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With enough time and effort, anything is possible.
This isn't something I would do though.
I don't see why it would take much time and effort. ImgBurn can read ISO
files already. All it needs to do is look at the file sizes, like it does anyway,
and create a new image structure. You can mount the image with D-Tools
and use the root directory as your source in Build Mode. That will achieve
the same result I'm talking about. But it'd be better if ImgBurn supported
it directly. If you can read images, most of the work has been done.
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Can you add an option to limit the write speed for creating an ISO in
Build Mode? It is very processor and drive intensive to have it running
at full speed with no restriction. The computer can become extremely
unresponsive due to this stress, reducing the ability to multi-task. I'd
like to be able to limit the speed it writes the ISO.
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http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=110426
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=225001
Here are some articles for further reading on seamless layer break
DVDs. This will support some of my stats above. In my experience,
dual layer DVDs play fine even with ECC block/VOBU boundary LB
selection. LUK has acknowledged this too.
http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1337
The Official DVD-Video Specification forbids seamless layer breaks
and layer breaks within cells. However, players are largely able to
tolerate such issues. I have never liked the LB delay in DVDs, so I
started looking for ways to get rid of it. Through tests, I found the
pause results from cell flags at the LB and cell commands before
the LB. Use PGC Edit to change the flags to seamless and remove
any command before the LB => seamless playback.
When you burn a Dual Layer size ISO made with Shrink, you will
probably end up with a NAV Pack layer break, unless you're lucky
enough to have a cell on an ECC boundary. In my experience, it
will play fine in most machines. Computer drives will not have any
trouble with NAV Pack layer breaks. But you must also address
the cell flags and commands if you want seamless playback.
All Superbit DVDs use seamless layer breaks. A lot of Criterions
do too - Naked, Solaris, Fear and Loathing, Bad Timing, Man Who
Fell To Earth, Naked Lunch, Videodrome, etc. Seamless LB is the
better way to go, but NAV Pack layer breaks are compatible in a
large majority of the world's players.
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you shouldn't have made an iso with shrink, it can't create dvd9 iso's properly
if you still have the video_ts folder files , then follow the guides on this forum http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showforum=4
I've been burning DL made with PGC Edit and Shrink without any playback
troubles. I calculated the exact position of the layer break and tested it in
a Samsung and Daewoo. Both played past the layer break with no pause
at all. (...) They should play in all computers also. I have read that at least
67% of players will handle a layer break that is NOT on a cell.
I always use seamless layer break, because the layer break pause is too
annoying. In regard to that, I've read that 95-99% of players will handle
a cell layer break that is flagged as seamless. Proof: Many Criterion DVDs
and ALL Superbits use seamless layer breaks. I have never heard of any
people having problems playing them back. On the contrary, people note
they don't have the typical annoying LB pause.
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calweycn - put simply, you're incorrect.
Read my last post. You go ahead and don't worry about your IFOs. The rest us will, quite rightly, be concerned about them.
Regards
I have checked the IFOs on burned discs with AnyDVD on and off. They are
fine. AnyDVD just changes a few bits on-the-fly. It doesn't change what the
drive writes. It doesn't change the VOBs. If the disc plays and everything is
verified except one IFO/BUP, there is very LITTLE reason to worry.
Only one IFO/BUP would be read differently with AnyDVD on. It would be a
billion-to-one for all the data to be right except some bits in the IFO/BUP file.
AnyDVD isn't doing anything I don't know about. I have tested ImgBurn's
verify mode with AnyDVD on and off. I know what it's doing.
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Which makes for an incorrect verification. The IFOs are the lifeblood of your DVD's navigation and command structure. Those "few bits" are precious to me.
But 35 seconds of my life is not.
Regards
ImgBurn will show you which files verified correctly and which didn't.
At least, that's how the last version worked. So you will see that only
these IFO/BUP files would fail verification. And actually just the main
IFO/BUP, I think, for "non css" DVDs.
You can disable AnyDVD and those IFO's will verify perfectly, just as
most of the files do even with it running. It's a question of whether I
want to waste the time disabling and re-enabling AnyDVD, and losing
my place in whatever DVD I'm watching.
I feel that 35-40 seconds of my life is not worth that, when I can still
verify all the other data with AnyDVD on. If the disc plays and all of
the other files verify, that's enough for me.
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As mentioned above, please disable anyDVD program as it will cause all sorts of problems with the layerbreaking capabilities of Imgburn.............
Nobody said that it would cause problem with the layer break. They said it would
cause the disc to fail verification. Actually, it's just a few IFO/BUP files that have
a few bits changed. I have never worried about this. I tested it copying the IFOs
from the DVD with AnyDVD on, then copying again with it off.
AnyDVD doesn't change the VOBs on the DVD at all. It has no effect on normal
Data DVDs, either. It just changes a few bits in the IFO/BUPs. People blow this
way out of proportion, IMO. Very little is modified by AnyDVD. They will still be
the same in terms of image, sound, and functionality.
EDIT: BUF to BUP
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AnyDVD will cause all programs that verify against the original ISO file to fail.
Just disable it via a right click on the system tray icon, it takes about 2 seconds.
I leave it running, because it takes about 10 seconds to disable and 30 seconds
to re-enable. AnyDVD is only modifying a few bits in the IFOs on-the-fly. It does
not change the data that is written to the disc. The VOBs will verify with AnyDVD
running. I see no reason to disable it, waste 35 sec or more, and lose my place
in whatever DVD I happen to be watching.
Disabling AnyDVD for verifying seems paranoid. All of the data can be verified,
except a few bits in one the main IFO/BUP file. At least, that is what I noticed in
the last version of ImgBurn (1300). AnyDVD is nothing to worry about, unless
you are paranoid about a few bits of the IFO/BUP files.
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because Madam Lightning knows all
Lightning UK is a woman? I don't know personally, so I just say LUK.
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Would it be possible to treat an image like files, so that it could be
padded or have a new layer break set, for instance? It seems this
should work, in theory. Just read files from the image, and build a
new disk from that. This would give us more flexibility for images,
to either burn them as they are or pad the files and change layer
break settings on-the-fly. Can this be done?
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Total wank.
If anyone is worried about their IP addy, then spoof it. There are lots of spoofing progs out there.
That's not the only issue. The all-or-nothingness of it was the main issue.
A person might want to check for updates regularly, but they don't need
to always have the latest. Give the ad hominems a rest.
As for the legalities of this program, it does not rip - it burns. Same as Ner0 and Roxio and others.Being able to burn files and create ISOs makes it a de facto ripper. I've
posted on this issue numerous times. Nero and others do not have the
same functionality as ImgBurn, so they aren't good comparisons. What
you should say is that ImgBurn won't circumvent copy protection. Nor
will Nero and Roxio and others. It can rip unprotected discs or "drives"
if you know what I mean. (And I think you do.)
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sure it'll go lower just as soon as blu ray takes hold and discs can hold 50 gigs DL's will drop way down all other media went the same way Ritek GO4's were as much as $1.67 each now Verbs are 23 cents each and much better than what Ritek has turned into
Sure, the price will go lower. But DL will always cost more than SL. There is a
limit to how long prices can go. I think less than $2 is pretty reasonable. I am
seeing Verbatim +R DL for $1.75 at Worst Buy, which is less than Amazon or
NewEgg. Even when BluRay drives become affordable, the discs will cost like
$20-30 a piece. They won't kill the DVD market any time soon.
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nice tool btw - would it possible to create an iso from cd/dvd, would be handy
Nothing prevents you from doing this. Just open Build Mode, set the DVD drive
as your Folder source, and output to an ISO file. It should also work for you to
burn the files directly to DVD, bypassing your hard drive.
Of course, ImgBurn is not capable of circumventing any copy protections. You
are on your own there. Nothing stops you from creating an ISO or burning one
DVD to another. All of that should be very straightforward.
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You could use build mode, pop your dvd in rom drive "non css dvd" choose iso 9660 + UDF and browse for the rom drive with dvd you wanna backup to iso and build image.
You should also be able to take your "non css dvd" and burn it directly to another disc,
bypassing the hard drive entirely. At least, I know of no reason why that would not be
possible. ImgBurn is a versatile tool. LUK's last response was somewhat facetious IMO.
He is too modest. Just experiment with the software and you will find it is able to do a
lot of interesting things that save you time and hassle. Great work, LUK!
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To be honest I'm with corny on this one.
Either you're super paranoid and turn checking off, or you're not and you leave it on.
Somewhere in the middle just seems.... erm.... somewhat pointless.
The software has lots of features that might be viewed as pointless by you.
That hasn't stopped you from adding them. Choice makes a better program.
What seems pointless is all-or-nothing with no middle ground.
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Wahoo, yes I have a lovely big collection of IP addresses now. I often read through them all before I go to bed.
Ok, I lied. The update file isn't even anywhere that I can get logs to anyway. So that's the privacy thing out of the window.
No, it's not. The logs can still be subpoenaed or intercepted by other parties,
given the current legal climate. So I might prefer to check less often for that
reason. Plus, the software has never been updated daily for the general user
base. Try 2-4 months between each major upgrade.
Maybe you want to get updates without your IP on a log somewhere as aTo be honest I'm with corny on this one.Either you're super paranoid and turn checking off, or you're not and you leave it on.
Somewhere in the middle just seems.... erm.... somewhat pointless.
person using the program every day. Maybe you don't want to upgrade to
each new version immediately (early adopter), but you would like like to
know about the upgrades eventually (without checking manually). There
are many reasons to allow it and no strong reason not to. Accusing those
who value privacy of paranoia is a bit silly.
I could well end up implementing it (because I'm nice like that) but I still think it's a pretty lame idea.I'm not accusing you of collecting IP addresses. I am worried that someone
else might collect them. Given the legal situation of this software, where it
is not allowed to discuss existing features (like on-the-fly burning), it makes
me think that you have something to hide.
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why not just turn check for updates off??
Because I want to know about the updates eventually, but I don't have
to know about them immediately unless I'm experiencing problems. I
also check free-codecs almost daily for any new software.
ImgBurn hasn't been updated for 2-4 months, except for beta testers.
Isn't it overkill to have millions of people checking for updates every
day? Why not allow more realistic intervals like weekly, bi-weekly,
monthly, and bi-monthly?
It's not that hard to put a little menu or check box there. Why do you
care what reason someone has for checking less often? Why waste a
lot of bandwidth and server time for nothing?
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Think i will buy my first one when they are about 20p each.
I started buying them at $7 and I will buy more as they go below $2.
I never compress my DVDs any more. If they are too big to fit single
layer for the movie itself, I use a dual layer. Always. I have not been
satisfied with the quality obtained by compression - even slight.
Over-burning is also handy. A lot of movies are just 30-150 MB over
single layer size. They can easily be over-burned. I've burned up to
4600 MB with ImgBurn, BenQ 1640, and MCC or TY discs.
Why are people so upset about $2? It's not that big a deal to me. I
am not rich, either. $2 is nothing to me. I'll burn 50 dual layer DVDs
and won't even flinch. The price is low enough now. It will probably
NEVER get as low as single layer media.
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Really ? None of the businesses I have worked for use them.....Apple/Linux/Unix may not be dominant in the front office, but they are
dominant in servers and the back office. I can never trust NTFS. I have
continued to lose files at a rate of ~1%, long after initially noticing the
pattern. They are files I have just set in a folder and not accessed with
any program (except defrag). When I go back later, some of them are
garbage. This happens across partitions and drives, but only with NTFS.
Never had it happen with data on FAT32.
I go to play a video or song and find it's corrupt. Not just a few errors,
but the whole file is garbage data. I've checked for viruses routinely,
and even did a clean install of the whole OS. Nothing has stoppd these
problems from occurring. Perhaps most people don't notice a 1% loss
of their data, but to me it's unacceptable.
Whether the problem is caused by NTFS is a moot point. The problem
has only been observed by me with NTFS.
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i would suggest your loss of 1% was due to your actual drive being at fault as opposed to it being a NTFS file system .
We're getting off-topic, but I've tested the disks thoroughly with chkdsk,
Partition Magic, and other software. There were never any bad sectors
found. I seriously doubt that it was a hardware problem. All the files with
corruption were on NTFS drives. Most people wouldn't even notice if 1%
of their files were lost, because they don't check them.
I run defrag regularly (PD7). There have never been any bad sectorsI'm not saying you didn't lose the 1% you mentioned, but you cant put that down purely to the NTFS system , some other factor must have been involved .maybe lack of defrag , bad sectors on that drive ect ect.found on the drives. There have never been any power failures, as I
have used battery back-ups for years.
i don't know of any business that uses FAT32, they all use NTFS, that makes me think there must be a reason for it, usually as xp pro works well with it.Businesses also make errors from time to time. Probably at a rate of
at least 1%. Also, the files that are corrupted might never be checked
again. Many files in Windows are never used.
your going to have to take the gamble if you want shrink to work with your ISO's by changing to NTFS , OR get an external drive and format that as NTFS instead. then you can have the best of both worldsShrink DOES work with 2 GB file splitting on FAT32, but not Auto (which
uses 3.99 GB splitting). It will work with any size file splitting for NTFS.
It's not a big deal for me to use 2 GB splitting in ImgBurn Build Mode. I
just wondered if this was a universal problem. Since at least one person
has said they don't have this problem, it may be something caused by
how my computer or software is configured.
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What IO are you using also is the file splitting set to Auto
edit i have just formatted one drive to fat32 again and read iso that was 5 gig + and shrink read in mds file in no trouble, your are using open disc image in shrink and not open disc ?
or is the disc you read in a VR one ie one from a home dvd recorder
I'm using SPTI. File splitting was at Auto, but it didn't work for me.
Shrink can't open the MDS, unless I use 2 GB splitting. Auto uses
3.99 GB splitting on FAT32. If it works for you, then there must be
something wrong with my configuration - either in DVD Shrink or
ImgBurn. I don't know what it could be.
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Just 20.99/10 pk
US ONLY
They're getting closer and closer to $1...
Worst Buy has Verbatim DVD+R DL 20-pack for $34.99 this week.
Personally, I started buying when the prices hit $6.99 a piece. Now
they're under $1.75. It'll be great when they get to $1, but $1.75 -
$2.00 is a great price. Is $2.00 that big a deal?
EDIT: price mis-typed
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I really don't think he's interested in your IP address...
Perhaps not, but there are certain others who take an interest in his software.
I just don't want the program phoning home every day. I request or suggest
that we be given more choices. Every load, daily, weekly, or monthly seems
like a good starting place. Over a month would be excessive.
There are others reasons one might want to check less often, besides privacy
concerns. The software isn't even updated daily for the general public. There
has been a 2-4 month interval between each major upgrade. Why not allow a
weekly and monthly check? Maybe bi-weekly and bi-monthly.
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If NTFS was bad, don't you think all the businesses around the world would have let Microsoft know?!
Every one of them would be using NTFS for it's security/permissions stuff and they'd sure as hell notice if vital business documents kept getting screwed up.
I didn't imagine losing 1% of my songs and photos, due to random file corruption
on hard drives and partitions. Most of them were irreplaceable. FAT32 drives have
never lost data. That's enough to make me wary of using NTFS.
They might not notice if 1% of their files were randomly turned into garbage. I do
not want to take that chance. 60 files out of 6,000 - lost. Not exactly what inspires
confidence in users. No bad sectors on the drives. I've had battery back-up since
day one, so there were no sudden power outages, either.
EDIT: Many businesses use Apple, Linux, or Unix. They avoid Microsoft.
Limit ISO Write Speed in Build Mode
in ImgBurn Suggestions
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That doesn't help. Even if I'm not doing anything processor intensive, other
programs will become slow to respond. And this is with multiple drives, not
copying to the same drive. There's no way to limit the speed unless it gives
you the option. I guess I just won't use this feature, since it takes away my
computer's functionality. I have 1.5 GB of RAM and lots of free memory. If
the program wants 100% of my hard drive time, that's too much.