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Have you tried burning at 4x? Perhaps try with another variation of the Verbatim discs - there are several to choose from.

I don't know where you think these problems are coming from but the ISO ImgBurn made (which you then mounted and played) is going to be no different to what goes on the disc when you burn directly. So if it worked in WinDVD, it seems to me that everything from both sides (ConvertXtoDVD and ImgBurn) is in order. Pretty much the only thing left is the media you burnt the image to. I can't answer/explain your 'why would this happen if this hasn't happened' type questions, that's something you need to figure out yourself by actually trying stuff - I'm giving you clues as to what you could/should be trying in order to narrow down the cause of your problem. Does WinDVD play the disc (correctly) that your players do not play correctly? I did ask this question in my previous post.

Just doing copy+paste from the log window (after getting past the error) would be enough. Have you copied the most recent ImgBurn.exe into DVD Flicks folder? That ships with a really old version.

Well if your player can't read the disc properly, you'll just have to try better discs or one of the other supported write speeds and hope your drive does a better job. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 Passing Verify on the PC means the PC's optical drive can read the disc... so in theory WinDVD should be able to play what you've burnt too (and not just from the virtual drive).

Can you show me the log please.

There's some communication issue between the drive and your machine. Try the other port again. Does it have enough power?

Restarting isn't powering off. Other than that, the only odd thing I see is that you've messed with the eeprom settings. FHT, OHT and Overspeed are usually off.

You can probably just turn the PC off and on again and it would work.

Burn at 4x. You probably don't need OPC on either. Oh and don't mess with the layer break stuff. Put it back on calculate optimal and leave it alone!

Copy the contents of the disc to a new folder on your hdd, replace the file you want to replace. Extract the Boot Image using ImgBurn (Build mode, Advanced tab, Bootable disc) - tell it to auto populate the fields. Still in Build mode, add the new folder you created earlier to the Source box and Build a new image. That's how you'd do it in ImgBurn anyway. You could of course use a 3rd party app that lets you edit ISO files directly - you can Google for those.

They create the IFO files though, not me. Your disc is 100% readable, as is the virtual drive image and yet it still doesn't play correctly. Any chance you could give the trial version of PowerDVD 12 a go? Even 'media player classic - home cinema' might do the trick. You're going to have to post up the IFO files so they can be examined - ideally, a set from what's on your hdd and a 2nd set from the burnt disc.

You should speak to VSO about the problem if your player doesn't behave the way it's supposed to.

That's due to the way Windows works. When the installer loads ImgBurn it's running as Admin. You can't then drag and drop from a lower level app (like Explorer). As you've found out, closing the installer opened ImgBurn and reopening it yourself via the icon gets it back at non admin level and you can then drag+drop again. Standard and Advanced input modes are totally seperate (and always have been). You cannot represent the same thing in both so it's pointless attempting it.

Because the discs are impossible ot get hold of, the manufacturers don't waste their time advertising the fact the drives can burn to such discs. The capabilitys are obtained by querying the drive.* * 'DVD+RW DL' comes from an actual (its own special 'DVD+RW DL') 'feature' descriptor, the 'DVD-RW DL' one just piggy backs on being able to write 'DVD-R DL' for now as no dedicated 'feature' has been added for it. Detection of the 'DVD-RW DL' capability will be improved as and when it becomes possible.

No, it'll be the same as the one you've posted. You should update to the current version of ImgBurn though - 2.5.7.0 came out the other day.

Sorry, no. Check CPU usage during that time. If it's low (taking into account it might only be running on a single CPU core), the drive (or hdd) must be the bottle neck.

Then I guess you're stuck burning those discs at 4x. You might have more luck burning at the higher speeds with Verbatim / Taiyo Yuden media. Cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc may also help.

Output to an image file (ISO) and mount that ISO in a virtual drive program (something like Virtual CloneDrive). Then play the virtual disc with something like PowerDVD (a proper 'licensed' player, not VLC etc which could be cutting corners). The disc burnt and verified ok so that's ImgBurn's job done and dusted. It's only burning what you give it. Once you've tried it in PowerDVD you might find out if it's a generic issue with the files ConvertXtoDVD created or something else.

Try ejecting the tray again manually and reinserting it. That text in the status bar should change.

ImgBurn can't 'rip' (read) xbox games,they're copy protected. It's just a generic disc burner. This isn't an xbox forum, I suggest you ask questions about being banned etc on one that deals with that stuff - this one doesn't.

I mean manually changing the file name in the 'Destination' field within ImgBurn. If you double click the text, it'll flip to a box you can just edit quickly and swap .iso for .bin. Mode 1 and Mode 2/Form 1 have the same 2048 byte 'user data' area... so the data part itself is 100% reliable. You're just skipping the stuff that makes up the rest of a Mode 2 sector (and would normally be included in the BIN file). http://www.multimediadirector.com/help/technology/cd-rom/cdrom_spec.htm

This is the one you want. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=9512

The drive is timing out as it tries to write to the media. The cable doesn't even come into it so it shouldn't be the cause of the problem. If it errors out the same way at all supported write speeds, try giving the drive a clean with a cleaning disc and/or try to burn to another disc from a different spindle. If it still fails after that, your drive could have developed a fault. There's a newer firmware version available btw. http://www.firmwarehq.com/Lite-On/iHAS324%2BB/files.html