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Well yeah clearly the data on the disc is the same so when you view the content, you'll get the same picture quality etc. That's NOT what we're talking about here though. We're talking about the quality of the burn - i.e. how easy it is for the drive to physically write to the discs and how easy it is for the drive (and any others) to read back from it. It's like when you cook something, you could use mega expensive ingredients or you could use the cheapest nastiest crap you could find. You'd end up with the same meal, just one would taste fantastic and the other could be used to unblock your drains. As I've said before, your talk of burning Vobs Vs burning Images is Null and Void. The exact same commands are sent to the drive no matter what you're burning.

Never heard of it. Why would you even begin to look at a drive you don't already know about? Personally, I'd stick with what you know works. Plextor, NEC, Pioneer, BenQ, LiteOn, LG etc etc. I prefer to keep away from the rebranded drives. Seems pointless getting one of those to me, you just have to wait for them to catch up (firmware wise) all the time.

I bet if you'd burnt that same disc using the ISO it would have worked. The source has NOTHING to do with it - or at least not in ImgBurn it doesn't. With shite media you just have less chance of it working, that doesn't mean it won't ever work. Lets say you have a 30% chance of success with Ritek and 30% chance of failure with Verbatim. I know which one I'd rather go for. (Those numbers are of course made up though, it's more like 50/50 for Ritek and 98/2 for Verbatim)

Considering that the image burning code is the core of the program and the file burning code simply wraps around it, your theory just flew right out the window. This might sound a bit arrogant but I've been doing this long enough now to know what's a problem with the software and what isn't. Once the command has been sent to the drive, it has control over the success / failure of that command. Either it manages to write the data to the disc or it doesn't - the software doesn't even come into it. ImgBurn simply reports back any error the drive returns... and this is what your drive returned: 'Write Error' might look like it's come from ImgBurn but that's really just an 'English' representation of a couple of numbers the drive returns in something known as 'Sense Area' data (ASC and ASCQ). You can read the MMC specs if you'd like to know more - http://www.t10.org Good burns are achieved by having a decent combination of hardware, firmware and media. i.e. if any 1 of those is out of sync with the other 2, you'll get errors - and that's what you're experiencing. It's very rare to get an error when you use a good drive (which the pioneer is), up-to-date firmware (1.23 isn't up-to-date) and decent media (which verbatim is). No, none of us work for Verbatim. The reason we recommend it is because it works! If I told everyone to use Ritek DL discs I'd have a lot of angry users - the stuff is just shite compared to Verbatim DL media! That's it, end of story.

Please don't hijack other peoples threads, it's rude. Update your firmware, ditch the Ritek discs and buy Verbatims instead.

ImgBurn should work fine for the booktype stuff on LiteOn / Sony drives.... it certainly works fine on all the ones I have. DVDInfoPro's LiteOn code hasn't been updated in ages and so really only supports the first generation of their booktype code - whereas I've personally tried ImgBurn on their new 18x burners and know it works fine.

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Media Information: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Current Profile: DVD+R Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 2,295,104 Free Space: 4,700,372,992 bytes Free Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x, 12x Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: YUDEN000-T02-00 Book Type: DVD+R Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Results: I 14:40:25 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.11 Beta started! I 14:40:25 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (5.2, Build 3790 : Service Pack 1) I 14:40:25 Total Physical Memory: 3,405,120 KB - Available: 1,996,528 KB I 14:40:25 Initialising SPTI... I 14:40:25 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:40:26 Found 2 DVD-ROMs, 2 DVD?RWs, 4 DVD?RW/RAMs and 1 BD-RE! I 14:40:33 Operation Started! I 14:40:33 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:40:33 Source File Sectors: 2,295,104 (MODE1/2048) I 14:40:33 Source File Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes I 14:40:33 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 14:40:33 Source File File System(s): None I 14:40:33 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 14:40:33 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: YUDEN000-T02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x, 12x) I 14:40:33 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 14:40:33 Write Mode: DVD I 14:40:33 Write Type: DAO I 14:40:33 Write Speed: MAX I 14:40:33 Link Size: Auto I 14:40:33 Test Mode: No I 14:40:33 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:40:33 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 14:40:33 Writing LeadIn... I 14:40:56 Writing Image... I 14:46:59 Synchronising Cache... I 14:47:00 Closing Track... I 14:47:02 Finalising Disc... I 14:47:17 Exporting Graph Data... I 14:47:17 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_14-40_YUDEN000-T02-00_MAX.ibg I 14:47:17 Export Successfully Completed! I 14:47:17 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:43 I 14:47:17 Average Write Rate: 12,680 KB/s (9.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,744 KB/s (12.1x) I 14:47:17 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 14:47:26 Waiting for device to become ready... I 14:47:43 Device Ready! I 14:47:43 Operation Started! I 14:47:43 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 14:47:43 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: YUDEN000-T02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 8x, 12x) I 14:47:43 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:47:43 Image File Sectors: 2,295,104 (MODE1/2048) I 14:47:43 Image File Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes I 14:47:43 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 14:47:43 Image File File System(s): None I 14:47:43 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2295103) I 14:55:32 Exporting Graph Data... I 14:55:32 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_14-40_YUDEN000-T02-00_MAX.ibg I 14:55:32 Export Successfully Completed! I 14:55:32 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:49 I 14:55:32 Average Verify Rate: 9,787 KB/s (7.1x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 14,277 KB/s (10.3x)

I'm amazed it's not working if the booktype functions are saying 'Success' when you try them. The 'next write' one is an old command really so i'd stick with the eeprom settings for whatever media you want to change the booktype on. If it's not working, there's not much any of us can do. Try cross flashing to the real LiteOn version as described in the post above by dontasciime.

All you can do is try some other discs. Maybe you'll have more luck with the -R MCC dye Verbatims or some Taiyo Yudens.

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Media Information: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Current Profile: DVD+R Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 2,295,104 Free Space: 4,700,372,992 bytes Free Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: YUDEN000-T03-00 Book Type: DVD+R Part Version: 1 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Results: I 12:53:46 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.11 Beta started! I 12:53:46 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (5.2, Build 3790 : Service Pack 1) I 12:53:46 Total Physical Memory: 3,405,120 KB - Available: 1,953,920 KB I 12:53:46 Initialising SPTI... I 12:53:46 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 12:53:47 Found 2 DVD-ROMs, 2 DVD?RWs, 4 DVD?RW/RAMs and 1 BD-RE! I 12:54:04 Operation Started! I 12:54:04 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 12:54:04 Source File Sectors: 2,295,104 (MODE1/2048) I 12:54:04 Source File Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes I 12:54:04 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 12:54:04 Source File File System(s): None I 12:54:04 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 12:54:04 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: YUDEN000-T03-00) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) I 12:54:04 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 12:54:04 Write Mode: DVD I 12:54:04 Write Type: DAO I 12:54:04 Write Speed: MAX I 12:54:04 Link Size: Auto I 12:54:04 Test Mode: No I 12:54:04 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 12:54:04 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 12:54:04 Writing LeadIn... I 12:54:30 Writing Image... I 12:59:53 Synchronising Cache... I 12:59:54 Closing Track... I 12:59:56 Finalising Disc... I 13:00:10 Exporting Graph Data... I 13:00:10 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_12-54_YUDEN000-T03-00_MAX.ibg I 13:00:10 Export Successfully Completed! I 13:00:10 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:06 I 13:00:10 Average Write Rate: 14,255 KB/s (10.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,725 KB/s (12.1x) I 13:00:10 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 13:00:20 Waiting for device to become ready... I 13:00:35 Device Ready! I 13:00:35 Operation Started! I 13:00:35 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 13:00:35 Source Media Type: DVD+R (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: YUDEN000-T03-00) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) I 13:00:35 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 13:00:35 Image File Sectors: 2,295,104 (MODE1/2048) I 13:00:35 Image File Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes I 13:00:35 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 13:00:35 Image File File System(s): None I 13:00:35 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2295103) I 13:08:25 Exporting Graph Data... I 13:08:25 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_12-54_YUDEN000-T03-00_MAX.ibg I 13:08:25 Export Successfully Completed! I 13:08:25 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:49 I 13:08:25 Average Verify Rate: 9,787 KB/s (7.1x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 14,251 KB/s (10.3x)

HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Media Information: HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (USB) Current Profile: DVD-R Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 2,297,888 Free Space: 4,706,074,624 bytes Free Time: 510:40:38 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: TYG03 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: 0@P-!-00 Book Type: DVD-R Part Version: 5 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,495,103 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Results: I 11:19:31 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.11 Beta started! I 11:19:31 Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (5.2, Build 3790 : Service Pack 1) I 11:19:31 Total Physical Memory: 3,405,120 KB - Available: 2,056,700 KB I 11:19:31 Initialising SPTI... I 11:19:31 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:19:32 Found 2 DVD-ROMs, 2 DVD?RWs, 4 DVD?RW/RAMs and 1 BD-RE! I 11:19:45 Operation Started! I 11:19:45 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 11:19:45 Source File Sectors: 2,297,888 (MODE1/2048) I 11:19:45 Source File Size: 4,706,074,624 bytes I 11:19:45 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 11:19:45 Source File File System(s): None I 11:19:45 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 11:19:45 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: TYG03) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) I 11:19:45 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 11:19:45 Write Mode: DVD I 11:19:45 Write Type: DAO I 11:19:45 Write Speed: MAX I 11:19:45 Link Size: Auto I 11:19:45 Test Mode: No I 11:19:45 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 11:19:45 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 11:19:46 Writing LeadIn... I 11:20:16 Writing Image... I 11:25:39 Synchronising Cache... I 11:25:44 Exporting Graph Data... I 11:25:44 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_11-19_TYG03_MAX.ibg I 11:25:44 Export Successfully Completed! I 11:25:44 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:05:58 I 11:25:44 Average Write Rate: 14,228 KB/s (10.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,718 KB/s (12.1x) I 11:25:44 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 11:25:53 Waiting for device to become ready... I 11:26:08 Device Ready! I 11:26:08 Operation Started! I 11:26:08 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE GBW-H10N GL04 (H:) (USB) I 11:26:08 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: TYG03) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x) I 11:26:08 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 11:26:08 Image File Sectors: 2,297,888 (MODE1/2048) I 11:26:08 Image File Size: 4,706,074,624 bytes I 11:26:08 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 11:26:08 Image File File System(s): None I 11:26:09 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2297887) I 11:33:58 Exporting Graph Data... I 11:33:58 Graph Data File: C:\IBG\HL-DT-ST_BD-RE_GBW-H10N_GL04_17-JANUARY-2007_11-19_TYG03_MAX.ibg I 11:33:58 Export Successfully Completed! I 11:33:58 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:07:49 I 11:33:58 Average Verify Rate: 9,799 KB/s (7.1x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 14,283 KB/s (10.3x)

Yup, your drive doesn't like those discs, go with some Verbatim (MCC dye) or Taiyo Yuden ones.

ImgBurn isn't an encoding / transcoding program. You either feed it disc images (ISO files etc) in 'Write' mode or you burn the file(s) 'as-is' using 'Build' mode.

lol, I love it So what happened mate... you got married?

You shouldn't need to use any other programs, ImgBurn does all the formatting stuff automatically when you click the 'Write' button.

ISO9660, Joliet and UDF don't even come into it when you're burning an Image. The Image is burnt as-is, so if it was built to include the UDF filesystem, once burnt to a disc it'll contain the UDF filesystem. It's hard to say exactly why your drive couldn't set the layerbreak position, it's either because the drive doesn't really like the discs or it's because there's something fundamentally wrong with your PC. To be honest, I'd go for the second one. Is your drive connects to the proper motherboard chipset IDE port - not any 3rd party one that might also be on the board? I ask this because it's listing the device as 'SCSI' and that's not normal. So you're either on a 3rd party controller or you've got some duff drivers installed that make it look like a SCSI device. Either way, it's not good. Old Via and nVidia IDE drivers were known to cause this issue. You'd do well to update them, or failing that, remove them.

Switch to 'Write' mode and burn it. 'Build' mode BUILDS ISO files from normal files (i.e. word documents, pictures etc) - or it can write those files to disc on the fly. So basically, follow this guide: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=61

50/50 is said to produce the most 'compatible' disc - so far as reading it back is concerned. Just because a certain cell can be aligned where the split is 50/50, is doesn't mean it'll be the most aesthetically pleasing place to put it. It lists all the options possible just so that YOU have a choice. There's a preview option in the next version and then I'm sure you'll find this way of working much more useful. The padding column is how many blank sectors have to be added in front of the first file in the VIDEO_TS folder in order that everything be lined up as the info says it will be.

It's the dropdown box that's named 'File System' on the 'Options' tab. (It's the first thing you see, not sure how you missed it really?!) I hope it goes without saying that this only applies to 'Build' mode.

Not the whole driver, just the filter driver. It's called SiRemFil.sys Open regedit and navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} You should find it listed in either the upperfilters or lowerfilters value. (I can't be sure where exactly - I've already removed it! lol) Remove it and reboot.

Ah well I know what causes it on your board... I have the same one It's the filter driver installed for the 3rd party sata adapter. Remove it and the problem will go away - the sata still works fine btw. There are much newer bios versions now btw.

Your drive doesn't support that +RW. It's seeing it as a DVD-ROM disc and hence won't overwrite the date, nor will it erase it. In any case, ImgBurn will always want a 100% empty disc so whatever's left on it from before will be erased.

Not sure why you joined the ImgBurn forum and then start to talk about Nero?! That aside, if the disc has been finalised, no you can't write to it. In any case, it's a DVD-R, they're cheap enough now to just throw in the bin. It would probably be a good idea to remember not to 'change your mind' mid burn next time.

It was a bug in one of the newer versions but should be fixed in 4.6.2.8.

I'm not sure if it's only the new liteon's that do jitter and afaik, only cdspeed can report it. (well, and liteon's own crappy looking dvdscan program) The new dvdinfopro might do it now too, I've not checked. My LiteON (which I know supports jitter) is the LH-18A1H model.