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Verbatim makes the best. But, don't get the Verbatim Life series you can find in stores. They're CMC, the worst optical disc manufacturer out there. You'll want the DataLife Plus series. What country are you in? If you're in the United States, I can forward you the link to Amazon.com where I buy mine. They're MCC, which is Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, one of the best makers there is.

I read somewhere online that BD-R does not use organic dyes. So, what does BD-R use? If dyes aren't burned, how is a BD-R burned? If dyes aren't used, does this mean that BD-R should theoretically be readable longer than DVD+/-R?

Now, for a similar question. Is 1x read the same speed as 1x write? In terms of Kb/S. I would think a read operation is faster than a write operation. With a read, you're just copying data to a buffer. In a write, you're "physically moving" objects. Sort of like how in DOS days a Move operation is faster than a Copy operation because with the Copy you have to first read the full data and then write a second copy somewhere else.

If we take all other things being equal, at a write of 1x, is the write in terms of Kb/S the same for write once media as it is for rewritable media? I realize it may differ depending on the media format. e.g. it might be the same for a DVD writable disc but not for a CD. But, in general, with all things taken equally, say, is 1x write speed the same speed on a DVD-R as it it on a DVD-RW?

Well, I tested it out and it only happens whenever a BD-RE has no contents. I took a BD-RE that had been fully formatted but not yet written to and inserted it. The drive light stayed on. I wrote a small image file to the disc. I reinserted the disc and the light did not stay on. I then Quick erased the BD-RE. After reinserting it, the drive light stayed on. So, this light staying on thing only happens when you have a disc with a blank TOC, it seems.

It seems to be limited to only BD-RE that have no contents. i.e. they've just recently been formatted or quick erased. I had a BD-RE that I had just fully formatted for writing that when I inserted it, the drive light stayed on. After writing to the disc, I inserted it again and the light did not stay constantly on. I don't know what would happen if I quick erased a BD-RE with contents written on it and inserted it to see what would happen. I may do that if I can think to do it later.

Sounds like a botched uninstall. Of course, deleting the folder won't remove the SPTD log entry and if the file/folder is somehow still in use even without Daemon Tools installed, it may even be impossible to delete. Check out the SPTD FAQ for the uninstaller applicable to your 32/64 bit Windows. http://www.duplexsecure.com/faq There's also this from the start of the FAQ: "SPTD (similar to other access layers) is by default not removed from your system after uninstallation of software application which used SPTD, in order not to disrupt other applications that may use it! This also allows user to avoid reboots in most cases for new installations if same SPTD version is already present on his system." So, uninstalling Daemon Tools Pro definitely didn't remove the SPTD layer.

There is a separate uninstall utility for SPTD out there on the web, I believe. You can try searching for it, running it, and see if that gets rid of your log entry. It is odd that after all this time after uninstalling Alcohol/Daemon Tools you'd still be getting that message. And the fact that your drive isn't always recognizing discs seems to indicate a greater problem.

No, it's not possible to just merge 3 separate DVD discs with ImgBurn and have them on a Blu-Ray for playing on a Blu-Ray player. Unless by "3 video files" you mean 3 MPG's or AVI's etc. If that's what you mean and your Blu-Ray player supports playing MPG, AVI, etc. from a Blu-Ray disc then ImgBurn can do that. If that's what you're trying to do, then it depends on if your Blu-Ray player plays these files directly from the root directory of a Blu-Ray disc or if you need some kind of specific directory structure for your player. If you mean the above, then you need Build mode. Just drag and drop the 3 MPG/AVI/etc files from the sources, which I would guess you've already copied to your hard drive. You'll need to do that if you haven't. Here's the guide to using Build mode: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?/topic/1779-imgburn-build-mode/ If you have 3 DVD discs you're trying to merge to one Blu-Ray, you'll need software that can convert DVD Video to Blu-Ray. I don't know of any except one that might do that. VSO's ConvertXToBluRay. Their ConvertXToDVD software will read in DVD Video as a source file format. ImgBurn can burn the output of that to a Blu-Ray. You'll need the Guide about making a Blu-Ray Video disc.

Not directly possible, no. It depends on if you want this Blu-Ray to be playable in a Blu-Ray player. If these videos are from a DVD Video with VIDEO_TS, you'll need some kind of conversion software from DVD Video to Blu-Ray. If these are video files like .AVI, then your Blu-Ray player might play them directly. If so, ImgBurn can do that. However, it sounds like from your description you have 3 DVD Video discs you want to combine.

Okay, I'll bite. Why is Windows 8 6.3?

Have you tested other discs than the one that you were using when the power failed? In other words, have you ruled out that the drive might have been damaged? If other discs work, then you know that one disc is borked and can't be used anymore.

ImgBurn's log returns that my version of Windows is: I 18:31:09 Microsoft Windows 8 Core x64 Edition (6.2, Build 9200) So, my question is why is Windows 8.1 Update 1 referred to as 6.2?

Also, did you try a Full erase or just a Quick erase?

What happens when you burn an image that fits on a single layer BD-RE to a BD-RE DL? Is only Layer 0 written to? Is any padding written to Layer 1? If so, is the remaining space on Layer 0 and all of Layer 1 written with padding?

It depends on a few things. If you have a VIDEO_TS compliant folder of DVD video MPG files, then if you create an image from Build mode with that folder in the root, then ImgBurn will automatically change the necessary settings to make that DVD playable on a standalone DVD player. If your DVD player supports playing of MPG files, i.e. some kind of container you play in something like Windows Media Player, then it depends on how your DVD player handles those kinds of files. If your DVD player does support them, then usually all you should need to do it put the files in the root directory in a Build job. However, it depends on how your DVD player plays them. It may want them in a specific directory which your player's manually should tell you if it does. If you have something like an .MPG file you're trying to play on a DVD player and it doesn't support playing .MPG files directly, you'll need something like ConvertXToDVD to convert the .MPG files to VIDEO_TS contents.

What exactly is the Image File Volume Set Identifier? What does it identify? What practical use is it?

Yeah, I believe a DVD-R layer is 4,700,000,000 bytes and a DVD+R DL is 8,500 KiB. I ran two tests and each time ImgBurn never brought up a layer break prompt. So, it appears to be do just that.

What happens when ImgBurn creates a DVD Video compliant job with a VIDEO_TS that fits on a single layer but you add files to the root directory so that the job size becomes dual layer? Does ImgBurn put the VIDEO_TS on the first layer so there's no need for a layer break? And then splits the remaining root directory files across both layers?

I was thinking the same thing, that UME discs might be junk. I wasn't sure, though, as I'm not as familiar with UME as say the demon worshipers known as CMC!

I sometimes have this annual tradition of copying and pasting cynical lyrics about the holidays around Christmas time. I'm running out of things to quote! I think I've only got one other candidate after this one. This year is the great Christmas At Ground Zero by Weird Al Yankovic. It's Christmas at ground zero There's music in the air The sleigh bells are ringin' and the carolers are singin' While the air raid sirens blare It's Christmas at ground zero The button has been pressed The radio just let us know That this is not a test Everywhere the atom bombs are droppin' It's the end of all humanity No more time for last minute shoppin' It's time to face your final destiny Well, it's Christmas at ground zero There's panic in the crowd We can dodge debris while we trim the tree Underneath a mushroom cloud [Air raid siren] You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost on your windowsill But if someone's climbin' down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill Oh, it's Christmas at ground zero And if the radiation level's okay I'll go out with you and see the all new Mutations on New Year's Day It's Christmas at ground zero Just seconds left to go I'll duck and cover with my yuletide lover Underneath the mistletoe It's Christmas at ground zero Now the missiles are on their way What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday [Air raid siren]

And it lasted exactly 22 times before it died. So, it seems LG burners are still no good for writing Ritek 8x DVD+RW media.

Do you happen to know if this advance setting is saved in the shortcut itself or only in Windows? I ask because I think I had this setting in the shortcut options before on other versions of Windows. I've used the same shortcuts across different versions of Windows because I have actually nerd tweaked my Windows so that the Start Menu is saved on a USB HDD. (Along with my Desktop. ) So, in theory, if I did set this option already, which I think I did, it wasn't saved in the shortcut itself. This may mean that the option is stored in the Registry for this shortcut instead. Is that such a thing?

Total is now 18 times.

Mine were made in China. So, that could be good or bad. China has about a 50/50 ratio of good quality versus bad quality products. They undersell everyone else on their production costs but sometimes at the cost of the quality of the product.