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Thanks for the advice, I really do appreciate it and I'm sorry it's so difficult with me. About the memory thing, I can't imagine why, other than having alot of stuff downloading/uploading at the time of that burn. But this thing is running terribly at the moment, so I don't know, the only running programs are usually MSN messenger, BitTornado or BitSpirit(sometimes both), and Norton. BitTornado opens a new window for every torrent, so when I have a few going maybe that's eating memory? Latest burns taking anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes, and available memory was 206,500. I'm gonna go and try your suggested fix now. Again I appreciate the assistance.

What nonsense... We're here to help you to help yourself. The Boss maintains this site and his program, both free to the public while only asking for donations, in order to make your experience with ImgBurn both non-complicated and basically enjoyable, when compared to the many seriously overpriced and bloated programs available. All that he, or any of us ask, is that you take the time to read the guides and FAQ's and learn a little on your own. The Guides and FAQ's were deliberately written to be as close to non-techie as they can be. Take the time, read the material and start your own thread if you still have problems please.... You completely misunderstood what I meant by being on my own here, I meant just me and whatever advice I can glean from forums like this one. As for the guides and FAQ being non-techie as they can be, well I must be dumber than I thought because it looked to me like a ton of reading pertaining to a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't even begin to use this program for. Before I start my own thread, so as not to upset anyone further, here's the log from my latest attempt. It's still at 79% and the wait for threshold level can be up to 30 min. I'm ready to set my computer on fire and go back to vhs. I 21:35:23 ImgBurn Version 2.4.1.0 started! I 21:35:23 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 21:35:23 Total Physical Memory: 981,484 KB - Available: 59,948 KB W 21:35:23 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size. I 21:35:35 Initialising SPTI... I 21:35:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 21:35:36 Found 1 DVD-ROM and 1 DVD

Every time I burn mpg files, they always play back too small, not full screen. Any idea what I'm doing wrong this time?

Yeah, ok, I see what you mean now. I shoulda started my own thread. And yes, If I read nothing I would stay an idiot, no doubt. I just hate reading a ton of dry techie jargon that I don't even begin to understand. What I need is someone who knows about these damn things who can come by and help me out, but 'til that day I'm on my own, unfortunately. My apologies to the thread starter.

Nope, only one computer in the house. I don't know exactly how I hijacked this thread, but sorry. It said super slow burn issue solved, and it was the first thread that appeared when I typed buffers into the search box. Not sure what you mean in the last line, but is there a particular place in FAQ to look, threadwise? These things usually have a ton of text to read before you ever get to the issue that pertains to you, and I really, really hate reading unnecessarily. DMA configuration issue? IDE controller? Remember, talking to an idiot here.

You gotta understand that when it comes to these things, I'm a complete moron. I'm sure I could install DU Meter fine, but what the hell do you mean by start to copy a large file over the network? I know, I'm clueless. DU Meter installed, showing between 2.4 and 4.1 mbps in red and 1.1 mbps in green. That's with me doing nothing except seeding a few torrents, if that has anything to do with it at all, I haven't a clue. Ok, copying a 1-4 GB image from another computer. Need more detail on what exactly you mean there. You mean download something? Sorry for all the edits and my massive ignorance.

As far as I can tell one would need some sort of degree in computers before even thinking of dealing with "sockets", and I ain't got one. There's waaaaaay too much reading involved, I just want my burns that should take a few minutes to not take 3 to 5 times that. Is there not something easier to do to stop the buffers from quitting every minute? I can post the log of my last burn if it'll help, but I gotta do something, this is ridiculous, and I'm far too poor to call geek patrol or whatever they're called. It's $120 just to get them to your house. I need a computer genius that'll work for, well, not money. I just noticed that LIGHTNING UK! is the author of ImgBurn. I have to say that I love this program, aside from these recent difficulties, and I'm sure it's got nothing to do with ImgBurn itself. I do have some other questions about it, but I'll save 'em for another time. I really just wanna solve this buffer thing, it's getting frustrating. #39;( Here's the log for my last burn. It should've taken 4 minutes and ended up taking 15. I 20:54:04 Write Mode: DVD I 20:54:04 Write Type: DAO I 20:54:04 Write Speed: 4x I 20:54:04 Link Size: Auto I 20:54:04 Test Mode: No I 20:54:04 OPC: No I 20:54:04 BURN-Proof: Enabled W 20:54:12 DeviceIoControl(FSCTL_LOCK_VOLUME) Failed! - Reason: Access is denied. W 20:54:13 DeviceIoControl(FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME) Failed! - Reason: Access is denied. I 20:54:15 Filling Buffer... (111 MB) I 20:54:18 Writing LeadIn... I 20:54:50 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 885407) I 20:54:50 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 885407) W 20:56:43 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 20:56:54 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 20:57:06 Writing Sectors... W 20:59:11 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 21:00:36 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 21:01:03 Writing Sectors... W 21:01:50 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 21:03:32 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 21:05:49 Writing Sectors... W 21:06:36 Waiting for buffers to recover... W 21:07:08 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 21:07:23 Writing Sectors... I 21:08:00 Synchronising Cache... I 21:08:18 Image MD5: 0cf2533b77261f7016768cf418a2ba6f I 21:08:18 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:14:13 I 21:08:18 Average Write Rate: 2,241 KB/s (1.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,879 KB/s (4.2x)

I've been having the same issue but with not quite so long burn times. Usually takes anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour, but with the long ones it's always the buffers issue, "waiting for buffers to recover" "waiting for hard drive activity to reach threshold level" or whatever. Sometimes it only happens once or sometimes every coupla minutes. Does that thing in the post from shamus mcfartfinger really work for this?