Tunetyme

Ahhh! The write speed to the disk was at 4x. I didn't adjust the read speed in the Plex utilities I left that at auto. I think you are right. I am dumping the rest of the spindle.

These 2 graphs are at 4x.

Cynthia: I have tried 4 or 5 of the most recent using smart burn. Here are the graphs from Plex Utilities. Tunetyme

I certainly agree that zero PIF is not attainable. When I write CD's with this same burner & Verbatim 52x CD-R I rarely see C1 errors over 10. This may be a problem with the media and not Image Burn or the burner. If it is then this will be the first batch of bad Verbatim I have ever purchased. My upgrading Image Burn and opening this new pack of 100 DVD was about the same time. Back to the Tests. I burned two DVD's at 4x the log file is attached. The first (second one in the log) gave me the following in Plex Utilities. PIE max 72 average 10.59 PIF max 24 average .06. Interestingly the PIF are spike at approximately 1.2 GB apart. I wish there was a means to attache these graphs. If it would be helpful I will gladly email them to you. The second DVD at 4x produced PIE max 120 average 14.75 and PIF max 24 average .13. In this one based on the PIF I can be relatively certain that when I play it it will lock up as 95% of the errors occur between 3.2 GB and 3.6 GB. On this DVD I slowed the read speed down to 4x and scanned it again. The PIE max 72 average 10.59 and PIF max 5 and average is .03. This shows some improvement on PIF. I hope this helps identify the problem. Thanks! Tunetyme ImgBurn.log

I have attached the log. I think this has everything back to when I upgraded. Just curious, why didn't the verify process pick up the errors? Tunetyme ImgBurn.log

Since I upgraded Image burn I have been making coasters. Image Burn recognizes the Plextor Drive (PX-880SA). I am using Verbatim 16x DVD-R. When I go into the advanced settings to set auto strategy or PowerRec I get the following error message for both. "Unknown (Failed) Reason: Invalid Command Operation Code" I have backed off the speed to 8X and it still gives me discs with a high PIE rate and a lot of PIF errors. Out of a box of 100 discs I have made 50-60 coasters. The current 8x configuration gives me a passable disc to watch(about 10)but I miss the high quality I used to get. I just tested all the other drive manufacturers and it appears to be a Lite-On drive. I've set it to smartburn. I am running a test burn now and then I will look at it with Plex Utilities. Generally it has been my experience that PIE errors less than 40 is acceptable with zero PIF errors. Here is the chart. Couldn't insert picture. The PIE errors are max 456 average 23.6 and the PIF errors are max 16 average .04. Any ideas? I will be happy to send you my log and the picture. Tunetyme

I have a couple of old black & white movies (no copy protection) that I tried to back up. When I try to play them in a DVD player they stutter and skip. When I look at the movies on my computer they play fine. I copied one again and I had the same problem. Is this defective media (Verbatim 4.7 +R)or some other problem? The movies I have burned since then have not had a problem. I am running XP Pro, with a Plextor px 880sa drive. Tunetyme

It worked perfectly. Ritek is one of the Plextor recommended media types. So I bought it. The first burn was fine, it just couldn't be read by the Yamaha player. I use Verbatim for single layer. Do I need to reset the booktype for single layer media?

; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 - Log ; Monday, 09 November 2009, 11:50:44 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 10:53:36 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 10:53:36 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3) I 10:53:36 Total Physical Memory: 1,963,436 KB - Available: 754,160 KB I 10:53:36 Initialising SPTI... I 10:53:36 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 10:53:36 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 10:53:49 Operation Started! I 10:53:49 Building Image Tree... I 10:53:49 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:53:49 Calculating Totals... I 10:53:49 Preparing Image... E 10:54:02 Operation Aborted! - Duration: 00:00:13 I 10:54:05 Operation Started! I 10:54:05 Building Image Tree... I 10:54:06 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:54:06 Calculating Totals... I 10:54:06 Preparing Image... I 10:54:33 Using Layer Break LBA: 2054046 -> 2054048 (VTS_01, PGC: 2, Chapter: 15, Cell: 20, Vob/Cell ID: 1/20, Time: 01:20:09, SPLIP: No) I 10:54:33 Checking Path Length... I 10:54:33 Contents: 45 Files, 2 Folders I 10:54:33 Content Type: DVD Video I 10:54:33 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:54:33 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:54:33 Volume Label: [Not Configured] I 10:54:33 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 10:54:33 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 10:54:33 TV System: NTSC I 10:54:33 Size: 8,219,975,680 bytes I 10:54:33 Sectors: 4,013,660 I 10:54:33 Image Size: 8,220,639,232 bytes I 10:54:33 Image Sectors: 4,013,984 I 10:54:33 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:27 I 10:56:17 Operation Started! I 10:56:17 Building Image Tree... I 10:56:17 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:56:17 Calculating Totals... I 10:56:17 Preparing Image... I 10:56:18 Checking Path Length... I 10:56:18 Contents: 90 Files, 2 Folders I 10:56:18 Content Type: DVD Video I 10:56:18 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:56:18 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:56:18 Volume Label: [Not Configured] I 10:56:18 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 10:56:18 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 10:56:18 TV System: NTSC I 10:56:18 Size: 16,439,951,360 bytes I 10:56:18 Sectors: 8,027,320 I 10:56:18 Image Size: 16,440,721,408 bytes I 10:56:18 Image Sectors: 8,027,696 I 10:56:18 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 10:56:30 Operation Started! I 10:56:30 Building Image Tree... I 10:56:30 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:56:30 Calculating Totals... I 10:56:30 Preparing Image... I 10:57:25 Using Layer Break LBA: 2013195 -> 2013200 (VTS_01, PGC: 1, Chapter: 15, Cell: 19, Vob/Cell ID: 1/19, Time: 01:18:39, SPLIP: Yes) I 10:57:25 Checking Path Length... I 10:57:25 Contents: 45 Files, 2 Folders I 10:57:25 Content Type: DVD Video I 10:57:25 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:57:25 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:57:25 Volume Label: [Not Configured] I 10:57:25 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 10:57:25 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 10:57:25 TV System: NTSC I 10:57:25 Size: 8,219,975,680 bytes I 10:57:25 Sectors: 4,013,660 I 10:57:25 Image Size: 8,220,639,232 bytes I 10:57:25 Image Sectors: 4,013,984 I 10:57:25 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:54 I 10:57:40 Operation Started! I 10:57:40 Building Image Tree... I 10:57:45 Checking Directory Depth... I 10:57:45 Calculating Totals... I 10:57:45 Preparing Image... I 10:58:22 Using Layer Break LBA: 2054046 -> 2054048 (VTS_01, PGC: 1, Chapter: 15, Cell: 20, Vob/Cell ID: 1/20, Time: 01:20:09, SPLIP: No) I 10:58:22 Checking Path Length... I 10:58:22 Contents: 45 Files, 2 Folders I 10:58:22 Content Type: DVD Video I 10:58:22 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 10:58:22 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:58:22 Volume Label: BOURNE_IDENTITY I 10:58:22 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 10:58:22 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 10:58:22 TV System: NTSC I 10:58:22 Size: 8,219,975,680 bytes I 10:58:22 Sectors: 4,013,660 I 10:58:22 Image Size: 8,220,639,232 bytes I 10:58:22 Image Sectors: 4,013,984 I 10:58:34 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:54 I 10:58:34 Operation Started! I 10:58:34 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 10:58:34 Source File Sectors: 4,013,984 (MODE1/2048) I 10:58:34 Source File Size: 8,220,639,232 bytes I 10:58:34 Source File Volume Identifier: BOURNE_IDENTITY I 10:58:34 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 10:58:34 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 10:58:34 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:58:34 Destination Device: [1:1:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-880SA 1.03 (E:) (ATA) I 10:58:34 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RITEK-S04-66) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 10:58:34 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 10:58:34 Write Mode: DVD I 10:58:34 Write Type: DAO I 10:58:34 Write Speed: MAX I 10:58:34 Link Size: Auto I 10:58:34 Lock Volume: Yes I 10:58:34 Test Mode: No I 10:58:34 OPC: No I 10:58:34 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 10:58:34 Book Type Setting: N/A I 10:58:34 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,054,048 I 10:58:34 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary, 'SPLIP' Flag Not Set I 10:58:56 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 10:58:57 Filling Buffer... (60 MB) I 10:58:58 Writing LeadIn... I 10:59:00 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4013983) I 10:59:00 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4013983) I 10:59:00 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2054047) I 11:07:50 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2054048 - 4013983) I 11:16:08 Synchronising Cache... I 11:16:12 Closing Track... I 11:16:13 Finalising Disc... I 11:17:24 Exporting Graph Data... I 11:17:24 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Student.TRAINING\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\PLEXTOR_DVDR_PX-880SA_1.03_MONDAY-NOVEMBER-09-2009_10-58_AM_RITEK-S04-66_MAX.ibg I 11:17:24 Export Successfully Completed! I 11:17:24 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:18:49 I 11:17:24 Average Write Rate: 7,816 KB/s (5.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,237 KB/s (8.1x) I 11:17:24 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 11:17:31 Waiting for device to become ready... I 11:17:48 Device Ready! I 11:17:48 Operation Started! I 11:17:48 Source Device: [1:1:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-880SA 1.03 (E:) (ATA) I 11:17:48 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD+R DL) (Disc ID: RITEK-S04-66) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 11:17:48 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 11:17:48 Image File Sectors: 4,013,984 (MODE1/2048) I 11:17:48 Image File Size: 8,220,639,232 bytes I 11:17:48 Image File Volume Identifier: BOURNE_IDENTITY I 11:17:48 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 11:17:48 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 11:17:48 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 11:17:48 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 11:17:48 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4013983) I 11:17:48 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4013983) I 11:17:48 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2054047) I 11:23:46 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 2054048 - 4013983) I 11:29:22 Exporting Graph Data... I 11:29:22 Graph Data File: C:\Documents and Settings\Student.TRAINING\Application Data\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\PLEXTOR_DVDR_PX-880SA_1.03_MONDAY-NOVEMBER-09-2009_10-58_AM_RITEK-S04-66_MAX.ibg I 11:29:22 Export Successfully Completed! I 11:29:22 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:29 I 11:29:22 Average Verify Rate: 11,668 KB/s (8.4x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 16,632 KB/s (12.0x) I 11:50:44 Close Request Acknowledged I 11:50:44 Closing Down... I 11:50:44 Shutting down SPTI... I 11:50:44 ImgBurn closed!

Have you tried playing it in a different player other the the above mentioned? Maybe at a friends house, relative, neighbor, co-worker...etc.?? No. Not yet.

I've just completed my first double layer copy. It won't play on my Yamaha DV-S5750 player. The DVD works fine on my computer. The player reports that there is no disc. The single layer DVD's work fine in the player. I have a Plextor PX-880SA drive. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong? Tunetyme