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Is this in Windows XP (or 2003)? I believe there's a post in the FAQ that covers it - an updated directshow filter is required.

This is being dealt with on the Trend Micro forums now. http://community.trendmicro.com/t5/Home-and-Home-Office-Forum/imgburn/td-p/58528

I'm sure all this info can be found via Google. It's not specific to ImgBurn. TAO only applies to CD. It was the first write type drives supported and is the most basic. Track at ones has fixed size gaps (2 seconds) between tracks. SAO/DAO gives you complete control over the layout. The only time you'd ever want TAO is if your burner is 3 million years old, doesn't support SAO/DAO and should be replaced anyway.

Ah sorry, a really *blank* disc I'm not sure I've ever really studied them that closely. I wouldn't expect them to have bands in the dye like that when they haven't been burnt though, no.

No. CD-RW, Yes. DVD+RW, No. (it supports direct overwrite as I mentioned earlier) No. (Just DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-RE as I mentioned earlier)

There's a thread about 8 below this one talking about it. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=19324 The svrapi.dll file should not be on your system.

The 800 sectors thing is for discs that support direct overwrite (DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-RE, you can just overwrite existing data without erasing/zeroing). Their 'Status' cannot be returned to 'Blank' by erasing/formatting, it'll always say 'Complete'. For other discs there's an actual quick erase/format command you can issue that'll return them to 'Blank' status. Zeroing the first 800 is enough to wipe out the file system and make the disc appear blank. Some programs just won't write to a disc unless it's blank (those without an auto erase function and aren't aware of direct overwrite).

If the drive adjusts the laser power as it goes along, yes.

This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

The threads aren't closed, you (as a 'new member') just can't reply to them. This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

The threads aren't closed, you (as a 'new member') just can't reply to them. This is Trend's issue, not mine. It's a false positive. Report it to them and they'll no doubt fix it in (one of) their next definition updates.

Something must be kicking into action in the background that's accessing the hdd. It's taking up to 8 seconds to fill the 20 MB buffer... that's VERY slow.

Are you quite sure it made an MDS file for that read?! With the default setting (Auto) for 'Create Image Layout File', it shouldn't have done. Go back and read the disc again. Just copy + paste everything from the log window once the read has finished.

Post a log of you reading a disc where you then end up with an ISO and MDS.

Well it shouldn't be making an MDS for a single layer DVD - unless it's less than 1GB in size or file splitting it being used.

It depends on how you use it. What do you do with the images you create by reading discs?

The MDS usually just stores that layer break info - but is also used when file splitting is enabled (automatically or manually). Other times it's used to allow the mounting of a small ISO in the likes of DAEMON Tools and have it emulate a DVDROM rather than a CDROM. If you don't want the program to make them, tell it not to.

There's something wrong with your hard drive. Run chkdsk on it (from the command prompt) and have it scan for bad sectors ('chkdsk c: /r') Put service pack 3 on for XP too.

The defaults are the best, that's why they're default. So leave it on DAO/SAO.

Does your player support the 'PAL' TV System - rather than your normal 'NTSC' ?

You'd need a proper set of DVD Video files to get a playable disc. Please post the log of the burn+verify so we can see what you did (as per the pink box up the top )

If you're loading the program with the intention of burning to a DVD-RW that already has data on it, yes, it's pointless to manually do a quick erase - because ImgBurn would do one automatically before it writes. If you're loading the program with the intention of erasing the contents of a DVD-RW (for use in/with something else), no, it's not pointless.

It could have been put on your machine by a codec pack or media player. It's causing DirectShow to freeze, not ImgBurn. The filter must be buggy.

If you verify the disc several times with the external drive, do the miscompares all end up being in the exact same place and with the same results (offset, number of differences etc) ? Maybe it doesn't like the media you're using or needs cleaning. Can it successfully verify a disc burnt in the WH08LS20 drive?