mstefanski1987

Just FYI - this is the "quality" of SE-506CB burn on CMCMAG-BA5. Seriously, I have never been so dissapointed wiith any hardware as much as with Samsung BD burners. Avoid it at any cost

I have contacted the producer directly and I will keep you posted about the results, unless you believe I should do this on another forum, since the issue is not imgburn-related.

I've seen the exact topic you've mentioned only about a week ago. http://club.myce.com/f105/samsung-se-506cb-336191/ I am wondering if there is any chance of forcing a producer to release an update - or altering speed table in the firmware and upload it to the drive. Kind of like with this tool: http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/ Do you have any ideas? Edit: I have unpacked the firmware TS01 into *bin file and tried to edit it with Media Code Speed Edit, but the program is not supporting this file and shows me nothing. I will try to do some "hexedit research" in my free time and post some results.

Still the same. Why is the recorder ignoring the settings? Is there a way to force it? I 07:36:24 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 07:36:24 Microsoft Windows 8 Professional x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) I 07:36:24 Total Physical Memory: 2 994 640 KiB - Available: 1 088 116 KiB I 07:36:24 Initialising SPTI... I 07:36:24 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 07:36:27 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS01 (G:) (USB 2.0) I 07:36:28 -> Drive 2 - Info: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7580S FD06 (F:) (SATA) I 07:36:28 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (H:) (SCSI) I 07:36:28 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM and 1 BD-RE XL! I 07:36:54 Operation Started! I 07:36:54 Building Image Tree... I 07:36:54 Calculating Totals... I 07:36:54 Preparing Image... I 07:36:54 Contents: 27 Files, 16 Folders I 07:36:54 Content Type: BD Video I 07:36:54 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 07:36:54 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 07:36:55 Size: 22 132 388 487 bytes I 07:36:55 Sectors: 10 806 848 I 07:36:55 Image Size: 22 133 473 280 bytes I 07:36:55 Image Sectors: 10 807 360 I 07:36:57 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 07:36:57 Operation Started! I 07:36:57 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 07:36:57 Source File Sectors: 10 807 360 (MODE1/2048) I 07:36:57 Source File Size: 22 133 473 280 bytes I 07:36:57 Source File Volume Identifier: Apollo 13 I 07:36:57 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 45663C9B00A4E7C0 I 07:36:57 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.8.0 I 07:36:57 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 07:36:57 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 07:36:57 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS01 (G:) (USB) I 07:36:57 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: CMCMAG-BA5-000) I 07:36:57 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x; 4x; 6x I 07:36:57 Destination Media Sectors: 12 219 392 I 07:36:57 Write Mode: BD I 07:36:57 Write Type: DAO I 07:36:57 Write Speed: 4x I 07:36:57 Hardware Defect Management Active: No I 07:36:57 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes I 07:36:57 Link Size: Auto I 07:36:57 Lock Volume: Yes I 07:36:57 Test Mode: No I 07:36:57 OPC: Yes I 07:36:57 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 07:36:57 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 17 984 KB/s (4x) I 07:37:54 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB) I 07:37:56 Writing LeadIn... I 07:38:16 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 10807359) I 07:38:16 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 10807359) I 09:29:14 Synchronising Cache... I 09:29:22 Closing Track... I 09:29:23 Finalising Disc... I 09:30:49 Exporting Graph Data... I 09:30:49 Graph Data File: C:\Users\marci_000\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_BDDVDW_SE-506CB_TS01_6-LISTOPAD-2014_07-36_CMCMAG-BA5-000_4x.ibg I 09:30:49 Export Successfully Completed! I 09:30:49 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 01:53:51 I 09:30:49 Average Write Rate: 3 246 KiB/s (0.7x) - Maximum Write Rate: 19 238 KiB/s (4.4x) I am not attaching file because it is pretty much the same.

And this is where it gets interesting - drive chose to ignore my settings and just went with burning with maximum speed. I 07:09:23 Operation Started! I 07:09:23 Building Image Tree... I 07:09:23 Calculating Totals... I 07:09:23 Preparing Image... I 07:09:24 Contents: 9 Files, 15 Folders I 07:09:24 Content Type: BD Video I 07:09:24 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 07:09:24 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 07:09:24 Volume Label: Appleseed Alpha I 07:09:24 Size: 23 620 826 748 bytes I 07:09:24 Sectors: 11 533 613 I 07:09:24 Image Size: 23 621 861 376 bytes I 07:09:24 Image Sectors: 11 534 112 I 07:09:27 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03 I 07:09:27 Operation Started! I 07:09:27 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 07:09:27 Source File Sectors: 11 534 112 (MODE1/2048) I 07:09:27 Source File Size: 23 621 861 376 bytes I 07:09:27 Source File Volume Identifier: Appleseed Alpha I 07:09:27 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 4565392B00AFFEAD I 07:09:27 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.8.0 I 07:09:27 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 07:09:27 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 07:09:27 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS01 (G:) (USB) I 07:09:27 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: CMCMAG-BA5-000) I 07:09:27 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x; 4x; 6x I 07:09:27 Destination Media Sectors: 12 219 392 I 07:09:27 Write Mode: BD I 07:09:27 Write Type: DAO I 07:09:27 Write Speed: 2x I 07:09:27 Hardware Defect Management Active: No I 07:09:27 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes I 07:09:27 Link Size: Auto I 07:09:27 Lock Volume: Yes I 07:09:27 Test Mode: No I 07:09:27 OPC: Yes I 07:09:27 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 07:09:27 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 8 992 KB/s (2x) I 07:10:26 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB) I 07:10:30 Writing LeadIn... I 07:10:49 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 11534111) I 07:10:49 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 11534111) I 09:17:16 Synchronising Cache... I 09:17:20 Closing Track... I 09:17:21 Finalising Disc... I 09:18:46 Exporting Graph Data... I 09:18:46 Graph Data File: C:\Users\marci_000\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\TSSTcorp_BDDVDW_SE-506CB_TS01_5-LISTOPAD-2014_07-09_CMCMAG-BA5-000_2x.ibg I 09:18:46 Export Successfully Completed! I 09:18:46 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 02:09:18 I 09:18:46 Average Write Rate: 3 040 KiB/s (0.7x) - Maximum Write Rate: 18 377 KiB/s (4.2x) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9LKKOOjI1e6T3Nlc0ZvbUZEcUE

Sure, sorry This one is from yesterday - speed was set at 6x, now I am burning with 2x and the same happens - I will post the second log when it finishes. I 21:53:18 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 21:53:18 Microsoft Windows 8 Professional x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) I 21:53:18 Total Physical Memory: 2 994 640 KiB - Available: 1 354 568 KiB I 21:53:18 Initialising SPTI... I 21:53:18 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:53:18 -> Drive 1 - Info: TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS01 (G:) (USB 2.0) I 21:53:19 -> Drive 2 - Info: Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-7580S FD06 (F:) (SATA) I 21:53:19 -> Drive 3 - Info: ELBY CLONEDRIVE 1.4 (H:) (SCSI) I 21:53:19 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM and 1 BD-RE XL! I 21:53:49 Operation Started! I 21:53:49 Building Image Tree... I 21:53:59 Calculating Totals... I 21:53:59 Preparing Image... I 21:53:59 Contents: 12 Files, 16 Folders I 21:54:00 Content Type: BD Video I 21:54:00 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 21:54:00 File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 21:54:00 Volume Label: Inglorious Basterds I 21:54:00 Size: 23 809 772 312 bytes I 21:54:00 Sectors: 11 625 873 I 21:54:00 Image Size: 23 810 801 664 bytes I 21:54:00 Image Sectors: 11 626 368 I 21:54:02 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:12 I 21:54:02 Operation Started! I 21:54:02 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 21:54:02 Source File Sectors: 11 626 368 (MODE1/2048) I 21:54:02 Source File Size: 23 810 801 664 bytes I 21:54:02 Source File Volume Identifier: Inglorious Basterds I 21:54:02 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 4564AEB800B16711 I 21:54:02 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.8.0 I 21:54:02 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 21:54:02 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50) I 21:54:02 Destination Device: [0:0:0] TSSTcorp BDDVDW SE-506CB TS01 (G:) (USB) I 21:54:02 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: CMCMAG-BA5-000) I 21:54:02 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x; 4x; 6x I 21:54:02 Destination Media Sectors: 12 219 392 I 21:54:02 Write Mode: BD I 21:54:02 Write Type: DAO I 21:54:02 Write Speed: MAX I 21:54:02 Hardware Defect Management Active: No I 21:54:02 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes I 21:54:02 Link Size: Auto I 21:54:02 Lock Volume: Yes I 21:54:02 Test Mode: No I 21:54:02 OPC: Yes I 21:54:02 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 21:54:02 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 26 976 KB/s (6x) I 21:55:01 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB) I 21:55:05 Writing LeadIn... I 21:55:25 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 11626367) I 21:55:25 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 11626367) I 00:03:48 Synchronising Cache... I 00:03:53 Closing Track... I 00:03:54 Finalising Disc... I 00:05:15 Exporting Graph Data... I 00:05:15 Export Successfully Completed! I 00:05:15 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 02:11:13 I 00:05:15 Average Write Rate: 3 019 KiB/s (0.7x) - Maximum Write Rate: 19 307 KiB/s (4.4x) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9LKKOOjI1e6VG5rM1VhYkt6T1U/

Hi everyone, When I try to burn BD-R disc (I have tried Verbatim CMCMAG-BA5-000, and Panasonic with some other dye) using both my Samsung SE-506BB and SE-506CB they would ignore maximum writing speed, and try to record with highest available. Then, in the middle of the single-layer disc the speed drops dramatically (to 0.6x-0.7x) and stays that way until the very end. The discs play fine afterwards, but I wonder what might be the reason for this behaviour. It doesn't happen on BD-RE from Emtec. I have OPC enabled. ImgBurn 2.5.8.0, Windows 8.1 (though it was the same on windows 7 and Ubuntu 13.10). Any ideas?