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Imation always used CMC as far as I can remember. Got a 3 pack of DVD-RW from them and they were CMC. I used to use TDK CD-R's because they seemed pretty good. Haven't had one that has given me problem yet, but, that was years ago I used those. Memorex sometimes used MCC on their DVD+R's so they were good. Many years ago, like around 2000, Memorex made a good CD-RW that I still have and still work to this day.

Believe it or not, Memorex used to make a high quality DVD-R! I inserted one I burned in 2003 and it still read! So, I checked the Manufacturer ID in ImgBurn. To my surprise, it was Taiyo Yuden!

No, but, you have to understand that Roxio is made up of several different programs that do things outside of ImgBurn's scope. I would have to say that Roxio probably isn't the problem for this issue. I have Roxio installed side by side with ImgBurn and even with Nero because sometimes you need another program that does some of the same things if ImgBurn can't handle them for whatever reason.

I noticed this: I 16:34:44 Calculating Totals... I 16:34:44 Preparing Image... E 16:34:50 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:07:21 I 16:35:11 Operation Started! I 16:35:11 Building Image Tree... W 16:35:12 Skipped Hidden File: C:\Documents and Settings\GFF\My Documents\EXCEL\RIA\MonAmi\~$1 PPL.xlsx I 16:35:12 Calculating Totals... I 16:35:12 Preparing Image... I 16:35:14 Checking Path Length... I 16:35:14 Contents: 18,065 Files, 851 Folders I 16:35:14 Content Type: Data I 16:35:14 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 16:35:14 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 16:35:14 Volume Label: [Not Configured] It seems you canceled the image file creation and then started it up again? Did you do that? Because at some point, the volume label was not set.

LUK, do you want me to send you one of my MP3's that wouldn't import?

A problem with the MP3's is my guess, also. I recently downloaded some MP3's of a CD set off of Big Finish's web site. I was able to import some of them into ImgBurn, but about half returned some error that I forget and showed up as running 00:00:00 seconds long. I had to use Nero to import them to create a playable CD.

Also, it appears that the problem I was having apparently resolved itself after I installed Windows 7 Service Pack 1. I tested it just now after knowing I had tried to open a file in Read mode since I restarted my PC to update to SP 1. And, the Open dialog did so without locking up on me like it had before. I can't say for sure if installing SP 1 fixed it, but, you may want to give it a try and test to see if you still have it.

Forgot to mention what LUK told me was most likely the cause of my problem. He said it was a shell extension probably preventing the dialog from opening. Which makes sense. I've narrowed it down to two candidates: first, ZoneAlarm, as I seem to recall having context menu issues in the past. I know on XP and Vista running on an older machine I had purchased in 2004, the context menu took forever to load if the AV version's scan on opening option was enabled for ZA 9. ZA 8 didn't do that. I also target Alcohol 52%. I've had a problem on this new PC I got in 2009 with its context menus not appearing when I right click on a supported image file. If it doesn't show up, I just right click again and when the context menu appears for the 2nd time, the item to Mount the image appears. Go figure.

If I read you correctly, I had a similar problem, but it was on Windows 7 Home 32 bit and I only had 1 instance of ImgBurn running. I would get a Not Responding when trying to load an image for Write. If I close off the task in Task Manager and reload ImgBurn, it responds normally. If I restart Windows, the problem repeats itself. I mentioned this instance to LUK and he said it was just a vanilla Windows dialog box, so, it's beyond ImgBurn's focus once it calls the dialog.

Found another use! While I don't trust these discs to last for any extended length of time after burning, they're good for some temporary backups to discs since I've run out of DVD-R and DVD+R DL. They can temporarily store the contents I will put to DVD-R or DVD+R DL when the order for them I placed today arrives in about a week. Even CMC SHOULD last for just a week!

I want to soon try some Verbatim MKM DVD+R DL's that have LightScribe on them. The Amazon.com reviews say that some LiteOn drives won't write to the LightScribe side of those discs. Of course, my LightScribe capable drive is a LiteOn. But, if the LightScribe doesn't work, I can still use them if they're MKM and not something like CMC.

Cheap CMC SHIT! My mother's DVD player didn't even recognize either of the 2 discs or would return an "error" message to check for scratches and stains on the discs.

Found another use for these CMC Memorex DVD+R discs. My mother wanted to see some stuff on DVD to watch later. So, I shrunk down the contents to fit to a DVD-5 and used these CMC discs. They should be used and then discarded relatively quickly enough that they should still be readable. They may playback with skips, though. If that's the case, I can just move the contents to rewritable DVD's.

Well, my Best Buy only has HP drives. They're okay. HP is on my enemies list for a lot of their past computers, cameras, and DVD burners. Their ink and printers are about the only recommendations I can make for them. I'd recommend two things. See if you can find a Sony/Optiarc drive or one particular LiteOn drive, the IHAS 324. Sony doesn't make USB drives anymore except for slims, as far as I know, and slims on USB's are NOT the way to go. So, look for Optiarc, I'd say. LiteOn, there's lots of options but try and find a genuin IHAS 324, not a rebrand, like NewEgg has here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106334 Here's the last Optiarc I got: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039 There's a later version with LightScirbe, but, it costs more, and it's sold out at NewEgg, so, who cares?! Hope any of my input helps.

The size of the files will depend, of course, on how large the AVI itself is. This will mean how long it is and what compression method was used to make it. I use ConvertXToDVD, a non-free application, to convert such files. The resulting DVD VOB files can be very small, but, as I said, the size depends on the conditions listed above.

My main problem with CMC is, well, burning completely. But, I am also worried about how well they'll read in the future. I just don't trust CMC as far as I can throw their factories.

Forgot Roxio's Label Creator can print LightScribe. I tried it out and got the desired result of not having one of its two fields being too dark. EDIT: Figured out a way around the problems I had previously said.

I don't need to make the burn darker. My problem is one field is already too dark! As for copying and duplicating fields, I tried that in Nero 10 CoverDesiger, and it still printed the field too dark on the disk. I don't know what the issue is, but, it must be Nero's fault.

I used Best, I remember that. Don't remember if there was an option for Enchanced contrast. I just used the options that were selected in Nero 10's CoverDesigner, as I believe it's the only thing I had available for burning Lightscribe. Actually, my unimpressed results were for one field I could not change the outcome of it. It always looked the same, even though the Font was the same as the other field in the form. It burned too thick and wasn't that legible when compared to the other field.

Shrink will "remove" streams of video but can only replace them with a screen saying the content was removed or a screen of one solid color. I believe what is left is the same length as what you wanted to remove, but, I am not entirely sure of that. If you want to totally remove things like trailers, you'd need something like DVDReMake or VOBBlanker. Remake is not free software and VOBBlanker is not entirely user friendly for newbies, so, you've got a few options.

I amazingly found a use for Memorex DVD+R's! I've had a Lightscribe burner in this PC for 2 years now, in May, and had never used that function before. So, I wanted to test it and see what kind of results I could get. I found some Memorex DVD+R at Staples that were half off. So, I got 20 test discs for $10. The discs themselves are the usual worthless Memorex CMC crap, but, the Lightscribe side of the discs actually worked fine. Wasn't all that impressed with the results, though. So, it is possible to find uses for Memorex media.

Use ImgBurn's Build mode. Insert the disc you made an image of, as the image won't be much good without other programs to inject files into it (Like UltraISO.). Drag and drop the VIDEO_TS folder from the disc into the Build mode's pane. Repeat for any DVD-ROM folder contents that you want to add to the DVD. Having the VIDEO_TS folder in the job makes ImgBurn automatically set the necessary options needed to make a DVD-Video compliant disc. Check out this guide http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1779 for more detailed information on using Build mode.

BTW, in the subject, you did mean DVD+RW right? Not DVD+RM. As far as I know, the only thing close to a DVD+RM would be a DVD to RM (Real Media, I am guessing.) convertor.

Since there isn't a Mac version of ImgBurn, or no way to emulate it in a Mac OS, as far as I know I doubt the format would ever be incorporated into the program.

Yes, you'll need something other than DVD+R disc. I'm still worried why your drive returned it as a DVD+RW, though.