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Cant burn to Dual layer 50gb blu ray.

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:51:31 +0000

I have tried three different drives and none of them worked. Got it to write on two of them, but it stopped at 11 and 23%. Just going to burn it to two 25gb drives, so no rush.

ImgBurn.log

Pioneer BDR-206 fails verification at BD-R DL layer break in ImgBurn, but Windows Disc Image Burner works

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:00:08 +0000

Hello,

I’m having a repeatable problem burning Verbatim BD-R DL discs with ImgBurn. The burn completes successfully, but verification fails immediately after the layer transition.

Hardware and media

Pioneer BDR-206DBK
Firmware: 1.56
Drive label says manufactured March 2024
Vantec NexStar DX2 USB 3.0 optical-drive enclosure
Verbatim 50 GB BD-R DL, rated 8x
Media ID: VERBAT-IMf-000
Windows 11

ImgBurn failure

I have tried:

Multiple brand-new discs from the same spindle
Multiple unrelated Blu-ray 3D ISOs
2x and 4x write speeds
A generic powered SATA-to-USB adapter
The Vantec enclosure specifically designed for 5.25-inch optical drives
Different USB ports

The burn itself completes and finalizes normally. Verification consistently fails at or just after the start of layer 1:

Verifying Layer 0... LBA: 0 - 12219391
Verifying Layer 1... LBA: 12219392 - ...

Failed to Read Sectors 12219424 - 12219455
Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error

Other attempts failed around:

LBA 12219456

So the failure is always within the first few sectors of the second layer.

Some of the failed-verification discs appear to play through the entire movie normally, although one separate PowerISO attempt failed during writing and produced an unusable second layer.

Important new result

I burned another BD-R DL ISO using the built-in Windows Disc Image Burner, with:

The same Pioneer drive
The same Vantec enclosure
The same Verbatim spindle
The same computer and USB setup

Windows completed both the burn and its full verification successfully.

That suggests the drive, enclosure, and media can produce a valid BD-R DL, but ImgBurn’s write process consistently creates unreadable sectors at the layer transition.

The Pioneer also successfully backed up an entire pressed dual-layer Blu-ray using MakeMKV without any read errors.

Questions

Is there any known ImgBurn-specific issue involving:

Pioneer BDR-206 drives
VERBAT-IMf-000 media
BD-R DL layer transitions
SPTI versus Windows IMAPI
OPC or another advanced ImgBurn setting
USB optical-drive enclosures

I understand ImgBurn should theoretically be sending standard commands and that there should not be a major difference between burning an ISO with ImgBurn and Windows. However, the result is currently repeatable: ImgBurn fails at the layer break, while Windows burns and verifies successfully.

What logs or settings would be most useful to post for comparing the successful Windows burn against the failed ImgBurn burns?

I/O Error with FX interactive games when trying to dump them.

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 01:14:32 +0000

Hello there guys, i recently have been buying some games from fx-interactive, and when trying to dump some games, like submarine titans, it gives me a I/O Error, i can't even copy the content from the cd to a folder.

I already used alcohol 95 and 52%, none of them work too, but works with other cd's.

Any idea?

Below, you can see my screenshots showing the problem i got and the log.

Thanks.

ImgBurn.log

Why does ImgBurn eject the tray?

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:43:42 +0000

I've disabled the settings but it still opens the tray. I'm burning on a laptop, and it opens the tray after it completes operations and on failures too. I don't want it to open the tray because the laptop is very bad it may not read the disc after its removal, and have to wait hours for it to make it work again. Please cansomeone help me?

Make .mds files with .iso

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:02:25 +0000

How do I make .mds files that accompany my .iso ones? Also how do I make both .ISO and .MDS files in all caps?

Can't burn DVD+R DL ISO FILES THAT PLAY

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 17:01:19 +0000

Windows 11 PRO Dell and use IMGBURN all the time for standard dvd's but have wasted 10 8x DVD+RDL Verbatim discs following online instructions to burn large ISO movies of about 8gb with LG drives. Last attempt IMGBURN said "success" and played the song but discs won't play in Sony player or even on my PC. Any help appreciated!!

First time burning discs, early into the process the drive stops reading the disc completely.

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:04:15 +0000

Trying to write files/folders to a disc, everything went fine at first, drive could read the disc just fine and I was able to begin the process, but after I believe track 1 it's cut short and now my drive refuses to read anything, even after reinstalling it through Device Manager. Windows and ImgBurn still recognise the drive being there, but no media is read.

ImgBurn.log

Cannot burn music onto a CD-R

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:01:00 +0000

I have been trying for hours to burn 13 or so songs onto a CD. I thought switching to ImgBurn would be my saving grace but even after converting the files to a CUE, it gets through the burn process with no issue until the very end. I have an external disc reader and the tray pops open at the end which I am then prompted that is is normal I must close the tray manually and press OK. After doing so I'm greeted by "Verify Failed!" Reason: Layouts do not match. This project is extremely important to me and have yet to find any success with any burner software. I have tried windows media player, AnyBurn, BurnAware, and finally ImgBurn. I have also tried using a different disc reader to no avail. Some help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

Two oddities I've recently noticed

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:59:45 +0000

I have been using ImgBurn for many years now and have found it to be absolutely indispensible for reading and writing optical discs. I use it mostly to rip DVDs to ISO. Since DVDs are usually copy-protected, I have been running AnyDVD in the background. I have ripped hundreds, possibly as many as a thousand or more and the combination has always proved rock-solid.

However, I HATE Windows and recently my Windows installation has been getting less and less usable, so I have been looking at options to rip DVDs under Linux. To that end, I have been spending a lot of time looking at the rips in a hex editor.

All of the files that I have looked at have one byte changed from the DVD to the ISO, at the same offset and by the same amount. I cannot figure out why this byte would be changed or how. It might be something that AnyDVD is doing (in which case this might not be the best place to ask), or it might have something to do with ImgBurn.

I have noticed this in only 4 discs so far. I thought I'd ask befor checking another few dozen or hundred...

The byte in question is part of a 32-bit value in the VIDEO_TS.IFO file (and its corresponding .BUF file) at bytes 12 to 15 of that file. In the discs where I've noticed it, that value has been increased by exactly 1 (that's why it affects only a single byte, rather than all four).

According to this website: http://www.mpucoder.com/DVD/ifo.html, the value represents the last sector of VMG set (last sector of BUP).

Does anybody here have any insight as to why that value is being changed and whether it is being done by ImgBurn or AnyDVD?

The other oddity I noticed, although it affects only one disc that I have found so far, is the ISO of one rip is 32k larger than the DVD that was ripped. When doing a checksum of that ISO against a rip I did under Linux, they of course didn't match. So when I noticed the filesize discrepancy, I truncated the ISO at that point and the checksums matched. It has me baffled! Any ideas?

Thanks

Brian

Converting multiple BDMV folders to ISO-Files

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:54:07 +0000

Hi,

I want to convert multiple BDMV folders to ISO-Files. If possible in one run.

My file structure is:

Artist A
Album 1\BDMV
Album 2\BDMV
Album 3\BDMV

Artist B
Album 1\BDMV
Album 2\BDMV
Album 3\BDMV

Is there a way to convert them and create the ISO in the source directory?

Thanks,

Max

Power calibration area is full ERROR

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:59:51 +0000

Hi,

I recently started using imgburn to burn mix CDs, but im running into an issue where every time i try to write the disc, i get an error message saying that the power calibration area is full. I've tried lowering write speed all the way down to 1x but that didn't work. I changed my setting to perform OPC before write-in, and then i was just stuck at 0% writing leadin. Looking at the log, i noticed it said that my drive can only write at 10x. 16x, or 24x. So I did 10x, still didn't work. My drive is a "hl-dt-st dvdram guc0n as01" from amazon. Im using verbatim cd-r. Ive attached my log, thanks!

LOG:

I 14:50:47 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 14:50:47 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200)
I 14:50:47 Total Physical Memory: 16,488,680 KiB - Available: 4,623,432 KiB
I 14:50:47 Initialising SPTI...
I 14:50:47 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 14:50:47 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUC0N AS01-37 (E:) (USB 2.0)
I 14:50:47 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM!
I 14:52:24 Operation Started!
I 14:52:24 Source File: C:\Users\lissy\Music\burn files\CD1 - Gish Remastered\The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [Deluxe Edition].cue
I 14:52:24 Source File Sectors: 207,247 (AUDIO/2352)
I 14:52:24 Source File Size: 487,444,944 bytes
I 14:52:24 Source File Volume Identifier: The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [Deluxe Edition]
I 14:52:24 Source File File System(s): None
I 14:52:24 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUC0N AS01 (E:) (USB)
I 14:52:24 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m15s17f, Ritek Co.)
I 14:52:24 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 10x, 16x, 24x
I 14:52:24 Destination Media Sectors: 359,843
I 14:52:24 Write Mode: CD
I 14:52:24 Write Type: SAO
I 14:52:24 Write Speed: 1x
I 14:52:24 Lock Volume: Yes
I 14:52:24 Test Mode: No
I 14:52:24 OPC: Yes
I 14:52:24 BURN-Proof: Enabled
W 14:52:24 Write Speed Miscompare! - Wanted: 176 KB/s (1x), Got: 1,764 KB/s (10x)
W 14:52:24 The drive only supports writing these discs at 10x, 16x, 24x.
W 14:52:39 Optimum Power Calibration Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:52:44 Retrying (1)...
W 14:52:52 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:52:56 Optimum Power Calibration Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
I 14:52:56 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB)
I 14:52:57 Writing LeadIn... (CD-TEXT)
W 14:53:04 Failed to Write Sectors -12508 - -11827 - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:04 Retrying (1 of 20)...
W 14:53:12 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:12 Retrying (2 of 20)...
W 14:53:20 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:20 Retrying (3 of 20)...
W 14:53:28 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:28 Retrying (4 of 20)...
W 14:53:36 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:36 Retrying (5 of 20)...
W 14:53:44 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:44 Retrying (6 of 20)...
W 14:53:52 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:53:52 Retrying (7 of 20)...
I 14:53:56 Abort Request Acknowledged
W 14:54:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:54:00 Retrying (8 of 20)...
I 14:54:00 Synchronising Cache...
W 14:54:05 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions.
E 14:54:05 Failed to Write Image!
E 14:54:05 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:01:41
I 14:54:05 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A
I 14:56:46 Operation Started!
I 14:56:46 Source File: C:\Users\lissy\Music\burn files\CD1 - Gish Remastered\The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [Deluxe Edition].cue
I 14:56:46 Source File Sectors: 207,247 (AUDIO/2352)
I 14:56:46 Source File Size: 487,444,944 bytes
I 14:56:46 Source File Volume Identifier: The Smashing Pumpkins - Gish [Deluxe Edition]
I 14:56:46 Source File File System(s): None
I 14:56:46 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUC0N AS01 (E:) (USB)
I 14:56:46 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m15s17f, Ritek Co.)
I 14:56:46 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 10x, 16x, 24x
I 14:56:46 Destination Media Sectors: 359,843
I 14:56:46 Write Mode: CD
I 14:56:46 Write Type: SAO
I 14:56:46 Write Speed: 10x
I 14:56:46 Lock Volume: Yes
I 14:56:46 Test Mode: No
I 14:56:46 OPC: Yes
I 14:56:46 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 14:56:46 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 1,764 KB/s (10x)
W 14:57:01 Optimum Power Calibration Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:07 Optimum Power Calibration Failed! - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
I 14:57:07 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB)
I 14:57:08 Writing LeadIn... (CD-TEXT)
W 14:57:15 Failed to Write Sectors -12508 - -11827 - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:15 Retrying (1 of 20)...
W 14:57:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:23 Retrying (2 of 20)...
W 14:57:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:30 Retrying (3 of 20)...
W 14:57:38 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:38 Retrying (4 of 20)...
W 14:57:45 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:45 Retrying (5 of 20)...
W 14:57:53 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:57:53 Retrying (6 of 20)...
W 14:58:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:00 Retrying (7 of 20)...
W 14:58:08 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:08 Retrying (8 of 20)...
W 14:58:15 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:15 Retrying (9 of 20)...
W 14:58:23 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:23 Retrying (10 of 20)...
W 14:58:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:30 Retrying (11 of 20)...
I 14:58:36 Abort Request Acknowledged
W 14:58:38 Retry Failed - Reason: Power Calibration Area Error
W 14:58:38 Retrying (12 of 20)...
I 14:58:38 Synchronising Cache...
W 14:58:40 User opted to skip the 'Close Track/Session/Disc' functions.
E 14:58:40 Failed to Write Image!
E 14:58:40 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:01:53
I 14:58:40 Average Write Rate: N/A - Maximum Write Rate: N/A
I 14:58:46 Close Request Acknowledged
I 14:58:46 Closing Down...
I 14:58:46 Shutting down SPTI...
I 14:58:46 ImgBurn closed!

Four 50gb BD-Rs down the drain with LG BU40N

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:30:04 +0000

Having a very sad start to the weekend.

Not managing to write an ISO to a 50gb BD-R. They are RITEK-DR3-000 BD-R DL 50GB (Inkjet Printable, 1-6x rated)

Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BU40N
Firmwares Tested: 1.03 (stock), 1.00 (downgraded)
Software: ImgBurn 2.5.8.0

Settings Tested:

Write Speeds: 1x (rejected), 2x, 4x, 6x
OPC: On/Off
BURN-Proof: Enabled
Lock Volume: On/Off
Link Size: 0 (default)
Write Type: DAO/SAO
Best Result:
Firmware 1.00 with OPC enabled at 2x reached 54% before layer break failure.

Conclusion:
RITEK-DR3-000 is incompatible with LG BU40N at firmware level. Drive cannot calculate correct sector addressing for layer transition on this media.

Anyone have any advice for me?

burning

Tue, 26 Jul 2016 04:55:42 +0000

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What is the retention rate for ImgBurn's Log?

Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:30:26 +0000

What is the retention rate for ImgBurn's Log? It appears to be 7 days, but I don't know that for sure.

Thanks!

How to make a bootable ISO with ImgBurn?

Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:00:54 +0000

Hi all - New ImgBurn user, but comfortable with Windows OS and computing in general.

I've been trying, without any luck, to create a bootable ISO file with ImgBurn The reason I need a bootable file is that I use Ventoy to load ISOs on a USB drive, and they must be able to boot up. I've not been able to get any information on this in the forum or in ImgBurn documentation. Maybe I'm wrong about that, if so, could someone please point the way.

To get a bootable ISO, one needs to use the Advanced>Bootable disk tab in ImgBurn. The choices are obscure, with no guide to making the right values.

I'll show a screen shot of the 'Bootable Disc' window:

The source and destination are straight forward,(H:\ISOs and Images\ are a folder on the Ventoy boot ISO on which my ISOs will reside) but the 'Emulation Type', 'Boot Image' , 'Platform Id' , 'Load segment' and 'Sectors to load' fields offer no guidance to what values are needed. I've left 'Emulation Type', as default, though there is a 'Hard Disk choice, which I will try. The boot image is from the Windows 11 Insider Preview install ISO. I've chosen to use 'efisys_noprompt.bin' rather than 'etfsboot.com', which I understand doesn't work with a UEFI boot image. 'Platform Id', I've changed to UEFI. 'Load segment' I've left to its default. and 'Sectors to load' I've changed to 8. This combination does not produce a bootable ISO. The message I get from attempting to load the ISO that I make for use with Ventoy is as follows: "No boot file found for UEFI. Maybe the image does not support x64 EFI" I know that Ventoy is working properly, because those bootable ISOs in the Ventoy USB load without problem.

I'm running out of configuration ideas for making an ISO bootable. Can anyone offer any guidance, tips or observations? I'd welcome any replies.

Build does not work right when trying to replicate 99-title DVD

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:49:52 +0000

Ugh, Here I am again. For some reason, whenever I try to make a 16.3GB VIDEO_TS into a 8.5GB ISO, it doesn't work right. If I have "Preserve Full Path Names" checked, it can save the contents space but it sets the contents type to "Data" instead of "DVD-Video", but if I don't, it doesn't save space and gives me a warning and sets it to Blu-Ray type instead of "DVD-Video". This is very weird, because I have an ISO of Baby Neptune 2009, and it is bigger than 8.5GB in total, and it does play as a DVD-Video ISO. However, the ISO I am making does not play right for some reason when tested in VLC. I do have the "Optimise Duplicate Files" option checked, but it doesn't work for DVD-Video. Also the layer-break pop up does not show for some reason.

BTW, yes I am trying to replicate the 99-title protection seen on Disney DVDs from late-2008 until mid-2012 on my ISO.

Would it be possible to make a version of ImgBurn that can build a DVD-ISO with duplicate/fake titles from an HDD/SDD/that has 99-titles?

DVD ejected mid-verifying session

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:03:00 +0000

So I was burning an ISO file onto a DVD-RW, and at the end when it completed it wanted to start verifying but then the DVD got ejected by the drive. After closing the disk drive again, I got some errors in ImgBurn. I checked the disk itself in explorer and it did copy every file but i'm wondering if something did go wrong?

ImgBurn.log

Issues with audio when burning a CD on IMG-burn

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:44:31 +0000

I've been trying to burn a CD, but 2 of the audio files (FLAC) come out tinny and low quality. The rest of the files (17 total) do not have this issue. I have even tried converting the two problematic files to .wav in hopes it might do something, but it ran into the same issue.

I am using Verbatim CD-R's and a samsung SE-208 dvd writer

Burning ISO hangs at 11% Erasing Disc - Drive activity light not flashing

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:07:45 +0000

Hello,

I have just setup a new desktop computer.

It is running Windows 11 Version 25H2 Build 26200.8246 and ImgBurn 2.5.8.0.

The drive has the latest version of the firmware installed.

I was trying to burn an ISO to a Ritek DVD+RW and ImBurn said the disc needed to be formatted first.

The Erasing Disc then starts and the light on the Blu-ray Combo drive starts flashing but after some seconds stops flashing.

The progress starts counting up from 0% and reaches 11% but then stops there.

I left it running for over 30 minutes but the progress remainedl at 11%.

All this time the light on the drive does not flash at all.

I tried running the burn several times and also tried running ImgBurn in compatibility mode for Windows 8.

I also tried another Ritek DVD+RW disc and a Philips DVD+RW but the same problem occurred.

However, I was successful burning with a erase burning the ISO with a Ritek DVD-RW disc so the problem seems to be isolated to DVD+RW discs.

I can successfully burn the ISO using AShampoo Burning Studio Free so the problem is confined to ImgBurn.

A Google search of the problem suggests to Disable ImgBurn setting "Perform OPC before write" but I checked it and it is not enabled.

The saved log is attached.

Regards,

fbagnato

ImgBurn.log

how can i burn a data compatible with windows and macos?

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:03:31 +0000

I remember ,once i burned a dvd and i found an option to burn compatible with windows and macos file system

may i know if there is an option to burn a dvd/cd compatible with both ?

and where is it?

ps: just because once imgburn asks me compatible with macos , i have re-installed on a new computer windows 11

thanks

Problem with BD-R DL Discs...

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:53:41 +0000

Hello,

I was having a problem trying to burn some back up Blu-rays for while I travelled. I haven't had any problems burning for the past two years or so and I have recently got a 25 pack of Kodak BD-R DL discs and four in a row were just coasters. Somewhere along the lines they failed to burn. So, I am a little confused as to why. I use DVDFAB and have ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 set to do the burning. The first three were just DVDFab using the file. And then I made an ISO file to see if burning that would fix the issue and alas, I am here.

My burner, Pioneer BDXL BDR-XD08 is about a little over a year old. I have been burning regular single layer BD-R and dual layer BD-R discs until now. Whenever I inserted one of these blank discs, it gave a disc name of "CMCMAG-DI6-000" which I did a Google search and it was nothing but trashing the type of disc it is.

ImgBurn.log

Fails to write to second Blu-ray layer

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 21:17:01 +0000

Hello,
I have a stack of Verbatim BD-R DLs which I bought a couple years ago and have used on and off since then, without any issues. However, beginning a couple weeks ago, any attempts to burn to these discs leads to an error like the following:

Quote

I 05:20:21 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started!
I 05:20:21 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200)
I 05:20:21 Total Physical Memory: 8,243,660 KiB - Available: 5,133,244 KiB
I 05:20:22 Initialising SPTI...
I 05:20:22 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 05:20:22 -> Drive 1 - Info: BUFFALO Optical Drive 2.00 (D:) (USB 2.0)
I 05:20:22 Found 1 BD-RE XL!
I 05:20:59 Operation Started!
I 05:20:59 Building Image Tree...
I 05:20:59 Calculating Totals...
I 05:20:59 Preparing Image...
I 05:21:00 Contents: 9 Files, 15 Folders
I 05:21:00 Content Type: BD Video
I 05:21:00 Data Type: MODE1/2048
I 05:21:00 File System(s): UDF (2.50)
I 05:21:00 Volume Label: [Not Configured]
I 05:21:00 Size: 30,478,893,196 bytes
I 05:21:00 Sectors: 14,882,279
I 05:21:00 Image Size: 30,479,941,632 bytes
I 05:21:00 Image Sectors: 14,882,784
I 05:21:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00
I 05:21:09 Operation Started!
I 05:21:09 Building Image Tree...
I 05:21:12 Calculating Totals...
I 05:21:12 Preparing Image...
I 05:21:12 Contents: 9 Files, 15 Folders
I 05:21:12 Content Type: BD Video
I 05:21:12 Data Type: MODE1/2048
I 05:21:12 File System(s): UDF (2.50)
I 05:21:12 Volume Label: Test
I 05:21:12 Size: 30,478,893,196 bytes
I 05:21:12 Sectors: 14,882,279
I 05:21:12 Image Size: 30,479,941,632 bytes
I 05:21:12 Image Sectors: 14,882,784
I 05:21:13 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:03
I 05:21:13 Operation Started!
I 05:21:13 Source File: -==/\/[BUILD IMAGE]\/\==-
I 05:21:13 Source File Sectors: 14,882,784 (MODE1/2048)
I 05:21:13 Source File Size: 30,479,941,632 bytes
I 05:21:13 Source File Volume Identifier: Test
I 05:21:13 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 5C722AA400E31767
I 05:21:13 Source File Application Identifier: ImgBurn v2.5.8.0
I 05:21:13 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn
I 05:21:13 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50)
I 05:21:13 Destination Device: [0:0:0] BUFFALO Optical Drive 2.00 (D:) (USB)
I 05:21:13 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: VERBAT-IMf-000)
I 05:21:13 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x
I 05:21:13 Destination Media Sectors: 24,438,784
I 05:21:13 Write Mode: BD
I 05:21:13 Write Type: DAO
I 05:21:13 Write Speed: 6x
I 05:21:13 Hardware Defect Management Active: No
I 05:21:13 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes
I 05:21:13 Link Size: Auto
I 05:21:13 Lock Volume: Yes
I 05:21:13 Test Mode: No
I 05:21:13 OPC: No
I 05:21:13 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 05:21:13 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 26,976 KB/s (6x)
I 05:22:00 Filling Buffer... (80 MiB)
I 05:22:03 Writing LeadIn...
I 05:22:04 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 14882783)
I 05:22:04 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 14882783)
I 05:22:04 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 12219391)
W 05:31:12 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 3853792)
W 05:31:22 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level...
I 05:31:33 Writing Sectors...
I 05:44:21 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 12219392 - 14882783)
W 05:44:28 Failed to Write Sectors 12245248 - 12245279 - Reason: Write Error
W 05:44:28 Retrying (1 of 20)...
W 05:44:29 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:29 Retrying (2 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (3 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (4 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (5 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (6 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (7 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (8 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (9 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (10 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (11 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (12 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (13 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (14 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (15 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (16 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (17 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (18 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (19 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:44:30 Retrying (20 of 20)...
W 05:44:30 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:45:21 Retrying (21)...
W 05:45:21 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
W 05:45:21 Retrying (22)...
W 05:45:21 Retry Failed - Reason: Invalid Address For Write
E 05:47:41 Failed to Write Sectors 12245248 - 12245279 - Reason: Write Error
E 05:47:41 Next Writable Address: 3853792

This always happens when it is beginning to write to the second layer. I have used two separate drives and the errors occur on both. Afterwards when I turn the failed disc over, I see small bubbles have appeared where it has attempted to write to the second layer:

The obvious conclusion would be that the discs are bad, but I have not heard of the first dozen discs in a stack being fine and the others being unusable. I've also never seen this "bubble" issue before. Before I spend another $100 on new double-layer Blu-rays I'd like to know if bad discs definitely are the culprit, and it is not something wrong with the way my computer is trying to author the disc. Thank you.

Resuming a failed burn?

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:28:12 +0000

Please forgive me if this is something obvious, I looked and didn't find anything and I'm a complete novice when it comes to burning discs.

Last night I was running a burn while I slept and woke up to discover it got interrupted partway through thanks to my computer having dismounted every connected USB device; this is not an unusual problem for me, everything just gets spontaneously disconnected and promptly reconnects, real obnoxious in the moment but doesn't cause any real problems. ImgBurn gave me the option to resume, but it couldn't see the drive anymore. My computer had successfully reconnected it but ImgBurn didn't see it, so I figured I just have to close and reopen the program for it to find it again, which it did, but at that point anything relating to that last burn operation was gone.

Now I have a disc with an incomplete burn, the ISO file, and ImgBurn which knows the burn was incomplete. Attached is the log from the second time I opened the program, since I didn't think to save it the first time, and the results of the verification operation on the incomplete disc. Is there a way I can continue it from where it stopped? What happens if I start burning the ISO again? The disc cannot be erased; is it lost?

Any advice helps. Thanks.

ImgBurn.log

ImgBurn BD-R Defect Management

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:18:31 +0000

I have a ASUS BW-12B1ST Burner.

I've got two coasters while burning a data disk onto BD-R discs using ImgBurn 2.5.6.0. They are Newegg "low-cost" Optical Quantum discs. While using ASUS's CyberLink Power2Go, I get perfect burns.

I like ImgBurn's interface much better. Only thing different is Power2Go has a Defect Management checkbox for BD-R discs. I'm assuming a small portion of disc is reserved on the BD-R to re-locate "bad" sectors during burn process.

In the old days, DVD+/-R/RW's did not have this ability, I realize, only DVD-RAM.

But BD-R & BD-RE is suppose to have this capability, because of its increase density and likelihood for defects on even new discs. What are the steps to enable Defect Management in ImgBurn so as to put my Burner into "Defect Management" Mode for BD-R discs?

Thanks!

Pioneer BDR-S13U-X (fw 1.03) Randomly Hangs PC When Burning Discs

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:22:27 +0000

Essentially what happens is, when the disc is done burning (DVD or BD, I haven't burned many CDs), when it does the "Cycle Tray before Verify" step, a good 50% of the time, instead of progressing normally, the drive gets locked in some sort of null state, where it never reports the disc being re-inserted. It hangs in such a way that any software that dares try to interact with the optical drive hangs or crashes. Only way to close ImgBurn in this state is through Task Manager, and if I try to open the drive in File Explorer, it crashes the entire explorer.exe process and the start menu disappears for a few minutes. Swapping out the disc with another or leaving the drive empty does not change the situation. The only fix is a full reboot - but even that gets interrupted - whether I Restart or Shut Down, the PC gets to the stage where it's no longer displaying anything and the monitor goes to sleep, but the PC continues to hang and never fully shuts down/reboots until I force it to with the restart or power buttons. If I take no direct action, the computer will simply never turn off, because the optical drive is preventing it from doing so.

For context, this issue was present on Windows 10 and still on Windows 11, my machine has an Asus PRIME B350-M motherboard, Ryzen 7 5700X CPU, 16GB of RAM, and an RTX 3060 (though the issue was also present when I ran an ancient GTX 980). I do have software like MakeMKV and XReveal installed, though I never let these programs auto-run and the issue still happens on a fresh boot where they have never been opened. I'm not sure if this is an issue with the motherboard - I keep the BIOS up to date and it's never fixed the problem - or the drive itself - I'm never upgrading the firmware if that's the only thing that would fix this bug, because it's a holy grail drive one of the last that came stock from the factory with the LibreDrive-compatible 1.03 firmware. It works great for ripping all manner of discs, and when it does burn and verify the results are consistent and very good, but this is a pretty major annoyance, and I was wondering if anyone else had dealt with it or knew of any fixes.