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Not really, no. Debug mode doesn't change program flow, it just makes it write out the I/O commands being sent to the drive in the Log window. I can't tell you why your drive/machine is getting stuck trying to process that command, it just is.

You do realise that whatever you've burnt there is just over 1MB is size yeah? It would fit on a floppy disc, let alone a DVD+R DL disc! Anyway... read this: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 Oh and the first error returned by the drive is the real one...

I really don't know. I was working with dbminter to work around some weird things his drive was reporting for discs and found that where his returned bogus info, mine (exactly the same model of drive) was fine. So just when you think you've found the problem, you find something that makes you think otherwise! I'm sure some of the problems come from the firmware. Others may come from the drive's chipset, IDE/SATA controllers, drivers, 3rd party software running in the background etc.

I assume you've tried burning at 8x too? As you've already tried cleaning the drive, you're pretty much left with trying different media (some Taiyo Yuden / Victor JVC discs perhaps). If the drive still refuses to burn anything, consider it dead and get yourself another one.

As scuzzy said, burn to CD-RW and read it back or invest in a virtual recorder program and get your image that way.

If the discs burn and verify ok, there's nothing wrong with them where your burner is concerned. Problems after that point are beyond the scope of ImgBurn. Slim drives are rubbish and you make no mention of the media you're using. You didn't even post a log - which the pink box up the top very clearly tells you to do.

You have to buy a drive that supports it. Google for more info.

Sorry, can you try and burn again for me please.... but this time, press the F8 key before hitting the 'Write' button. Then save the contents of the log window to a file (File -> Save As) and upload it here on the forum. Use the 'More Reply Options' button to do that.

Have you tried unplugging the drive and plugging it back in again? Maybe replace the SATA cable? What controller is the drive attached to? Right click the drive selection box in ImgBurn and pick 'Family Tree'. Close the prompt and then copy + paste the info from the log window.

1. Sometimes it's useful for things and sometimes it isn't. ImgBurn makes one (or doesn't) based on a set of rules. 2. BIN/CUE is for CD only. BIN files typically contain a RAW sector dump (2352 bytes per sector) rather than just the user data (known as 'cooked') sector dump (2048 bytes per sector) that makes up an ISO. Edit 2: Changing the extension of a file doesn't make it a different file. Edit 3: See Edit 2 Edit 4: If it's region free and the correct TV system type (NTSC or whatever), it sounds like your player has the problem. Does it play your original disc ok?

There's a firmware update available for your drive. http://www.firmwarehq.com/Samsung/SH-222AB/files.html Nobody could tell you that cleaning the drive WILL fix the problem, you'd just have to try it and see. If you can undo a screw and plug in a cable, you don't need a repair shop for replacing an optical drive. Get one from somewhere online and fit it yourself.

When it happens again, just remember to make a note of exactly what's displayed in the status bar when your drive/machine gets stuck processing the I/O commands.

It isn't really a case of fixing my current code.... it works fine when the drive returns what's asked of it. When I make changes, it's only ever to introduce some sort of work around based on what I've seen in debug logs. The old code was flat out flawed, the new one is much more accurate in determining the track gaps.

What's written in the status bar of the main window at the point where your machine freezes?

What error do you get when it loses power? It sounds like a hardware problem to me. Either the drive itself or your power supply.

Your only option with ImgBurn is to do what it says. Start the program, click the 'Create image file from files/folders' button. Make sure the 'Input' mode is set to 'Standard' (menu at the top) Add the drive letter of your optical drive to the 'Source' box (i.e. 'D:\' - but without the quotes) Pick a file name for the 'Destination' image file. Click the big 'Build' button. Once it has finished creating the image, burn it using Write mode.

Sorry, no.

Files in the VIDEO_TS folder are supposed to have certain names If some don't, they're filtered out

Post the whole log please.

You mention DVD but with sizes like those, what you actually mean is BD or Blu-ray. Try BD Rebuilder, ClownBD etc to make it a bit smaller - or just Google (for something like 'shrink bluray') as ianymaty suggested.

Is that the exact same CUE file you burnt? It doesn't look like one you've created from scratch in ImgBurn - using the 'Create CUE File' feature... that wouldn't include the 'CDTEXTFILE' entry at the top. If that CUE came from you reading your burnt disc in Read mode, the CD-TEXT info looks fine to me. ImgBurn picked it up exactly as you said it should be.

Please open the CUE in notepad and copy+paste everything.

Nothing written to the log window? That's where warnings for stuff like that are displayed.

I haven't seen any announcement from Padus, no. I guess they just fizzled out over time and the website being removed kinda says it all. My suggestion for Vista/7 was just in reference to generic/general multi-session burning. ImgBurn doesn't do it so you'd need another way... and that's one of them. Sorry, I don't know how you'd go about creating a faithful duplicate of your multisession disc. Most of the time, the drives do weird things on DVD/BD media when it comes to multi-session. I've seen it where you only really ever have 2. Anything before the last session gets merged into 1. So... session 1 and 2 are normal. Add a 3rd and 1+2 join to become 1, then 3 gets added as 2. Add a 4th and 1+2+3 join to become 1, then 4 gets added as 2 etc. Sometimes the TOC only reports 1 session full stop - but the 'Track Information' shows multiple tracks which are basically the different sessions. You can see all that info in the Disc Information box on the right when you're in Read mode. (copy + paste it here if you like)

I'm pretty sure the xbox should be able to play AVI files. I guess it depends on the compression type used within said AVI - I seem to recall them adding support for DivX ages ago. You had to get the addon from xbox live - but it was done automatically when you tried to play a DivX file.