dbminter

Yes, what ImgBurn is returning is the current version of Windows it's running under. Not whatever version of Windows installation media you happen to be creating on a disc. Are you asking how ImgBurn determines the current Windows version? Actually, that's something I'd like to know myself.

Oh, he was referring to that. Yeah, that's the drive letter (I) assigned to the drive. (I hate Windows general assigning of drive letters.) It's got a : after it so it's the drive letter that is recognized in File Explorer as the optical drive letter.

I believe the number in parenthesis is the logical block address (LBA).

If they play fine on your PC or laptop drive but have problems on your player connected to your TV, then the problem is your player. Either it doesn't like those kind of DVD+R DL, particularly if you've never tried playing those before in it, or it's reached the end of its life. What kind of DVD content you burn to the discs won't determine whether or not they can be played. As long as they're DVD Video compliant, that's all that matters. And if they're not, then all that will happen is nothing will play. Grinding noises are generally caused by an inability to read media. And this can mean multiple things. A bad disc, a disc with structural protection can sometimes do this, or a dying player.

About any added benefits to firmware 1.02, well, I don't know! Without knowing what it added or changed, I simply don't know. And, LG denies any such firmware exists! But, check out what ImgBurn returns: I 18:53:07 -> Drive 4 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS60 1.02-01 (R:) (USB 3.0) I'm not entirely sure what the -01 means afterwards, but ImgBurn says the drive is returning it has 1.02 firmware installed, which LG says doesn't exist! I do know there is one benefit that wasn't added: writing 16x BD-R at 16x. It still caps 16x BD-R at 12x.

My experience has been unless you get the same results 3 times in a row on known quality media, it's just a fluke. It happens from time to time. You get a few failures in a cake stack. I've found the failure rate of Verbatim DVD+R DL is less than 1%.

The log only says the size of the layers in Logical Block Addresses. There's no way to tell times with that information. Here's the weird thing. This entry in the log: W 12:04:57 User accepted disc space warning and is attempting to underburn! It shows you tried to burn a SL sized ISO to a DL media and chose to okay to burn to the larger sized media. Yet, both layers were burned. So, I have to wonder if when you burn DL media, both layers do have to be burned, even if the 2nd layer has only padding on it so it can be burned.

Both logs show 2 layers were burnt. I've never burned a single layer ISO to a DL disc before, so maybe ImgBurn has to burn both layers even if there are no contents on the 2nd layer.

I don't know much about these options, but I'll do my best to tackle them. The Legend doesn't tell you much about the stars meaning. However, green colored stars are best and then go down from there. What "best" means though in this case, I admit, seems arbitrary to me. As for the %, never paid attention to it before so I don't know what it means. The only options I ever paid attention to are the File/VTS because I always, whenever allowed, set the layer break on a BUP file. I'd think if the layer break is put on a file, you'd never see a pause at all in any video. I can't think of a reason why you'd never want to update the IFO/BUP files. I'd think, if you checked that, then you'd just get a non-seamless layer break. I guess it's there so the code always brings up the layer break options but for people who don't want to set anything can just check that option. Then again, that doesn't make sense because there's a button for Ignore Layer Break Options. So, I don't know why that Don't update option is even available. I'm curious. What happens when you press Preview Selected Cell? Do you get a preview of anything? Is it a video stream or a menu screen?

Is a DVD+RW slightly smaller in total capacity than a DVD+R/DVD-R? Thanks!

And there's this possible future update from the forums: " As Dictator mentioned, if v7.0.0.66 is pretty stable, VSO will start working on a 64bit version of the application(s) !" So, it looks like ConvertXToDVD might go 64 bit. I wasn't aware it was actually a 32 bit application, but I checked the shortcut and it is installed in Program Files (x86).

Looks like there was a ConvertXToDVD Beta, just a little slow in trickling down. ConvertXToDVD 7.0.0.66 Beta And I believe it was said 7.0.0.66 was going to be the next gold release. So, there may be a new final release soon.

You said this was a DVD Audio disc, correct? Now, I'm not entirely sure, but I don't think you need to set layer breaks on those, maybe? Because layer breaks are set in the video portion of a DVD. DVD Audio, I believe, is just a giant collection of DVD menus. And, as you pointed out before, your AUDIO_TS folder contains data, which is probably where the main contents are. I don't know if this is the case, but I would guess it's a possibility.

Wow, it seems LG really screwed up something on this refurbished WH16NS60 they sent me. Remember when I said it had firmware 1.02 that I couldn't find anywhere on the web? It's because there IS no firmware 1.02! I contacted LG tech support to get an update package and told them the circumstances. And they told me there is NO 1.02 firmware available! Yet, the drive IS returning its firmware revision is 1.02! So, LG screwed up somewhere.

I never even had a cell phone until 2 years ago, and I only get it now free with my SNAP benefits. I don't use it and only have it for emergencies. I don't use it go online so no data is used up. I've got 500 minutes, but I only use about 2 minutes a month to keep it alive. So, I couldn't say hardly anything about cell phones.

There are more VSO betas released today. Not one for my application, ConvertXToDVD, though. ConvertXtoHD 3.0.0.68 Beta ConvertXtoVideo 2.0.0.96 Beta Blu-ray Converter 4.0.0.96 Beta Seems most of the updates address bugs that are the same in all 3 applications.

There's an old Spanish saying that basically translates as "The cheap comes out expensive." I lost about $1,000 trying to troubleshoot issues before I ever learned of CMC. Once I came across the concept, I did my research and it turned out the reason the burns were failing was Optodisc had switched from their own quality DVD-R to CMC, which was causing all my problems. I WAS buying quality media; it was the company that turned on me, so I turned my back on that company and never brought a product of theirs again. And, now, I don't know, nor do I care, if they're still in business. You only get 1 chance to make a good impression and they blew it to make a few extra bucks. I discovered Optodisc is still in business and their website is lying through their collective teeth! They claim each batch of their discs is manufactured under a strict quality control so that each batch you buy is as reliable as the last batch you bought. LIARS! I mean, maybe now they make quality media again; I just won't trust them.

Since you seem intent on using these discs, go ahead and try enabling OPC. It won't do any good, IMO, but the worst you'll be out is a disc you can't use. Personally, I always return CMC media. And when I couldn't, I just threw them out. They really are pretty much worthless.

Here's your problem: I 18:16:12 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64) You can always continue using ImgBurn to burn these discs and you may get some success, but the bottom line is CMC Magnetics makes trash discs. They are the worst manufacturer of optical discs out there. Companies love to use them because their products are so cheap and they can charge so much for them. But, the thing is the quality matches the price: cheap. The nature of cheap media is you may get some burns that complete successfully and some that won't. However, those that do complete may not be recognizable as playable in a player. Or they will decay and die far sooner than quality media. You can always try different hardware, but that generally won't help the problem here. Your best fix is to get Verbatim DataLife Plus DVD+R DL. NOT the Life Series DVD+R DL you will find in brick and mortar stores. They will be CMC. You can only find Verbatim DataLife Plus DVD+R DL on online stores like Amazon.com and Verbatim's own web store. Verbatim DataLife Plus is the best out there. And for DVD DL media, it's the only reliable kind out there, although I had success with TDK's kind years ago. Nice to know there are other people who still remember Pirates Of Darkwater.

I had the exact opposite experience with the fat model PS3. It played games fine but didn't play Blu-Ray movies out of the box! So, I sent it in to Sony for replacement. The unit they sent me in 2012 did work for playing Blu-Ray movies. And, I have to admit, for the past 7 years, it's been a good video player. Really surprised me that Sony could give me something that worked! And there's the horror story of the 2nd generation PS3 Blu-Ray remote. It would constantly fail to work after about 30 days. And it didn't just happen to me but pretty much on every review on Amazon.com. I believe Sony DESIGNED it that way so it would die from planned obsolescence to force people to constantly replace it for as long as they were stupid enough to give their money to Sony's coffers. It was those 2 debacles that after years of other proof, finally convinced me that Sony is a crap company now.

Yes, Sony pretty much made the Blu-Ray standard and here's stupid they were! You can put BD Video content that fits on a DVD on a DVD and a Blu-Ray player will play it, but NOT the other way around! You're VERY unlikely to find BD Video content that will fit on a DVD and you can always find a use for putting DVD-9 video content on a BD. And that's not to say Sony always made junk. They made the first dual format DVD burner. They made the (Fat, NOT the slim, model!) Playstation and Playstation 2. They used to make their own quality DVD-R before outsourcing to 2nd tier Ritek. It's just that Sony can NO LONGER make anything other than junk. I've never written any BD DL media other than BD-RE, so, I couldn't say if BD-R DL will do any better in the WH14NS40. But, you're probably less likely to get good results with DL Ritek media. The only good DL manufacturer of DVD is Verbatim/Mitsubishi (Chemical Corporation). So, I'd expect similar results with BD. I had 3 Ritek Office Depot DVD+R DL I tried out as a test. After a year, 2/3 of them were unreadable! And I immediately transferred the still readable one to Verbatim/MKM (Mitsubishi) DVD+R DL.

If you want a quality product, definitely DON'T get Sony. Sony has made little but junk since 2002. My first BD-RE SL was a Sony. Died before its 5th write. Bought a few Sony BD-R that were on sale at K-Mart. Half of them failed during the burn stage. I could go on and on about my experience with Sony trash since 2002, but I'll just say avoid them like the plague. Your only other real option for BD-RE DL is Verbatim, however, be aware that TDK sometimes makes Verbatim's BD-RE DL, too. So, it's a crap shoot, literally, as to what you'll get.

How long have you used these TDK BD-RE DL? I've found that those discs usually die after about a year, even when they've only been written to once. Another possibility is the LG drive itself. I don't know about the WH14NS40, but the WH16NS40 was nearly absolutely useless at writing BD DL media. It would fail 8 times out of 10 to Verify, and usually always failing at the layer change. And it wasn't just my experience. One other person had the same results I did. I fixed the problem by trying out the WH16NS60, which seems to work fine for DL media. You can try that or a Pioneer BD drive to see if that helps if you want to invest more money into troubleshooting the issue. Granted, the WH16NS40 wasn't returning Empty Sector errors in the Verify log like your drive is. One thing you can try that the other person had some luck with and I had some INITIAL luck with is not burning an ISO. Use the Write files/folders to disc option. For some weird reason, that had better luck with the WH16NS40 than burning an ISO. It SHOULDN'T have mattered a difference, but it apparently did.

You can't reuse DVD-R. They are WORM media; Write Once, Read Many. Meaning, with ImgBurn, it's one and done. Once written to, they can't be written to again. The only way this wouldn't apply is if you formatted the disc as a giant floppy with packet writing in File Explorer. And, even then, data once written to those kinds of discs still can't be reused. What you want is rewritable media. DVD+RW, DVD-RW, or DVD-RAM, although RAM is relatively unsupported beyond certain DVD video recorders, though they are generally supported by DVD burners. However, very few DVD players will recognize those.

What it sounds like you did was add an ISO file to a Build job and created an ISO with an ISO file in it. So, that won't play on a DVD player. I've never actually seen a DVD with any contents in AUDIO_TS before, but I've made, I think, 1 DVD Audio disc in my entire life.