dbminter

Basically, for 30 years, ever since I got a Zip Drive and had external, writable "mass" storage, I've been saving my installer files on external media. You never know when you'll get a newer piece of software that just doesn't work right and you need to regress back to a past version. And, in this day and age where you have to ACTIVELY search for installers as opposed to online downloaders, it's even more important. I've got every single ImgBurn installer ever released going back to 2.5.5.0 in 2011 still archived.

I will preface this by saying I've never burned any BD-R DL of any variety before, but if I were to try any, it would be these: https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-DataLifePlus-White-Inkjet-Printable/dp/B004HA8IQC/ref=sr_1_1?ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.9fe8cbfa-bf43-43d1-a707-3f4e65a4b666 They're the Verbatim DataLife Plus variety. As of this post, the DataLife Plus BD-R from Verbatim are the only reliable ones they make anymore. While they're inkjet and I've never printed anything to an inkjet printable disc before, I pay the extra for the feature I'll never use just to get the quality media. The DataLife Plus media were the reliable Mitsubishi CD-R, DVD-/+R, and DVD+R DL they make for Verbatim and the brands of those types of recordable discs I trust. I've been using the DataLife Plus BD-R from Verbatim for a few months now without issue. The previous branded Verbatim BD-R I were using appear to have changed manufacturing processes and are no longer reliable. Out of the last 3 sets of 50 I've had, the first one would complete writes and Verifies, but were unreadable after less than 5 days. The 2nd batch had no issues. The 3rd batch would only complete 1 write and Verify; the rest never completed Writes.

That's why I posted that last response. I didn't want to imply things as gospel that may not be fact.

Actually, I probably shouldn't have put "words in LUK's mouth." What I said about the signed agreements should have been stated as what I THINK happened, not stated necessarily as concrete fact.

Only trust the ImgBurn.com repository itself. Years after giving the installer to other sites, those repositories added their own stuff to them. Unfortunately, in most cases, the agreements the program author signed required the installer be offered on those sites. So, LUK probably couldn't get them taken down even if he wanted to.

Those are remarkably similar to the BD-RE DL's I had that were unusable after a year. Mine were printable, too, and were also from Japan. They were in a cake stack with a similar paper disc on top as shown in your image. The odd thing is they claim to be Mitsubishi MKM media, which is generally the highest quality CD and DVD media you can get.

If you've tried different drives, then the issue is the BD-R DL discs in question. They must be junk disks. Particularly if they're the branded Verbatim ones as they recently turned their previously high quality branded BD-R into junk.

Yes, it did list the removed files in the Log window and only thumbs.db was excluded.

That's odd. I created a data BD image, not a BD Video one. It was the files copied over from a software installation CD and one of them was Thumbs.db. I think there may have been some VIDEO_TS DVD Video extracted files and folders in the data set, but no VIDEO_TS folder was in the root directory of the image. All of those VIDEO_TS folders and their contents were within sub-folders of the image. Equally odd, I DO have the option to include hidden and system files in Build mode options but thumbs.db was still excluded when the image was made. I've changed the Filter Folder Content setting and will see how that works going forward. But, that setting lists it only for DVD Video. While I did have some VIDEO_TS folders like I said, they were not in the root directory and I did not have the file system settings set for DVD Video. I was using UDF 2.60. What else does Filter Folder Content do for DVD Video? Would unchecking it stop a compliance check of the IFO and VOB files in VIDEO_TS for a DVD Video disc? Thanks!

In general. It is something I've rarely seen to my knowledge where any kind of rewritable disc worked on its first write and then failed later. I did see it on Verbatim BD-RE DL but that was an unusual case. Those discs were written as giant floppies and written to once. Then, a year later when I went to update the contents on the discs since they were yearly archive backups, they failed to write a second time. No, there is no general repository you're talking about.

If I had to hazard a guess, this is the cause: I 19:47:53 Destination Media Type: BD-RE (Disc ID: CMCMAG-CN2-000) CMC Magnetics makes the worst discs out there. So, it's either bad discs or your drive doesn't like those. The problem is Verbatim does use CMC for some of its media, including its BD-RE. I don't use Verbatim BD-RE for that reason. I use Memorex BD-RE because they use Ritek, which aren't the best either, but better than CMC. However, I don't know if Memorex still makes BD-RE or not. I haven't shopped for any in years.

There's an option somewhere in ImgBurn where it excludes certain files from creating in an image file in Build mode. One of those files is Thumbs.db. While this is essentially a dummy, useless file, I do have the desire to no longer want ImgBurn excluding files me. Where is the option to change to disable the exclusion of files? Thanks!

After posting the Log, you may want to see if these Verbatim BD-R DL are the branded kind, the kind with white and blue text labels on the discs. If they are, you may want to invest in the DataLife Plus inkjet printable BD-R DL. Last year, I discovered a disturbing trend where the branded Verbatim BD-R might have become junk after a decade of solid quality. So, I tried the DataLife Plus discs, which are Verbatim's higher quality discs and had no more issues. Now, the DataLife Plus discs will cost more because they only come in the printable variety. It's a feature I'll never use, but I'm willing to pay for the higher quality, particularly since that's probably the ONLY option.

Yes, I have personally seen cases where in DVD burners, CD's burned fine but DVD+R DL's did not. And DVD-R's were fine but not DVD+R DL's because DL's consume more laser power.

I would hazard a guess that you just happened to have had an exact opposite issue, as you pointed out. As you also pointed out, there are 2 lasers in a BD burner: one for CD and DVD and the 2nd for BD. So, your first drive's blue laser probably played out and the replacement burner you got had no problem with its BD laser but does have a problem with the red laser for CD/DVD. And, with the red laser, CD's can be fine, but DVD's not, or the other way around.