VenusAndMars

Well, not final, but IB tried to burn the thing despite all these reservations, started trying, an error message popped up after a short while - the text of which I forget now - then made try number two (of 20; there was a counter), failed and so forth. I gave the thing (and that disc) up for lost on the third try. No sense whipping a dead horse. So I guess I should simply buy the right kind of discs next time..

Right, but the next message is... and that sounds kinda' final to me.

My dvd unit is an HP dvd640. I recently by mistake bought double layer discs which I realize have twice the capacity of a standard disc, and I now wonder if they 1) will be recordable in this drive using ImgBurn (I typically burn only 600-800 MB, 'shrunk' movies) and, if so, 2) will they play OK in a standard DVD-player? Thank you. PS: As the discs will (probably) be useless to me anyway I just went ahead and did the deed. First IB warned that the movie would easily fit on a normal disc which I knew already, then this message came: and this I don't understand at all. What does that mean?

Yes, this sounds about right. I think I'll go with Verbatim - like you suggest it's hard to fail using them. Thanks for the burner suggestion. If it comes to that I think I'll go with LG as they have earned profund respect with me over the years. They have surely come a long way since the tacky image they had back in the 80's: Lucky Goldstar video machines come to mind (yes, I was around then, I'm ancient - born in '57). Again thanks for straightening me out.

Right, thank you. I would have never figured that out by myself in a million years. Can you clue me in on how I can find these things out for myself? I mean like what type media the burner does support? Trying different brands and discarding them until I find one that works seems an unsientific way to go about it, to say the least, and would be too much strain on my so-called economy - as well as buying a new burner. Funny thing though - I have been using TDK DVD-R no problem up until just now - last week for instance. I just finished a 10-disk cake box day before yesterday. Hmm...go figure. Thanks for the reply though.

Hi, I am a long-time user and have never had any grief from ImgBurn but with the last three disks (brand new TDK DVD-R) they have all exited early in the verify-process with Unrecovered Read Error as can be seen in the partial log-file output here (starting with the Export Successfully Completed! msg after the write) from one of the sessions: ============================================================ I 20:53:54 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:53:54 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:09:02 I 20:53:54 Average Write Rate: 9 194 KB/s (6.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11 327 KB/s (8.2x) I 20:53:54 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 20:54:01 Waiting for device to become ready... I 20:54:10 Device Ready! I 20:54:17 Operation Started! I 20:54:17 Source Device: [0:1:0] HP DVD Writer 640c QS12 (F:) (ATA) I 20:54:17 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MBI 01RG40) I 20:54:17 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 2,4x; 4x; 8x I 20:54:17 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 20:54:17 Image File Sectors: 2 202 144 (MODE1/2048) I 20:54:17 Image File Size: 4 509 990 912 bytes I 20:54:17 Image File Volume Identifier: Bombi bitt och jag DVD I 20:54:17 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 410CA59400219A1C I 20:54:17 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.7.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 20:54:17 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 20:54:17 Image File File System(s): ISO9660; UDF (1.02) I 20:54:17 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 20:54:19 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 2202143) I 20:54:19 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 2202143) W 21:03:28 Failed to Read Sectors 1906112 - 1906143 - Reason: Unrecovered Read Error W 21:03:31 Failed to Read Sector 1906128 - Reason: Unrecovered Read Error W 21:03:31 Sector 1906128 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_04_1.VOB E 21:16:00 Failed to Read Sector 1906128 - Reason: Unrecovered Read Error E 21:16:00 Sector 1906128 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_04_1.VOB E 21:16:00 Failed to Verify Sectors! I 21:16:01 Exporting Graph Data... I 21:16:01 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Göran\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HP_DVD_Writer_640c_QS12_DEN-12-AUGUSTI-2012_20-44_MBI_01RG40_12x.ibg I 21:16:01 Export Successfully Completed! E 21:16:01 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:21:43 I 21:16:01 Average Verify Rate: 2 930 KB/s (2.1x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 10 836 KB/s (7.8x) I 21:16:04 Close Request Acknowledged I 21:16:04 Closing Down... I 21:16:04 Shutting down SPTI... I 21:16:04 ImgBurn closed! ============================================================ I spoiled three disks before turning to the forum as I figured there might be something wrong with the medium but...also, I can play play other DVD's OK so the drive seems fine. So, what gives here?

"ImgBurn can't magically make 8 Audio CDs fit into 1" Say WHAT? I want my money back then! But thanks for the CD info and, as I said, here's one (more) happy ImgBurn user.

Thank you for the reply. They are indeed 'ripped' .cda files but as I don't know wether the CD player of the recipient of the copy can read .mp3 files I have to assume that it can't and so are obliged to burn them as standard CD's. Again thanks for the help. Btw, ImgBurn is such a boon and one of the very first programs I reinstall after a crash - nice work!

Thanks for the reply. That's great news. There are 106 files of approximately 5MB each that make up this audiobook and they were ripped from a whopping eight CD's in the original issue. If the quality is undiminished as you say that means I can fit them all onto one CD and so save the expense of seven empty CD's now that I'm about to make a copy of the book. I'll tell you, ImgBurn just gets better and better!

Hello, I am just learning to use ImgBurn to make audio CD's and as always with ImgBurn it's a painless experience; smooth sailing. I just wonder wether I get a warning if I attempt to fit more audio files onto a CD than it can hold at undiminished quality? I haven't been able to provoke such a warning even when purposely adding more files than I think will fit just to see where the limit is. Thank you.