dbminter

Yeah, if you're getting different DID's in the same cake stack, you probably got sold some junk. However, if they're from different boxes/cake stacks that all say Verbatim on the package, it makes sense you might get one batch from one manufacturer and one from another. Verbatim farms out to CMC and to Mitsubishi. CMC for its cheap junk; Mitsubishi for its quality DataLifePlus/AZO media. So, farming out to Ritek for another batch might not be too far fetched. I've admittedly never seen American Verbatim discs from Ritek. Just CMC and Mitsubishi. European markets I can't comment on, because cheaper quality Ritek seems to be sold there. The Ritek I've seen, except for DL media, is generally 2nd tier quality discs. However, the European Ritek seems to be pretty trashy. However, you're based in America, it seems, so I can't comment on Verbatim being Ritek as I've never seen that in 17 years of experience.

I don't think you can do anything audio wise besides adding tracks to a CUE file. You'd have to adjust those levels for each individual track before adding them.

Are you asking how to take an HBCD ISO and write it to a flash drive so the flash drive is bootable? Or are you saying you created an ISO from an HBCD bootable flash drive but the ISO doesn't boot?

Isn't the bottom line really ImgBurn can't create ISO's of flash drives to begin with? So, bootable or not, ImgBurn won't create an image of your flash drive. But, I guess you're asking how can ImgBurn create a bootable ISO in Build mode that you want Rufus to burn to a flash drive so the flash drive is bootable? You want to put the different utilities all on one flash drive, I'm guessing? I doubt you can accomplish this since each utility requires a different environment to run in. Plus, how would you get to a boot environment to select which utility to run? Some run in "DOS" but some run in WinPE.

Yeah, there's no way of telling from the log if you switched brand names or not. Both burns are CMC, but they could both be Verbatims. Another thing to take into consideration that you probably won't like. Your drive appears to be a slim model. Slim models are junk. Particularly for writing. They have a high failure rate for writing. You may have to get a half height drive in a USB enclosure, either already sold that way or buy a half height model and a USB enclosure to put it in. I went with that second route for my BD burner.

Ah, now I think we're getting somewhere! Well, somewhere insomuch as I have NOTHING listed under External Filters. Neither the top or bottom windows are populated with any information. So, that indicated to me the LAV filters aren't "there." Even when playing a file, nothing is listed.

Did you check Help --> ImgBurn Logs? There should be a master file of all operation logs in the file it brings up.

Yes, you'll want the Verbatim DataLife Plus AZO CD's you can only find online. Verbatim's Life Series you find in stores is CMC junk. I, too, would recommend first trying the better quality Verbatim stuff. If you have a log from a Maxell burn that failed, check it for the DID/MID/Disc ID/Manufacturer ID line. See if it's also CMC. Or copy and paste it here so we can see if it's a cheap manufacturer, too. I would be willing to bet it's probably also CMC.

I guess for whatever reason, K-Lite Codec Pack, which I choose to install LAV filters with as part of its Mega package, isn't loading FLAC files. Maybe because I don't have LAV always "running" in the system tray? That only displays whenever MPC-HC opens an audio/video file.

MadFLAC Sample Grabber Null Renderer All Vendor Info unknown. I know the LAV shows up in my system tray whenever I play an audio or video file in Media Player Classic Home Cinema.

I've got something similar. It showed FLAC as being checked, but I still needed to install madFLAC before ImgBurn would process them into Audio CD's for me. I even posted about it here when it didn't work and LUK told me to install madFLAC, which got it working for me.

I don't know. How would I check for that?

I was just saying I have LAV filters installed as part of my K-Lite Codec Pack Mega install and I still had to install madFLAC to get ImgBurn to import FLAC files.

I had the LAV filters installed and when I tried to import FLAC files, I had to install madFLAC to get ImgBurn to import them.

I don't really see a problem. While there may be a difference between the 2 programs, ImgBurn has never failed to make an exact copy of a CD-R contents I read with it and burned it.

I don't understand the problem. Are you saying the reading of discs is not complete? That the images ImgBurn and Alcohol 120% make are not complete reads of the data on the discs? As for their being CD-R's, the only thing that would probably matter here is that not all sectors are read because not all sectors are in use. e.g. only the sectors actually burned on the CD-R would be read.

Your answer is probably here: I 21:48:36 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f, CMC Magnetics Corp.) Don't use cheap media like CMC Magnetics. Try Verbatim DataLife Plus/AZO CD-R. NOT Life Series which you find in stores, which will be CMC. DataLife Plus/AZO can only be found online. Have you ever used these discs before successfully or is this your first time burning CD's?

I was going to suggest try converting the 24 bit FLAC to 16 bit FLAC, but, well, I forgot to actually come by here and post it after reading my e-mail notification of a reply.

Define multiple files. Multiple extensions? All from the same source/CD/download? If they were all made by the same application, they could all have the same corruption at the same point. I've never heard of eac3 so I've never used it. I don't know it's limitations/quirks/fitness for use.

There's probably little you can do. Just try converting to other lossless formats like WAV lossless and see if that gets you anywhere. However, most likely, the FLAC is corrupt. Because it got converted once doesn't really mean anything, probably. The converter you previously used to write a FLAC probably didn't do any actual converting. It just copied the file to the new file name location with a .FLAC extension. Since you're getting errors on actually converting the file from one audio file format type to another, the FLAC is most likely corrupt. That's probably why ImgBurn failed to import it even with madFLAC installed. It's not a properly formatted file. You could try conversion to loss formats, but you'll lose some audio quality. However, it may be all you can do to get a workaround.

The answer is most likely the FLAC file that is failing to load is not a FLAC file. It's not formatted properly. Try saving it as another file type, like Apple Lossless Codec M4A, with an audio file converter. Also, have you played the entire FLAC? Maybe it's corrupt at some point in playback.

And this message came up after you reinstalled madFLAC? That kind of message generally means you don't have the necessary filters installed to handle the file type. It may not actually be a FLAC or an incorrectly formatted FLAC. You may want to try installing an audio conversion software, load the FLAC, and save it as another FLAC. I used to come across MP3's that did the same thing and this was the only fix. Or converting the MP3's to FLAC. Since you already have FLAC, you should try converting it to another FLAC.

Windows suddenly forgetting files are there or program settings is not uncommon. First, try reinstalling madFLAC, per LUK. If that doesn't fix it, then something more insidious is up.

Oh, DVDFlick might be a problem here. There was just recently a post where someone had playback problems when creating a DVD with DVDFlick. Their problem went away when they switched to another program. I recommended what I use and what that other poster switched to: ConvertXToDVD. There's a 7 day unlimited free trial, but the video might be watermarked, I don't know. But, you can use it to see if it fits your needs before buying it.

All of my knowledge is from 16 years of being self taught in creating CD's, DVD's, and Blu-Rays. But, experience is usually the best teacher. Never heard of Hema, so it may be crap media. The label on the box isn't what you're looking for. Put a disc in a PC burner drive, open ImgBurn in Write mode, and look in the pane of information on the right side. Look for Disc ID/DID/MID/Manufacturer ID. Copy that information in a post and I can tell. If it says CMC it's definitely junk media. I know Phillips has used CMC in the past. Cheap DVD-R from Big Lots by Phillips are CMC crap discs. I know that from experience. I forgot VLC can play ISO files. As I said, if the issue isn't on the PC when you play the ISO files, the problem is probably the player or the discs.