{
  "id": 17895786,
  "title": "DiscImageStudio: this is how it is drawn on the face of a disc",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/discimagestudio-asi-se-dibuja-en-la-cara-de-un-disco",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-03T02:32:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/lu1tr0n/discimagestudio-asi-se-dibuja-en-la-cara-de-un-disco-e66"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "DiscImageStudio is an open-source project on GitHub that converts images into physical bit patterns on CDs, DVDs, or Blu-ray discs, creating a visible image on the disc's reflective side. The project, created by JiaFeiMiao-K-Cat, offers a desktop app for Windows and an experimental CLI for Linux and macOS. The tool uses a photographic calibration process to achieve high precision and can generate ISO, WAV, or RAW files. It supports various disc formats, including BD-R discs with UDF 2.01.",
  "summary": "A CD, a DVD or a Blu-ray can carry a visible image on discs that is noticeable at a glance on the recorded side, without the need for any special reader to see it. That is what DiscImageStudio generates, the open source project published on GitHub by JiaFeiMiao-K-Cat: it converts any photograph into the physical bit pattern of a CD, a DVD or a Blu-ray BD-R, ready to be recorded on…",
  "key_points": [
    "DiscImageStudio converts images into physical CD/DVD/Blu-ray data",
    "Image reduced to two levels (0 and 255) for hole or no hole representation",
    "Tool useful for decorative and technical purposes with various input formats"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This open-source tool bridges the gap between digital aesthetics and optical engineering by translating visual data into physical patterns etched directly onto the surface of recordable media.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}