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It's off because every time you add a file or folder to the little 'Source' box (in Standard input mode) it goes through the entire process of calculating everything (possibly prompting the user several times as it goes). The idea is to do what you've got to do and then check the results if you really think you need to. If you need a rough running calculation of compilation size, use Advanced input mode.

Thanks, I've passed them on to the person dealing with the problem at Primera's end.

I edited my post I was trying to make it easier for you but failed lol

Oh damn, you'll have to enable I/O debug mode via the registry then (when ImgBurn isn't running) so it's enabled when their SDK is initialised as the program loads up. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=59&&do=findComment&comment=972 Run/import the registry file in the above post (#6) and then load ImgBurn. Hopefully you should then get the 2 debug files from the SDK (unrelated to ImgBurn) in the logs folder.

Please re-read my post... that wasn't quite what I asked for You have to click 'More Reply Options' in order to add attachments.

It could be due to dirt/dust/scratches etc. Try doing a full erase on it and then give it another go. If all else fails, use a decent quality 'write once' disc instead.

It's impossible it say at this point. I'm not a fan of VLC, I'd much rather use 'Media Player Classic - Home Cinema' or some real (licensed) software such as PowerDVD / TMT. The disc has burnt and verifed ok so the data is all present and correct. I'd therefore have to assume it's an issue with your source files or VLC. Make an ISO instead of burning to disc, mount the ISO in a virtual drive and try playing from that. If that works ok, VLC must have a problem with your drive/discs. Drives can produce their best quality burns at any of the supported speeds. There's nothing to say that's going to be at 4x. It could turn out that 4x produces an awful quality burn and 8x is loads better. You'd have to do some quality check scans with a LiteOn drive (or similar) to find out. Cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc may improve things too - especially as this only seems to be a problem with the one drive.

Install the update firmware for your drive. http://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/GH22LP20/files.html Burning at 4x might not produce the best results, try the faster speeds too. It seems to be verifying very slowly... that could because the drive can't read the disc very well or because something about your machine means it just can't go any faster - what do the buffers look like when it's verifying? Ideally, the device one should be empty - because the hdd should be loads faster.

Ok, for now, delete the cue file and just burn the bin instead. It's probably to do with it waiting for some extra data that isn't ever going to arrive. Changing the buffer to something below 40mb would probably work too.

Thanks. Now can you tell me the exact size of the bin file in bytes please. (Right click it and hit properties)

Open the cue file in notepad and copy + paste its contents please.

I think your drive is just doing a bad job of burning those discs - the slow write speed suggests it's having problems, not to mention the disc still appears blank after the burn has completed! See if you can get some better (Verbatim / Taiyo Yuden) ones instead.

Update ImgBurn. Power down your machine and then turn it on again Make sure you use a brand new disc - not one that may or may not have failed before but still looks blank. Then post a new log if it fails again. If you have some different discs (i.e. NOT 'RITEK-F16-01'), try those too.

I guess you haven't actually checked for them in the settings.

Try using a decent quality DVD-R disc instead. Your drive does not appear to play nicely with 'CMC MAG-W02-00'.

CloneCD isn't capable of overburning double layer discs.

That 'browse' box is a standard Windows browse box. There's nothing stopping you from navigating to any folder you want to navigate to. Use the breadcrumb bar at the top (where it lists the current location) or use the folders listed on the left. You should see 'Computer' in there somewhere and under that (once you've expanded it via the little arrow) you'll find your drives.

It's covered here - http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=19743

Verbatim are fine but you might be better off avoiding the cheaper 'LTH' ones and go for the standard 'HTL' ones instead.

What do you mean 'I cannot get back to the previous folder to load any other files.' ? Are you talking about within the browse box? A screenshot would help us understand what you're having trouble with.

There's a 1.03 firmware update available here... http://www.firmwarehq.com/Plextor/PX-LB950UE/files.html If 4x keeps failing (how many times have you tried to burn these discs?), try at 6x instead. Oh and yes, there's something wrong with your drive/firmware/media combo - hence the failures.

A general user permissions problem typically prevents *all* SPTI communication with optical drives. It was a problem in XP but Microsoft opened it up in Vista+ so everyone could use SPTI and programs could talk to optical drives. What we appear to have here is a computer that's rejecting the 'Write' command(s) and nothing more. It could be a 3rd party program running on the PC that's blocking it (like from another burning tool or special corporate lockdown util to prevent people copying/saving data elsewhere). Maybe there's something listed in the filter driver list? Post the info from the feature in the Tools menu. Can you boot into safe mode? If you can, try burning from within that too.

Thanks for the update and I'm glad you appear to have sorted it. The problem/fix seems a little weird though. I never thought a cmos battery did anything more useful than allowing the machine to remember a few things when it's powered down.

I've no idea. Failures like this show an issue between your drive and the media - it's a hardware thing and software doesn't even come into it. Unless you scan the discs that did actually finish burning, you've no way of knowing how well they burnt. A successful burn and a good quality burn are two very different things.

That error is coming from Windows (rather than the drive). It (or something else in the chain) appears to be blocking the 'writes' to the drive/disc. Are you able to burn other media ok? Do you have other software installed that could be interfering with things?