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I think the first ones that came out would have used 4k logical sectors (max speed) but now they always emulate 512 byte ones because it means all the programs still work - and don't error out in the way you're seeing here! I'm sure in another year or 2 once all the software has caught up they'll switch back to 4k logical again (it's faster).

email sent, it should be with you in 5 - 10 minutes. Out of interest, how long ago did you get the drive?

A 3TB drive you say... well this could be related to the 'Advanced Format' used on newer drives. The physical sectors are 4096 bytes in size rather than 512 bytes. I have a few 'Advanced Format' drives but all mine are 4K physical and 512 byte logical (via some sort of emulation). I'm guessing yours is 4K phyiscal and 4K logical - and that's why you're getting the error. I'd love to get a 4K logical drive for testing but they're impossible to track down! As it happens, I did a bit of tweaking yesterday to the code in question and it should fix this issue. I'll email you a version for testing if you like? Is your forum email address ok?

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000

Did you get the fixed version I sent over? I assume it did actually fix the problem for you?

The drive switching the laser power level during the burn can make visible bands on the disc... it doesn't mean it was unburnt

It's all the same thing, your drive is unable to burn to the media. mmalves already linked you to it but I guess I should do it again. http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000

...and now you have problems on that too. The I/O interface has nothing to do with these problems. Patin Couffin is dead - even the people that made it don't use it on modern OS's.

If you only have a vob file, you can't do what you're trying to do. It needs to be a proper set of DVD Video files (VIDEO_TS folder with IFO/VOB/BUP files). When you've got that, follow this guide... http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4632 'Mode' -> 'Build' is the same as clicking the 'Write files/folders to disc' or 'Create image file from files/folder' buttons. edit: darn, too slow!

Could you also please copy + paste the disc information from the box on the right when you're in Read mode. The answer to the issue probably lies here... http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/11/01/use-the-windows-7-usbdvd-download-tool-with-custom-isos/ But I'm curious as to why the udf anchor isn't at the end of the disc in sector 1574703 where it should be.

...and stop using the Patin Couffin I/O Interface. Put it back on SPTI.

Anything by Taiyo Yuden. Verbatim do some pastel coloured ones that use the Taiyo Yuden dyes.

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=18946

All fixed The long TOC was causing a false positive in my BCD detection code (at track 80). TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0 / 00:02:00) -> Track 01 (Audio, 02:36:15, LBA: 0 / 00:02:00) -> Track 02 (Audio, 02:39:62, LBA: 11715 / 02:38:15) -> Track 03 (Audio, 00:14:45, LBA: 23702 / 05:18:02) -> Track 04 (Audio, 03:22:63, LBA: 24797 / 05:32:47) -> Track 05 (Audio, 03:57:07, LBA: 40010 / 08:55:35) -> Track 06 (Audio, 01:21:73, LBA: 57792 / 12:52:42) -> Track 07 (Audio, 03:09:12, LBA: 63940 / 14:14:40) -> Track 08 (Audio, 03:16:15, LBA: 78127 / 17:23:52) -> Track 09 (Audio, 03:39:13, LBA: 92842 / 20:39:67) -> Track 10 (Audio, 01:35:40, LBA: 109280 / 24:19:05) -> Track 11 (Audio, 01:37:47, LBA: 116445 / 25:54:45) -> Track 12 (Audio, 01:32:03, LBA: 123767 / 27:32:17) -> Track 13 (Audio, 04:11:47, LBA: 130670 / 29:04:20) -> Track 14 (Audio, 01:12:60, LBA: 149542 / 33:15:67) -> Track 15 (Audio, 01:24:10, LBA: 155002 / 34:28:52) -> Track 16 (Audio, 03:13:60, LBA: 161312 / 35:52:62) -> Track 17 (Audio, 02:51:50, LBA: 175847 / 39:06:47) -> Track 18 (Audio, 01:31:08, LBA: 188722 / 41:58:22) -> Track 19 (Audio, 02:55:05, LBA: 195555 / 43:29:30) -> Track 20 (Audio, 00:27:27, LBA: 208685 / 46:24:35) -> Track 21 (Audio, 04:20:20, LBA: 210737 / 46:51:62) -> Track 22 (Audio, 05:50:35, LBA: 230257 / 51:12:07) -> Track 23 (Audio, 00:09:33, LBA: 256542 / 57:02:42) -> Track 24 (Audio, 05:04:25, LBA: 257250 / 57:12:00) -> Track 25 (Audio, 00:33:60, LBA: 280075 / 62:16:25) -> Track 26 (Audio, 00:06:67, LBA: 282610 / 62:50:10) -> Track 27 (Audio, 00:09:20, LBA: 283127 / 62:57:02) -> Track 28 (Audio, 00:06:65, LBA: 283822 / 63:06:22) -> Track 29 (Audio, 00:31:35, LBA: 284337 / 63:13:12) -> Track 30 (Audio, 00:04:43, LBA: 286697 / 63:44:47) -> Track 31 (Audio, 00:25:20, LBA: 287040 / 63:49:15) -> Track 32 (Audio, 00:26:42, LBA: 288935 / 64:14:35) -> Track 33 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 290927 / 64:41:02) -> Track 34 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 291302 / 64:46:02) -> Track 35 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 291677 / 64:51:02) -> Track 36 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 292052 / 64:56:02) -> Track 37 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 292427 / 65:01:02) -> Track 38 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 292802 / 65:06:02) -> Track 39 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 293177 / 65:11:02) -> Track 40 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 293552 / 65:16:02) -> Track 41 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 293927 / 65:21:02) -> Track 42 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 294302 / 65:26:02) -> Track 43 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 294677 / 65:31:02) -> Track 44 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 295052 / 65:36:02) -> Track 45 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 295427 / 65:41:02) -> Track 46 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 295802 / 65:46:02) -> Track 47 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 296177 / 65:51:02) -> Track 48 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 296552 / 65:56:02) -> Track 49 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 296927 / 66:01:02) -> Track 50 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 297302 / 66:06:02) -> Track 51 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 297677 / 66:11:02) -> Track 52 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 298052 / 66:16:02) -> Track 53 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 298427 / 66:21:02) -> Track 54 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 298802 / 66:26:02) -> Track 55 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 299177 / 66:31:02) -> Track 56 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 299552 / 66:36:02) -> Track 57 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 299927 / 66:41:02) -> Track 58 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 300302 / 66:46:02) -> Track 59 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 300677 / 66:51:02) -> Track 60 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 301052 / 66:56:02) -> Track 61 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 301427 / 67:01:02) -> Track 62 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 301802 / 67:06:02) -> Track 63 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 302177 / 67:11:02) -> Track 64 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 302552 / 67:16:02) -> Track 65 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 302927 / 67:21:02) -> Track 66 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 303302 / 67:26:02) -> Track 67 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 303677 / 67:31:02) -> Track 68 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 304052 / 67:36:02) -> Track 69 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 304427 / 67:41:02) -> Track 70 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 304802 / 67:46:02) -> Track 71 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 305177 / 67:51:02) -> Track 72 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 305552 / 67:56:02) -> Track 73 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 305927 / 68:01:02) -> Track 74 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 306302 / 68:06:02) -> Track 75 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 306677 / 68:11:02) -> Track 76 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 307052 / 68:16:02) -> Track 77 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 307427 / 68:21:02) -> Track 78 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 307802 / 68:26:02) -> Track 79 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 308177 / 68:31:02) -> Track 80 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 308552 / 68:36:02) -> Track 81 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 308927 / 68:41:02) -> Track 82 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 309302 / 68:46:02) -> Track 83 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 309677 / 68:51:02) -> Track 84 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 310052 / 68:56:02) -> Track 85 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 310427 / 69:01:02) -> Track 86 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 310802 / 69:06:02) -> Track 87 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 311177 / 69:11:02) -> Track 88 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 311552 / 69:16:02) -> Track 89 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 311927 / 69:21:02) -> Track 90 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 312302 / 69:26:02) -> Track 91 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 312677 / 69:31:02) -> Track 92 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 313052 / 69:36:02) -> Track 93 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 313427 / 69:41:02) -> Track 94 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 313802 / 69:46:02) -> Track 95 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 314177 / 69:51:02) -> Track 96 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 314552 / 69:56:02) -> Track 97 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 314927 / 70:01:02) -> Track 98 (Audio, 00:05:00, LBA: 315302 / 70:06:02) -> Track 99 (Audio, 00:04:35, LBA: 315677 / 70:11:02) -> LeadOut (LBA: 316012 / 70:15:37) Thanks for reporting the issue and providing the info that enabled me to fix it. You can delete that registry key again now btw

Copy + paste the log of you reading the disc please.

You can't put CDDA (CD Audio) on a DVD. Use a CD.

Your buffer looks fine in both of those. The state of your OS should make no difference to the burn. All the program has to do is send the data to the drive and keep its buffer full. Everything else to do with burn quality etc is internal to the drive.

email sent, it should be along in the next 5 - 10 mins

It's hard to know what you tell you when you're burning media beyond what it was designed to handle. The risk of failure is FAR greater and you can't really blame anyone when it does go wrong. Different batches of discs can perform differently and their country of origin seems to make a difference too - for Verbatim discs, the Singapore ones have long been considered the best of the bunch.

The Pioneer BD drives are good, yes. You'll find lots of good info about BD drives over at the MyCE forum (a.k.a. CDFreaks). If you're looking/happy to buy a new drive anyway, there's even less reason not to attempt a crossflash of your LG.

It'll only make a difference if the drive's buffer underrun protection has to kick in (when the device buffer is empty)... even then it's probably just a spike of 1 or something on a PI/PO graph. Otherwise, once the data is in the device buffer, your system (bar any power supply issues) is out of the equation.

oh damn, ok. I'll have to email you something else instead then. Forum email address ok?

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=18881

Yes, there's every possibility that the drive doesn't support 'VERBAT-IMe-000' at all / very well. The GBW-H20L was just their way of saving money. Loads of people got the GGW-H20L because it did *everything* I doubt many got the GBW because... a. they felt cheated (not as good as GGW) b. there were other drives around at the time that may have been better/cheaper. It's highly unlikely you'll brick your drive so my advice to you would just be to go for it. I certainly would if I was in your shoes. LG may have given into peer pressure with the GGW firmware updates. You just need enough people to moan

I really need to see a raw dump of the TOC data. Any chance you could install this trace program and capture it for me? ImgBurn itself won't log enough of the data on a 99 track disc. http://www.norocketscience.com/download/SetupTraceSpti.exe You'd just need to install it, enable it for ImgBurn (I think that means adding ImgBurn.exe to it's config file), run it, run ImgBurn and switch to Read mode so it displays the disc info. The close ImgBurn and find the TraceSpti log!