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I just texted my sister and she said that the dvds were made with a stand alone vhs/dvd machine that has dubbing capabilities. How can I tell if multiple tracks are being read during a read? I imagine it shows up somehow in the log window. Thanks

Thanks for the reply dbminter. I don't know where the idea that I'm using rewritable discs comes from. In my first post I said that I was using dvd-r discs for the project, although you may have missed it (second to last sentence of the post.) Several discs that I'm coppying are dvd+rw, from which I can make an ISO file. It's the dvd-r discs from which I have to create the BIN and MDS file. Unless I'm mistaken, your reply, in the second paragraph, intimated that I was using a rewritable disc for the burns. Does this make any difference? Thanks again.

I just saw the newest reply. Here is the right column from the disc info. I had to clear the error message before I could copy the info. LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L BL05 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-R Disc Information: Status: Complete State of Last Session: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 2,284,368 Size: 4,678,385,664 bytes Time: 507:40:18 (MM:SS:FF) Thanks again. TOC Information: Session 1... (LBA: 0) -> Track 01 (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2284367) -> LeadOut (LBA: 2284368) Track Information: Session 1... -> Track 01 (LTSA: 0, LTS: 15872, LRA: 15871) -> Track 02 (LTSA: 15888, LTS: 2268448, LRA: 2284335) -> Track 03 (LTSA: 2284352, LTS: 16, LRA: 2284367) Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: RITEKF1 Recording Management Area Information: FUNAI L6396025389BOK+- DVD-RW DD-DRA Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: 0@P-!-00 Book Type: DVD-R Part Version: 5 Disc Size: 120mm Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified Number of Layers: 1 Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP) Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit Track Density: 0.74 um/track First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608 Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 2,480,975 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

Thanks again for the reply. As per my original post, when I can't get an ISO file, the program creates two files, a BIN file and an MDS file. I'm burning three copies each, using the mds file. Sorry if I don't know enough to ask the right questions. From what I gather from your post, ISO and MDS files are interchangeable as far as burning to a disc is concerned. So my question still stands.... should I continue to burn discs uning the mds file when the program won't let me create an ISO file? I don't care if I use the ISO file format as long as the disc copy is successful. Thanks again.

Thank you for your reply. Are you saying that what I've done so far will not work, namely, burning a disc from the mds file? As I said before, they appear to work on both my computer and in an older dvd player. You said that using the build mode would create a "standard playing DVD in an ISO/MDS format." Haven't I already created the mds format? Both types of discs (dvd+rw and dvd-r) both have only two folders in the disc's root directory...... Video_RM and Video_TS. I'm sure I'll have little problem using the build mode if I have to. Also, like I said I can create an iso file from the dvd+rw discs, but not the dvd-r discs. You said your machine created bin files for (what I implied from your post) all discs. Any clue why this would be? I'm new to using Imgburn. Thank you for your help. In previewing my post, I just noticed a further reply. As far as I can tell, the dvd+rw would be multi session discs and the dvd-r, by their non-rewritable nature, would be single session only. My question still stands..... Will what I've done so far work? I can easily use the build mode from now on. Again, thank you both for your kind responses.

I’m working on a project to duplicate 42 dvds for my sister. She transferred her family home movies from vhs tape to the dvds. I don’t know how she did it. Since ImgBurn can't copy discs directly, I needed to create an iso image from the disk and then make three copies of the iso file. I’m not always able to make an iso file of the disk. When I go to create the file, an error message appears that says in part: “ISO is not an appropriate container format for the current disc and regardless of what you select for the file extension, I will not create a true (MODEL1/2048) ISO image! The file will be created with a ‘.bin’ extension instead.” I just checked something. My sister used two types of discs…. dvd-r and dvd+rw. As far as I can tell, an iso file can be created with the dvd+rw discs, but not the dvd-r discs. After the file creation, when I look at the files list there are two files listed with the name I assigned to it. The first one is a bin file with no icon for it and the other file is an mds file that has an icon. Which file should I click on to burn the copies, bin or mds? I initially chose the mds format for the first few, but then I thought I’d better get some advice. The discs play on my computer and in an older dvd player hooked to an old tv. I’m using verbatim dvd-r discs for the burn. Thank you for your help.