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Your drive probably doesn't support those discs. Eject + reinsert it. The drive may recognise it properly after a second try. This is nothing to do with the program, so to speak.

I believe the flasher is a windows one. Why not just try it and see what happens?!

scuzzy, this thread is about Verbatim double layer discs, not single layer ones. 16x doesn't even come into the equation just yet! What I'm saying is that I prefer the 2.4x DL media (MKM-001-00) to the 8x DL media (MKM-003-00).

If yours work, don't mess with them. If any updates were ever REALLY needed, I'm sure they'd make it onto Windows Update.

You can get TS07 (and all the other versions) from http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2229 You need the firmware file and also the flasher. The flasher should still find the drive even though it's external. Don't use anything other than Verbatim +R DL's. It doesn't matter what you're putting on it, the other are just useless in comparison.

The ISO file association checkbox is not enough on it's own. All that does is add an entry to the context menu when you right click on an ISO file that says 'Burn using ImgBurn'. To get the icon to change, ImgBurn must be the default app (via the 'Set ImgBurn As Default Application' checkbox in the ImgBurn settins), whereby double clicking on the ISO file will then launch ImgBurn. Of course if your HKCR\.ISO registry key is screwed up, this might not work.

If you're using 2.2.0.0 and haven't already disabled it, your +R DL media will automatically have the booktype changed to DVDROM. There's no reason NOT to do it, so you might as well just do it all the time. No you don't need to make an ISO first, just use Build mode. Add your folders / file and set 'Output' to 'Device'. It's all detailed in the Guides section, just ignore any step that's specific to DVD Video. (i.e. layer break selection screens etc) The basic principals are the same.

Unless the default application for .ISO file is changed to something else, they might well still be shown with the winrar icon. If you have 'ISO' checked and 'Set ImgBurn As Default Application' checked within the ImgBurn settings, the ISO files will then get a nice ImgBurn icon instead. (You have to close the program for the changes to take effect) 'Build' mode also creates ISO files but it's making a totally new image / filesystem based on the files/folders you've selected - and there are LOADS of options associated with all that - hence why it's more complicated. When you use 'Read' mode, the entire disc is read sector by sector so you get a 1:1 copy. Yes, of course you can! I was simply showing you how easy 'Read' mode *could* be if you accepted the default destination file etc - i.e. it's pretty much 1 click.

Sunbeam, you're making this sound far more difficult / complex than it actually is! As dontasciime just said, the simplest (and I guess, most correct) method of creating an ISO from an existing disc is to use 'Read' mode. It's not rocket science, you just put the disc in the drive and click the 'Read' button! The 'Destination' file path+name is automatically generated so you don't even have to do that! Just read where the program is putting the file and that's all you need to know.

You're kidding me, right? Have you ever looked in a .dvd file? Open one up in notepad and see what it says. On the other hand, you should stop downloading them. It's illegal.

With regards to the LB, you should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER (get the idea?) leave it on 'User Specified'. That's supposed to be a 1 time only setting for advanced users that need it on something specific for a SINGLE burn. The value in the .DVD/.MDS is only used if the program is set to 'Calculate Optimal'. I noticed a lot of people were messing up because they had played with the settings and so 2.2.0.0 actually tried to prevent that by pointing out that the 'custom' value and .dvd/.mds value (if specified) were different, if indeed they were. Forcing people to set specific options they don't understand only causes them problems later on when they try to burn different image, so please, try to teach them to leave it on 'calculate optimal' and just rely on the .DVD/.MDS file instead.

Shaun! Post up the minidump again and I'll examine it.

Oops, I appear to have missed that line from the changelog! That option simply tells the program to issue the 'finalise disc' command with / without the 'min. radius' (about 1GB of data) flag. So basically, if you burn less than 1GB, the drive pads to 1GB to make it more compatible in readers (or it doesn't if it's disabled!)

I personally prefer the 2.4x rated verbs over the 8x ones. 8x ones seem to need newer firmware etc to work properly.

The easiest way to get your answer is to try it and see! The original LB is typically going to be marked with 'SPLIP' = false. Just look at the stars and do some previewing, that's what they're there for.

Sorry, I've no experience with optical drives on 3rd party SATA controllers. http://club.cdfreaks.com/ might be able to help you.

frankiec, you can already do exactly that. Ok so it's not automated, but I really don't think it needs to be. If you want to do something out of the 'norm', it should be down to the user to do it. Untick the normal verify option, burn, switch to verify mode, load the same image from the 'MRU' list and then verify in the drive of your choice. As a side note, and to clear up any misunderstanding, when you verify as part of the 'Build' (i.e. when burning on-the-fly), it DOES verify against the virtual image file again (because all the info required is still available in memory from the burn).

Thanks, it wasn't actually checking the 'answer' at all, just if the 'don't prompt' option was checked (probably because I added the yes/no answers at a later date without actually really planning to). Fixed now.

Sorry defen, there's pretty much 0% chance in me implementing this. You should know I try not to do things that only 1 person would use!

Blimey you have a lot of 'buffer' issues! Are you burning from a laptop or something? If not, your hdd must be very slow and/or is very fragmented. Your logs show it having a hard time sustaining even 4x, and that's never a good thing! I'm also not a fan of TTG02 media. Try some Verbatim (MCC dye) or Taiyo Yuden discs instead.

This is the ImgBurn forum. DVD Decrypter is dead...deal with it. Use a little common sense next time please.

2 black marks?! Have you accidentally put a marker pen in your drive? Ok, seriously, it must be some sort of hardware glitch if it's burning the disc so badly that they turn black - I didn't even know that was possible! A photo of one of the discs in question might help us understand exactly what it is that you're seeing.

Sorry moondogger, build mode stuff is only (and will only ever be) available in build mode. An on the fly build within verify mode takes that mode well out of context. If you're likely to want to verify in another drive, don't build on the fly.

Not that it'll probably work, but it's worth following the DMA post in the FAQ and uninstalling your IDE controller + rebooting. That can clear out some things that cause corruption. After that you need to look at filter drivers and see if any of those could be corrupting the data on its route from drive -> software. Of course you could install the drive in a different PC and see if it still has the same problem, then you'd know for sure if the drive itself is faulty.

Blimey, you have 2 Windows ME machines?! 1 wasn't punishment enough then huh? Glad you sorted it in the end.