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Try Googling the model "name." Search for something like "Who makes" model name.

BIN/CUE will always be used for audio CD's. I don't know about audio CD's that have a data track on them. But, pure audio CD's will use BIN/CUE, unless you have the option enabled to create .CCD (CloneCD) files. Then .IMG will be used. Unless it did it with older versions, I don't think ImgBurn ever saves audio CD's as ISO. And I don't think there's a way to save to ISO in ImgBurn.

No, I never did any kind of tweaking to MPC-HC settings because I never found a reason to dislike the results I was getting. I have, though, found 2 LAV filter bugs that I let the K-Lite Codec Pack forum know of. Twice in a while, a bug would slip in in the LAV filter where no DVD Video input would play! After installing each update individually to find the culprit, it was the LAV filter updates. Thankfully, that hasn't happened in a while. Yes, by transfer, I mean popping in a disc into my slim model LG BD drive, opening File Explorer, and copying contents from discs to HDD. I rarely use it to write discs because, as a slim model, my tests bore out what was said on these forums that slim models are junk. I tried writing a small CD sized ISO to a DVD+RW and it failed Verify!

If you never plan on burning these ISO's to a disc, I don't see why you couldn't just use Ignore Layer Break. As you say, though, you're probably better off just leaving the VIDEO_S folder on some media for opening. Otherwise, you'd need something like VLC that supports playing DVD Video ISO's natively or you'd have to take the extra steps to mount the ISO as a virtual drive each time you wanted to play it.

Just updated to 1903 ahead of the official rollout by using a 20 day old so called RTM installation ISO of the May 2019 Update. It has its problems but it has its pluses too. The biggest problem is the list of recently used files in the Search bar. I didn't ask for it, I don't want it, and you CAN'T open image files from it! It will say there is no assigned App to open image files. And if you set your Photo Viewer in the Default Apps, it ONLY changes the double click behavior of files in File Explorer. This will NOT fix the Search problem. Notifications have painfully returned to the bad old days of whenever one pops up, the icon that lets you know it came up will NOT clear until you manually clear all Notifications in the Action Center. My old Desktop image has been replaced with a lesser quality one. The old one worked fine. They entirely replaced the Windows 10 windows pane Desktop image with a lighter blue one. And since I have a Waterfox shortcut on my desktop, which is light blue, and Waterfox webpage shortcuts, which are also blue, it's a little blurry on the eyes. I didn't ask for this change and I don't want it. If you're going to offer a new option, then damn well keep the old one! On the plus side, and maybe I'm imagining it, but it seems that my transfers from my internal LG BD drive, which were super slow before, have sped up quite noticeably. And the Windows Update update behavior modifications are quite welcome and long overdue. And something on a personal note that has bugged me a long time now. I have a utility that runs on Windows start that communicates with my Brother printer. It determines how much ink is left in each of the 4 cartridges and advises if they're low. Or when they run out. For a while, this app never detected my printer until I disconnected the USB cable and reconnected it! So, I connected a USB port with individual power cycle buttons on it. That way, I could cycle the communication with the port easier than unplugging and reconnecting the USB cable. This has worked for a while now. After updating to 1903, my printer is now recognized whenever the application starts!

I used to use Partition Wizard, because unlike Partition Master, it wasn't crippled to 8 GB and smaller drives for its free version. However, it doesn't work right anymore! I tried its latest version to resize a partition at the end of my WD drive, but, like the previous version, it never did anything! It started to do something, but then just never did anything. After half an hour, it was at 0% done. The log file said nothing was actually done. And because the log said nothing, tech support was useless, as I knew they would be. So, I switched to AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition. Granted, I've not actually tried its resizing function yet as I've not encountered a case where I need to yet, so my opinion may change, and I may have to try a Partition Master license.

BTW, I believe the slow down in file searches in the May 2019 Update (Windows 10 1903) has been addressed in an Insider Build. Whether this means it will filter down to 1903 as an update or only available in the next Feature Update is unknown.

I could theoretically get faster DVD builds if I wrote my ConvertXToDVD output to the SSD. But, I use the internal mechanical HDD I also got with this system for that. They say you shouldn't write large files to an SSD if you can avoid it because it causes the cells to wear out faster. Don't know if that's true or not. I've been using Western Digital as my primary USB HDD's for well over 5 years now. Never had one die on me. Unlike Seagate! The only reason I ever put a WD out of circulation was to upgrade to a higher capacity drive when necessary. I've got 3 of them now. My primary 10 GB one for everyday use. An 8 GB one that used to do that job but now stores yearly backups on. And a 6 GB one that used to be the daily one years ago but now stores redundant copies of the yearly backups. I used to have a 4 GB one that stored redundant copies of yearly backups, but I gave that one away after getting the 10 GB one. I swapped in the old 6 GB one for the 4 GB's purpose. I've also got a 4 GB WD My Passport portable drive for storing things like temporary files, files I need to take on the go, and for the backups I made of the system when I first got it and periodic backups taken during the reinstall of everything. In a month or 2, I plan on trying a WD 512 GB USB SSD. I've got a 500 GB Samsung T5 that I do like so I thought I'd see if WD's really is 512 GB or just 500 like Samsung's. If it is 512, then I can squeeze out that extra 12 GB over the T5.

Well, if we didn't update Windows 10 every time it had a bug, we'd never update it. I don't use native Windows file searching anyway because, on Windows 10, it NEVER found a single file that I knew was there! That's why I use Everything for my searches. The LG drive that came with the SATA cable in the Super DVD Writer was the refurbished drive from LG. And the Amazon LG drive is the one with the slow LeadIn. The only companies making 5.25" USB 3.0 enclosures, and you need USB 3.0 for BD drives, are VanTech and Mercury Pro. Both have their limitations, but, at least, the Mercury Pro didn't drop communication randomly with the drive, like the VanTec did. This, of course, ruins a burn and wastes a WORM disc. I just ordered a new VanTec yesterday to see if it was a fluke or if its behavior can be reproduced. At least, this time, I can know ahead of time, test for it, and return the enclosure if necessary. I used to use Acronis True Image for years, then, for years, the software was useless! The Rescue Media either wouldn't recognize connected USB HDD or, WORSE, would recognize the devices BUT when you started a restore, the media would conveniently FORGET the devices were connected! Of course, this was AFTER the target partition had already been deleted, resulting in a system you can't boot! I was just glad I was smart enough to have an old Acronis image and rescue media that worked image so I could restore my system back to booting. Now, I use Macrium Reflect. It also allows you to restore images to different hardware; it's called ReDeploy. Unfortunately, the feature is not really as easy as it is doing with True Image.

Open the log and find a failed Verbatim BD-R burn. Look for a line that looks like this one from the above: Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: RITEK-DR3-000) What is the Disc ID? Look for a failed DVD burn, too. Copy and paste the log from a failed DVD burn as well. Also, in particular, note the same Destination Media Type log. It's probably not related to the type of media you're using, but it could be. Particularly if you're using the same kind of "bad" Verbatim media for both BD and DVD. There's good Verbatim and there's bad Verbatim. However, given you're getting random failures on DVD and BD media, it's probably down to the drive itself needing replacing. However, the very reason it could be random is that sometimes bad media was used and sometimes good media was. For instance, Ritek is pretty bad media for dual layer writing, either BD or DVD. It's common to have problems burning DL Ritek media. Without knowing if you've used good media, like the good kind of Verbatim and not the CMC MAG type of media, it's hard to tell.

You can access old failed logs under Help --> ImgBurn Logs. Open the log file, find the last failed instance where this error occurs, and copy and paste its entire operation log.

Received my refurbished drive from LG. It was interesting at first. It came in a box, which was unusual, since Amazon.com and NewEgg ship the units in plain boxes. However, the interesting thing was the box was for an LG DVD Super Writer! There was, though, a hand written sticker on the box that said WH16NS60, so I wasn't too worried. And, inside the box was the correct model. It also included another copy of the Cyberlink software disc; I've got PLENTY of those! It also included an SATA data cable. None of the Amazon.com or NewEgg models shipped with one of those. I'm not going to put it in any of my enclosures just yet. I'm going to order another VanTech enclosure within the next few days. I've heard the quality control on those can be iffy, which might explain why my previous model dropped communication. If I get another unit that does the same thing, then I'll know it's a design flaw with the VanTech.

Yes, it really is amazing what an SSD can do for you. I paid the extra for an SSD in this new Dell and my total reinstall of everything on a new computer went from about 7 days to 4! The time savings was in the sheer amount of time saved restarting Windows like you have to do when installing a lot of software. And Windows 10 refreshes zip along. On my previous Dell, Windows 10 1803 took about 50 minutes to install. On this SSD, Window 10 1809 takes about 20! I'm going to send this most recently WH16NS60 back to Amazon.com for a replacement. It does randomly have problems writing the LeadIn to BD-R. Sometimes, it writes the LeadIn in 30 seconds. Sometimes... 3 minutes and 30 seconds! Tomorrow, my refurbished model NS60 should arrive from LG, so I'll have one to use while Amazon sends me a replacement. Amazon shouldn't have a problem replacing it. It's still within the 30 days return window and I'm not asking for a refund, but a replacement with a different unit of the same model.

I'm not a big fan of MKV over MP4. MKV tends to take longer to load for video editing, especially in things like AVIDeMux because it has to unpack some kind of video stream. And MP4 offers the subtitles that MKV has. I did have to use MKV specifically for converting Blu-Ray special features to DVD if I wanted to keep the subtitles from being permanently burned in.

No prob. As far as I know, ImgBurn never allowed the creation of ISO's of DVD's made by Panasonic DVD recorders. I've been using them since 2002, and all models apparently create new tracks/sessions each time a VTS is written to them. So, ImgBurn should probably never have allowed the creation of discs from them. I've always had to use Build mode or AnyDVD to create ISO's of those discs. But, you can use the Build mode and import the AUDIO_TS (if it exists) and VIDEO_TS from such a Panasonic DVD to create a new disc image and burn that. That's what I've done if I didn't use AnyDVD to create an ISO. Even AnyDVD has problems with Panasonic DVD recorder discs. It always detects structural copy protection, even on discs created BEFORE such a thing existed. It boils down to how the recorders make the DVD's that triggers false positives in the software.

LG has sent out the replacement refurbished WH16NS60. I may need it as the new one I got from Amazon.com a week ago this past Sunday is behaving somewhat oddly. The drive seems to get randomly stuck at writing LeadIn on BD-R. It doesn't actually do anything, it seems, as I just power off the enclosure and power it back on. Once communication is restored and the drive is recognized again I start the burn a second time, and it burns fine. Again, since it's random, it's hard to troubleshoot such an issue. And maybe I'm not waiting long enough. LeadIn generally takes 30 seconds on BD-R, but I did have it take 90 the other day. Next time, I'll try waiting 300 seconds and see if it still "locks up."

All I know is Filmora made a 720 x 480 4:3 MP4 and that was fed into ConvertXToDVD. The still image is just so I don't have a black/blank background playing while the audio plays. Some players, if you have a black screen, won't display the OSD properly. So, if I needed to check what Chapter I'm on or how far I'm into the video/how much time is left, I can't display it. So, I really actually prefer smaller resolutions because, in theory, that should reduce the size of the output video.

Here's your problem: I 21:01:28 Reading Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 0) I 21:01:28 Reading Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 0) The drive thinks the first and last Logical Block Addresses are both at 0. Effectively, the drive is returning there is no data to be read in from the disc. LUK might be able to get more detailed debugging info from your drive for what it's returning from that disc. In the meantime, the only thing I can think of it try another drive if you have one. I just think the drive is returning there is no data but I've no idea why. If you have an external drive you can get a hold of, you can easily connect it up and see if you get the same results.

I knew you could change each chapter's length, but I didn't know there was a change to all chapters' lengths without changing the default, which cycled all chapters. I don't know how to check the resolution for a still image, but if you can figure it out, here's the image I used:

Thanks for leaving this post intact, even though you couldn't delete it to begin with. As you say, it could help someone else who searches the forum for the same issue. It's a somewhat confusing case. There was something called a Divx disc which is different today than a Divx disc. The old Divx was a proprietary DVD format that they basically wanted people to rent a disc each day they wanted to play it. Really stupid idea, people responded appropriately, and the format died quickly. Nowadays, Divx discs are just discs with Divx video container format files on them that some players can play natively.

I once requested something similar. The ability to write BIN/CUE plain single track Audio CD's to image files instead of to disc first. I forget if anything was said either for or against it at the time. In the meantime, you could try installing a virtual CD writer drive. With it installed, you could select it as the target drive, but an image file would be written instead. However, I tried this with some freeware virtual CD writer, I forget which, and it failed epicly. Died within less than a second of attempting to write to the virtual drive.

LG has some weird return policies. For instance, they only tell you when you try to send in something, but if you add any stickers or labels to the drive, it's considered voiding the warranty! Any excuse they can think of to get out of paying for the warranty. Glad I didn't do anything like that. I had a Post It on there, but I took it off before sending it in, obviously. It depends on a few factors like the compression used in the source file, but I can get about a 90 minute file converted in like 20 minutes. For another perspective, a book on CD I converted to DVD. It was an over 11 hour single file M4A that I used a single still image of the book cover as the video for. So, there wasn't a whole lot of video to begin with. Filmora made an about 1.6 GB MP4 from the 11 hours of audio and still video. That 11 hour MP4 converted in about 90 minutes. I had to change the default setting in ConvertXToDVD for that book on CD because the default of 5 minute chapters was not enough. The last chapter was like 3 hours long because it had reached the maximum 99 chapters. I temporarily changed the default to 15 minutes. Which is annoying because you can't just change it in a single project. If you change the setting, it changes it to the DEFAULT! So, you have to change it, save the project with the new value, then start a new project, and change it BACK to the default so it becomes the default option again!

I think that just makes my point clearer. It's even more than 5, so it's even more work. And even with a table listing the changes, each time still has to be implemented individually. If you change it to just one character, then you can create a Case statement where each Case is only performed with one change.

Well, it's easier on the programmer to just replace those with one character versus doing it for all 5.

No problem! I thought ImgBurn would make such changes itself if you didn't use UDF or some kind of file system that supported those unusual characters. It would rename files to compliant names, probably by replacing them with underscores.