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If it is, update to the .39 (WHQL) driver from here: ftp://driver.jmicron.com.tw/jmb36x/Win2k_xp_Vista/

Yes. btw, it's MDS, not MD5 - that's something totally different

DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray's are always Mode1/2048, CD's can be various formats. When the program can use *.ISO, it will do - otherwise it'll use the BIN/CUE format. That is to say, a MODE1/2048 CD will default to save as *.ISO. Other formats will default to save as *.BIN.

yeah, it'll just split the data in half and put equal amounts on both layers.

ISO files typically contain MODE 1 sectors, with 2048 bytes per sector. If you try and make an ISO file containing other types of sectors, some programs can't handle it. btw, leave the I/O interface on SPTI.

The special LB stuff only applies to DVD Video discs, no other format/type of data really cares about them.

The program shows an awful lot of folders being added to the 'Source' box but no 'Files' are being found (at first anyway). Are you sure you've not checked the 'Archive Files Only' checkbox or something and hence are preventing ImgBurn from adding any files without that attribute set? Don't forget you'll also need 'Recurse Subdirectories' checked if the MP3 files are not directly in the folders you're adding to the Source box.

I need the/a log of you actually burning the/a disc.

Does it remain frozen if you turn the external drive off? Does it only happen when burning DL media? (the content isn't important)

The type of mp3 (vbr/cbr) has nothing to do with it working or not, when you burn them onto a data disc the file isn't changed. Compare the ImgBurn burnt disc to one burnt using Burnatonce or whatever it's called. Do both discs show up exactly the same in Explorer or does the BAO one show up as an audio cd, listing 'Track 1, Track 2' etc. (which is basically what donta just mentioned) The log of the burn would still be useful. *hint hint*

Done.

Please follow the bold advice in the pink bit at the top of the forum.

You can open the 'Log' window via the 'View' menu at the top of ImgBurn's main window. Once you've burnt your disc (use a rewritable if you like), just copy + paste from there. Make sure you're using v2.4.2.0 Previous logs can be accessed via the 'Help' menu. If the PC can see all the MP3's on the disc then it should also be fine in your standalone player - assuming it really does support MP3. If it's picky, you (we) just need to figure what's stopping it from working. Do you know (or can find out) the exact make and model of it?

So same disc in the same drive works fine in 1 pc but not in another? It's an odd message ('No Reference Position Found') for the drive/driver to be reporting back to ImgBurn if that really is the case. Are there any updates available for your motherboard - bios / ide controller drivers etc? Which chipset does that motherboard use? Is the PSU ok and able to supply the drive with enough power?

It's the way Vista works. dragging from an application running as a restricted user (i.e. not gone via UAC) to an application running as admin would/could represent a security risk so Vista just blocks it.

With /portable and /settings I'm not seeing this in 2.4.2.0.

If your player can see the files then it should be playing the sound - that isn't anything to do with ImgBurn. Can you browse the burnt CD in explorer and see the same files on it that you have stored on your hdd? Making a data style music cd is the same as making any other cd (i.e. everything done via 'Build' mode) ... and if that didn't work then we'd all have a problem with it.

Can't you use the bit mentioned in the Guides to get performance counters working? It seems Vista won't allow D+D between utils running under different security levels. It would probably work ok if ImgBurn was the source app of the D+D, but not the other way around. (i.e. must go highest to lowest)

Define 'multiple files' ? Multiple image files? - No, an image is a 1:1 of what the disc should look like. So you burn 1 image on 1 disc. Images are written in Write mode. Multiple documents / pictures / mp3's etc? Yes, use 'Build' mode. Add the files to the 'Source' box and then burn.

At least 'dvd' is an extension that's likely to just be for DVD images, 'ini' is a little too generic!

You need to get the machine into the state where it's doing a BSOD, then just examine the latest mini dump from the minidumps folder (i.e. C:\Windows\MiniDump). You might also have a C:\Windows\Memory.dmp file. You want the windows debugging tools from Microsoft for examining the dump file and you examine it via the (obvious) 'open crash dump' option on the 'File' menu.

Rewritable discs are never as good / reliable as write once ones. Get yourself some Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden DVD+R / DVD-R and you should be ok.

Yeah, the LB is only an issue for DVD Video discs and even then you can get around it by marking it as 'seamless'. If you want to find out which file spans the LB you need to look at the L0 data zone capacity value in the info panel on the right and then look at the filesystem structure of the burnt disc (or ISO image) in something like IsoBuster and compare the LBA numbers.

Are you sure the correct 'destination' drive is selected? If the drive isn't reporting that you've got media in it then that's not ImgBurn's problem I'm afraid. You'll need to update the drive's firmware so it supports the media you're using properly or get some different (better) media that it does support.

ImgBurn creates the file of the required size first and then fills it with the data - that way you cut down on fragmentation. So basically, if your machine crashes/reboots then the images will be useless beyond the point it got up to. You might like to examine the (mini)dump file from when the pc rebooted, it should contain info as to which driver bombed out.