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You went from one extreme to the other with that one... 2x to 'Max' (12x). Try something in the middle - especially if you're saying they're rated for 6x burning. Oh and don't forget about the firmware update I mentioned. Don't cut off the verify section of the log either please. The results of that are important.

If the last version to work correctly for burning BD Video discs was 2.5.1.0, you'd surely find tons of similar threads here on the forum... and obviously that's not the case at all. The code that does the actual burning hasn't really changed between that version and the current one. If you logged every single I/O command from each version, you'd see they're identical - there's very little scope for change with these things! I don't like to dismiss reports like yours though so what I'll do now is burn a BD25 ISO (with a file system created by something else) to a BD-RE and test it in my Sony standalone and also my PS3 - sorry but they're all I have available. I'll then do the same with a BDMV folder (so ImgBurn is actually building the file system) and report back when I'm done. There's no doubt in my mind that both will work just fine. btw, you should update the firmware on your drive. http://www.firmwarehq.com/Pioneer/BDR-205/files.html

'Create image file from disc' is a shortcut to 'Read' mode, nothing more, nothing less. Those buttons are meant to dumb the program down for new users. Ok so you ended up with an image of the disc on your hdd. Congrats. Maybe it was a double layer disc and that's why you ended up with what I guess was an MDS file. The MDS file is a little info file that contains extra info about the source disc - namely, the original layer break position. When an MDS (or .DVD) file is present, that's the file you're supposed to select when you want to burn the image back to a new DVD. If you instead select the ISO file itself, the program will try to educate you - which is what you ended up seeing. You didn't know what you were doing and so panicked and closed it down rather than just going ahead and burning - which I'm sure would have worked just fine. I can't comment on your machine hanging, obviously there's something wrong with it somewhere. ImgBurn is a single exe file. If it isn't running (and that's something you'd have to do yourself, it doesn't autostart or anything), it has no effect on your PC - so thinking that uninstalling it was a magic fix is just plain wrong.

Mount that ISO in a virtual drive program (or extract it with any number of compression programs - WinRAR, 7zip etc) and then use Build mode to create a new ISO from the VIDEO_TS folder. The one you've got there can't be burnt to a DL disc nicely with a proper layer break position.

Your log shows you trying to burn to 'LGEBRA-S06-000' media twice. The only 'LG' discs I've had any experience with were rubbish... perhaps try some others? Anyway... one burn appears successful (no warnings/errors recorded) and the other failed right at the start. You didn't verify the one that worked so we've no way of knowing if the burnt disc was actually readable. 2x may not be the best speed for your drive/firmware/media combo and faster speeds may produce better results. There's a firmware update available for your drive too. http://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/WH12LS38/files.html

Both really. Only certain drives can overburn DL discs and Verbatim DL are the best for overburning.

Without trying the media in another drive, you can't really rule out the drive as being the issue. Drives/firmware often prefer certain discs over others. Have you looked into cross flashing it to a LiteOn and using the latest firmware for the LiteOn model? It may fix the issue. Of course that doesn't really make sense if it's burnt 'VERBAT-IMd-000' perfectly fine in the past. Did you get a new spindle of discs? Are you sure they're the same MID (i.e. 'VERBAT-IMd-000') as before? Crossflash to a Liteon, keep the drive for scanning and invest in a new Pioneer drive or something.

Check the source ISO again. It looks small to me - only ~2.5GB rather than the ~4.3GB I'd expect from a 'shrunk' disc.

Yes, that's the general message behind the thread I linked you to.

Those discs are 'RICOHJPN-D01-67', not 'MKM-003-00'. Again, please refer to the post I linked you to earlier. The 'Invalid Address For Write' error isn't important, you're only getting that after a 'retry'. The initial error is the important one.

Yes, it defaults to ISO9660 + UDF (1.02) because it's the most compatible and that's what a typical DVD Video disc uses - I guess that was its primary function at the time. XP can't read (understand) UDF 2.50 or 2.60 without a 3rd party driver. The extra bits in 2.50 and 2.60 only creates backups (mirror copies) of the data that UDF readers use to figure out which files are on the disc and where they are (various file system descriptors). The main copy is usually before all of the file data (i.e. at the start of the disc) and the mirror copy is then located after all of the file data (i.e. at the end of the disc). The actual file data is only ever stored once - so once that's damaged, it's damaged. I'm sure there will be a comparison chart between the various versions of UDF on the web somewhere. Have a search and see if you can find such a thing if you want more info.

Show us a log of you burning decent Verbatim MKM-003-00 discs on your internal drive please.

If that's the drive you just purchased, take it back and get a 'known' (decent brand and half height, NOT slimline) drive instead. Read this... http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000

You can access the saved logs via the help menu.

You can use what you like. 1.02 is the most compatible but 2.50+ provide extra protection against file system corruption (and therefore data loss) as a result of scratches etc.

Sorry, I can't answer that question. You'd have to burn a few discs at each speed and then scan them to check the quality. It really depends on the drive and firmware as to which speed gives the best results.

You can burn whatever fits on the disc. Only certain players will support playing raw files like that though, yours may require a proper BD Video structure - in which case you'll need to author your 10 (or any amount of raw video files) into the proper structure and make yourself a menu. You can use something like MultiAVCHD for that. You can't do multisession with ImgBurn and even if you could, the above still applies. Just adding another raw m2ts file to the disc may not work if your player doesn't play files / discs like that.

You didn't verify the burn but I'm sure it burnt everything you gave it. As such I think the problem probably lies with your source image.

Make an ISO from those same source files, mount it in a virtual drive (Virtual CloneDrive etc) and then play it via a proper BD video software player (PowerDVD etc). If that works, it should also work when burnt to disc - in that same software player anyway. Playing the raw files isn't the same as playing the disc as a proper BD video disc. A straight copy of an unprotected disc to an ISO and then burning back to a new blank should work fine though... there no real room for error in that.

You're using your F: drive as the source and destination... that's not possible. Use 'Read' mode to make your image from the F: drive and then 'Write' mode to write the image back to your F: drive.

Ah, that one gave you a proper 'Write Error'. (refer back to 'post #2') I assume you have no spare SATA ports on your Intel controller and that's why you've connected it to a Silicon Image chipset based card?

There's no way for me to say for sure either way without trying other hardware/media to narrow down where the issue is. The error should be coming from the drive itself. What controller is the drive attatched to? Right click the drive selection box and click 'Family Tree'. Close the prompt that comes up and then copy + paste everything from the log window please.

It looks like your drive is having trouble burning to the discs you're using. There's nothing ImgBurn can do to prevent that from happening, it's hardware having a problem with hardware. It's up to you if you want to try some different discs or try a different drive. Crossflashing your ASUS to the latest LiteOn firmware might give you better results. Check the MyCE forums for info on that, I'm sure it's covered somewhere.

No, the speed ramps up over the entire disc. It'll only reach max speed right at the end.

Drag and drop from Explorer or switch the 'Input' mode to 'Advanced' in the menu at the top of the main window.