dbminter

I did change the Destination folder, yes. It was working fine before that, too. As for any unwanted startups, I've been using MSCONFIG for like a decade now. I even have my Services optimized, disabling the never used ones and putting the rarely used ones to only start when called.

I did a little digging. Thumbs.db was removed in Windows Vista. So, these files must have been generated during the reign of our Lord XP.

I thought Thumbs.db was removed for Windows 7. I've not seen it in my folders that have had graphics files in them. These files were very old. The file may have even been created by Vista. I don't know. I hadn't turned it off in Windows 7 because, as I said earlier, I thought Thumbs.db was no longer a part of the OS. As you can tell by the very fact that I can see Thumbs.db I have some advanced Explorer settings that let me see hidden and system files. I know what I'm doing usually so I don't like things to be hidden from me. I know what to delete and what to leave alone. Hence why the files reappearing bugs me. It happened with MP3's, folders, and now Thumbs.db. I deleted Thumbs.db and it never returned until after I started moving those files over. And, I had viewed the files after I deleted Thumbs.db, so, I don't see Windows 7 recreating them. In fact, I thought Windows 7 had moved the Thumbs.db database file into some kind of arcane area in the Windows folder. The only thing I can think that might do that is K-Lite Codec Pack I think offers some kind of preview enabled for some files. But, those would be movie files and not still image files like I've encountered above. I think, anyway. I've run CHKDSK on the first partition with the MP3's and used Partition Master's check on the entire drive itself and they returned no errors. I restarted the last time when the MP3's kept reappearing after deletion, being deleted when I never deleted them, folders being renamed back to the old folder names after I renamed them, and deleted folders returning. So, that doesn't help. Never does, of course. I still am, unfortunately, leaning toward something wrong with the SATA connections. The only common link between my optical burners misbehaving after they've been connected for a while and the drive with the weird behavior is they all connected to SATA on the mobo.

Sometimes it's really weird. I've encountered cases where there were multiple layer break pauses, i.e. physical pauses during playback. The Simpsons Movie has 2 of these, one that occurs during the movie proper and a 2nd one that occurs at a different point during the actors' commentary track. The Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl disc also had 2 different physical layer break pauses. Then there are the cases where odd layer breaks are inserted. For instance, there's a LB pause at the end of the final episode on the Genesis Of The Daleks DVD. It occurs just after the screen starts fading to black, so, it's only visibly noticeable, i.e. not audibly noticeable.

Had it happen again, this time with image files and with WMP not even open at the time. It was with some Thumbs.db files that were lying around in some old graphics file directories. The files were in duplicate subfolders within a folder, so, I moved them to the parent folder and deleted the contents of the subfolder by deleting the subfolder. I manually deleted the Thumbs.db files because they weren't of use to me. I then moved the root folder to a USB HD, but the move asked me if I wanted to move the system file Thumbs.db. There were multiple such files from directories I had already deleted. I said no to moving the files, but checked the folders after it was done. Sure enough, the subfolders in that folder that I had deleted manually were back with Thumbs.db files that I had manually deleted previously! This time, it was a different partition, but, on the same HD. Thus, the SATA cable was the same and the same SATA connection was being used as with the previous encounter with this random undeletion and renaming. So, it has to either be 1.) a problem with Windows 2.) a problem with the HD 3.) a problem with the SATA cable 4.) a problem with the SATA connection on the mobo 5.) a problem entirely with the mobo on with the SATA port is. See, this is why I hate my life and will mostly likely try to end it again! It never stops with me! Dying burners, dying Playstations, dying dying dying! The only thing that doesn't die is me! I have to keep on going!

I remembered now the reason why I asked. I had a DVD where the layer break was still present even after selecting Seamless Layer Break. It happens from time to time. I've encountered 5, maybe 10, out of a 100, of these. I usually just manually remove the layer break with IFOEdit and create a new image by telling ImgBurn not to update the IFO/BUP files because I manually edited them. I remember one time where I told it not to update the files and the layer break was still present in the new image. Maybe I edited wrong or maybe I don't know the function correctly but if I manually have to edit out a layer break, I should choose the option not to update the IFO/BUP files, right?

Just to be clear, though, as I, too, have wondered some things about that option. It changes them in memory but writes the changed value IFO's to the image file ImgBurn creates, right? I would guess it does, because, otherwise, it's just kind of silly to change them in memory and not write them to the image file, right? I know this is kind of a silly question I really shouldn't be asking.

Yes, you will need VOB and IFO files in your VIDEO_TS folder in order for it to play on standalone DVD players. I've no idea why the software you mentioned would say it converts video container files to standard compliant DVD's and not create VOB and IFO files. (The .BUP are really useless as far as I can tell as they're just backups of the .IFO files, but, apparently, the DVD standard requires them. Go figure.) I use ConvertXToDVD, but, if you're going to buy and use that software, I have one comment you need to know. The default options for the software are that the resulting volume level on the DVD will blow out your eardrums! Don't know why they do that, but, I recommend changing the volume level in the options to Soft, something like 54%. You can set manual levels so you may want to test some discs and see what level you like.

Have had weird behavior with ripping CD tracks with WMP since installing this plugin. First, it's returned weird results like naming the last track in the list the name of the CD Disc name. Second, some description text appears as random garbage, even though the discs were created by ImgBurn where I set the desired CD-Text to what I wanted. The third one is the weirdest. Seems that in WMP is open, the target folder's contents appear and disappear at random! Directories that were deleted randomly reappear. Folders that were renamed from Unknown artist to something else switch back to having Unknown artist as the folder name. Files moved into subfolders are there at one time and then gone at another. Now, this indicates to me more than likely it's a drive problem. That it's dying or has an error on it. I ran a test on both the partition and the entire drive itself and got no errors. However, the drive is connected by SATA, of which I've had problems with starting with over a year ago. So, I can't say it's not a problem with the SATA connectors. I can't say just because I installed this plugin that it would be the problem.

You see, I was attempted at being tricked again! Turns out, the so called error is a design choice by the authors of the DVD set. EVERY commentary option that appears on the Episodes menu changes the audio stream but does NOT start the actual playing! If you actually then go in to the Episode menu submenus manually and start the stream by selecting the 1st chapter from the chapters list, the commentary starts! FUCKERS!

Tested it! It choked on my ancient CD-Text CD-RW. I forget what made it. It's a Sony 650 MB like 4x or something like that. It read in the disc name correctly but displayed jumbled garbage ASCII for the track name. But, it did fine on a test disc I made with ImgBurn.

Thanks! I downloaded it and installed it. Haven't tested it yet. Really should do that.

You see, let me give you a brief example of things that weigh on my plate that don't have to and make me so angry. I remade the disc that apparently had randomly been burnt wrong. (Well, I can't really say that. It burned fine, verifies fine, and still reads fine to an image file. The problem is the VIDEO_TS streams on the disc are incorrect for whatever reason.) So, I spent 4 hours watching the content because that's the only way to test this particular error. To manually watch for pauses and skips in the video. I needed to watch the disc anyway as I hadn't seen it it. So, after 4 hours, I get to the final thing I need to test. An audio commentary stream. I click on the appropriate icon... and it does absolutely nothing! So, there I am thinking I've wasted 4 hours and need to reburn, use another of my discs, etc. THEN, I realized how often the universe gets in my way and tries to trick me. One of the few reasons I am open to believing in the possibility of a god. Because it gets in my fucking way! With that in mind, I knew I needed to test the ORIGINAL disc to make sure. Sure enough, the original disc IS that way! The button does not work, on neither my PS2 or any of my players, so, it's an authoring error. Of ALL the possible times something like this COULD happen, it happens at the most inopportune time! RARH! The commentary does work if you use the 2nd option to access it under the Special Features menu and not the Episodes menu. Plus, using the Audio button could change to the commentary track.

I was wanting to get some recommendations for what PC software to use that recognizes CD-Text on a disc. Windows Media Player doesn't seem to do it, and, with ImgBurn capable of adding CD-Text to a CD, I wanted an application that plays CD that can take advantage of this. Thanks!

I've used AccuCore Sony DVD-R for a few years now. Just got a stack of them last week. My results show that the SONY MID discs are pretty good. I've had some I burned 5 plus years ago but only gotten around to watching them recently that played without problems. I can only recall one disc I burned that I had to reburn because the disc menu was playing back with skips.

It's all right. What's done is done and can't be undone no matter how much we'd like to do it to being done. As for your padding explanation, that sounds like a good reason. I know next to nothing about it.

No, I really did try. I knew he knew so I mentioned it knowing he'd know it and not thinking that others might not. Boy, that was long winded. Anyway, 5 years ago this Thanksgiving. But, I'm better now. Taking the proper medication (LOTS of it.) and seeing the appropriate specialists. It had been building up for almost 20 years and just reached a head then. As for the problem, it gets a little better now. I watched the DVD+R DL that was burned next in line after the one I had a problem with. The PS2 slim played it just fine. I just need to reburn the previous disc as it was apparently a fluke. I destroyed the DVD-R as it was a temporary disc to watch something with so I can't test it anymore. The funny thing with trying to recreate the DVD+R DL is the source VIDEO_TS takes 97% of the DVD+R DL space. There was a JACKET_P folder that was also added. I tried adding a Scans folder containing my made scans of the case art that made the disc 99% full. When I tried to build the disc, though, ImgBurn said there was no place to make a layer break and I should start crying. When I removed the Scans folder and the 2% of the DVD+R DL disc space it took up, ImgBurn could add the layer break properly. So, go figure.

Yes, by an iHAS324 B, per your recommendation to me last year. I've been investigating a series of weird events, as usual for me, of course! I had to replace the PS2 in my room and got my first slim PS2. The first DVD-R I played in there had a problem with skipping over a section of the stream after a brief pause. I tested the disc in my PC drives and it played fine. So, I went on to a DVD+R DL I needed to watch and had a similar problem. I tested the disc in my PC and it played fine. BUT, here's where the forces of the universe conspired against me. I disconnected my slim PS2 and reconnected the thick PS2 it was replacing. I put the disc in and sure enough, it played the wrong way! So, I tried it in a standalone DVD player instead of my PC drive and it played the wrong way, too. So, the problem must be down to either 2 bad recordable discs in a row, one from one batch of DVD-R and one from one batch of DVD+R DL, or, the only other common link is the LiteOn drive that I think burned both discs. That's why I wanted to see if there was a way to determine if a disc was burned by a specific drive. I have been having problems either with my SATA connections on the mobo or the SATA cable connecting these drives. You remember my problems from last year. The LiteOn has now stopped correctly writing DVD Video compliant data to rewritable discs. I've had to use my USB drive for those. So, as you can see, I get a lot of frustrating work in my life. One of the reasons I tried killing myself. I get so fed up with all this that I shouldn't have to deal with but have had to deal with all my life!

Oh, I didn't know that. Here's what's on the disc I needed to know which drive had burned it: Disc Control Blocks Information: ATAPI That is all.

I do see a Disc Control Blocks Information but not a Recording Management Area Information. Either way, I didn't see a drive ID string.

The topic title is pretty what sums it all up. I know ImgBurn has some fields like the application that created a disc and/or burned it, but, I don't know if it writes a value like the drive ID string, if such a thing exists. Yeah, I don't know THAT much. Thanks!

This may sound creepy coming from an almost 40 year old man, but, I Hello Kitty!

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=17908

But, he's not burning to a double layer disc is he? To a DVD+R. Of course, the basic information in the link can still apply. Some Ricoh media is apparently pretty bad outside of R1.

We have stupid laws in this town, too. For instance: It it illegal to keep an ice cream cone in your back pocket on a Sunday. It is illegal for a woman to purchase a hat without first consulting with her husband. I remember reading one about a landlocked State where it was illegal to own a whale. And one in Oklahoma, I think, where it was on the books in a city that one must tie up their car to a horse hitching post while it's idle.