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Thanks for your help spinningwheel.

May I ask a question regarding burning using Imgburn on Verbatim 2.4x DL disks made in Singapore that I just did today? The whole disc plays fine except for the first chapter ONLY. My DVD player has played all other burnt Verbatim disks fine (that I have noticed so far). If I fast forward or skip in the first chapter it freezes and I can only turn off the DVD player to get it going again (even my computer froze while fast forwarding that section). Also when the play mode reached a certain point it then skipped to chapter 2. But when I fast rewound it back to the point of the skip area (and before) it PLAYED fine and forward fine. Herewith attached is the log. Did I make an error, is the disc that .0001% messup or is my less than 1 yr old burner a problem (if anyone can tell?) Thanks for the assist. ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 - Log ; Friday, 01 February 2008, 11:56:16 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 10:38:53 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 10:38:53 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate Edition (6.0, Build 6000) I 10:38:53 Total Physical Memory: 2,881,408 KB - Available: 2,089,504 KB I 10:38:53 Initialising SPTI... I 10:38:53 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 10:38:53 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 10:41:06 Operation Started! I 10:41:06 Building Image Tree... I 10:41:06 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:41:06 Calculating Totals... I 10:41:06 Preparing Image... I 10:44:41 Using Layer Break LBA: 1223137 -> 1749296 (VTS_04, PGC: 1, Chapter: 7, Cell: 19, Vob/Cell ID: 1/10, Time: 00:51:25, SPLIP: No) I 10:44:41 Checking Path Length... I 10:44:41 Image Size: 7,165,116,416 bytes I 10:44:41 Image Sectors: 3,498,592 I 10:44:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:35 I 10:45:18 Operation Started! I 10:45:18 Building Image Tree... I 10:46:24 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:46:24 Calculating Totals... I 10:46:24 Preparing Image... I 10:49:23 Using Layer Break LBA: 1223137 -> 1749296 (VTS_04, PGC: 1, Chapter: 7, Cell: 19, Vob/Cell ID: 1/10, Time: 00:51:25, SPLIP: No) I 10:49:23 Checking Path Length... I 10:49:23 Image Size: 7,165,116,416 bytes I 10:49:23 Image Sectors: 3,498,592 I 10:49:31 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:13 I 10:49:31 Operation Started! I 10:49:31 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 10:49:31 Source File Sectors: 3,498,592 (MODE1/2048) I 10:49:31 Source File Size: 7,165,116,416 bytes I 10:49:31 Source File Volume Identifier: LAPUTA Castle in the Sky I 10:49:31 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 10:49:31 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 10:49:31 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:49:31 Destination Device: [1:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16RS 1.35 (D:) (ATA) I 10:49:31 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 10:49:31 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 10:49:31 Write Mode: DVD I 10:49:31 Write Type: DAO I 10:49:31 Write Speed: 2.4x I 10:49:31 Link Size: Auto I 10:49:31 Test Mode: No I 10:49:31 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 10:49:31 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,749,296 I 10:49:31 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary, 'SPLIP' Flag Not Set I 10:50:00 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 10:50:00 Writing LeadIn... I 10:50:02 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 3498591) I 10:50:02 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1749295) I 11:09:15 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1749296 - 3498591) I 11:28:02 Synchronising Cache... I 11:28:03 Closing Track... I 11:28:10 Finalising Disc... I 11:29:10 Image MD5: e969a812c96d9c6d367806762170d739 I 11:29:10 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:39:38 I 11:29:10 Average Write Rate: 3,070 KB/s (2.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,471 KB/s (2.5x) I 11:29:10 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 11:29:14 Waiting for device to become ready... I 11:32:34 Device Ready! I 11:32:34 Operation Started! I 11:32:34 Source Device: [1:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16RS 1.35 (D:) (ATA) I 11:32:34 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 11:32:34 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 11:32:34 Image File Sectors: 3,498,592 (MODE1/2048) I 11:32:34 Image File Size: 7,165,116,416 bytes I 11:32:34 Image File Volume Identifier: LAPUTA Castle in the Sky I 11:32:34 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.3.2.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 11:32:34 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 11:32:34 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 11:32:34 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 3498591) I 11:32:34 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1749295) I 11:43:09 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 1749296 - 3498591) I 11:53:41 Device MD5: e969a812c96d9c6d367806762170d739 I 11:53:41 Image MD5: e969a812c96d9c6d367806762170d739 I 11:53:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:21:07 I 11:53:41 Average Verify Rate: 5,522 KB/s (4.0x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 7,897 KB/s (5.7x) I 11:56:16 Close Request Acknowledged I 11:56:16 Closing Down... I 11:56:16 Shutting down SPTI... I 11:56:16 ImgBurn closed!

Oops I said 50/50 error instead of 50/50 area. I'm not sure if what I said was also clear. There was absolutely no layer break at any of the cells I split, just these three in another totally different spot fairly close to each other. They all are average star ratings but the first 2 I definitely won't use because they are in a fast moving part of the movie. Thanks.

All the above information was very helpful. Thanks to DVDRookie for sticking his neck out getting answers to my questions. However, I used VOBBlanker to split cells close to the 50/50 error and when I used Imgburn it found 3 layer break positions in a totally different area to where I split the cells. The same layer break positions were found even when I split cells in different areas over the movie. Is this right?