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Since PlayOnLinux is old and is no longer updated for quite some time now (and it appears we can't access the stuff to download Wine versions for it anymore) I recently changed over to using ImgBurn (and all of my other Windows software I use) through 'Bottles' (which is installed on Mint 22 through Flatpak in terminal like... "flatpak install flathub com.usebottles.bottles") as it's default stuff works on ImgBurn using the usual WinXP mode and tweaking the setting in ImgBurn itself so it sees the CD/DVD drives like usual (as I previously mentioned). also, when ones adds a shortcut to desktop (for say ImgBurn) it also adds one to the general start menu to. but if a person is used to drag-and-drop function from your Linux Mint 22 file manager, Bottles will block that by default since it's got it's own sandbox junk which makes it a bit more secure but hinders function. but I just get around that by issuing the following in terminal after all is working... flatpak override --user --filesystem=host com.usebottles.bottles if you are wondering where this Flatpak stores it's general stuff it downloads, it's at... "~/.var/app/" ; or more specifically in the case of 'Bottles' with wine prefix's it creates "~/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/" ; in my case with those three Wine prefixes setup (as you can see in the picture below) it takes nearly 3.5GB of storage space as each prefix takes up a bit over 1GB each + program data etc. I have attached a basic picture of what the Bottles interface looks like with my basic programs setup (i.e. 7-Zip, WinRAR, Notepad++, Foobar2000, ImgBurn, KProbe) as I created three separate containers for my stuff as I kept ImgBurn and KProbe in it's own container set on WinXP mode where as the rest of my stuff is using the default Windows 10... p.s. alternatively I suspect one could use the standard 'Wine' installation on your system if you wanted but I like Bottles self-contained containers more instead of using the basic ".wine" setup the standard system Wine version installs. not to mention you can even make a backup of your container once it's setup and in good running order and then in the future to restore it to that exact state you can import it. currently Linux Mint is on version 22.3. the next major version which is due around Dec 2026/Jan 2027 is apparently 'Mint 27'.

There will be an error code generally, but it usually doesn't help. Most errors on Verify are simply because the data cannot be read because it wasn't burned correctly. And there's nothing you can do to correct it if it's the fault of the disc and not the drive doing the reading during Verify.

It worked - at least so far in my Main Box (computer)! It took about 90 minutes for the burn, but I stopped doing verify a long time ago. My logic is, if the disk plays as intended, then it's good (verified!). If it fails, then you made a coaster. On a Failed Burn, does verification give you the reason why if failed and what to do to correct it? I want to thank you for you help and guidance on this Disk dminter . I wish img.brn was far more popular and supported. It was great software for my needs.

Expect about 2 hours to burn and Verify a full BD-R DL at 2x in ImgBurn. About 90 minutes for the burn and about 30 minutes for the Verify.

Thanks for the effort. I've made quite a few single layer Blu-ray Audio disks recently using ImgBrn and they act just the same as their Movie Cousins. Some of them have a static menu screen where you can select various audio streams and tunes. Others are a bit more dynamic and cycle through artwork when the tunes are playing -which probably helps prevent screen burn in. The ImgBurn created ISO worked when I mounted it using PowerISO virtual drive, and played it with PowerDVD. (I uninstalled BurnAware after it's failure and put PowerISO on.) I contemplated trying to Burn the image with the newly installed PowerISO as it said it could burn as maximum speed, but thought I'd give ImgBurn a try at your recommended 2X speed. Right now the Buffer is at 100% and the Device Buffer is 94% - 11% Complete. It's still going to take over an Hour, so I'll go do some chores and check in on it later. Wish me Luck!

I just did a test because I wasn't sure if it worked myself, actually. I created a single layer BD Video ISO in ImgBurn, mounted it as a virtual drive in CloneDrive, and attempted to test playing it back in PowerDVD 18, and that does work. However, as I said, I've never made a BD Audio disc before so I don't know how they behave.

I'm using ImgBurn to create the ISO now as you suggested. My nephew downloaded the files, so I don't know the source info. I'll take a look at Leawo Blu-Ray Player. Thanks.

I would recommend you use ImgBurn to create the ISO instead of BurnAware. You can then mount ImgBurn's ISO and see if that works as a virtual drive.. These BDMV folder contents you made of a Blu-Ray Audio (I've never made one of those before.) what software made them? You might want to look into something called Leawo Blu-Ray Player; it's freeware. It lets you play a BDMV folder directly from a hard drive/SSD after it's created by loading its INDEX.BDMV file. This way, you can test the BDMV contents first to make sure they were authored correctly before creating the ISO.

I made the ISO using Burnaware but even when I mounted it PowerDVD would not play it. Even though it plays numerous ISOs of other "movies" but they are all single Layer Blu-rays or DVDs. So I've deleted that image. I'm wondering if I should try again to make a Blu-Ray disc on the fly with ImgBurn (which worked on Single Layer Disks in the past) but reduce the burn speed to 2X as you suggested earlier.

You will probably have to mount the ISO as a virtual drive to get PowerDVD to play it. I've tried getting PowerDVD to load INDEX.BDMV files directly from a hard disk folder, but though it apparently SHOULD work, it doesn't. I've never used BurnAware; the ISO Burn I mentioned is a built in utility in Windows 10 and 11.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am going to try to make this an ISO image to improve my chances of success. Once created, I'll mount it and see if my PowerDVD will play the ISO. Then I can try another attempt to Burn it using Img.Brn. (Or maybe use the ISO Burn in BurnAware?)

Well, you can write a Blu-Ray disc on the fly in ImgBurn, but you're better off Creating a file first, which is an ISO. Then, Writing that ISO to disc. And if you're going to use ISO Burn, you MUST have an ISO file. The advantage of ISO Burn is you can write at the maximum write speed in a BD drive with less chance of it failing or creating a bad disc. The disadvantage is ISO Burn will not burn ISO's that are, at least, over 49 GB in size. So, if your ISO is a nearly full BD-R DL contents, you must use ImgBurn.

Thanks for the prompt reply. My project is to make a Blu-ray Audio disk with the BDMV and CERTIFICATE folders. Not an ISO. I'd also like to include an Artwork Folder as well as long as it won't mess things up. My 4K Blu-ray player plays the files just fine on a USB Stick, but I want to put it on Disk. I've come across BurnAware Professional / Premium 19 and wonder if my chances of success would improve with it for this project?

ImgBurn can burn BD-R DL with a few caveats. First, burn at 2x. Second, use either Verbatim DataLife Plus inkjet BD-R DL or the Ritek BD-R DL. As for an alternative to ImgBurn, there is one with a few notes on it. Check out this thread for more details: For instance, ISO Burn won't burn ISO image sizes of at least over 49 GB. But, if ISO Burn will accept the ISO's file size, it will burn them.

Hi Gents, I've been a fan of Img.brn for my infrequent little projects, so naturally I turned to it when I had a project that required me to burn a BD-R DL, as it worked well on single layer projects. I steered away from cheap blanks and bought what i thought was a decent brand => Verbatim. They worked great on my single layer projects. Never made a coaster, so I didn't want to start here. Well you guessed it. Even though I set my Burner, a lightly used LG HL-DT-ST BE-RE BH10LS30, to burn at half speed (4X) it made a coaster. It never made a coaster before so I'm trying to figure out if it's Img.brn or the Burner. (My PC is very capable with sufficient CPU, and RAM.) I know that burning Disks is not very popular these days, and some expect it to disappear soon. Last year I decided to hedge my bets and bought an Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray Burner. I wanted to see if I could get it to play some of my 4K titles, and to some degree it works. I put it into one of my sons retired gamer PCs that I was re-configuring for my wife. (So far she's happy with her "old" Box, so it's still surplus.) I did test it on a single layer BD (using other software) and it worked fine. So I guess I have two questions. I know Img.brn hasn't been updated since 2013 (OMG!), and it's been great for me since I found it, but is it suitable to burn BD-R DL, and if not what software should I be using. Alternately, should I install the Asus BW-16D1HT in my Main Box and give Img.brn another go. As you can tell, I'm not keen on making a stack of coasters. Thanks for the assist. Regards, Jim

There is a limitation to ISO Burn that must be pointed out. It will NOT burn an ISO of Image File Size: 49,488,265,216 bytes. It says it's too large to burn. ImgBurn WILL burn that ISO. So, if an ISO is near to a BD-R DL capacity, ISO Burn will not write it.

You would open the root directory of one of these discs in Windows/File Explorer, highlight a file, right click on it, choose Copy, then repeat that somewhere else that isn't read only and choose Paste.

How to do to paste any contents from these FX discs?

No, not necessarily. Verbatim is owned by CMC Magnetics, which makes the worst optical discs out there. If you're using Verbatim Life Series sold in brick and mortar stores, they will be CMC Magnetics trash. Only Verbatim DataLife Plus, NOT Life Series, are high quality discs because they're made by Mitsubishi.

The disc has to be a high quality disc because the company who made the discs "Verbatim" has high quality discs.

I can't explain the first problem off the bat, but it could be related to the 2nd. Settings both areas of eject settings should have worked, but if the drive is failing, as it may be being unable to read that disc, that could explain it. However, being unable to read that CD-R could be an issue with that CD-R. Unless it's repeatable with other discs, it could just be a CMC Magnetics cheap CD-R.

*** NEW UPDATE! *** ImgBurn is failing to read the disc. (it is a CD Recordable (CD-R)) I'm getting a error (or info) (you can view it in the file) I don't know why is happening, but its probably a drive failure, it may recover sometime. The disc is vaild.

I disabled both of them already.

Did you disable BOTH eject settings? Somewhat oddly, there are 2 separate Settings sections with eject options. Under the Settings, there's a Cycle Tray Before Verify option you can disable under Write. Then, under the Settings, there are the various Eject options you can deselect under Device.

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