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As ImgBurn doesn't convert avi files (or any files for that matter) I can only assume you've got the wrong program.

Get some other media, that one (RITEK-F16-01) is too new for your drive to handle by the looks of it. We recommend Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden (because they actually work!).

Updating the firmware is certainly one thing to try.

Ahhh that looks good to me volvo, thanks mate! It was the last one on a quiz we're doing.

Yes, uninstall all the controller entries and then reboot. If it asks you to reboot before you've deleted all 3, just click no.

You only have 1 entry that says 'controller' ? Just delete them all until that entire branch is empty, then reboot - but start with the controller because it'll remove the channels along with it.

If it doesn't work at any speed then there's nothing you can really do. Try a new batch of discs if you can and make sure they're 2.4x ones from Singapore. Failing that, try the drive in another (known to burn ok) machine... if it still fails, get yourself a new drive.

R _ _ _ _ _ _ & H _ _ _ _ _ _ Any ideas?! Each underscore represents 1 letter. i.e. each name is 7 letters in total, one starting with 'R' and the other with 'H'.

What do you mean it doesn't attempt to?! The log shows this as the error... So basically it tried but the drive errored out straight away. Give this firmware update a try: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/generic...=en&lang=en Failing that, ditch those discs and get yourself some Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R DL (MKM-001-00) ones - they're more expensive because they actually work.

The disc not being read has NOTHING to do with the 'structure' (by which I assume you meant cell layout etc?). The drive doesn't know or care about that type of thing. Rememeber that the drive controls the quality etc, the program simply feeds it data. Burn one using a nearer 50/50 split and you might have more luck. 8x is fine for benq scanning... look in our media and testing forum, it's what we always use and our verbs don't scan anything like that.

Yeah the samsungs aren't really all that reliable. My S203B has failed a few times too - it's coastered a good few DL discs during testing and I've seen a few post where other people have run into finalisation problems. I have lots of other drives to choose from though so it's no big deal for me.

It might be burning loads more on the disc when you do that to make it compatible. You're supposed to burn both layers on DL media, that's the whole idea of them! The program polls the drive every second during finalisation to see if it's done or not, it must be telling the program it's not or it wouldn't be waiting there for it to finish. As soon as it says it's done (or errors out), ImgBurn will move onto the next stage. Feel free to update the firmware on the drive to SB03 too.

The PIE levels on that disc are way out of spec, jitter is quite high too. Normally I'd look for PIE being under 40-80 on DL media and you want jitter under 10 really. You should download the latest cdspeed from http://www.cdspeed2000.com as that's what we're all using (along with DVDInfoPro). There is no such thing as a 'layer' until I create it so when you say the second one is smaller, it's only smaller if you pick the 70/30 one. It's padding so many sectors so that the cell in question is the midway point. i.e. if I have cells... 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 and I want cell 4 to be the layer break one (i.e. the 1st cell on the 2nd layer), I need to insert space (padding) before cell 1 so that [space] - 1 - 2 - 3 is the same size as 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8, because L0 must be the same size (or larger) than L1.

Scan the disc you burnt using DVDInfoPro or CDSpeed (PIPO / Disc Quality scan) and see how it comes out. Maybe you just had a duff one? The issue isn't so much with the split point (in PGC/Cell terms) as it is with the MMC specs saying that the most compatible burns are those were both layers are created equal sizes. EDIT: Put the original in and copy + paste the info from the panel on the right. The last few lines are the layer breakdowns.

Follow the post in the FAQ about dealing with DMA issues - i.e. uninstall the IDE controller entry in Device Manager and reboot. If that doesn't work, get back to us with the log etc as jmet said.

Yes, Read mode = Disc to image on hdd. Write mode = image on hdd to disc.

It means your drive failed to initialise the disc. (TOC = Table Of Contents) Are you sure your drive supports the media? (and that you don't just have a CD burner - i.e. it can't burn DVDs) Is the drive using the most recent firmware? If ejecting/reinserting doesn't work, try some other discs. If that doesn't work try cleaning the drive. If that doesn't work buy a new drive.

Really, you want something as near to 50/50 as possible. What were the other choices?

Where are those verbatims made? Have you tried all the 'supported' speeds? Same problem? Have you tried cleaning the drive?

If the disc isn't protected, you can just use 'Read' mode.

Take it back to the store and have them fix it. They'll probably just give you a new drive.

If you're just burning an image in write mode, the padding only happens on DVD+, I've never seen it happen on DVD-. (again this is done by the drive itself) If you use build mode, it'll pad to 16 because it's the only reliable method. (this is done by the program)

You can update to the 1.29 firmware too. DVR-111D series Firmware http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/ibs/...ev00001r_e.html http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/cgi-bin/www1/d...11D_FW129EU.EXE

This only happens when you burn to DVD+ format discs - yes they pad to the nearest ECC block (16 sectors). ImgBurn shows you the MD5 + Padded MD5 when that happens (assuming the source image sector total wasn't a multiple of 16) so just make a note of it. It's too unreliable to take a value from the file system and use that as the size (I already attempt it when reading from DVD+RW/DVD-RAM/BD-RE). Remember the world doesn't revolve around ISO9660! Maybe you can use something like IsoBuster to just read a certain range back to a file, it's not something I'll ever add to Verfiy mode.

Go back to buying the MKM-001 discs. They're the 2.4x Verbatims rather than the 8x ones. The drive doesn't support the MKM-003 8x ones.