Shamus_McFartfinger

0 bytes or 0 bytes free? Again, giving you the benefit of doubt, you can load the ISO into Imgburn which will happily burn it onto a disk for you. You can also change the output from ImgBurns' build option to write the files directly to disk instead of creating an ISO first.

It's done this way for speed. When you play a movie in your DVD player, the laser will read the final piece of data at the outside edge of layer 0 and then quickly change to to layer 1 and read from the outside edge towards the centre. This way there's only a split second delay as the player changes focus between layers.

Blu, I read that 3 times and I'm still not sure what you said. @Sliztzan: What verification does is check your disk for errors after it has been burned. Imgburn will burn your disk and then eject it before checking. Ejecting the disk forces the drive to refresh itself which makes the verification process more accurate. If the disk uses a cheap dye (like CMC or Ritek media), it will usually burn fine but fail to read back what your drive has written.

Grab some Verbatim +R/DL. Everything else is a waste of money. This does.... DVDs are written in what's called Opposite Track Path. Your burner starts the burn at the centre of layer 0 (the top layer) and writes towards the edge before re-focusing the laser and writing layer 1 (the bottom layer) from the outside toward the centre. If you look above you can see that your media failed at sector 1,997,312 which is roughly half of the 4,173,824 sectors in total. As we know the drive writes from the centre to the outside of the disk, we know that sector 1,997,312 is about the halfway point of the burn and is near the outer edge.

The full log, please.

Chewy, I'll agree that this is impressive. However, my original response still stands. Logic dictates that if a user has to ask this question in the first place, they are unlikely to be using a PC with multiple SATA/RAID drives and horsepower to spare. My response assumes an "average" user with a moderate PC with no SATA and little more than a dual IDE channel rather than what you, me or others can achieve with a high-end system.

Also, you might want to look here........... http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&...post&p=6175

There's a firmware update available for your drive. Install it and see if it helps. http://www.freecom.com/objects/00004395.zip

We only use Verbatim and Taiyo Yudens here but even the Verbatim -R/DL are pretty dodgy. Grab TY -R, Verb -R, +R or +R/DL. Everything else is crap.

A copy of your logfile would help also. Help menu > logs

Yes, I know that and thats how I install it, but still not thrilled about recommending something that contains adware to friends. They might not be as careful during the installation even if I warn them. On the rare occasion I use Daemon Tools I prefer to use the older, pre-adware version as well. Try Oldversion.com @ http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=daemon

File sharing copyrighted content such as music, movies and tv shows is generally illegal. It depends alot on what country you're in. There are some legal uses for file sharing such as downloading Linux distributions, for example. There are also a few recording artists that allow their music to be downloaded legally but they are pretty rare. As a general rule though, file sharing is illegal.

A "focus servo error" pretty much means what you'd expect it to mean. The laser can't focus on the media. Throw a disk into the drive and select WRITE from the MODE menu. Now copy and paste the text from the right side window here. It'll look something like this: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.21 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD-R Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 2,297,888 Free Space: 4,706,074,624 bytes Free Time: 510:40:38 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: MCC 02RG20 Recording Management Area Information: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): 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: 0 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

This forum and all members will discuss *legal* topics only. The words "file sharing" and "movies" when used in conjunction do not fit into this category. Sorry.

Well, this is roughly where Lightning_UK comes in. He's the only one that can decipher what the drive is complaining about. He'll be along soon. Lightning_UK! A problem for you.

Don't go backwards with your firmware. Try this instead. 1. Download and install the TRIAL version of CloneDVD from here: http://www.clonedvd.net/download.html 2. Reboot 3. Load Imgburn and open the settings from the Tools menu 4. Click on the I/O tab and under "interface" you should have SPTI -Microsoft selected. Change this to ElbyCDIO - Elaborate Bytes 5. Close and re-start Imgburn

Just to clarify, it's not Imgburn that isn't reading the disk. It's the drive itself. Imgburn only reports the errors - it doesn't create them. Try burning a disk with a different burning program like Nero. If it succeeds, there could be a problem with your SPTI.device as Nero uses custom drivers and not the ones provided with Windows.

Silly question: Do you have another disk you can toss into the drive? Another brand? A single layer? A re-writable?

Ignore the test mode. Nothing will work until you reboot. Your drive has to reset itself before you can use it.

Reboot.

No worries. We'll still be here.

The full log of the failed burn would also help us alot. Help Menu > Logs

Grab a firmware update for your drive and see if that fixes the problem. You'll want version 1.02 http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2286

Okey dokey.... how about I translate for you in non-geek technobabble? Your drive has its own internal software called "firmware". ImgBurn and other burning programs send a set of instructions to your drive telling it what to do and when to do it. Your drive will "listen" for these instructions and will usually do as it's told. If the firmware has a bug of some sort, it will occasionally not do what it's supposed to do. The people responsible for making the drive can issue what's called a "firmware update". This update is like a Windows update for your drive. It can correct problems or add new commands that Lightning_UK! and other programmers can utilise. Secondly, your drive is only as good as the media you put into it. Think of your media or disks as ingredients in a cake. If you use substandard ingredients in a cake it will show in the finished product. The same goes for media. If you use cheap and nasty media you're going to have problems. Use only Verbatim +R, Verbatim -R, Verbatim +R/DL or Taiyo Yuden -R and you'll be fine. Crossflashing can be done with certain drives because some drive manufacturers outsource to other companies. For example: Sony don't make their own drives. They're made by Lite-On. The same drive can be installed with different firmware from different companies. As drive A and drive B are essentially the same, they can use the firmware (internal software) from a different manufacturer. If you have problems with anything (such as understanding the different media types above) - ask. It's what we're here for. As Lightning_UK! said above, Imgburn isn't the source of most problems. Your drive is reporting an error and Imgburn is displaying it.