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Same as mentioned in post 4 then blu. Erroring out during the finalisation stages shouldn't mean the rest of the disc stops working though. It's quite rare to get miscompare errors unless something is modifying the data on the fly - and I'm pretty sure that's not the case here. Fair enough, it's unlikely to be memory issues that are causing the verify problem but it doesn't hurt to check these things once in a while anyway - at least then you'll know for sure that it's the drive.

Message boxes can't have checkboxes on them or it would already have one

Chewy, Try to remember that it is a generic burning burning tool and EVERYTHING is just 'data' so far as it's concerned. There are times where it'll pick up on the likely hood of you wanting to burn a DVD Video disc but I feel it would be wrong if it didn't (by default) check with the user first - if for no other reason than to educate them into perhaps rethinking how they do things. Sure, if you load up a program that has a specific mode for burning a DVD Video disc (or any other disc for that matter), that 'mode' can be tailored for the type of files you're expecting. That's NOT the case with ImgBurn as currently it's one 'mode' for all.

lol I wasn't being rude and please don't take things so personally. I was simply trying to educate you in something you'd already admitted to knowing nothing (or little) about.

All you have to do is download the prebuild ISO image and burn it to a cd. Then leave the cd in the drive and reboot your pc. It should boot from it and memtest will start running automatically.

Just as before, those are signs the drive isn't happy with the media. The verify mismatch errors could be due to the dodgy burn, dodgy reading, or some memory corruption. Testing your computers memory is pretty simple, just run memtest+ on it (Google for it). If that manages a couple of passes without any errors, you can rule out memory corruption and so it's got to be the drive. You can pick up that latest Samsung models for about £20 - 25 now so that's the direction I'd be heading in if I were you.

Sorry, I guess you needed it in BOLD Those speeds are the only ones your drive says it supports on the media. So if you select 1x, it's just going to burn at 6x anyway because that's the lowest it can do. Basically, if what you select is not in the list, the drive will select the closest speed to it from that list of supported speeds. Oh and as you don't seem to know what 'AUTO' means, I'd like to point you in the direction of this guide... http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4249

You could indeed edit the ISO, or if you mount the ISO in something like DAEMON Tools, you could build a new one based on it just using explorer + imgburn. ImgBurn can extract the boot image from the virtual drive (and then reuse it), and the content can just be added via explorer in the normal way, along with your tib file. I doubt ImgBurn will ever 'edit' images, it's just a lazy man's way of bodging something!

That's the thing, NOTHING happens before the splashscreen comes up - as I mentioned in that other guy's thread over at cdfreaks. You don't need to turn the programs off forever or buy new ones, just find out which one is causing the problem and tell who ever makes it that such a problem exists. I can tell you first hand that (depending on the version you're running and your settings) Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition is not the problem. Tell me exactly which versions of those two tools you're running and i'll try to reproduce the slow loading. Can I assume you're running XP SP2 + all the updates? or perhaps you're on Vista now?

Try the link from this thread http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=187779

ImgBurn will only read from an optical drive. If you want to take a copy of something like a memory card or hdd, you need software appropriate for that purpose. Most hdd / partition cloning tools should be able to do it.

If you can't use any other media you'll have to change your drive to one that can burn them - yours does not appear to be able to. You could try crossflashing to a BenQ 1640 if you've exhausted all attempts at getting it working. There's nothing 'wrong' with ImgBurn, the drive is just erroring out and ImgBurn is reporting the error. The software being used shouldn't even come into it as these are drive/firmware/media combination errors.

The bootable ISO it makes is a disc image in it's own right, I doubt you can use it as a boot image for another disc image. You'd need to burn that ISO to one disc and then keep the *.tib on a different one.

1x isn't even an option. If you look, the drive only goes to 6x.

I run Symantec corp and don't have this issue. mark9977, just disable all that stuff and then try again. It's not a problem with ImgBurn, it's with how other apps see it. Some of the tools won't turn off even when you tell them to, as such you might need to uninstall them. Did you do as I said and watch the CPU cycles in taskmanager as ImgBurn is loading?

I personally don't think it's good practice to tell 'beginners' to go change some settings that they won't understand. The options are there for advanced users that are stuck in their ways. It would be better if they learnt to put DVD Video files in the proper DVD Video folder - i.e. the VIDEO_TS one. By all means tell people to do that in your guide at DD, but over here I'd prefer it if it stayed as it is.

That can happen if you have (disconnected) mapped drives to remote machines - but it would normally give you a message in the status bar telling you what it's doing - and in this case it would be checking the filesystems on those drives so it can tell you about the 4GB max file size limit if any are using FAT / FAT32. Turn that 'warning' off in the settings and it won't do it. I'm guessing the OP isn't even seeing the splashscreen for ages (falling in line with the cdfreaks guy) whereas I hope you are seeing it almost instantly.

Did you slow the burn down to 8x or 12x as mentioned earlier? Burn another one having done that and include the verify bit too.

It's bound to be caused by some antivirus / spyware util you're running. Find out which one and report the issue to whoever makes it. A lot of those tools have issues with compressed exe's - ImgBurn's exe is compressed by UPX v3.0.0. You might get a clue from looking at taskmanager once you've loaded ImgBurn and seeing what's taking up the CPU cycles. This thread shows someone with the same problem and what the cause was: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=224905

Hello and welcome to another of my legendary guides *cough* In this one I'll be explaining how to burn a set of DVD Video (IFO/BUP/VOB) files to a double layer disc. (Once you've done it a couple of times it becomes second nature and you'll whizz through it in about 10 seconds!) Let me just start by saying that if you're going to burn to double layer discs, do yourself a favour and buy Verbatim DVD+R DL ones! The alternatives might look better value but they're no way near as good as the Verbatim discs and you could quite easily end up throwing half of them away due to failed burns. As with most things in this world, you get what you pay for. You should also stick to burning double layer discs at 2.4x speed. It's better to burn it slower and know you'll have a disc that works perfectly rather than one that skips and jumps all over the place when you try and play it. =========================================================================== Right, so obviously the first thing we need to do is load ImgBurn. I'm going to assume you at least know how to do that! Once it's loaded, switch to 'Build' mode. You do that by clicking on the 'Mode' button in the menu at the top and then selecting 'Build', as shown in the picture below. Next you need to tell ImgBurn you want to write to a disc rather than creating an image file. You do that by clicking on the 'Output' button in the menu at the top and then selecting 'Device', as shown in the picture below. When you've done that, your screen should hopefully look something like this: Top Tip: When storing DVD Video files on your hard disk, follow this 'tried and tested' method - it makes things simpler later on! 1. Decide on a drive / folder where you'll store all your movies - let's refer to this as 'DVD_ROOT'. 2. Create a folder within 'DVD_ROOT' and give it a name that's appropriate for your movie - let's refer to this as 'MOVIE_ROOT'. 3. Create a folder within 'MOVIE_ROOT' and call it 'VIDEO_TS'. 4. Store the DVD Video (IFO/BUP/VOB) files in the 'VIDEO_TS' folder. Example: 'Z:\SUMMER_HOLIDAY_2007\VIDEO_TS' Now we need to tell ImgBurn where the DVD Video (IFO/BUP/VOB) files are that we want to burn. Assuming the files are already in their own folder (see the 'Top Tip' above!), we just need to add that folder to the 'Source' box. To do that, click on the 'Browse for folder...' button as shown in the picture below. You'll then be presented with the standard Windows 'Browse For Folder' dialog box. Just select where your files are and then click on the 'OK' button. You'll notice the full path of that folder has now appeared in the 'Source' box. Let's just do a quick check to make sure ImgBurn is configured correctly for burning a DVD Video disc. (This isn't vital because it'll tell you if something major is wrong!) Select the 'Options' tab as shown in the picture below and correct any settings you have that differ from mine. Top Tip: You can actually just click the 'Reset Settings' text if you're worried you might have messed something up - ImgBurn's default settings are perfect for burning DVD Video discs! Now that's done, insert your new double layer disc into the drive (if you haven't already done so) and switch to the 'Device' tab. Adjust the write speed as required. (2.4x speed is recommended!) Top Tip: You could have skipped that step if you'd already configured ImgBurn's 'Automatic Write Speed' feature for the media you're using as per this guide here. Right, now you're ready to start burning... well, almost Click on the big 'Write' button as shown below. OK, so now here's the clever bit - and the reason why I mentioned (in an earlier 'Top Tip') that it's a good idea to put your DVD Video files in a folder with an appropriate name! Although you could have specified a volume label for the disc on the 'Labels' tab, it's better / easier / faster / cheaper to do it here! (The 'volume label' is what you'd see in 'My Computer' / 'Explorer' when the disc is in the drive - i.e. it's name) The program will automatically generate a name for the disc based on one of the following (and in this order): 1. The disc name as taken from the 'DVD-TEXT' table in the IFO files. (I don't expect everyone to know what that is, don't worry!) 2. The name of the folder the files are stored under. (This is the one being used here) 3. The volume label of the drive the files are stored on. Whilst you're very welcome to change the volume label to anything you want at this point, the default value should be fine unless you've totally ignored my advice. Top Tip: Only the label from the 'best' file system supported by playback device is ever visible/used. So the UDF one takes precedence over the Joliet one and the Joliet one takes precedence over the ISO9660 one. Just click 'Yes' when you're ready to proceed. Now that you've given your disc a name, you'll have another option to configure - the layer break position. The transition between layers normally causes the player to 'pause' playback for a second whilst the drive's laser moves to where it needs to be and focuses on what it needs to read. What you need to do on this screen is pick (from the options provided) a nice spot (Cell) within your movie for that transition to take place. The item (Cell) you select will be the first thing on the 2nd layer and hence what's shown AFTER the momentary pause. Where possible, you want to avoid having a pause in the middle of a fast moving 'action' scene and instead put it somewhere you're less likely to notice it. The coloured stars will give you an idea of the best place (technically speaking) for the layer break position, but just remember, you're the only one that knows what's going to work best for your movie. Luckily for you, ImgBurn has this great feature whereby you can preview what you're looking at - Cell wise! If you want to, select each option in turn and click the 'Preview Selected Cell' button to see what's going on in the movie at that point. If you do decide to preview something, the preview window will appear! Within the preview window, Cell 1 is what would play just BEFORE the layer transition, Cell 2 is what would be played straight AFTER it. You can use the buttons to 'step' through the movie frame by frame. Alternatively, just drag the slider! Remember to close the preview window when you're finished - ImgBurn won't let you do anything else until you do. When you've made your decision, click the 'OK' button and breath a sigh of relief. You'll then be shown a summary screen that contains some details about the image. This is your last chance to back-out if you don't want to go through with the burn! Ah ha, got balls of steel have you? Fine, go ahead and click the 'OK' button then. >_ Hoorah! The disc is burning! It's going to take a while so go and do something else until it finishes. Of course if you want to stick around and watch the 'Time Remaining', please do! Each to their own and all that. When it's done, click 'OK' and go show off to all your friends that you've conquered double layer burning with ImgBurn. The End!

Sorry to be a pain but this isn't really anything to do with ImgBurn and so doesn't belong in this forum. It's a very generic question and one that could easily be answered by searching Google. You were lucky that last disc played. If you remove the brakes from your car you can still drive it but you're screwed if you want to stop.

Remember that the verify will spot issues a scan will not. i.e. differences between the disc and the image. This could be due to bad memory, overclocking or some other corruption on the bus (cable maybe). It's also much easier to understand that an error during verify means your disc is no use, rather than trying to understand what a scan shows with all the pretty graph colours and numerical values. Verify also runs on all hardware, a scan does not.

Is it still not working under the version they released a couple of days ago? What's the issue with it now?

Basically, the drive is producing bad burns on that media and can't reinitialise the disc once the tray has been cycled. The usual things apply: Check for firmware updates Try different discs (Verbatim DVD+R's perhaps?) Clean the drive Buy a new drive

To be honest, I wouldn't count your chickens just yet. The errors you were getting are not consistent with what you 'think' has fixed it. The discs were only ever going to burn at 8x, that's all the drive supports. and I bet dontasciime only suggested DMA stuff because of your low write rates - but it errored out so early into the burn that they wouldn't have had time to reach a decent level. Still, as you say the secondary devices had dropped back to PIO (or had always been on it?), it's certainly done your system no harm to fix that bit.