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I never waited that long, but it may have helped me in the past to do that. Getting stuck at Track 2 seems to be a common place for ImgBurn to appear getting stuck Analyzing.

I suppose this belonged in Chat rather than ImgBurn Support as it has nothing to do with ImgBurn. I've never used this program before but I am guessing what it was saying with that notice to the user is you had some files added to be turned into DVD's that weren't converted. So, when you closed/opened the application again, it detected "uncompleted" work and asked if you wanted to clear out the cache of files. Basically, to start all over again with nothing on the slate to be done.

ImgBurn can burn any kind of optical disc image you throw at it. As long as the Blu-Ray is not encrypted, ImgBurn can even copy it, although the legality of copying BD Video is up in the air depending on where you live in the world. As for BD authoring software, open source or not, I've never used any. Although for about 20 years now, I've used ConvertXToDVD to make DVD's and I think the same company makes ConvertXToHD, which would make BD Video. However, it's not open source.

I remember saving BASIC programs on audio cassettes. In fact, in the BIOS of even modern computers, there is still the I/O interface for data transfer between audio cassettes for backwards compatibility. I think it was initially supported all those decades ago and just forgotten about. Where I last worked, for the first 3 years I was there, we saved things on reel to reel tape! We had a 1970's mainframe that was nearly as tall as I am and I'm 6' 6.5"!

What age are we talking? I turn 51 on January 25th. I've been working with some sort of computer since I was 10 in 1984. TI's, Commodore 64, TRS-80, 286, 386, 486, Pentium, and onward.

We all gotta start somewhere. I burned my first CD 25 years ago, so I've got a wealth of experience.

I use ConvertXToDVD to make DVD's that ImgBurn can burn, but CXD is not a free program. It depends on what authoring program you use does as to how to burn a disc. If it creates an ISO, use this guide: If it creates a VIDEO_TS folder, use any of the following guides, depending on whether the size means you need to a double layer recordable DVD or not: Now, there are other things to take into consideration for creating a DVD that just "plays." The disc quality matters, so don't use Verbatim Life Series. Use Verbatim DataLife Plus series or Taiyo Yuden/CMC Pro. But ONLY Pro CMC! NO other CMC discs like the Life Series! Plus, the DVD player hardware matters. You can have the best discs in the world and do everything right, but if you have a lousy player with a crap laser in it, it may not play it.

Oh, wait... you're the one who keeps getting Topics closed by LUK. I think I'm being trolled here.

I've burned maybe 5 M Disc and probably less. So, I don't know if they do have a good archival length. I can tell you back when Verbatim made a quality BD-R with the branded blue and white discs line, which they don't anymore, they lasted at least 8 years. That's how long it was between burning some and my reading the data off of them at one point. I don't know about the last question, but SSD's and flash drives are prone to electron bleed, so they're not recommended for archival storage. Don't know how SD cards store data, so I can't say.

It will be exposed to heat for a longer time but burning at 4x would increase the heat but burn it quicker. So, who knows which is the better? There's no specific functions you need to configure. The only user selectable option that would increase a burn quality is lowering the write speed.

You would lose M Disc support only in so much as the entire drive may be turned useless by bad firmware. I don't recommend anything when it comes to trying out firmware that I don't know the source of. I just provide the options and others have to decide if they want to do it.

Ah, I failed to notice the F designation. The iHAS122 base model does not support M Disc. I found very little on the F, but there was a post on these forums where someone said they burned M Discs in theirs. The problem is, there are F firmware out there, but they may be home brew. For instance, there's this: https://burners.burn4free.com/atapi/atapi-f-driver.htm but it may be custom, so use at your own peril. Plus, that link seems to be a general software updater, which 1.) may or may not work and 2.) may install Xaitox knows what as crapware on your PC. There is another possible snag. Some firmware updates are available, but they are only applied at the factory. For instance the latest firmware for ASUS's BD burner is 3.11, but it's locked down so it can't be hacked, which means it's only applied by ASUS to units at the factory.

As far as I know, there's no software that can tell you if a drive is M Disc capable or not. If a drive is, it will have the M Disc logo on its front somewhere. You have to look up the drive specifications online. As for the iHAS 122, it does not support M Disc. As for software for updating the firmware of the drive, that's not generally how it works. There is no specific software that will generally say "Oh, there's an update for your drive." Some companies might release proprietary software for their hardware that might do that, but it would be hardware specific. However, while it's not a surefire way, you can try using ImgBurn to see if there's a firmware update. In Write mode, right click on the drive letter and choose the last option in the context menu that pops up, the option to check for a firmware update. ImgBurn will poll firmwarehq.com against the drive ID string the hardware returns. However, the only really surefire way is to check the manufacturer's support page for the drive.

CMC Magnetics makes the worst discs out there. I don't know what CMC stands for, but I say it should stand for the following: Crappy Media Company!

Probably the filters ImgBurn is using to convert the source input tracks to Audio CD. Particularly if this Ashampoo doesn't do the same thing. That tells us the files themselves aren't the issue, just the format. You're most likely doing nothing wrong. If you want to continue using ImgBurn to make your Audio CD's, you may need to convert the input files to FLAC first. Many times, I've had to convert inputs for ImgBurn before it can use them. I use something called freac Free Audio Converter. You will also need to download and "install" something called madFLAC before ImgBurn can process FLAC files.