or no file extension at all) on anything I wish.
People use the terms "image" & "imaging" alot & most of the time it refers to a byte for byte copy of a disk (HDD, HDD partition, CD, DVD, Flash, etc.).