Hi LIGHTNING UK!,
I have a TSST SH-S203B SB04 and yesterday I faced the "Track 1 is smaller on the disc than it is in the image file" problem with the latest ImgBurn (2.5.1.0). Searching the forum, I found this topic that explains the root cause of the problem (a bug in MediaTek/Samsung/LiteOn firmware) and as I couldn't post a reply to that topic (forum restriction?), I created this one.
Both of my Samsung drives, the SH-S203B SB04 (DVD-RW/RAM) and the SH-M522C TS08 (Combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW) have this problem as you can see below:
Image Info:
Session Track Type Index Start Length LBA
Session 1 Track 1 Mode 1 Index 1 00:02:00 338:20:25 0 - 1522524
Total 338:20:25 0 - 1522524
LeadOut 338:22:25 1522525
Disc info of this image burned with ImgBurn 2.5.1.0 in the SH-S203B SB04:
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB04 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R
TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1522524)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 1522525)
Track Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 1522496, LRA: 1522511)
Same disc now read by the SH-M522C TS08:
TSSTcorp CDW/DVD SH-M522C TS08 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-ROM
TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1522524)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 1522525)
Track Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 1522524, LRA: 1522524)
Now, the same image burned by Nero 7 on the SH-S203B SB04:
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B SB04 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R
TOC Information:
Session 1... (LBA: 0)
-> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 1522527)
-> LeadOut (LBA: 1522528) <<--- Nero padded the image to the next multiple of 16
Track Information:
Session 1...
-> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 1522512, LRA: 1522527)
This is clearly a firmware bug of MediaTek/Samsung/LiteOn drives and in the other topic, LiteOn admits it and send a test firmware that correct this bug. As I doubt that Samsung will do the same (especially with older drives) and using a program that pads the image (as Nero does) is worst (it breaks UDF standards as stated in the other topic, what can I do? Stay with ImgBurn 2.5.0.0 (as it uses TOC instead of Track info)?
I don't know if is possible, but for these buggy drives, in the next version of ImgBurn, can you maybe add an option or condition to use the TOC instead of Track information as in the previous ImgBurn versions?
Thanks for yours efforts, patience and ImgBurn of course