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Hi,

 

I am looking for a freeware alternative to Nero for "shrinking" DVDs. Is DVD Shrink up-to-date? Or, is there another DVD shrinking software that Imgburn recommends?

 

Fred

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The Nero ASPI driver is just an SPTI wrapper really but it limits/overrides my 24 byte sense area and calls the commands with an 18 byte one - hence the sense data isn't corrupted by the drivers and ImgBurn gets the proper error codes back from the drive where it is then able to handle them correctly.

 

A lot of drivers emulate SCSI controllers, I wouldn't worry about it too much. I think it's just because they can provide additional functionality that way - RAID etc.

 

The reason I was worried about the SCSI is I was getting this:

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The problem is that the NVIDIA drivers corrupt the 'sense area' that contains the error code from the drive when a command fails if the program allocates more than 18 bytes for sense area data - ImgBurn allocates 24.

 

Some commands are supposed to fail but the errors can only be dealt with if the error codes are correct.

 

A way around this (for now) will be to put the wnaspi32 file from Nero's app dir into the ImgBurn one and change the I/O interface within ImgBurn to 'ASPI'.

 

I can/have worked around the problem ready for the next release but really it would be better if NVIDIA just fix their drivers.

 

Well, 'LIGHTNING UK, that worked! [Although, I don't know why?]

 

Do you know why this happened? And, is it related to the error and work around?

 

"The SATA DVD burner is listed in Device Manager, Properties Sheet, Details as follows:

 

SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SH-S203N&REV_SB02\4&EFEDCC1&0&000

 

Notice the SCSI in front, even though the drive is connected to a SATA port on the motherboard. I have tried switching SATA ports. My guess is this happened because I once connected the drive to a SATA port on a PCI-E add-in card."

 

Fred

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You would only really need to change the sata port of any sata dvd writer , you should follow how to remove the controller from FAQ though(this is software wise not something your physically touch remove etc) but first change SATA/IDE cable your samsung writer is on for an 80 wire one[iDE] in your case though this would be change SATA cable and do not conenct up to jmicron sata port.

 

1. I wanted to post some more details. The SATA DVD burner is listed in Device Manager, Properties Sheet, Details as follows:

 

SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SH-S203N&REV_SB02\4&EFEDCC1&0&000

 

Notice the SCSI in front, even though the drive is connected to a SATA port on the motherboard. I have tried switching SATA ports. My guess is this happened because I once connected the drive to a SATA port on a PCI-E add-in card.

 

2. Also, I have an IDE burner that has been working fine through all of my tests so far.

 

3. I have been able to use Nero, Recode, Burning ROM, and Express to burn DVDs, CDs with none of the errors I am getting using Imgburn. This is seems like the most important point. I forgot to post this earlier.

 

Fred

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You would only really need to change the sata port of any sata dvd writer , you should follow how to remove the controller from FAQ though(this is software wise not something your physically touch remove etc) but first change SATA/IDE cable your samsung writer is on for an 80 wire one[iDE] in your case though this would be change SATA cable and do not conenct up to jmicron sata port.

 

I have already tried switching SATA ports on the motherboard. This did not help. What I need to try is "Removing the controller, etc.". I can't find the FAQ entry about how to do this?

 

Fred

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IMO you have DMA issues(not in normal sense whereby you write slow) and you should follow the FAQ on fixing them by removing controller etc then try to burn @8x even trying another brand of disc's as your writer might just simply hate those disc's or they may be fake

 

Saying as your write was quite high with errors though check for a dodgy IDE or Sata cable.

 

Also chipset driver issues. So look to update the chipset drivers or remove them for IDE storage etc or make sure not set onto ide whereby you can only have 1 atapi device and maybe you got another on there also or if it was a sata device to try another sata port (non raid)

 

Thanks,

 

My motherboard and chipset:

ECS Geforce6100SM-M2 V1.0A motherboard features the NVIDIA Geforce6100/nForce405 integrated chipset. I just updated the nForce405 drivers with the latest using the NVIDIA web site.

 

I am not sure how to:

1. remove controller?

2. remove IDE storage?

 

I have tried swapping SATA ports. My system drive is on one port[of 2], and the burner is on the other.

 

Also, Imgburn reports something about a SCSI device when the error pops up. And, Device Manager, shows the burner to be a SCSI device even though it is on a SATA port on the motherboard. I was troubleshooting and tried connecting it to a port on JMicron SATA/IDE controller card. Maybe this is why Windows XP is still listing it with SCSI in the descripiton.

 

Fred

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Hi,

 

My first post! I have to keep hitting "Retry", but the DVD ends up OK.

 

Here is the log file:

 

I 14:03:43 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 14:03:43 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 14:03:43 Total Physical Memory: 2,029,996 KB - Available: 1,604,704 KB

I 14:03:43 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:03:43 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:03:43 Found 2 DVD