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Hi, thanks for the reply.
They definitely aren't the Life Series. As far as I can remember, they are the true verbatim with
the blue and purple label on the spindle. When I pull the disc info, the MID is MCC. Isn't that
Mitsubishi Chemical Co.?
Regards.
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I have a stack of 100 Verbatim DVD+R discs that I bought back in 2012. I attempted to burn a
file project to them tonight and ended up with 2 coasters on two different DVD burners.
(uncorrectable errors on verify)
Do they go bad over time? If so, I'll toss them and buy a new spindle.
Thanks and regards!
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On 8/13/2019 at 1:37 PM, KBS said:
That is what I installed was madFlac image-burn doesn't see it even when it says successfully installed.
You didn't happen to delete/move the source files after installation, did you? By source files, I mean the madflac.ax and libflac.dll.
Regards,
Thomas
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1 minute ago, dbminter said:
I haven't made an audio CD from FLAC files in some time, but last time I did it, I was using madFLAC under Windows 10 x64.
It may sound counterproductive, but try using any of the online free audio file converters to convert one of these FLAC's to a FLAC. This new FLAC might actually be compliant. I've had that happen before, actually. However, it may not actually do any good at all, though.
I just tried creating a CUE file under Windows 10 1903 x64 and it worked with the FLAC I put in. So, I'd be leaning more towards your input files being the problem. However, without you actually having a FLAC file you know worked before and trying it again, it's hard to say if it's your input files or your madFLAC installation.
Hi, thanks for the response.
I found the problem. I was trying to install madflac by running the "install.bat" as an administrator from the GUI.
The solution was to open a command window and use the START command to install it. All of my FLAC files are
now recognized successfully. I'm very pleased and relieved.
Again, thanks.
Thomas
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I recently needed to burn some FLAC files to an audio CD. My first thought was that I'd need to install
the madflac v 1.10 filter, so I did. Nevertheless, my FLAC files still aren't recognized. I thought it might be
something peculiar to certain FLAC files, so I tried a variety of them, all with the same result. I'm running
Windows 10 x64 v1903.
Attached is a screenshot and a sample ImgBurn log file. `Is there any workaround for this?
Thanks and regards,
Thomas
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Is it the economy? Is it the shift to create apps for mobile devices? Neither?
On this date in 2012, I could barely keep up with the weekly releases. It's a
completely different story this year, as everything seems to be lapsing out of
development. Even Mozilla's "rapid release" program appears to have slowedto a crawl. This is not a complaint; merely an observation. Still, it seems a sad
day when the most exciting appearance on the scene is the latest update of the
Java runtime environment.Enjoy the day.
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Sectors on a disc are 2352 bytes in size, plus 96 for subchannel. Audio uses all 2352 bytes, data typically uses 2048. So whilst there's room in the 2352 for data to have extra error correction, there isn't any room for CDDA to have it.
Lke you said though, there's some sort of error correction on all discs, even CDDA. You get C1 and C2 error correction and some drives can report back the number of C2 errors to an application - but ImgBurn doesn't enquire about that info.
Hi Lightning.
Wow.. thanks for sharing that insight. While I don't claim to comprehend it all at this point,
I think I see what you're getting at. It sounds to me like you're referring to a whole different
layer involved in the process of moving that data around. Error-correction is there, but not
accessible or meaningful at the layer that your process needs to deal with. It's embedded within
the 2352 byte blocks of audio data, and as such, you have no need or way to access it.
Interesting stuff. We see a lot of similar situations in the telecom/datacom world as well. It'll
give me something to think about and study over the next few days.
Thanks again.
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Hi folks. I'm back to cause yet more trouble.
Yesterday, I was creating some ISO images from various discs. What caught my eye
at the time was that read speed settings existed on the dialog. In the past, I had
simply run with the defaults and largely ignored that option.
When I started thinking about the way this option was displayed, it didn't make much
sense to me. A read spead on the left, then what looks like a division sign (/), then
another read speed on the right. I just couldn't wrap my mind around it. I started
poking around in the guides, and finally found the answer.
It seems to me that if the dialog were simply labeled data on the left, and audio on the
right, it would make the reason for the separate settings more readily apparent.
Also, I read this statement in the guide:
"The reason for the default '8x' for 'Audio' as source, is that there's no error correction
on Audio tracks, so the slower the better really."
This has me a little bafflled. Is this setting in reference to audio CDs? The way I've
always understood audio CD theory, as outlined in great detail in Ken Pohlman's
excellent "Principles of Digital Audio", was that error correction is used extensively
on audio CDs. Specifically, cross-interleave Reed-Solomon Code, I seem to recall
that this was part of the Red Book standard as well. As such, I'm left a little mystified
by this statement, and why ImgBurn would not be unable to access that error-correction
information.. I suspect that the answer may well be way over my head, but I thought
I'd throw it on the table nevertheless.
Thanks again for a great app. Enjoy the day.
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I'm interested in burner sources here in the U.S. I've been ordering mine from Newegg for the
past ten years, and have gotten what I consider to be very good deals. The trick seem to be
to wait until the burners are on special in terms of price and/or free shipping.
What merchant(s) are others using?
Thanks!
Thomas
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So, it seems you need a separate drive to write to these discs, but, the media, once written, will apparently read in any DVD+R read capable drive.
I had not heard of this technology before, either.
I just received a pair of LG GH24NS90 burners that I ordered. Although the manufacturer does not include any
specifications regarding burn speeds for this media in their data sheet, they claim that they are M-Disc compatible,
and the drives have the M-Disc logo silkscreened on the front panel.
Once I install them and receive some M-Discs to burn, I'll post back with the results.
Enjoy the day.
Thomas
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Very cool. I'm definitely interested.
Judging by the Wiki article, the technology made its debut several years ago. I'm surprised
it hasn't become more widely known by now.
Thomas
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What is the useful shelf-life of a typical burned CD or DVD? Is there any
real research that covers this issue? How long before uncorrectable
errors appear on the media?
I did a web search on the topic, and the answers I see are all over the map.
I'm sure there are many factors involved, and it's probably not a simple
question.
Still, it seems to me that the folks who come out with "hundreds of years"
might be confusing burned CDs/DVDs with conventionally "pressed" media.
As for myself, I'll feel lucky if they perform well after ten years of sitting around
at room temperature. At the point where things start degrading, if I'm still
interested in retaining the files, I'll simply burn them to new media, whatever
form that may take ten years down the road.
On a semi-related note, I'm curious about what type of error-correction is
currently used on data CDs/DVDs. When I was into digital audio back in
the 80s, I often read about Reed-Solomon Cross-Interleave Code. However,
I'm not sure this technology migrated from audio CDs to media holding data.
I can see from using utilites like Nero CD/DVD speed that errors seem to be
detectable, and to some degree are correctable, but I'm not sure about
the algorithm being used.
Regards,
Thomas
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When the burner has problems properly recognising the disc it has just burned it's a sign that the burn quality may not be that good.
Try burning at 4x, 6x or 8x and you could end up with better quality burns. Also, what's the brand of the media you're using?
I was burning at the lowest speed supported, which is 3x. Media was Verbatim (Mitsubishi) DVD+R.
Cheers.
Thomas
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First time ever for this error.
Situation: Attempting to burn 2 copies of a data DVD from a list of files. Standard
procedure for me. ImgBurn unexpectedly returns this error, yet asks me to insert a
2nd DVD to burn another copy.
I aborted.
Although verify failed, DVD seems to read okay. All SHA-256 file hashes are
good.
Log file attached.
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I just installed UltraISO on my machine. I'm going to give it a whirl this evening and see what I can do with it.
I built ISOs of the aforementioned DVD with both ImgBurn and UltraISO (with "skip bad sectors" and "volume filtering"
unticked). The files are identical in size. More importantly, the hashes match. I'm impressed!
UltraISO seems a useful tool, just as ImgBurn is.
Regards,
Thomas
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When ImgBurn 'builds' an ISO from scratch, it makes them a multiple of 16 (or 32) sectors so this type of thing isn't a problem.
Interesting. So it seems that in the end.. no, they aren't all created equal, even though their intent is the same. Apparently,
there is room to move around within the standard. This takes me back to the days when I saw heated debates in the forums
about "such-and-such's ISO app doesn't create a truly compliant image"
I just installed UltraISO on my machine. I'm going to give it a whirl this evening and see what I can do with it.
Regards,
Thomas
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What built the ISO in the first place?
I honestly don't know. The image was built by Microsoft, and as far as I know, I have no
way of determining how they generated the file.
If you burn to a DVD+R, the size could change as the drive will burn a multiple of 16 sectors.
That makes sense, since I did burn it to a DVD+R. Aside from that aspect, is there any
overhead, padding, or formatting that's applied when the image is built in ImgBurn?
Regards,
Thomas
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Earlier this evening, as I do often, I used ImgBurn to burn an ISO image to produce
a data DVD. As usual, the process was seamless and without incident.
Simply because I had a few extra minutes to devote to the project, I decided to
try an experiment. Using the same DVD that I had just burned, I used ImgBurn to
create an ISO image file from it, saving the output file to a different directory. When
the process finished, I checked the MD5 and SHA1 hahes of the newly created ISO.
I note that the hashes are different from the original ISO source file.
As such, I need to further my understanding of how ISO files are formatted and written.
What I need to comprehend is how two different ISO images are able to write identical
DVDs. I haven't really done a bitwise comparison of the data on two DVDs written
by the two files yet, but I have the ability to do this, and may add that to my list of things
to do tomorrow evening. In the meantime, if anyone can point me in the right direction,
I would be happy to include any information provided as an item for further study.
Enjoy the day.
Thomas
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Their 'Search' may be useless but the product pages are still all there.
http://us.liteonit.com/us/dvd-internal/item/dvdinternal/ihas124
You're absolutely right. It was my own fault. I didn't see the horizontal scroll
arrows on their product page, so neglected to use them.
The 'SmartPack' program handles firmware updates for all of their drives.
Yes, I did see that item, and downloaded it. Do you happen to know if this
is a standalone utility that contains all of the updated information, or does
it connect to Lite-On over the Internet to get those?
I've always preferred individual files for each firmware versions, but hey...
whatever works.
I notice that they also specify using the "Nero Toolkit". I'm unsure of what
they're referring to, but it may be the Nero Info Tool, which I do have, and
which displays the product's firmware version, along with a bunch of other
information.
Thanks much,
Thomas
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[rant]
Oh yeah.. I almost forgot! Yes, I'm aware that it's an OEM product.
Still.. nothing at all?
I'm voting with my feet.. AND my money.
[/rant]
Enjoy the day.
Thomas
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http://www.liteon.com/index.aspx
Nice web site.. if you happen to be Chinese.
I eventually landed on:
http://us.liteonit.com/us/index.php
I was browsing Newegg's burner selection, and noticed that
they had a Lite-On unit on sale. I pasted the model number
in the search box of their support section:
Search Search Keyword: All words Any words Exact Phrase Ordering:
Search Only: Download Glossary Articles Web Links Contacts Categories Sections News Feeds
Search Keyword iHAS124
Total: 0 results found.
I also searched their product section, and got this:
Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL
Okay, so it may be an older drive, but gee whiz, does support really die that
quickly nowadays? I was unable to find any information whatsoever on their
web site.
I did find the firmware, but not on their site. Somehow, I don't think I'll be
purchasing their products anytime soon.
Regards,
Thomas
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Wow.. this is a terrific site! Great stuff, and apparently no advertising;
at least not yet. I bookmarked it immediately. I hope it continues to
flourish over the years.
Regards,
Thomas
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Run the mp4 through DVD Flick / ConvertXtoDVD etc and then burn the output (a VIDEO_TS folder) with ImgBurn.
Wow, am I ever impressed! DVD Flick does it all! You just tell it what you want, feed it what
it asks for, then hit the button, sit back, and let it do math for a while. Outstanding! No extra
codecs to install either. It even calls ImgBurn to write the image file.
The DVD plays great, too!
Thanks again!
Thomas
Do Blank DVD+R Discs Go Bad With Age?
in ImgBurn General
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Seems you're right. If I take a disc off the top of the stack and burn it, I get a coaster.
If I take one from the center of the stack, I get a perfect burn. I wonder where the
line is drawn. Guess I'll find out over time.