dbminter

Which ones are the UDE discs? The ones in the middle or the ones on the bottom? Either day, definitely dump the Life Series discs. Those are junk. The problem is probably just the UDE discs in general. I'm not familiar with UDE MID's but the only reliable DVD+R DL out there are the MKM ones.

It sounds like you're trying to burn all the files onto a disc. The ISO file needs to burnt instead of copied to a disc with the WAV and CUE file. However, Sega Saturn games are CD's and CD's are generally not ISO but BIN/CUE. When you add the WAV file to a job, ImgBurn tries to make an Audio CD out if it, it seems. That's why the DirectShow error comes up. ImgBurn is attempting to make an Audio CD out of the WAV file from what I can tell.

ImgBurn can be used as an archival program. It does preserve the directory structure. ImgBurn cannot be used as an incremental backup program. ImgBurn is a one and done affair. Each time you create an ISO, it replaces the old one. And when you write a disc in ImgBurn, it cannot be appended to. If you use a rewritable disc, its contents are wiped before the next write to it.

Unfortunately, I can't recommend a specific DVD drive to test with. I haven't used a DVD drive for like 10 years now. I switched exclusively to BD drives. If you want my recommendation for that, it would be the WH16NS60 from LG. However, you probably can't find those anymore and will have to go with the WH16NS40. The only problem with the NS40 was it supported BD-R DL and BD-RE DL but did not write to them correctly. And if you're going to get one of those, get a VanTec USB 3.0 optical drive enclosure, but make sure you get a USB 3.0 one as a BD drive needs that.

Well, it's not beyond the realm of possibility that it COULD have happened. As I said and as you also believe, it is unlikely, though. Issues with DVD+R DL discs often happen at the layer break because that is the most vulnerable area. One way to test is to get a USB DVD drive and try that. You're better off getting a half height drive and putting it in a USB enclosure as slim drives are often problematic. If you do get a slim, try to get one from Pioneer or Verbatim, which would be a Pioneer. The external slim drives I've used have been Verbatim rebadged Pioneer drives. But, those were BD drives.

Since they ALL are problematic, I wouldn't necessarily rule out the drive just yet. I would try one more test. Take one of these problematic DVD's and play them in something other than this PC DVD drive. Preferably a standalone DVD player. Then, go through each of the contents and do a forward scan test. Set the speed to the middle value so you get a decent enough test but you don't spend hours testing. If the forward scan test does not choke at the layer break or anywhere else on the disc, then it's probably the fact that that disc, anyway, it still readable.

If all your DVD+R DL were the same as this one I 09:58:33 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67) it could be the RICOH discs you're using. Verbatim DataLife MKM DVD+R DL are the only reliable brand out there. I once tried a 3 pack of Ritek aka Ricoh DVD+R DL. 2 of the 3 were completely unreadable aka blank after 1 year. So, it could be if you used all Ricoh DVD+R DL, they've gone bad at the layer break. However, since it happens on all the DVD+R DL you check, that seems unlikely and what is more likely is the drive is the problem. There are firmware updates for the drive you're using. A few firmware updates beyond 1.00 you're currently using. Try installing the latest firmware and see if that helps: https://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/BH10LS38/files.html

Yeah, unfortunately it's not the XBox that is doing it. It's most likely the Blu-Ray playback standard set by Sony for use in all Blu-Ray player hardware's software. For instance, they say it allows BDMV's to play from DVD but not VIDEO_TS to play from BD.

Copying the DVD-5 contents to BD-RE works. So, it's specifically copying them to DVD's that isn't playing. And, I haven't the foggiest notion where to start. Blu-Ray Video is not my area of expertise; DVD Video is. However, after testing the BD-RE, I've NO idea why you'd want to copy a BD Video to a DVD-9. The DVD-5 video quality was awful. You're better off trying to save money if you compress a BD-50 to BD-25. A high quality BD-R only costs $1 in bulk.

The only quality concern as far as the disc itself would be avoid CMC media. But, if you use the higher quality to start off, you're better off. I, too, only have CD-R for Audio CD. I'd abandon DVD-R/DVD+R DL, too, if it weren't for the fact Sony crippled Blu-Ray players by not allowing DVD Video discs to play from BD-R.

Because I got a playback error, the log wasn't really necessary anymore. One thing I did notice that you might want to take notice of, though, is the use of Ritek discs. The only reliable DVD+R DL is Verbatim DataLife Plus with MKM in the Disc ID.

I got a "Check Disk" error on my Blu-Ray player, so BDReBuilder is not writing correct output, probably. It is, after all, beta software. Not even at 1.0 yet. Tomorrow, I'll write this output to a BD-RE and test it. If it fails on the BD-RE, then the fault is in BDReBuilder itself. If it does work, then I can't say what the issue is with BD content on DVD.

In the meantime, help me out with a little future prediction. If I can get it to work, I have a theory as to why it may not work for you. But, I need you to open the ImgBurn log from Help, find the part of the log where you burned this DVD-9 that is not playing, and copy and paste the entire Write and Verify portions of that burn here.

This probably won't work anyway. Every title set returns an error saying the resulting disc will probably be too large for the DVD-5 target size. And, I won't waste a DVD-9 to test this. I might be able to take the output if it's too large for DVD-5 and feed it into another round of compression for a new DVD-5. See if that works. Although, the end result may still work. It's just very annoying to have to tell the software to keep continuing with each title set. There should be a Yes All option.

I remember reading about BDRebuilder from years ago, but never tried it out. I believe I have AVISynth already installed. I will change the output setting to DVD-5, if it's available, so I can put it on a DVD+RW.

Depends on the copyright laws being violated. If you're going to offer instructions on cracking a piece of paid software, then, no, you wouldn't want to post that here. However, if it's just conversion of an already extracted BD Video disc, you're not giving any instructions on how to decrypt a copy protected disc. I would think any conversion instructions don't involve telling someone how to decrypt a Blu-Ray. The BD Video disc I would use is a non copy protected Blu-Ray I made from home videos. It's already extracted and required no decrypting because it wasn't encrypted to begin with. Unless BD Video is automatically always encrypted as part of its structure. Since these are my own home videos, there's no copyright being violated. But, if you wanted to make absolutely sure you weren't stepping on anyone's toes here, go ahead and PM me.

I've got a Blu-Ray player. If you could provide me with links to the software you mentioned, provided it's not software that needs a paid license, and preferably instructions on how to shrink a BD-50 BDMV, I can try it. I could try out what you were attempting with a BD-50 of my own and shrink it down to DVD-5 for testing on a DVD+RW. However, I've never done this before and Blu-Ray Video discs are not my specialty as I am more familiar with DVD Video.

If you're trying to play a DVD Video disc on an XBox, there must be a VIDEO_TS folder in the root directory of the disc. In that VIDEO_TS, there must be a VIDEO_TS.IFO file in addition to other .IFO and .VOB files. Check the root directory of this DVD-9 disc you made for those files and folders. If they're not there, then it's not a DVD Video compliant disc. Actually, another thing I should ask. What kind of XBox is this? I'm not familiar with XBoxes, so I don't know which models supported Blu-Ray playback. However, it is in the specifications of most Blu-Ray players, and I think should be all, that a properly formatted BDMV folder put on a DVD disc should play Blu-Ray content back. I think what you're trying to do is reauthor a BD-50 Blu-Ray so the BDMV folder is the size of a DVD-9? If so, that should be possible. I've just never done it. And since you're introducing another factor in here with compressing down the BDMV from BD-50 to DVD-9 size, you could be introducing new sorts of issues which I wouldn't be aware of.

I don't know. I do know that Verbatim's DataLife Plus DVD+R DL are made in the UAE, so it would make sense they should be available there. However, that doesn't necessarily mean it applies to their CD-R.

The FAQ section is here: https://forum.imgburn.com/forum/3-faq/

Try changing your I/O interface in ImgBurn. Tools --> Settings --> I/O --> Page 1 --> Interface Try changing each option one at a time, restarting ImgBurn after each change, just to be sure.

You're welcome. As for what can create ISO images of USB thumb drives, I would try Rufus if I were going to. I've used Rufus to write bootable ISO image files to USB thumb drives before, but I don't know if it can create them.

That would be my first step. It may not be the cure all that others have found, but it's where I would start.

Here's your most likely culprit: I 20:35:44 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f, CMC Magnetics Corp.) CMC Magnetics makes the worst quality discs out there. You probably got the Verbatim Life Series in a brick and mortar store. You want the Verbatim DataLife Plus (NOT the Life Series.) or AZO CD-R which you'll only find in online stores, generally. CMC Magnetics is responsible for over 50% of the problems seen on this board and switching away from the junk media generally solves most people's issues. Not always, though.

No. The only ISO creation that is done by ImgBurn is to read optical discs or if you supplied it with files in Build mode. Now, it's theoretically possibly to create a bootable ISO in ImgBurn in Build mode if you know all the necessary boot settings, but I've never successfully gotten that feature to work. In short, ImgBurn won't create ISO's of USB thumb drives or external HDD's.