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Actually, I've been playing with PowerShell today using the Get-ChildItem command for a listing of files on my BD-R optical media. I got a ton of read errors along the following lines: + CategoryInfo : ReadError: (I:\archives\data\private\video\homemade:String) [Get-ChildItem], IOException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DirIOError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand And issuing this command in succession gets different results. The first execution got only 82 results. The second execution got 168 results. So very random. So, I'm pretty sure at this point, the ever-present bumping'n'grinding on my optical drive/media is a fault of either the BD-R drive itself or just crappy optical media. I really should try a more high quality brand like Verbatim. So, I've adjusted my theory yet again. I think it's 100% related to the optical drive or the media and has nothing to do with Windows...at least not much if at all.

ImgBurn has never done any DVD authoring. It only burned what you threw at it except converting files to Audio CD's.

In a previous version of IMGBURN I was able to add my Menu image to a Personal image wanoka.jpg. Is there a process to customize my menu using imgburn? If not, Can you recommend a method to customize my DVD Menu? Thanks, Scott McClintock (WanokaFalls)

Examine the files using Media Info. What format are they actually in? There must be something 'different' about them or your system would support them without the need for extra filters.

Apparently, madFLAC is specifically for FLAC files only and doesn't add any support for WAV. As reported to me by the OP.

I don't know if it will help in this case, but I have to install madFLAC for FLAC files to work correctly. Just as something to try in the meantime while waiting for someone else to chime in with a possible fix, try searching the web for madFLAC, install that, and try again. See if that helps.

I 14:00:13 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 14:00:13 Microsoft Windows 8 Professional x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) I 14:00:13 Total Physical Memory: 41,870,936 KiB - Available: 27,718,840 KiB I 14:00:13 Initialising SPTI... I 14:00:13 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:00:14 -> Drive 1 - Info: ATAPI DVD A DH24ABS AP56 (H:) (SATA) I 14:00:14 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS40 1.05 (I:) (SATA) I 14:00:14 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-RE XL! E 14:00:32 ConnectFilters(Source, Sample Grabber) Failed! E 14:00:32 File Name: C:\Joy of Vox\2024 Spring Performance\WAV\01 Celebration.wav E 14:00:32 Reason: No combination of intermediate filters could be found to make the connection. E 14:00:32 Hint: You may need to install some additional DirectShow filters in order to support files of this type or the file might be corrupt. E 14:00:45 acmFormatSuggest Failed! E 14:00:45 File Name: C:\Joy of Vox\2024 Spring Performance\WAV\01 Celebration.wav E 14:00:45 Reason: No device driver present. I have these files as .MP3s, but I want the highest possible fidelity to the original recording, which I thought would be WAV > MP3 Thoughts? What specific DirectShow filters should I look to install? ImgBurn.log

I couldn't see a way to reply to the existing thread so posting here instead.. Original thread: ---- Hello, I would be eternally grateful if someone could help me. I have 2 folders generated to burn a DVD DL which are LAYER 0 and LAYER 1. Inside them I have the files CONTROL.DAT, DDPID and IMAGE.DAT. How can I extract them to generate an .iso or burn them in ImgBurn so that they run as DVDs? Is it possible to convert .DAT to VIDEO_TS and then write as files in a Disc or mount a .iso? Thank you. ---- The DDP files are what get's sent to a disc replicator as previously mentioned. They Contain the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders saved per layer to represent the physical disc. As there are are two layers it means that your original master is a DVD 9. A DVD 5 will only have Layer0. You can play the .dat files in VLC albeit with limited control but it is at least useful to check what is there. You will also see the DVD menus if there are any. If you need help converting back to the original files I can help if you like. feel free to reply or message me.. Thanks.

It could be that the 2 image.dat files are just raw sector dumps, the same as an iso. are their sizes a multiple of 2048? try and open the one from the layer 0 folder in Write mode. if that use the ‘create .dvd file’ option in the tools menu and add both files to the list. Specify the layer break as whatever the size of layer 0 image.dat is, divided by 2048. Save the .dvd file and then load that in Write mode. you could test the .dvd file by mounting it in virtual clonedrive. If you can see the contents by browsing the virtual drive, go ahead and burn the .dvd to disc in write mode.

I did a little research. DDP is Disc Description Protocol. Those files are intended for disc mastering for duplication. So, they're probably for disc pressing hardware to make mass copies of a DVD. Which means you probably can't do anything with them without a mass disc duplicator.

I've no idea what you have there. Generally, it's not easy to determine what files exactly are on Layer 0 and which are are Layer 1. .DAT files could be anything. I just know they're not DVD Video. Is this some kind of car navigation disc, possibly? What contents are in the Layer 1 folder? Depending on what these files are for, this may or may not work. In Build mode, add all the files and folders from the Layer 0 folder to the root directory of the Project and repeat for the Layer 1 folder. If you are prompted to replace any files, you may as well give up because it's probably impossible to determine which files are the "real" ones (From Layer 0 or Layer 1.) and which are not. Then, create an ISO from this Build job and burn the ISO to a DVD DL disc.

Hello, I would be eternally grateful if someone could help me. I have 2 folders generated to burn a DVD DL which are LAYER 0 and LAYER 1. Inside them I have the files CONTROL.DAT, DDPID and IMAGE.DAT. How can I extract them to generate an .iso or burn them in ImgBurn so that they run as DVDs? Is it possible to convert .DAT to VIDEO_TS and then write as files in a Disc or mount a .iso? Thank you.

I should have thought of that. I don't know if Virtual CloneDrive, what I use, supports CDI, but a search reveals Daemon Tools Lite does. As does MagicDisc. However, with this method, I can't see a way to automate the conversion of dozens of CDI's. Also, what is the origin of the CDI files? If they're not audio CD's, then I don't think you'd even be able to make BIN/CUE out of them. But, I could be wrong.

Find a program that mounts CDI files and then just perform a 'Read' operation on the virtual disc.

I tried to find ANYTHING, but there are a few utilities that convert BIN/CUE to CDI, but none I could find that would do it the other way around.

Anyone knows if you can convert an audio CDI to BIN/CUE via batch/CMD? I have a ton of CDI images that was created via my Cronus disc publisher. Unfortunately the software for it only supports CDI image type for audio CDs and ImgBurn has been the only app to even open the CDI files.

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This post is about the expected lifespan of Imation 8x DVD+RW (RiData second generation) RICOHJPN-W21-01. I'll be keeping track of how many writes are done to this media before it fails. I'll update this post with the final value when the disc dies. The writer is an ASUS BD BW-16D1HT with firmware 3.11 is a VanTech USB 3.0 first generation enclosure. One write is already accounted for by Full formatting of the disc. Just reached the 40th write mark thus far. Still going. Verify failed on the 43rd write. So, this disc got 42 writes before failure.

This post is about the expected lifespan of RiData 8x DVD+RW (First generation) RICOHJPN-W21-01. I'll be keeping track of how many writes are done to this media before it fails. I'll update this post with the final value when the disc dies. The writer is an ASUS BD BW-16D1HT with firmware 3.11 is a VanTech USB 3.0 first generation enclosure. One write is already accounted for by Full formatting of the disc. Just reached the 35th write mark thus far. Still going. FINAL RESULT: Verify failed after the 37th write. So, this disc got 36 successful writes before it died.

If your storage (HDD or SSD) can cope to feed the transfer needed should be doable.

I'm still lurking here maybe once or twice on week...

I sometimes think LUK and I are the only ones from the old guard who still regularly post here and help out.

I know it"s been a long time since I checked in but I couldn't log in and now I'm on as the OG... since my screen name is in use and my login wasn't accepted.🤔 To Lightning UK and the rest of the staff hope you all are doing great and Ill check in more frequently if thats ok.👍

As far as I am aware of, there's nothing preventing you from opening 4 different instances of ImgBurn and burning 4 different ISO's to 4 different drives. I know I have had 2 instances of ImgBurn open at the same time, but not doing 2 different burns. However, it may not be PRACTICAL to do it. If these 4 drives are all attached by USB, there may be throughput issues writing to 4 different USB burners at the same time. I've never tried it before so I can't say.

If i have 4 different ISO and 4 DVD writer, can I burn all 4 ISO to each drive all at one or do I need to burn 1 at a time to prevent issue?