jonty34

You'll have realised....I'm a slow learner ! It's the usual problem with having to absorb abd understand a large amount of new data - the log. The first few times you see it, it doesn't make any sense. In language learning there is a principle that you have to hear/see a word 8 times before you can use it yourself competently. I think the same principle applies here: you have to see a number of logs before you can begin to read and interpret them properly. The next time I burn a disc, I will follow the log carefully and try to understand the individual sections and lines. Thanks again for all your help...I feel much more confident using IMGburn now.

That's terrific. I WAS multitasking while the burning was in progress so I'll make sure not to do that in future. What you say makes sense. Yes I saw the entry: 10:0941 Cycling Tray before Verify... but could not understand why the burning process then went back to the beginning. As I reported, when I put the dvd in to the tv, it played the film perfectly normally. So why did the process go on beyond simply verifying to starting again ? Should I have let it continue ? I will check the drivers as well. Thanks for the link and also for the comment about the buffers. I will increase the buffer figure there. Thanks again for all your advice. It really does help me to understand how these things work.

I am duly reprimanded....yes I could and should have used Google (as I have done for many other things). But now to real problems...I have just tried to burn a ripped dvd using a Verbatim disc this time. When the burn reached 100%, the drive opened and closed by itself and started the burn all over again (to my astonishment). OK I let it go ahead but was then disappointed when it stopped some way through and reported I/O Error. The log: ; //****************************************\\ ; ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 - Log ; Sunday, 26 June 2011, 10:15:49 ; \\****************************************// ; ; I 09:37:02 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 09:37:02 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2) I 09:37:02 Total Physical Memory: 1,832,712 KB - Available: 757,044 KB W 09:37:02 AnyDVD can interfere with ImgBurn's ability to verify accurately, please ensure it's disabled! I 09:37:02 Initialising SPTI... I 09:37:02 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 09:37:02 -> Drive 1 - Info: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S 1.0B (D:) (ATA) I 09:37:02 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 09:42:45 Operation Started! I 09:42:45 Building Image Tree... I 09:42:47 Checking Directory Depth... I 09:42:47 Calculating Totals... I 09:42:47 Preparing Image... I 09:43:31 Using Layer Break LBA: 1710567 -> 1842544 (VTS_01, PGC: 2, Chapter: 6, Cell: 6, Vob/Cell ID: 2/6, Time: 01:03:23, SPLIP: Yes -> No) I 09:43:31 Checking Path Length... I 09:43:31 Contents: 33 Files, 2 Folders I 09:43:31 Content Type: DVD Video I 09:43:31 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 09:43:31 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 09:43:31 Volume Label: TSITE I 09:43:31 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 09:43:31 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 09:43:31 TV System: PAL I 09:43:31 Size: 7,276,140,609 bytes I 09:43:31 Sectors: 3,552,804 I 09:43:31 Image Size: 7,547,060,224 bytes I 09:43:31 Image Sectors: 3,685,088 I 09:43:34 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:48 I 09:43:34 Operation Started! I 09:43:34 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 09:43:34 Source File Sectors: 3,685,088 (MODE1/2048) I 09:43:34 Source File Size: 7,547,060,224 bytes I 09:43:34 Source File Volume Identifier: TSITE I 09:43:34 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 3EDA4D5600383ADC I 09:43:34 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.5.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 09:43:34 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 09:43:34 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 09:43:34 Destination Device: [0:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S 1.0B (D:) (ATA) I 09:43:34 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 09:43:34 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 09:43:34 Write Mode: DVD I 09:43:34 Write Type: DAO I 09:43:34 Write Speed: 4x I 09:43:34 Link Size: Auto I 09:43:34 Lock Volume: Yes I 09:43:34 Test Mode: No I 09:43:34 OPC: No I 09:43:34 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 09:43:34 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x) I 09:43:34 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 09:43:34 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,842,544 I 09:43:34 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary I 09:43:42 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 09:43:42 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 09:43:47 Writing LeadIn... I 09:43:51 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 09:43:51 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 09:43:51 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1842543) W 09:46:56 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 476032) W 09:47:03 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 09:47:13 Writing Sectors... W 09:48:21 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 643360) W 09:48:39 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 09:48:53 Writing Sectors... W 09:50:30 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 895712) W 09:50:31 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 09:50:34 Writing Sectors... W 09:52:27 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 1190592) W 09:52:28 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 09:52:29 Writing Sectors... I 09:56:34 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1842544 - 3685087) W 10:00:50 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2502032) W 10:00:51 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 10:00:53 Writing Sectors... W 10:06:33 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 3405904) W 10:06:43 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 10:06:46 Writing Sectors... I 10:08:30 Synchronising Cache... I 10:08:31 Closing Track... I 10:08:47 Finalising Disc... I 10:09:41 Exporting Graph Data... I 10:09:41 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Jon\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7200S_1.0B_26-JUNE-2011_09-43_MKM-003-00_4x.ibg I 10:09:41 Export Successfully Completed! I 10:09:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:26:06 I 10:09:41 Average Write Rate: 4,986 KB/s (3.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,951 KB/s (4.3x) I 10:09:41 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 10:09:49 Waiting for device to become ready... I 10:10:02 Device Ready! I 10:10:02 Operation Started! I 10:10:02 Source Device: [0:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S 1.0B (D:) (ATA) I 10:10:02 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 10:10:02 Image File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 10:10:02 Image File Sectors: 3,685,088 (MODE1/2048) I 10:10:02 Image File Size: 7,547,060,224 bytes I 10:10:02 Image File Volume Identifier: TSITE I 10:10:02 Image File Volume Set Identifier: 3EDA4D5600383ADC I 10:10:02 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.5.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 10:10:02 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 10:10:02 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 10:10:02 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 10:10:02 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 10:10:02 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 10:10:02 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1842543) W 10:14:39 Failed to Read Sector 1287120 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 10:14:39 Sector 1287120 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB W 10:15:23 Failed to Read Sector 1287120 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 10:15:23 Sector 1287120 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB W 10:15:29 Failed to Read Sector 1287121 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 10:15:29 Sector 1287121 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB W 10:15:31 Failed to Read Sector 1287121 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 10:15:31 Sector 1287121 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB W 10:15:37 Failed to Read Sector 1287122 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 10:15:37 Sector 1287122 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB E 10:15:40 Failed to Read Sector 1287122 - Reason: No Seek Complete E 10:15:40 Sector 1287122 maps to File: \VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_2.VOB E 10:15:40 Failed to Verify Sectors! I 10:15:40 Exporting Graph Data... I 10:15:40 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Jon\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7200S_1.0B_26-JUNE-2011_09-43_MKM-003-00_4x.ibg I 10:15:40 Export Successfully Completed! E 10:15:40 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:05:37 I 10:15:40 Average Verify Rate: 7,638 KB/s (5.5x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 13,689 KB/s (9.9x) I 10:15:48 Close Request Acknowledged I 10:15:48 Closing Down... I 10:15:49 Shutting down SPTI... I 10:15:49 ImgBurn closed! When I/O Error came up, I clicked Continue to see what happened but it re-appeared a moment later so I stoppped and closed down. Then, on an instinct, I put the disc in my tv and to my astonishment (again !), it played from start to finish. What is going on here ?

Thanks to you both. It's not Lightning UK's sentences I don't understand ISF God, it's the technical language. To take a simple example, I take it that 'firmware' is the new term for what we used to call 'hardware' as disticnt from software. But I don't want to bore you with this.... Your explication of L UK's reply is very helpful as you relate his advice in the link to which he points to the log I submitted, thus enabling me to work out what to do but also to understand for the future. It is all very well (and I don't want to seem ungrateful for the work of people like L UK) but my experience of experts over the years - and not just in the field of computing - is that their advice is often couched in technical language well above the level of understanding of the questioner. FAQs are often useful but they would be considerably more so if they were accompanied by glossaries. We have an excellent computer magazine in the UK (Computeractive) which has built a deserved reputation by (i) writing articles in plain English and (ii) by having a running glossary in every edition. Ah well....that's my gripe for today. I have now ordered some Verbatim discs as they seem to be recommended by everyone and the ones I have used thus far have been cheapies.

Apologies, Lightning UK. I posted in the wrong place by accident.

I too am an amateur here, using IMGburn for the first time. Burning a dvd, I got a write error. I am aware that others have reported this but do not understand the solutions offered and seem to have a different problem anyway: No Seek Complete. Log: 08:59:53 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started! I 08:59:53 Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition (6.0, Build 6002 : Service Pack 2) I 08:59:53 Total Physical Memory: 1,832,712 KB - Available: 687,660 KB W 08:59:53 AnyDVD can interfere with ImgBurn's ability to verify accurately, please ensure it's disabled! I 08:59:54 Initialising SPTI... I 08:59:54 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 08:59:54 -> Drive 1 - Info: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S 1.0B (D:) (ATA) I 08:59:54 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM! I 09:01:16 Operation Started! I 09:01:16 Building Image Tree... I 09:01:26 Checking Directory Depth... I 09:01:26 Calculating Totals... I 09:01:26 Preparing Image... I 09:02:01 Using Layer Break LBA: 1710567 -> 1842544 (VTS_01, PGC: 2, Chapter: 6, Cell: 6, Vob/Cell ID: 2/6, Time: 01:03:23, SPLIP: Yes -> No) I 09:02:01 Checking Path Length... I 09:02:01 Contents: 33 Files, 2 Folders I 09:02:01 Content Type: DVD Video I 09:02:01 Data Type: MODE1/2048 I 09:02:01 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 09:02:01 Volume Label: TSITE I 09:02:01 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled I 09:02:01 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 I 09:02:01 TV System: PAL I 09:02:01 Size: 7,276,140,609 bytes I 09:02:01 Sectors: 3,552,804 I 09:02:01 Image Size: 7,547,060,224 bytes I 09:02:01 Image Sectors: 3,685,088 I 09:02:04 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:47 I 09:02:04 Operation Started! I 09:02:04 Source File: -==/\/[bUILD IMAGE]\/\==- I 09:02:04 Source File Sectors: 3,685,088 (MODE1/2048) I 09:02:04 Source File Size: 7,547,060,224 bytes I 09:02:04 Source File Volume Identifier: TSITE I 09:02:04 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 3ECE482800383ADC I 09:02:04 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.5.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 09:02:04 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 09:02:04 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 09:02:04 Destination Device: [0:1:0] Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S 1.0B (D:) (ATA) I 09:02:04 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D01-67) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 09:02:04 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 09:02:04 Write Mode: DVD I 09:02:04 Write Type: DAO I 09:02:04 Write Speed: 4x I 09:02:04 Link Size: Auto I 09:02:04 Lock Volume: Yes I 09:02:04 Test Mode: No I 09:02:04 OPC: No I 09:02:04 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 09:02:04 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x) I 09:02:04 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 09:02:04 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,842,544 I 09:02:04 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: IFO Cell Boundary I 09:02:11 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 09:02:11 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 09:02:16 Writing LeadIn... I 09:02:19 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 09:02:19 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3685087) I 09:02:19 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1842543) W 09:05:48 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 556192) W 09:06:08 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 09:06:21 Writing Sectors... I 09:14:19 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1842544 - 3685087) W 09:26:00 Failed to Write Sectors 3423856 - 3423887 - Reason: No Seek Complete W 09:26:00 Retrying (1 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (2 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (3 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (4 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (5 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (6 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (7 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (8 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (9 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (10 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (11 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (12 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (13 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (14 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (15 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (16 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (17 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (18 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (19 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:26:00 Retrying (20 of 20)... W 09:26:00 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error E 09:31:35 Failed to Write Sectors 3423856 - 3423887 - Reason: No Seek Complete I 09:31:35 Synchronising Cache... I 09:31:45 Closing Track... W 09:31:45 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Write Error W 09:31:45 Retrying (1 of 3)... W 09:31:45 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:31:45 Retrying (2 of 3)... W 09:31:45 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error W 09:31:45 Retrying (3 of 3)... W 09:31:45 Retry Failed - Reason: Write Error E 09:31:50 Close Track Failed! - Reason: Write Error I 09:31:50 Finalising Disc... W 09:31:50 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session W 09:31:50 Retrying (1 of 3)... W 09:31:50 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session W 09:31:50 Retrying (2 of 3)... W 09:31:50 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session W 09:31:50 Retrying (3 of 3)... W 09:31:50 Retry Failed - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session E 09:31:52 Finalise Disc Failed! - Reason: Session Fixation Error - Incomplete Track in Session E 09:31:52 Failed to Write Image! I 09:31:52 Exporting Graph Data... I 09:31:52 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Jon\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\Optiarc_DVD_RW_AD-7200S_1.0B_14-JUNE-2011_09-02_RICOHJPN-D01-67_4x.ibg I 09:31:52 Export Successfully Completed! E 09:31:52 Operation Failed! - Duration: 00:29:48 I 09:31:52 Average Write Rate: 3,901 KB/s (2.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,854 KB/s (4.2x) I 09:31:55 Close Request Acknowledged I 09:31:55 Closing Down... I 09:31:55 Shutting down SPTI... I 09:31:55 ImgBurn closed! I checked the referenvces by Admin to the google link but these seem all to be in relation to a different problem. I hope I am not wasting anyone's time here and hope that you can offer a solution I can understand and apply. Thank you