So I ever downloaded music which turned out to be MDF- and MDS-files.
The MDF-files are appearing to be the actual data since they're hundreds of MBs
compared to the MDS-files of both 2KBs, which I guess are the kind of shortcuts perhaps(?).
Anyways, I've tried to open them with a variety of programs, such as obviously Nero,
also the similar Ashampoo Burning Rom and a bunch of others I usually don't use.
I know they're images or something, but what can I use to burn these files?!
All they can do at the moment is sit on my drive being filling.
I'd really like to burn them to rather listen to and use the space for other purposes.
oh and yes you are correct the .mdf file is the image and the .mds is the info file that will tell the image burning software how to burn the image on to disc...
Isn't it weird though, that you can't just burn them with the more common burning-software?
Or has it got to do with patents and stuff...
That it belongs to a company and their programs or something.
Originally posted by nickberry: yes - i'm surprised Nero doesnt recognise the MDS files for what they are...
Unless I do it wrong...
But when I do it like "open with Nero", it says something like "unexpected file-format" I believe.
And opening it through Nero itself doesn't work either.
I think I even have to change the file-type to 'All' before the browser sees them.
Similar things happen with 'Ashampoo Burning Studio' 6 and 8.
And I have tried 'Nero 7 Deluxe', 'Nero 8 (Deluxe?)' and also the light version.
Maybe even more programs...
Isn't it weird though, that you can't just burn them with the more common burning-software?
Or has it got to do with patents and stuff...
That it belongs to a company and their programs or something.
ImgBurn may not be mainstream (yet), but it is about the best....
