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What kind of DVD is it? Is it a video DVD or does it contain some kind of non video data files?

I've noticed that from time to time, the right panel of disc information just disappears! It just displays a blank window with no text. This seems to happen most often when the Device Arrival/Removal has occurred. The panel is blank in both Write and Read modes. Ejecting and reloading discs doesn't populate the window with any text. The only thing that fixes it is to close down ImgBurn and reopen it. Am I the only one who has encountered this?

Is a CD-DA disc an audio CD?

Why is it most drives write media like 8x DVD+RW and 8x DVD+R DL's at graduated write speeds? I know it's based on the write strategies on the disc/in the drive, but some drives don't write at these gradually increasing speeds. Sony/Optiarc wrote 8x DVD+RW and 8x, not starting at 6x and then eventually going to 8x. They also wrote 8x DVD+R DL at 8x, not starting at 4x, then going to 6x, and then to 8x. So, why the graduated write strategy?

I see on Amazon.com that TDK makes a BD-RE. I may try those out. TDK used to make a good CD-R. UNTIL they, too, got in bed with the whores known as CMC for their LightScribe CD-R's. I'd have returned my TDK LightScribe CD-R's if it wouldn't have cost me more to return them than what I paid for them off of Amazon.com. There's also Sony, but they're I had one that died before 5 rewrites. That needless to say went back to the store. So, I won't try those. There's also something called Gigablock, I think, but I doubt they're trustworthy, either.

You know the funny thing? My first Verbatim BD-RE DL was in a red and white labeled case. It was made by Verbatim though according to its MID. But, I got some Verbatim BD-RE DL's with inkjet printable services, and TDK made them! I think Verbatim may go on my shit list if this trend continues. Used to be I could trust Verbatim for DVD-R, DVD+R DL, BD-R, and BD-RE. Now, I know I can't trust Verbatim for BD-RE and CD-R. I wonder how long it will take before their trusted DVD-R, DVD+R DL, and BD-R are no longer made by Verbatim and become untrusted CMC.

Yeah, Verbatim discontinued the blue and white one I bought before. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HHSTWW/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Looks like the only viable option now is Memorex's Ritek brand. However, 15 of them are selling for 100 and they're still only at best a 2nd tier product. The PS3 does not like Ritek BD media. I normally return CMC media whenever I get it, like the Verbatim CD-R's I got a few years ago. However, there may not be a choice anymore. It's a shame Verbatim is letting their reputation go to horse shit over some profit margin. Good to know about the difference between the blue/white and red/white labels. I'd know what to look for now... if Verbatim hasn't totally discontinued their own brand of BD-RE's.

Do NOT but Verbatim BD-RE's sold in 10 disc spindles, like those found here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002FB7KT6/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 They are made by CMC Magentics! Like Verbatim does with its CD-R's, they have farmed out their bulk BD-RE's to CMC, the absolutely worst, bottom of the barrel optical media manufacturer out there. WHY Verbatim continues to damage their reputation by getting it bed with these fuckers is beyond me!

In the DiscID for CD's and in other time length fields, there are entries for minutes, seconds, and frames. What exactly is a Frame?

This addresses something I just thought of yesterday! I was contemplating the use of BUP files as part of the DVD Video standard. My thinking is if a disc is damaged where IFO files are stored and can't be read, then the damage would most likely prevent its BUP file from being read because the IFO and BUP would probably be stored in the same area on the disc. Of course, most damage to a disc means that part of a VOB can't be read, so it makes playing the IFO or BUP redundant.

What is IFO/BUP 32K Padding and what exactly does it do when enabled? Other than, obviously, padding IFO/BUP files to 32 K size if they are less than 32 K. Thanks!

I would say it shouldn't be the use of a CD-R. CD's are region free, as they were created before the technology existed to enable region specific areas of the world. The odd thing I see is that recordable media should always be region free. I thought region enabled areas on a disc, as least as far as DVD is concern, is hard recorded, physically, on a disc. For instance, an R2 DVD copied with ImgBurn's copy function, inferring it's not copy protected, which then it won't copy it, will be region free on the recordable DVD you copy it to. This is because the region area is physically present on a pressed DVD. I also wasn't aware Windows Media Player checked the region code of a DVD before playing it. PAL/NTSC also shouldn't be an issue because Windows Media Player is computer software, where a computer monitor doesn't care if video is encoded in PAL or NTSC. So, unfortunately, the bottom line for me is I've no idea why you'd have the problem you're having. However, you can try copying the contents you created to a rewritable DVD and see if that fixes the problem. Then you can copy that disc to a DVD-R or DVD+R. Using a DVD+RW or DVD-RW, you can save using a write once DVD in case it doesn't work as you can reuse the rewritable DVD.

There are still a few issues being ironed out. For instance, it's legal but certain general copying provisions still need to be ratified. The practical upshot is you will most likely not be faulted legally for making copies of what you own without posting them for others to get, time shifting, device copying, and cloud backup.

I inserted a blank DVD+RW I had just Quick Erased. I started to accidentally read it to an image file and noticed ImgBurn was reading the entire 4,700 KB's to an image file. However, the disc is empty. Shouldn't ImgBurn say Disc is empty and not read it to an image file? If I double click on the disc in Windows Explorer, it asks how do I want to burn it, like a flash drive or with a CD/DVD player. So, it does seem as if this disc is empty. And when I insert the disc in the drive, SOMETIMES Windows displays the Blank disc Autoplay. I thought if a disc was blank, ImgBurn would say it's blank and not read it to an image file. Am I wrong?

I tried 1.06 of the Quiet Drive utility and it doesn't work for my drive either. So, I'm guessing ImgBurn's implementation won't either. But, I'll try to remember to try it.

Yes, as of now, personal use copying of CD's, DVD's, and MP3's that you own and don't share with other people is perfectly legal in the UK.

Sort of like my story with 2.5.8.0. I pointed out the new version to my best friend and he installed it. Then, he told me after installing it, he had all of his bookmarks deleted. I guessed he got click happy and something from OpenCandy replaced his bookmarks. I've not heard from him ever since; it's been almost a year now. But, do I blame the author of ImgBurn for this? No.

This might explain something I noticed with my Pioneer. I've never had a Pioneer before but it does seem a little slower at Verifying than other drives I've had. I might see if this new ImgBurn feature turns off this Quiet Drive in my drive if it's something that is actually there.

There is an update for it. Funny thing, like with my LG, the update did not try to reassign a drive letter in Windows. In fact, the flashing didn't require a restart of the computer!

Looks like there might be an update for this drive now. There's an ID60 1.20 firmware dated May 19th available now.

Unfortunately, I don't have any other advice. My expertise ends pretty much with throwing CMC on the pile. Changing the firmware probably wouldn't help, unless it's a firmware that is newer. You should always update your firmware whenever newer versions are available. A newer firmware might help. Even in the USA where I'm from, most of what you'll find in stores is CMC shit. Sony at least outsources to Ritek now. Ritek isn't the best but it's not the worst. I saw you used a Ritek above. Unfortunately, I think in countries outside the US, Ritek media is not very good. I don't have problems with Ritek; they make my 8x DVD+RW and my Memorex BD-RE's. I have to mail order Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden media from Amazon.com.

Your most likely answer is the Philips media. It says it's CMC MAG. CMC is the worst optical media manufacturer out there. I had come across them over 10 years ago. Half of the discs wouldn't complete a burn. Half of those that did would fail to Verify. Half of the remainder would not be recognized for playing on any of my DVD players. Try Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden DVD-R.

I believe that log entry shows up when you have Alcohol virtual drive software installed. I used to use it and I just ignored it as I saw no detrimental effect on my drive performances. I use VirtualCloneDrive now, though. Alcohol had some kind of pass through driver installed that prevented ZoneAlarm from working properly.

I don't know if this is a bug or not so I'm passing it along in case it's something to be investigated. I had created a CUE sheet and saved it to a rather lengthy folder name and file name combination. When I went to burn it to CD, I hovered over the name of the CUE file in the left pane in ImgBurn to make sure I could see the full file name and make sure I was burning the right disc, as I had 2 CUE files to burn to disc. The pop-up displayed the name of the CUE sheet but it was a bit odd. The folder name, including the entire sub-folder structure, was not in long file name format, but in 8.3 format with ~'s and the first few letters in uppercase. The name of the actual CUE sheet itself was in its long name format, without ~'s and all uppercase letters. Sorry, I think I may have made a few facts muddy. It was hovering over the Source field that it's pop-up was in 8.3 format. Not the Label field, of course.

What exactly does full certification do and how much time might it have added to the process?