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Strange that you had to do that. I just run the .BAT file by double clicking on it in File Explorer.

I haven't made an audio CD from FLAC files in some time, but last time I did it, I was using madFLAC under Windows 10 x64. It may sound counterproductive, but try using any of the online free audio file converters to convert one of these FLAC's to a FLAC. This new FLAC might actually be compliant. I've had that happen before, actually. However, it may not actually do any good at all, though. I just tried creating a CUE file under Windows 10 1903 x64 and it worked with the FLAC I put in. So, I'd be leaning more towards your input files being the problem. However, without you actually having a FLAC file you know worked before and trying it again, it's hard to say if it's your input files or your madFLAC installation.

Probably wouldn't do any good to let Verbatim know. They'd most likely tell me to do what I intend to do next week and return them. If they are unaware, then it is probably a one off packaging error the automated lines made. If they are aware, they'd deny anything, so it's kind of a wasted exercise.

Yep, just as I thought. It's a PUP. They're not viruses. LUK must have updated the installer package to replace OpenCandy with something else? Anyway, you could normally avoid it, but your AV scanner is deleting the file before it can be used. I don't know anything about Windows Defender, so I can't tell you how to exclude the file. Just be aware when you run the installer to uncheck things you don't want installed along with ImgBurn. Or, before running the installer if you ever get it, turn off your Internet connection until the installer in finished. That way, it can't phone home to a server for free offers.

Sure would have been nice of Microsoft to actually SAY what the virus was. Without it saying, there's no way of knowing if it's an actual virus or just a PUP positive. I downloaded the file from Mirror 7 and scanned it with Avast and Malwarebytes with no positive results. So, Microsoft is most likely detecting some Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP). They're not viruses but people blindly click and install them. Some AV programs are lazy and don't differentiate between viruses and PUP's. As for the hash discrepancy, LUK might have had to put in a replacement for OpenCandy, the PUP, which was discontinued. And he just forgot to update the SHA value on the page. Until he chimes in on the subject, it's up for debate.

They are a stack of 10 discs that come in a box. The printing on the outside of the box says they're 16x. But, the branded label surface of each disc says 6x. When inserted in the LG WH16NS60, the maximum listed write rate is 12x. And the drive will write to these discs at a maximum rate of 12x. However, the same is said of 16x media, as the Pioneer BDR-211 is the only one I've seen that gets near 16x on the 16x media.

Verbatim would deny anything. If they're really doing it, they won't admit it. If it's a mistake, they won't admit to that, either. Amazon's probably just selling old 6x stock to get rid of it. Or they may not even be aware they're doing it. The packages both look the same except for the wording. And they're probably sitting on all kinds of 6x stock they're trying to get rid of. Now, that it happened at a brick and mortar store is more of a dead giveaway that Verbatim would have done that themselves. And it may have just been an accident. Some batches of 6x's got mixed in with the 16x's. Then again, it could be Verbatim's own conscious doing. Who knows? Sent off the Pioneer to the replacement place today. Wasn't as big a hit on the wallet as I thought it might be. 2 day shipping, should get there by Saturday, for $9.95, but I paid an extra $3.50 for $155 insurance. Best to get my $155 back if it gets lost in the mail for a $3.50 investment. I've only ever had 3 pieces of mail never get delivered either to me or sent by me to someone else. So, the likelihood of loss is low, but best to err on the side of caution when $155 is at stake.

Which mirrors did you use? There are 7. Always choose Mirror 7 if you didn't choose it before. That's one maintained by ImgBurn.com and the least likely to be altered by the other providers to include PUP's.

Well, they don't say you'll get 16x because of the variances with drives and the firmware write strategies for each medium. The box just says 16x and the label on the branded surface just says 16x. Besides, the only drive I know of where you get anything other than 12x is on the BDR-211. I don't know about any BD drive from ASUS or anyone else. However, you can get 12x speed on the 6x media. And they're probably charging more for the 6x media by claiming it's 16x since 16x media should be more expensive because it writes faster even though it isn't. I've gotten all my office chairs, including the one I'm sitting in in front of my PC, at Office Depot. So, I really can't just stop buying from them, really. Yeah, I got 14.7x max on the BDR-211 with the 16x media that was nearly fully written. If I had a full size image set, I would probably get 16x at the edge. Like with my DVD+R. 16x is generally only achieved with a full 4.7 GB. I checked the first page of reviews for the 16x BD-R Verbatim media on Amazon.com and someone else gave a negative review saying not to buy because they weren't as advertised. Amazon.com sent them 6x instead of 16x.

Remember that story I told of Amazon.com sending me 6x BD-R that they advertised as 16x? It happened again, this time with a brick and mortar store! I bought some 16x BD-R at Office Depot, but when I opened the package, every single disc in the stack was branded as 6x on the surface label! Now, on the BDR-211, it might be possible to get 16x on 6x media. On the WH16NS60, you get 12x on 6x (And 16x.) media. So, the BD-R should get at least 12x, too, but I got these media for 16x, which can only be achieved on the BDR-211. And mine is currently waiting to see if I can get replaced under warranty. So, since it won't cost me anything to return these except my time, I'm taking them back to Office Depot. Worst case scenario, they won't give me a refund, but should give me store credit. If they won't give me anything, well, there's always Amazon.com to do my shopping from. I can still get 12x on these 6x media, so it's not like they're useless, but it's not what I purchased them for. So, if they won't give me a refund or store credit, I can still use them. I'll just never buy BD-R from Office Depot again!

I rarely do Blu-Ray to container conversions but I do have access to a BD movie that was one a BD-50. I will create a container from it and see what results I get. I'll let you know when it completes, as I expect it to take some time. It's really interesting how life tries to trick you. After swapping back in the WH16NS60, I had a DVD+RW fail on me. Now, knowing this disc had been written to before, before I panicked, I tried a 2nd DVD+RW. It wrote and Verified fine. So, it just happened to choose that exact moment for the other DVD+RW to die on me in a blatant attempt to try and trick me. Yeah, looks like it's going to take over an hour. I'm creating an MKV from 1 hour, 43 minutes, and 16 seconds worth of main movie. I'm using Handbrake, set at Fast 1080p30, with 1 audio track, English DTS 5.1 channel, and 1 subtitle track, English. Only 1 Pass. Theoretically, using Fast over any of the HQ settings will result in a smaller file size. I guess I should have used Very Fast to minimize file size and time execution, but this should still be a good indicator once it finishes. And the results are in: 6.81 GB! So, is it possible to get under 1 GB? Yes. But, it requires a lot of compression. It would depend on the codec you're using, and it also means you're sacrificing video quality to get that small a size.

I use madFLAC to process FLAC files in ImgBurn. You're welcome to try installing that if you can't get Direct Show filters to work. Had you ever gotten them to work before and they suddenly stopped?

I thought BIN/CUE was only supposed to be used for Audio CD's? That appears to be a game CD.

Yes, more and more I'm starting to lean towards LG over Pioneer. LG isn't perfect. The WH16NS40 was a miss and the NS60 will die by scratching BD-R's. Plus, my 2nd NS60 died after like 2 months, so it didn't last as long as it should have. But, LG stood by it and replaced it so that's a plus. And, as I said, I'd rather have a slightly slower writer and Verify drive versus a faster one with all the borked firmware issues. Never had an eSATA peripheral, so I couldn't say anything about them. I don't even know if I ever had an eSATA port on a PC. eSATA just never really took off, so I think it's probably just all but abandoned by now. But, you never know. It looked like Thunderbolt was all but dead, but seems to have sprung back to life lately.

Credit where it's due. I sent a more detailed inquiry with ImgBurn log info pointing out that 16x rated Verbatim BD-R, as printed on the label, only write at 12x. If there would be a firmware update so the WH16NS60 would write 16x at 16x to this Verbatim media. And they did, after checking, say it does only write to 12x to that media. They said they would try and raise this issue with the appropriate department, so maybe a firmware update will finally be released for this drive after a year and a half. So, as I said, credit where credit is due as always. Maybe some wires just got crossed somewhere in communication.

Well, someone is lying. Either LG when they told me these discs would write at 16x or Verbatim for putting 16x on the discs. And, since Pioneer's will write at 16x, it can't be Verbatim. I expressly asked LG if those media would write at 16x with a firmware update revision and they told me it was unnecessary as the WH16NS60 already supported the 16x Verbatim at 16x. Which it doesn't. Sounds to me like LG is the one being dishonest here.

Yes, opening a PDF and 2 other only marginally related factors cause WMP to crash when you try to rip CD tracks. If you never open a PDF, it doesn't do this. Doesn't matter what opens the PDF. Adobe, Edge, or any alternative, it doesn't matter. LG flat out lied to me! What's really sad? I knew they were and they still did it. 16x BD-R ONLY writes at 12x. The proof of the pudding is in the facts: I 17:28:11 Source File Size: 23,955,767,296 bytes I 17:28:11 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS60 1.02 (R:) (USB 3.0) I 17:28:11 Destination Media Type: BD-R (HTL) (Disc ID: VERBAT-IMe-000) I 17:28:11 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x, 10x, 12x I 17:28:11 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 53,952 KB/s (12x) I 17:39:28 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:16 I 17:39:28 Average Write Rate: 36,326 KiB/s (8.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 52,713 KiB/s (12.0x)

Yeah, what it looks like is happening, though I can't say for sure, is Windows is "forgetting" where the image file is for burning. BSOD's attempting to write to external media are generally reserved for 1.) bad media or 2.) a fault in Windows. Given how you were just updated to an admittedly older version of Windows 10, it sounds like the update messed something up. Given how you said it was working before the update, I would think even using CMC media would not be the problem here. You shouldn't be using CMC media to begin with, but if you want to really nail down the problem, trying getting some Verbatim DataLife Plus AZO DVD media (NOT Life Series you find in stores. DataLife can only be found in online stores.) and see if the problem persists. If it does, then you can be relatively sure it's some kind of Windows or hardware problem. It could also just be your drive decided at that moment to just happen to die like my Pioneer did Wednesday night. However, given how this happened just after updating Windows 10, that is the more likely culprit.

Hm, funny thing about the WH16NS60. I didn't think it supported 16x BD-R, but according to tech support I asked when I queried them if they'd support that in a firmware update, they said it ALREADY supported it! Of course, they also say there's no 1.02 firmware update but the LG replacement they sent me says it's 1.02 in ImgBurn! Now, I may have only been using 6x BD-R before in the NS60, which will get 12x maximum in that drive. Maybe a 16x BD-R will get that. Something I can test out now that I've swapped back in the NS60.

Well, I don't know if the Apple Lossless codec used in its M4A's file can be used in video containers. I use it expressly for iTunes ripping CD tracks because Windows 10 has a majorly messed up bug where, under certain bizarre circumstances, opening a PDF for the first time after making certain system changes will cause Windows Media Player to immediately crash when creating CD containers! I repeatedly tell Microsoft, but they don't care. So, I can't rip to FLAC anymore and iTunes doesn't offer it. Only M4A as Apple Lossless Codec files. At least MPC-HC plays M4A and Wondershare Filmora supports importing them for conversion to video containers. The last update to Windows 10 implemented some welcome new changes to how Windows updates itself. For instance, only parts that have changed since the last update are updated instead of downloading a whole update. And Windows 10 will delay installation of updates for revision bumps. For instance, if you manually check for the last KB update, it will find it but you have to manually start the download and update installation yourself. This way, you can find out if there are new updates, but you can take a system image before actually installing them.

You could try this, but I don't know if it will work. And this will disable EVERY prompt to Overburn, including the first one, meaning you'll get no prompts about Overburning. Under Tools, choose Settings. Write. Page 2. Overburning. Check the box that says Don't Prompt Optimal Settings. OK Again, I don't know if this will work, but if it does, it's all I can think of that you can do.

Well, Pioneer has given me a place to send my drive for replacement, but, the problem is, I have to pay to ship it to them! LG doesn't do that. They send prepaid shipping labels for shipping by UPS. Another reason to give LG my business over Pioneer. They apparently stand by their products better.

Faith the size of a mountain won't stop a bullet. Sorry, I don't know anything about the audio formats. In fact, it wasn't until about a year or 2 ago when I switched from 320 KBPS MP3 to FLAC/M4A Apple Lossless Codec files. I was pretty much just fine with 320 KBPS lossy MP3 for 20 years until I realized that FLAC doesn't take up THAT much extra space given how voluminous HDD's are today. Plus, for that extra size, you get lossless format. I took the Pioneer 211 out of the enclosure and swapped back in the WH16NS60 LG sent me as a replacement. It wrote just fine to the 2nd disc that was failing before in the 211. I didn't need to test any further. That proved it was the 211 and not a problem with the enclosure or USB cable or USB hub or USB port or some Windows problem. Of course, I already KNEW this.

Being Human is, ironically, all about people who aren't. A vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost all live together in a home and try their best not to be outed as monsters. The Bible is a book of philosophy. As that, it has some nice things to say, like love thy neighbor. As a book of facts and history, it's woefully inadequate. For instance, if God gathered the dust of the Earth, made man's body, and breathed life into his nostrils, why do we share 95% of the same DNA as orangutans and 99% of the same DNA as chimpanzees if we didn't evolve from lower primates? Why do we still have a tail bone if we never had tails to begin with? And I could go on about the contradictory things it says or just the things that simply fail logical analysis, but I won't. I know next to nothing about HDMI. In fact, I never started using it until a few years ago when I connected my Playstation 3 to my TV by HDMI.

I've e-mailed Pioneer's warranty department. If I can't get a replacement, well, that's the deal killer for Pioneer and I. I will then continually tell people to avoid Pioneer. They keep borking their firmware and over the past 2 years, the quality of their hardware has been declining. My first Pioneer BD drive lasted for 2 years, the longest any optical drive I ever had. And, ever since then, they've lasted less and less as long. I'm currently watching the SyFy Channel version of the BBC show Being Human on DVD.