VCD in an iso

Jatin K ssh.fedora at gmail.com
Thu Dec 17 05:02:19 UTC 2009


On 12/17/2009 05:24 AM, Marko Vojinovic wrote:
> Ok, so I have an iso image of a VCD. Is there any way to access the data
> inside without actually burning it to a CD and plugging it into the drive?
>
> I tried to loop mount the iso, but AFAIK a VCD doesn't have a filesystem on it,
> so it refuses to mount, like an audio CD. I also tried to play it in mplayer
> and use the -cdrom-device option to point it to the iso, but mplayer expects a
> block device like /dev/cdrom there, not a file. Is there any way I can simulate
> that the .iso is physically inserted into /dev/cdrom or something?
>
> Or do I just burn the thing on a CD and rip it the old-fashioned way?
>
> I mean, burning some data off a hard disk onto a CD just so that I could plug
> it in and copy the data back on the hard disk seems... well... clumsy?
>
> If there is a way to mount the damn thing somehow, I'm listening.
>
> Thanks, :-)
> Marko
>
>    
have tried Gmount ?

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