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Looks like this conversion method works well enough. I've seen 11 of the 12 episodes I put on a DVD+R DL. Only minor pixelation here and there in one or 2 episodes towards the end.

Yeah, I'm confused, too. What exactly is the data you're trying to convert into a video playable disc. If it's a game disc, then, no you can't. If the data is merely something like MPG, then it is possible but you need to convert the files to playable DVD first.

A drive that needs replacing can write all other media just fine but fail on one particular type. I've encountered most errors where DVD-R and DVD+RW were still fine but DVD+R DL were always failing after working before. I've also had a BD drive that failed on BD-RE only but all other media were fine. As for the burn speed and calibration, I'm afraid I don't know enough about calibration errors to make a comment.

After the ASUS, I would think about giving this a try. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-XU03 Only because I need drives I can set vertically due to space constraints. That's why I got the ASUS I am going to try. It's a full size external model that can be set vertically. The above Pioneer is a slim drive so there's always the danger that goes with those. Then there's also this one. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-XS06 Of course, I'm going with Pioneer drives because I had such success with my last one. This appears to be the drive you were already using. http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/PUSA/Computer/Computer+Drives/BDR-XD05S So, Pioneer still makes it for sale, but be aware that the internal model they sell now, the ones I have, were actually released about 2 years ago. So, Pioneer doesn't appear to have really up to date models. Although the other models I listed may be more recent.

Unfortunately, a drive can work with one type media and be fine but still need replacing because it doesn't work with another. For instance, the most common failure with drives is DVD+R DL yet DVD-R and DVD+RW will still work fine. I've seen that from experience. As for external Blu-Ray drives, I have actually just ordered my first one, an ASUS. It hasn't shipped yet so I don't know when it will arrive. As for recommendations of BD-RE's, most manufacturers use CMC for theirs, so I don't recommend them. I got some Panasonics that Panasonic made but my initial impression is iffy. The MID was good Panasonic variety, but my first test burn burned fine but when I went to write to the disc a 2nd time, it died.

The issue of if BD-RE will play back on a standalone Blu-Ray player is down to a combination of the manufacturer of the BD-RE and your player. For instance, your BD-RE's, if they're Verbatim, are most likely CMC Magnetics discs. CMC Magnetics makes the worst optical media out there. Their recordable DVD's are notoriously high with error rates on this forum. Now, maybe their BD-RE's are okay. I don't know but I don't trust CMC. Anyway, if you want to know, put one in a PC Blu-Ray drive, open ImgBurn to Write mode, and check the info in the right box. If the DID/MID/Disc ID/Manufacturer ID says CMC anywhere in it, then you know it's the evil whose name shall not be spoken. As for playback compatibility issues, unfortunately, you'll only know if you test X disc in Y player. For instance, on the PS3, they don't like RITEK made BD-R or BD-RE. They don't read properly and so playback with skips. However, BD-RE's that Verbatim made themselves, which they stopped making last I checked and switched to CMC, play back fine. Also be aware that as rewritable discs, BD-RE's won't last as long on a shelf as BD-R's. Rewritable discs always have a shorter shelf life than WORM (Write Once Read Many) media. And on the playback compatibility front, BD-R's will generally have a better chance of playing back in a player versus a BD-RE. However, most modern players shouldn't care either way. A PC drive is more forgiving, though, so they'll play back more likely on a PC.

Sure. PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209M 1.31 (SATA) Current Profile: CD-ROM Disc Information: Status: Complete State of Last Session: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 320,490 Size: 656,363,520 bytes Time: 71:15:15 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Read Speeds: 40x TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0 / 00:02:00) -> Track 01 (Mode 2, Form 1, LBA: 0 / 00:02:00) -> Track 02 (Mode 2, Form 2, LBA: 1571 / 00:22:71) -> Track 03 (Mode 2, Form 2, LBA: 107928 / 24:01:03) -> Track 04 (Mode 2, Form 2, LBA: 214291 / 47:39:16) -> LeadOut (LBA: 320490 / 71:15:15) Track Information: Session 1... -> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 1419, LRA: 0) -> Track 02 (LTSA: 1571, LTS: 106205, LRA: 0) -> Track 03 (LTSA: 107928, LTS: 106211, LRA: 0) -> Track 04 (LTSA: 214291, LTS: 106197, LRA: 0) ATIP Information: Disc ID: 97m25s22f Manufacturer: Hitachi Maxell Start Time of LeadIn: 97m25s22f Last Possible Start Time of LeadOut: 79m59s74f BTW, feature suggestion. In the Media information window, can we get a button to save this information to a text file or some kind of screenshot? I had to take 2 screen shots because the window of information took up more than 1 screen. Capture_02152016_112736.BMP Capture_02152016_112740.BMP

Yeah, I don't have many Video CD's, but I do have 4 right in a row made by the same application, it seems. They have 2 tracks on them. I figured it was some kind of limitation somewhere as UltraISO was able to read them.

Does ImgBurn not support copying Video CD's? Is it because they're multi-session? UltraISO seems to copy them if you don't select ISO. They suggested BIN/CUE but I selected CloneCD format. Here's the log because I read the posts here! I 13:49:49 ImgBurn Version 2.5.8.0 started! I 13:49:49 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) I 13:49:49 Total Physical Memory: 12,532,940 KiB - Available: 9,995,148 KiB I 13:49:49 Initialising SPTI... I 13:49:49 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 13:49:49 -> Drive 5 - Info: PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209M 1.31-ID60 (K:) (SATA) I 13:52:19 Operation Started! I 13:52:19 Source Device: [0:0:0] PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209M 1.31 (K:) (SATA) I 13:52:20 Source Media Type: CD-ROM I 13:52:20 Source Media Supported Read Speeds: 40x I 13:52:20 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x I 13:52:20 Source Media Sectors: 320,490 I 13:52:20 Source Media Size: 753,792,480 bytes I 13:52:20 Source Media Application Identifier: CDI/CDI_VCD.APP;1 I 13:52:20 Source Media File System(s): ISO9660 I 13:52:20 Read Speed (Data/Audio): 56x / 56x I 13:52:20 Destination Free Space: 109,770,862,592 Bytes (107,198,108.00 KiB) (104,685.65 MiB) (102.23 GiB) I 13:52:20 Destination File System: NTFS I 13:52:20 File Splitting: 4 GiB I 13:53:07 Read Speed - Effective: 40x I 13:53:07 Reading Session 1 of 1... (4 Tracks, LBA: 0 - 320489) I 13:53:07 Reading Track 1 of 4... (MODE2/FORM1/2352, LBA: 0 - 1419) I 13:53:14 Reading Track 2 of 4... (MODE2/FORM2/2352, LBA: 1420 - 107776) W 13:53:18 Failed to Read Sectors 1420 - 1446 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error W 13:53:23 Failed to Read Sector 1420 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error W 13:53:23 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 13:53:28 Retry Failed - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error W 13:54:53 Retrying (20 of 20)... I 13:54:53 Abort Request Acknowledged W 13:54:58 Retry Failed - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error E 13:54:58 Failed to Read Sector 1420 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error E 13:54:58 Failed to Read Sectors! E 13:55:01 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:02:38 E 13:55:01 Average Read Rate: 20 KiB/s (0.1x) - Maximum Read Rate: 608 KiB/s (3.1x)

Depends on what you mean by copy protect. Do you mean encrypt it or just keep it from being deleted? If you want to keep other people from copying the file without your permission, probably the easiest way is simply to archive the file in a .RAR or .ZIP and use a really strong password only you would know. Plus, did you just copy the .MOV to an ISO file or did you convert the .MOV to a DVD before making the ISO? If so, you can probably only protect the disc using CPRM type of recordable media. You could always CSS protect the results if it's a DVD Video, but do you really want to pay the licensing fee for something that is so easily broken?

Day 2 and more quicker updates, this time Freemake's applications.

It's already helped me! It told me there was a new Firefox update.

Yeah, I rarely look at the stickies.

Is this some kind of software to view .IBG files? I Googled it and it seems that is what BurnPlot does. I had never heard of it before.

I've added that page to my Firefox list of tabs that get opened every time I open FF. That way I can check the most recent postings over the last 24 hours. Thanks, this should help. Especially since Secunia can't be trusted anymore. It is good at finding updates but tends to tell you you still need to update them even after you've updated them!

I looked up the BDR-XD05 and one of the problems may be because it's a slim drive. Slim drives are notoriously error prone. If you're going to get an external drive, it should be a full size drive. I've not used a slim drive myself but from reports here and answers from other posters, slim drives are probably pretty much junk. The good thing about BD-RE is after the first format, even if you have a write that fails, there should be no need to reformat the disc. An erase should take care of that. Unless the drive is physically damaging the discs. Because a format takes about 45 minutes. 90 minutes if your drive supports that function my Pioneer doesn't where it takes twice as long to do a format.

I've 2 Pioneers, both the same drive, and they've been probably the best I've ever had. The older Pioneer is 2 years old and its only issue is sometimes when the eject button or an eject command is issued, it doesn't work on the first try. Well, there were initial problems burning DVD+R DL but those were eventually fixed a year later with a firmware update. By powering off the drive, I meant, if it's an internal drive, powering off the PC. If it's external, powering off the drive. The drive string of BDR-XD05 makes me think it's an external drive. But that's only a guess. Also, try restarting Windows. Powering off the PC would cycle Windows anyway since you have to shut down Windows, so you may as well just power off the PC entirely. If it's an external drive, cycle its power and then also restart Windows. The only other BD-R I ever tried were Memorex and Sony. Sony's are junk, as per their usual quality result. Memorex's are Ritek made which I had no burn problems with but I had playback issues with them on the Playstation 3. I've had no problems with the VERBAT-IM's on 2 LG's or my Pioneer. In my experience, LG's are fairly lousy readers and I believe they cause Ritek 8x DVD+RW to die before 20 rewrites. Unfortunately, you can't make an equation between something working on a BD-RE and then also working on a BD-R. However, it wouldn't hurt to have one BD-RE test. That way, if it fails on the BD-RE, too, you know there's something wrong with all BD media on this drive. It may work fine on a BD-RE but not on a BD-R. Plus, a full BD-RE test at its maximum 2x rate takes about 45 minutes to fill the entire disc, so it's fairly time consuming. Also, try seeing if there's a firmware update for this drive. In Write mode, right click on the drive in the destination drop down and choose the last option to check for firmware updates. If it is an external drive, be aware that the web site used for this check rarely finds the drive strings for external drives. I've never come across a firmware on that site for any external drive I've ever had. A firmware revision might improve your issue. As for a drive failing after so soon, it's not beyond the realm of possibility. I've had drives that only lasted 6 months before needing replacing. General time frame was a year. My first Pioneer is going on 2 years, which is a surprise to me. I once had a LiteOn DVD writer I had to return immediately after I got it. It wasn't writing properly from the moment I inserted it. My experience with that LiteOn, coupled with my first BD drive being a LiteOn that failed to write BD-RE after 3 months, and the fact that LiteOn's randomly add pauses to DVD+R DL video discs that aren't layer breaks swore me off of LiteOn.

How old is this drive? Have you burned many BD-R's before? It is entirely possible for a drive to work flawlessly on one media type but fail on another and still need replacing. In fact, my experience has been that when a drive needed replacing, it worked fine for other media but always failed for one particular type. For instance, no error on DVD-R but failing always on DVD+R DL. I've never had a single problematic burn with VERBAT-IMe media. It is entirely possible that your spindle may be bad but only at the 1/3rd mark does it start. I had my 2nd to last batch of DVD-R's where they were 16x but the first half only burned at 8x. The rest burned at 16x. Also, have you tried to power off the drive and powering it back on? A power cycle can sometimes clear up problems that have mysteriously popped up when things were working before. My experience has almost universally been that when things like this crop up, the drive needs replacing.

Yeah, you know, sometimes it just happens. Software settings get changed for no readily apparent reason. I had my automatic check for updates once turned off in Macrium Reflect. It was just randomly disabled. I enabled it again and everything was fine. I would never have noticed it had I not had a monthly manual list of web sites to check for updates. I check them because you can't trust automatic updates will find updates, as I just proved.

If you're a user of LibreOffice, please do me a favor. I think I've discovered a bug but when I tried to report it, they dismissed me as it couldn't possibly be there. Because they could never replicate it. I later discovered after my initial post that it only happens under a very specific circumstance, but when I told them, they just told me it can't be there, without even testing it again under the conditions I described. So, if you'd test it for me to see if it's there or if it's only on my system, I can put this issue to rest. In any version after 5.0.3.2, open Writer. Hold down the right ALT key (MUST be the right ALT key, not the left. The left ALT key works, NOT the right.) and try an ALT key shortcut, like ALT+F to open File. See if File opens or if, as it happens on my system, you simply get a lowercase f added to your Writer document. IF you can recreate this bug, then it IS a bug. Please report it to the LibreOffice bug people. IF I try to post again, they'll just ignore me as they have before. Thanks!

I think I might have discovered the culprit. Acting on a hunch, I uninstalled nVidia's GeForce Experience. I can always manually check for updates to my graphics card from their website. That application never worked right right out of the box on my new Dell system. For many revisions, if you had ZoneAlarm installed, it simply didn't work at all, even if you added rules for it. nVidia finally fixed that but the application still never worked right 50% of the time. Checking for updates would sometimes never resolve. Refreshing the games list would sometimes never refresh, etc. application was more trouble than it was worth.

It uses the word tray? I thought there was no tray in a slot loader. I don't know.

Or, you're in the UK, so PAL vs. NTSC doesn't matter as NTSC plays on PAL, just not the other way around. I'd still test to make sure the DVD is playable with PC playback software. If it won't play on your PC, it definitely won't play on a DVD player as PC is more forgiving. After that, given the vague nature of the error message, you'd have to Google the error message and your DVD player model to see if there's any further explanation of that error available online. TV settings should only have mattered if you were trying to play PAL on an NTSC player as more up to date players check for the video type and restrict it based on the region of your player. For instance, my PS3 checks for PAL and won't play PAL since I'm in R1, where we're on NTSC. You may need to Google for your TV, too, as it may be the TV that is returning that error. I Googled that particular error message and got a few hits, with both Panasonic and Sony DVD players returning the error and LG and Pioneer TV's returning that error. Most of the fixes for those problems were to change from PAL to NTSC in the conversion software. Unless this Premiere Elements has changed its settings from PAL to NTSC. The region locking may be coming into effect because of the difference in video formats.

I noticed this in the 1.0.0.0 changelog: Added: Support for detection of DVD+RW DL media. Those never actually came out, did they?

I can't believe as a beta tester I overlooked the 10th anniversary of ImgBurn last year. I thought it was this year, which I intended to note. When I checked the full change log, though, I found 1.0.0.0 was released at the tail end of 2005. So, sorry for overlooking it and a happy belated decade birthday to ImgBurn! Belated