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Because it does a byte for byte compare. The MD5 is just cosmetic.

RAM is obviously being used by everything, so any operation involving it could be getting corrupted - basically you can't trust anything 100% !

ImgBurn can't read discs that are copy protected - it's not designed to.

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Taiyo Yuden CD-R's are the only ones I use. I never found Verbatims to be any good - or certainly no where near the TY ones.

1. Your PC needs more RAM. 2. If you're going to use those discs (rather than decent Verbatim / Taiyo Yuden ones), slow the burn down to 8x or 12x. In any case, if that's the first failure you had, just ignore it, that's what happens with the lower quality media - burns are hit and miss.

Miscompares at the same offset, differing by 2 every time between device and the image file.... that's almost too much to be a coincidence! Have you tried running the windows memory diagnostics program at all? (on the menu at bootup - press f8) btw, the 'clipboard' button on the filter drivers window copies all the info (to the clipboard) than you can then 'paste' into your post.

What's the file you're trying to burn? Once loaded into write mode, if it's just showing up as a MODE1 image, yeah it must be a DVD one.

It does burn the content of it if you burn it properly. Did you follow the correct guide? You use 'Write' mode for burning images, not 'Build' mode.

This is the biggest giveaway!

Which one you select is really down to you. That's the whole idea of the 'preview' feature. YOU find out which one works best for the files you're trying to write - no 2 movies will ever be the same. If in doubt, just get a screenshot and post it up. There are certain other things to look out for - the star rating is a good place to start.

If you just add ifo/bup/vob files to the source window it kinda assumes you're trying to build a dvd video disc but will double check with you. If you have those + something else in the source box the message will change slightly. There are lots of different messages depending on what you add so it's impossible for me to say exactly at this stage. Oh and no i've not changed them. If you stored the files in the folder structure as suggest by the guides (my latest one at least), imgburn won't even prompt you. i.e. 'C:\NAME_OF_DVD\VIDEO_TS' <-- put your ifo/vob/bup files in here.

You can access the logs via the 'Help' menu. They're saved by default.

If you add the files you just need to click 'Yes' to tell it you're building a dvd video disc. Don't try and over complicate the boxes that pop up, they're normally just asking a simple question that you should already know the answer to (i.e. are you trying to build a dvd video disc?).

I have a pioneer 112 running as a slave (to a LiteOn though). No issues to report. The log from a Verb burn would come in handy - if nothing else than to see if you get the exact same error and in the same place.

To be honest, your samsung should be fine! I use a Samsung SH-203B for my DL burning now. Pioneer's are quite popular when it comes to DL burning.

I guess you need to try a new burner then.

If Verbatims don't work either, clean your drive or buy a new one. The error is from the drive producing low quality burns which it then can't read back - or that the reading in general is messed up (cleaning may fix that, along with improving write quality). Never assume that because your mates drive / media combo work that yours will too. No two drives are created equal - nor are two spindles of discs.

lol it says VOLUME LABEL, not VOLUME LEVEL. The two are very different things. ImgBurn has *nothing* at all to do with volume levels - it doesn't even really care about the content of the files you're burning - everything is burnt as-is.

The program automatically changes the booktype to DVDROM on Samsung drives. What exactly is the error that your player is giving? By the sounds of it, your player needs a clean or you need to get a new one that *does* play your discs. Everything in that log looks fine to me.

What happens if you press the 'audio' button on your DVD player's remote control? Wouldn't it be easier to find yourself a cheap dvd player that accepts AVI file? Then you wouldn't have to mess around with this stuff at all.

It doesn't really matter. If your source files are too big for either one of them (whatever's selected) it'll build it as if it's a double layer disc - with a layer break position etc. Of course if that happens you've got a whole other bunch of issues! I doubt any authoring package would spew out files that ONLY fit on DVD-R (which I believe is the bigger of the two and so probably the default anyway). The 'Media' tab in ImgBurn does nothing more than provide ImgBurn a little guide as to how and when it should build an image as a DL image.

I really wanted to write a sarcastic reply but I can't be bothered. Try to post something we can actually work with - i.e. a log / screenshot or at least a bit more detail!

The problem is not with ImgBurn, ImgBurn just burns the data as-is. Try the DVD Flick guy.

Extract the contents of each ISO and then make a new one based on it. Normally places offering CD sized downloads will also do a DVD one - and then you wouldn't have this problem.