The the original poster, good job! You would be truly surprised at how *few* people take the time to acertain what the issue actually is, and *rarely* go to the low level you took it to. On a Windows PC, AnyBurn can convert DMG file to ISO format, or burn it to a blank CD / DVD disc. Usually, the data in DMG file is stored in compressed format. The DMG file can be burned to a CD or mount as a normal volume on Macintosh computers.
#HOW TO CONVERT A DMG TO ISO ON MAC TERMINAL MAC OS#
Since this worked previously for him, if it was indeed warez he would realize that simply making an image of a movie DVD does not mean it will work since there are such measures as block encryption, block shifting, and combinations of other techniques that would, in most cases, result in a useless image without help from tools like daemon tools. Although there are some processes that would be used to convert the DMG file into ISO file in Mac OS X.
You allude, with the legal comment, that this might possibly be warez. The most common method involves using Disk Utility, while the other involves applying the command line. There are two ways to handle the convert DMG file to ISO Mac procedure. He did his homework and found out there was a difference between the two, and was pointing out the technical differentiation between the working and the non working. Considering that Apple uses DMG as the native disk format, the convert DMG to ISO Mac process is quite simpler and free as well. Telling him to just click on it is completely missing the point that he was having issues with that.
The point being made was that there is a technical difference in the two formats that was causing your solution not to work.