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It looks like it had trouble writing to the disc - the drive reported a Write error. Maybe it did a better job with power calibration the 2nd time around and so managed to burn it ok. You were lucky the first attempt didn’t render it useless

That's not something you do in ImgBurn. You need some sort of authoring program if you want to add multiple video files along with a menu where you can pick which one plays. Something like ConvertXtoDVD might work here.

The program queries the drive's current setting and that's what is being displayed in the log when you burn. It doesn't actively request that the drive changes the booktype to DVD-ROM if the setting you've mentioned isn't checked.... but it also won't then tell it NOT to booktype to DVD-ROM if that's what it has already defaulted to doing. So.... go into the booktype changing tool/feature and tell the drive that you don't want it to booktype the disc to DVD-ROM.

Add the drive letter (i.e. D:\) of your optical drive to the source box. Set the output to 'image file', fill out the destination file name and press the start button.

Probably from CloneDVD then... I'm not really sure, it was forever ago as I'm pretty sure they were used in DVD Decrypter too.

And you're changing it in Tools -> Settings -> Events -> On Startup -> Check For Program Update? (setting it to 'Never') If you want to do it in regedit, it's the 'EVENTS_CheckForProgramUpdate' setting in the key dbminter mentioned. Set it to 0.

It does 'stick', so maybe it's something to do with how it's being called. Is another program firing ImgBurn up automatically? They often tell the program not to save the settings on exit or provide it with an ini file to control the configuration.

The program is at the mercy of your machine as a whole. If your machine stops processing the I/O requests it tries to send to the drive, it will appear to be frozen - it’s actually just waiting for a response to something. So the problem could be something related to a communication issue with the drive. Load the program up, go into write mode, right click the drive selection box and select ‘family tree’. Close the prompt that comes up and then copy + paste everything from the Log window please.

ImgBurn burns as-is, so your issue is with whatever you've burnt and the way your playback device handles it.

That label will show up in Explorer on your computer. A standalone player may or may not read / display it.

There are free tools out there that will convert your files to DVD Video format. Then it's a simple case of dropping the VIDEO_TS folder into ImgBurn and burning. 'AVStoDVD' and 'DVD Flick' spring to mind.

Think of an ISO like a box.... that's all it is. You put things in it, but they don't change. So if you put MKV/MP4 files in an ISO 'box', when you look inside the ISO 'box', you still have the same MKV/MP4 files. Either you used to start off with compliant DVD Video (VIDEO_TS) stuff (and not MP4/MKV) or you used another program to convert to DVD Video format (VIDEO_TS) and then used ImgBurn for the burning part. Lots of freeware conversion tools can automatically call upon ImgBurn for the burning phase.

ImgBurn burn as-is, it always has done. So if you feed it MP4 / MKV files, that's what you'll end up with on the disc. If your play needs proper DVD Video discs (ones with the VIDEO_TS folder and usual set of files), you'll need to convert your MP4 / MKV files into that format before then burning the VIDEO_TS folder. You must have been using different software (or an additional piece of software) on your older PC and have started skipping a step on your new one.

Don't block it at your firewall. Let it through or turn off the 'check for updates' option.

No, I just downloaded it and checked it for myself.

Mirror 7's download still matches the CRC/MD5/SHA1 values posted.

Post the log please.

This is not going to be an ImgBurn bug. Please post the log.

2630945 / 16 = 164434 remainder 1 So you're 1 sector into the next ECC block (a block of 16 sectors) and that's why your burnt disc shows up as having a size of 2630960 sectors. It's rounded up to the next multiple of 16. Can you copy and paste all of the disc info from the box on the right when you're in Read mode and that burnt disc is in the drive please?

Yes, it's exactly what I said it was in my first reply. The source image size isn't a multiple of 16 sectors. Drive pads it during burn -> burnt disc comes out looking bigger -> read mode reads the full (bigger) disc.

Can you post the log of the original burn too please? It's probably to do with the size of the original image not being a multiple of 16 sectors - so it's then rounded up to 16 when you burn (the drive does that). That in turn makes the burnt disc look larger.

How are you 'testing' it? Mounting the ISO in a virtual drive program and running it from the virtual drive?

Yes, it’s proprietary and closed source. DT and Alcohol developed it. MDS v1 supported multiple sessions / tracks, but it wasn’t required within ImgBurn, I only needed single session / track for dvds.

I did actually say what I use in my previous reply. Just not in one word haha. IOCTL_SCSI_PASS_THROUGH_DIRECT

Yes, DeviceIoControl and the SCSI passthrough direct ioctl. I used to get the MMC docs from the t10.org website. No idea if it’s still running or if they’re still available. ImgBurn isn’t open source, sorry.