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Well, what do you know?! There's FINALLY a gold release of a new version of ConvertXToDVD! Only took them over a year! Change log of updates since last gold release, although I think some of these are actually for applications other than ConvertXToDVD: Changes in VSO ConvertXtoDVD 7.0.0.68 (2019-10-10): [Bug] Preview with subtitles -> Crashing [Feature Request] [VSORep] “app will be closed” warning issued during install/reinstall process [Feature Request] [VSORep] error message if Internet-OFF Changes in VSO ConvertXtoDVD 7.0.0.67 (2019-10-02): [Bug] Downloader doesn’t detect video on Firefox if installed on a fresh window 10 installation [Bug] Secure HTTPS support doesn’t work [Bug] Autodetection no longer work Changes in VSO ConvertXtoDVD 7.0.0.66 (2019-06-24): [Bug] “Check for Update” not working well [Bug] Video sources contained in ISO files are no longer supported [Bug] Poor quality in converted subtitles [Bug] no progression bar during conversion [Bug] WMV format can’t be converted to mp4 – no video – sound only [Feature Request] Add setting to space lines of subtitles Interesting. When you update the software, it lists this in the change log displayed by the installer: ConvertXtoDVD 8.0.0.0 64bits version ===================== So, it looks like the next full version of the software, 8.0, will be the first one to be in 64 bits. Looks like new gold versions of ConvertXToHD and ConvertXToVideo were also released.

DVD Video is ISO9660+UDF. If it's created as just UDF, that's probably why it's not playing on your DVD player. Or your player isn't fully compliant. ImgBurn will do it as I do it all the time. If anything isn't allowing it, it's your player. As was said, ImgBurn on its default settings will automatically correct file system for DVD Video when you add a VIDEO_TS folder to the root directory of a build job.

There have to be certain specifications met before a DVD Video will play: 1.) the presence of a VIDEO_TS folder 2.) a DVD Video compliant structure in the files in the VIDEO_TS folder 3.) certain file system requirements, like, I think, ISO9960. You can put other files in the root directory besides the VIDEO_TS folder. I'm not entirely sure what you meant by "Some software will produce a DVD video despite another file being present" though.

You read my mind. I also wanted to try the MCC DVD-R in the NS60 and if they didn't work, I'd let LG know that they also no longer function properly in the NS60. I know they USED to work... but so did the MCC DVD+R!

I'm getting low on my DVD+R's that won't work with the LG WH16NS60. I'm thinking of switching back to Verbatim DataLife Plus MCC DVD-R's. See if they still work with the NS60. I'll swap in the NS60 for a test and see if they do. If they do work, I'll swap out the Pioneer BDR-212 for it and just stick with DVD-R like I used to for backwards compatibility. If they DON'T work, there are other options. Supposedly, JVC, when they bought out Taiyo Yuden, released a JVC Pro brand of disc that is TY quality. I can try those, see if they work and if they're decent quality, if they're inkjet printable. I can always try the ASUS again with the latest firmware update to it and see if it still destroys rewritable media. If it doesn't, it can be a candidate to swap in.

Yeah, I swapped out the included short USB 3.0 cables with longer, more "standard" length cables.

I thought ImgBurn always did a Quick Erase as default behavior before writing to rewritable media. I would think it would have to to clear the TOC so the disc could reflect the new contents. I thought the default was ImgBurn does a Quick Erase and then falls back to a Full Erase if a Quick Erase cannot be performed before a write.

Yeah, there's really no need to do erases again unless you switch between spare areas and back. After the first format, you can just do a subsequent Quick Erase each time. Even if you cancel a write that doesn't complete, you can still just do a Quick Erase on the next subsequent write.

There's no set answer to that. You can format a BD-RE for as many times as it can be written to, since a format is just a write to all available sectors. How many times you can write to a rewrtiable media is not knowable. Whatever the companies say is just plain wrong. For instance, they claim you can get hundreds of writes out of a DVD+RW but in actual practice, I get about 20 before they die. So, while you can't know how many formats you'll get out of a media, since it's never constant across discs produced, you can format a BD-RE for as many times as writes are allowed to it.

The trial is 7 days, I do remember that. I just wasn't sure whether it was crippled with a watermark or not during that time.

I had initially thought it was a topic about multiple folders, too. Not putting multiple video containers on a single DVD Video disc. I use ConvertXToDVD for this. Although if you have 2 VIDEO_TS folders, you can use something called DVDReMake to put 2 DVD's onto one with a rudimentary menu to choose between both. I've never actually used this feature, so I don't know how well it works, but I know the software can do this. Be aware both applications are pay programs, although ConvertXToDVD has a free trial, though I don't know if the output might be crippled with a watermark.

I connect my enclosure directly to a USB 3.0 port on the back of the PC. I don't know if a hub would slow the communication, but I figured since I had a free port, why not use the direct connection?

Unfortunately, for BD drives, you need a USB 3.0 enclosure, and there are only 2 options. The VanTec and the Other World Computing. Both have their drawbacks. VanTec is cheap, Chinese made stuff. First one I had kept dropping communication with the drive. The one I currently have is a few months old but it's still working. Other World Computing's model has an annoying habit that when you first connect it, Windows WON'T recognize it until you restart Windows! And if you power off the drive, Windows won't recognize it's powered back on until you restart Windows! The VanTec is easier to swap drives into and out of, too. If you have a write that goes bad, the VanTec will just drop communication with the device. With the Other World Computing model, you will, at least, generally get an abend error from the device. So, with all that said, I'd recommend the VanTec, but be sure to thoroughly test the one you get to make sure it works right because you may need to send it back. VanTech: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRUN0HQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Other World Computing: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XRCCV44/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't have any problems getting my drive swapped with LG. It was a relatively painless experience, so I can't relate to yours. What LG does ALL the time that irritates me is whenever I tell them of firmware problems, they always ask for my name, address, etc. "for our records." I just tell them they already HAVE it, which a simple search would have returned. They then DO search their records after I tell them and verify they already have it. I also get pissed off when I tell LG and Pioneer of firmware updates they need to make. They tell me they will forward my "suggestions" to their engineers... who promptly IGNORE it and NEVER update the firmware problems.

What you'll have is a massive archive of all allowed files, but they're relatively useless for restoring Windows to a working condition. It won't be a bootable system so Windows would not start if you had to restore everything. Restoring everything wouldn't get your applications back or restore your user settings. And some files couldn't be restored to their original location anyway because they're in use at the time by Windows. I've been a satisfied user of Macrium Reflect since version 4 and it's currently in version 7, so several years. Acronis soured me to its product from years of successive Rescue Media that would conveniently "forget" USB HDD's were connected, but only AFTER deleting the target partition for restore, resulting in a useless application.

Either Verbatim or CMC changed the production of DataLife Plus MCC DVD+R so that the LG WH16NS60 no longer writes properly to them. Discs are rendered unreadable.

No, the external ASUS I had was a half height drive. And ASUS makes an external USB of the BW-16D1HT. It's just the internal half height BW-16D1HT drive put into an external USB enclosure. Given the I've had to put with from LG and Pioneer, I may be willing to try ASUS again with the latest firmware update installed. If it no longer destroys rewritable media, I'd be willing to try swapping in one of the BW-16D1HT into my enclosure in place of the Pioneer BDR-212DBK.

VSO seems to have released 2 more application updates versioned 4.0.0.98: VSO Blu-Ray To DVD and VSO Blu-Ray to MKV. However, since these applications all relatively do the same thing, just with different output formats, it makes sense.

If you're looking for a BD drive, I would highly recommend you PASS on ASUS's current model, the BW-16D1HT. I tried 2 different units of the latest model and they both did the same thing: destroy DVD+RW and BD-RE! I've had 3 ASUS BD drives: one USB and 2 units of the same internal model. The USB model was great. The latest internal model was trash. Maybe the firmware update released in the intervening 3 years fixed the problem, but you only get 1 chance to make a first impression with me. Interestingly enough, when I check VSO's forums for new posts over the last 2 days, there are none! I only learned of the new updates from softexia.com.

Looks like VSO released two new versions of some of the products, including at least one of them being a gold update! VSO Blu-ray Converter 4.0.0.98 – Final and VSO DVD Converter 4.0.0.98.

It generally is. Multiple layer media from anyone other than Verbatim is asking for trouble. However, with Verbatim's sale to CMC, the worst maker of optical media out there, I expect the axe to fall anytime now. It's already started with their MCC DVD+R DataLife Plus and the LG WH16NS60. Either Verbatim or CMC changed the manufacturing process so these discs are useless on that drive.

I think you're not understanding what ImgBurn does. ImgBurn just creates what you feed it. It does not create DVD's from source files itself. If you have an application that supports creating VIDEO_TS folders with these SCC closed captions files, as long as it creates Subtitle Tracks, then ImgBurn can burn this VIDEO_TS folder and create a DVD movie disc for you that will play on a DVD player. But, ImgBurn will not create VIDEO_TS files on its own.

Oh, that's just ch3vr0n being ch3vr0n, his usual abrasive self. You should see him on the AnyDVD forums! As for what my drives are returning, I really couldn't say. Without knowing what particular disc was burned by what, which means going through the lengthy logs, and then finding those discs I've already file away, to check and see what the bit setting is. Or taking my BDR-212 out of the enclosure and putting in the WH16NS60, I wouldn't know. And it wouldn't work anyway because it's not writing properly to Verbatim MCC DVD+R. I'll see what I can do about going over the log to finding a WH16NS60 disc that last worked and then seeing if I can find it stored away where I think it would be.

I went over my logs to be sure. The LG WH16NS60 does not support book type setting. It returns an Invalid Command Operation Code, so it doesn't support the command. Whether that means the drive actually does set a book type or not, I don't know. But, it's a drive you can look into getting if you're that concerned about it. However, also be aware that current Verbatim DataLife Plus MCC 16x DVD+R may not work on it.

There is one reason to buy DVD+R over DVD-R even if it does set the book type to DVD-ROM. DVD+R is SLIGHTLY larger. So, you can create a DVD that is nearly full but it will only fit to a DVD+R and not a DVD-R. That's why I switched from DVD-R to DVD+R. I may have to switch back to DVD-R to get the WH16NS60 to play right IF it doesn't choke on the MCC DVD-R like it does on the MCC DVD+R.