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Well, TDK also sold out to CMC shit! These Japanese made BD-RE SL's I just got are also CMC I'd send them back but I can use them because they're inkjet printable. But I know from now on only to get the BD-RE DL's from TDK.

I've noticed something on some BD-RE SL and DL's when I insert them. The drive light keeps flashing when they're in the drive. Even though ImgBurn starts writing to the discs right away, it still makes me wonder. This usually happens with BD-RE's that have just been erased. I've seen this on both my LG and Pioneer drives and with Ritek BD-RE SL and TDK BD-RE DL. Is this something I should be concerned about?

Yeah, and Microsoft STILL can't get the screen saver to work right! On Windows 7, it wasn't always guaranteed that your screen saver would start. It would start but after a while, it wouldn't until Windows was restarted. On Windows 8, it's even worse. After working initially, now screen saver NEVER starts. I just get that stupid screen you have to press Enter at to get to the sign in prompt! ANOTHER stupid thing! You HAVE to use the login prompt to access Windows. So, Microsoft put a stupid, useless screen that you MUST press a key on to access the login prompt! IDIOTS! In Microsoft's defense, not that I am trying to defend them just being complete for the sake of the facts, the AnyDVD screen was a setting I forgot to set. Now that it's set, its window of information displays on top.

Well, it seems that now the idea of USB monitors may be one step closer to actual reality! Seems that with the upcoming USB 3.1 standard, they're working in DisplayPort into the data channels for it. In effect, USB connected monitors. This would drastically reduce the proprietary format of monitors. So, it most likely means this will never take off. monitor manufacturers want the proprietary scheme forcing you to update your monitor every few years, like I had to recently.

Well, it could be a case that the CMC BD-RE's are actually decent media, like CMC DVD+R. However, I wouldn't trust CMC as far as I can throw their corporate headquarters building! So, I have 10 CMC BD-RE's but I'll only write to them as a last resort. I have some TDK's on the way. I have some TDK BD-RE DL's that seem to be okay. I lost about a $1,000 because of CMC! Optodisc used to make a great DVD-R and then they switched to CMC. I'd never heard of CMC before the forums for a certain other application. Once someone there mentioned the evils of CMC causing bad burns I checked my Optodiscs which were causing me problems. Sure enough, they were all CMC's! I spent about $500 in media back when it cost like $2.50 for a DVD-R from Optodisc and I also replaced my Panasonic DVD video recorder trying to troubleshoot the problem.

Is there a Gold release version of 64 bit Firefox? I found this site http://www.mozilla64bit.com/ but it appears to list builds that are beta/alpha/nightly builds beyond the current gold version of 32. So, I'm not sure if I should download and install these versions, especially if they're only beta/alpha/nightly builds.

I've only had experience with BD-RE DL from TDK. I formatted them and wrote data to both layers on all 10 fine in my Pioneer burner. Verbatim switched their manufacturing process for its BD-RE. They used to make their own which were very good. Then, they switched to CMC Magnetics, the WORST optical disc manufacturer out there. My 10 discs formatted fine and have written data to most of the available space on a few of them. I still wouldn't trust CMC media. Even though they apparently made a decent DVD+R, they made terrible DVD-R for Optodisc, how I first learned of their evil. I've got some TDK BD-RE SL's shipping to me right now. I will try to remember to report my findings here.

You will get a speed boost in terms of how fast the data is read from the SDD into ImgBurn. BUT, the speed of the burning drive is effectively locked in at a much lower rate. So, it probably is a moot point in that you won't perceive any speed difference in the read time. The human eye probably can't measure it. As for repeatability, the SSD will wear out sooner than the RPM drive. While you probably won't need to keep an ISO for an extended period of time, if you do, then that is a consideration. As for accuracy and reliability, there should be no perceived difference. However, an SSD has no moving parts. So, it's not prone to mechanical errors like an RPM drive is. Still, the likelihood of an RPM dying before you need to replace it for another reason or get another computer is very low. Still, there's always the possibility with moving parts of an error. Hope that helps a bit more.

Well, it should still be a non-issue. You shouldn't use the SSD as a source drive because that means you'd have to copy an ISO to it or create the ISO file from ImgBurn to the SSD. Large files shouldn't be written to SSD's so it shouldn't be an issue as a source drive because you shouldn't write an ISO to it.

The way to change the Label of an image file now is to right click on the Label field in the left pane and choose Change. How about an option where we can just double click on the field and get the change Label window to open?

I say it matters. The file size of ImgBurn created files might make a difference on an SSD. That would be more frequent writes to the SSD, reducing its finite number of possible writes. An RPM drive lasts longer than an SSD. While using the SSD would be considerably faster, I would, just on my knowledge of the types of drives, use the RPM as the target drive. However, I've never actually had an SSD drive in a PC. So, I can't speak from experience. Just going with my gut and what admittedly little I know about SSD's versus RPM drives.

I'm afraid I'm not qualified on the contents of what a .MDS file contains. So, I don't know if it's suitable for what you're asking for or not. I haven't used .MDS since I used to use Alcohol 52% as my virtual disc drive software. I switched to Virtual CloneDrive. So, I don't know what a .MDS contains, like the layer break info. The only time I create .MDS files is if I need to read a multipart image into DVD Shrink without mounting it, which is rare.

Besides, if you loaded the ISO file itself in Write mode, wouldn't you still be prompted to place in a layer break when you start the burn? The LB info won't be saved to a file but it will be burned to the disc. I'd think all you'd need a .DVD or .MDS file for is for mounting the ISO in a virtual disc drive. And, in one of those, the layer break shouldn't matter.

I don't know why DVD Fab would create an .INI file. .INI files have nothing to do with ISO's unless DVD Fab creates .INI files for its own use to burn them. I'd think there would be no need to create an MDS or DVD file with burning an ISO in ImgBurn, even if it's a dual layer DVD. Just load the ISO in ImgBurn and burn it.

Okay, so Microsoft decides to remove the ability to display messages and send e-mails in Task Scheduler tasks. Rather than do the LOGICAL thing and take away the ability to add them to tasks, they LEAVE the commands in the interface for you to add. ONLY to tell you AFTERWARDS you can't add them! FUCKERS! They do list them as dedacted on the interface but if you're going to take away a user's ability to do something, you don't fucking leave in the ability to do it only to tell the user they can't do it! It's a goddamn waste of the user's time! Clean Manager no longer actually deletes the files from the Recycle Bin EVEN WHEN YOU SELECT THE RECYCLE BIN OPTION! Once run and then rerun, Clean Manager says Recycle Bin has 0 bytes of files BUT RECYCLE BIN WAS NEVER ACTUALLY EMPTIED! IDIOTS! And the /sageset switch no longer works for Clean Manager! Online help files SAY it saves options but it doesn't! Windows 7 and earlier versions that supported it worked. FUCKERS!

Some things are so idiotic in Windows 8! For instance, if you select multiple files, you CANNOT use CTRL plus a mouse to deselect individual files from the list! It slightly unhighlights the item but doesn't complete deselect it. So whatever action you perform on the other files gets performed on the file you don't want included. This also happens if you select the Select all button. Idiots! Notifications don't always appear on top! Idiots! They appear minimized and you're only warned by a flashing window in the task bar from File Explorer. For instance, a Permanently delete dialog might do this. The AnyDVD window that appeared whenever a new DVD was inserted on Windows 7 doesn't open on Windows 8.

Yeah, if you paid 10 times less for your version, I'd say it's more than likely safe to infer you got a bootleg. Sorry. I just now remembered. I believe I have bootlegs in my collection that were pressed DVD's instead of DVD-R's. Before Paramount/Olive released The Colossus Of New York on an official home video DVD, I got a bootleg DVD that contained a TV print. It was obviously a TV print because it had the AMC (American Movie Classics) logo throughout the film. I remember seeing the film on AMC in the early 1990's. I believe that DVD was pressed. Before MGM officially released Gog on an on demand from Amazon.com DVD-R, I got what I believe is a pressed bootleg. In the United States, Disney's Song Of The South will never be released on DVD. So, I found a $20 Asian bootleg DVD in a local video rental store. It was a nice quality print and even had extras. What definitely makes it a bootleg is one of the video streams that you can't actually play on your DVD player (You have to access it with PC conversions software.) is a Warner Brothers cartoon. A cartoon short from a rival studio would never appear on an official DVD Disney release. I believe that DVD was also pressed.

Yeah, it's hard to say. The serial numbers just mean the discs were pressed in a factory instead of burned on a PC. The contents on the discs could still be bootleg and not authorized by the content owner. The bootleggers could have used DVD-5's to reduce costs. There are cases where companies compress DVD-9 contents to DVD-5. The original release of the Definitive Edition of all 5 seasons of the Twilight Zone were DVD-9's. Image then released a second pressing where they compressed the DVD-9's contents to DVD-5's. The disc contents were the same, even down to the same missing extras and some options crashing Windows Media Player. The DVD Version logo is slightly suspicious. I mean, I guess there could be cases where the contents are bootlegged but pressed to DVD's instead of recordable DVD's. The contents could still be bootleg. Sort of like toys from the 1980's like Transformers. There were bootlegs of the toys that were made from copies of the exact same molds as the originals. They were just using lesser quality plastics. For instance, around 1985, I managed to save my mother half off on a bootleg Voltron Black Lion. It was exactly the same mold, just a bootleg. She didn't believe it would work with my other 4 genuine Matchbox Lions. But, it did because I knew it was the exact same mold.

Probably a good way to tell if they're not bootlegs is a physical examination of the DVD. Look on the bottom data layer. Is there a bar code(s) or serial number(s) on the inner ring? If there are, this is a good indication that the discs are pressed DVD's. Pressed DVD's are made in manufacturing plants and not burned by DVD burners. Another good way to check is to put a disc in a DVD drive, open ImgBurn in Read mode, and check the right pane of information. If Current Profile says DVD-R/DVD+R or some kind of recordable DVD or something other than DVD-ROM, it was burned on a DVD burner. Also look for an MID entry. If there's a MID, it's a recordable DVD and not pressed. However, just because it's a recordable DVD doesn't necessarily mean it's a bootleg. Amazon.com sells some manufactured on demand DVD's. These are recordable DVD's. I have a few of them. So, they aren't bootlegs as the company that licensed the material authorized their creation to recordable DVD. Mind if I ask the name of this show you got? If there's an entry on Amazon.com that doesn't say on demand, then it's a pressed DVD release. Unfortunately, anime (If it's an anime. You just said it was a Japanese show.) gets bootlegged all the time. I had to get Samurai Pizza Cats direct from the manufacturer because sellers on Amazon.com weren't necessarily selling the official, pressed DVD release. Some were selling bootlegs. They were fairly convincing bootlegs with authentic looking box art and disc labels. What gave them away was the video quality. The pressed DVD's were DVD-9's. The bootlegs were DVD-5's.

Is ImgBurn an x86/non 64 bit application? I ask because on my old Dell 2011 PC, ImgBurn was installed into C:\Program Files On this new Dell, ImgBurn was installed into C:\Program Files (x86) Program Files (x86) is for non 64 bit/32 bit applications, right?

Apparently, Verbatim still produces 10 packs of them. I can still find them on Amazon.com from Amazon itself. How long that lasts or if it's just remaining stock of 10 packs that hadn't sold yet I couldn't say.

Oh, that's right! I did have a Project file in the ImgBurn directory to load each time that I hadn't restored into the directory!

I installed ImgBurn on my new PC and imported a old .REG file to restore my settings. I had to re-enter my Destination in Build mode for the target image file location when I built an image. When I exit ImgBurn on my new system, this Destination is not retained like it was on my old PC. It gets reset to a blank field. Each time, I have to bring down the last image location and file name from the drop down list, which I use the same destination all the time in Build mode. Any suggestions?

Don't know where I read that Windows 8 didn't support Lightscribe. Just burned one on my new Dell running Windows 8.1. It's just that they don't update the driver anymore. It works under Windows 8. Not so sure about "Windows 9."

Finally made the move to a new monitor! I used a VGA to DVI adapter that came with my 2011 Dell to keep using my old 2004 Compaq SVGA monitor. However, the adapter didn't fit the new Dell I got because DVI had been updated from like DVI A to DVI D and I think there's even a DVI I now. My new monitor is the same size as my Compaq, a 20 inch Acer, but it's rectangular. My Compaq was square. So it's taking some getting used to. Plus, I have a form factor issue with how my desk is set up. So, now, when I need to use my scanner, I must move the monitor to the right to move it out from over the panel over the scanner. So, for those who mocked me for still using SVGA like I think LUK did I'm in the modern era now. Funny thing is, this new monitor came with a VGA cable. And my Dell's graphics card has DVI D, HDMI, and VGA ports on it. But, my 2011 Dell's graphics card also had a VGA port on it; connecting my monitor to it, though, didn't produce a signal so I had to use the DVI adapter.