Shamus_McFartfinger

It's still a shitload of money though. About $1100AUS. I did a bit of reading on this drive and most of the reviews weren't that favourable. Too slow, too costly, no CD burning or BR-DL support etc.. (which will probably change with a firmware update). I'll be waiting a while before I buy one of these things. Still, it'd be nice to be able to put backups on a 50gig disk. Hopefully the price will drop quickly.

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Snazz! Long time, mate. Good to see you back.

I'd like the link to where you bought ImgBurn from. As Corny has mentioned, it's freeware/donationware.

I've had half a dozen Pioneer drives and they've all been brilliant. (Well, except for the 120 which was a lemon). What seems to be the problem with your new drive? Same thing as above? FWIW, I installed a Pioneer 112D a couple of weeks ago and haven't had a drama with it. It's sounds more like a problem related to your drive (IDE controller, ribbon cable, motherboard etc..) rather than the drive itself. Particularly when 2 new drives from a reputable manufacturer fail.

Post your log, please.

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=4041&hl=

That'd work. I'd add the /eject switch as well just to make things easier - like this: "c:\program files\imgBurn\imgburn.exe" /mode isoread /src d: /dest "c:\iso1.iso" /start /close /eject yes "c:\program files\imgBurn\imgburn.exe" /mode isoread /src e: /dest "c:\iso2.iso" /start /close /eject yes "c:\program files\imgBurn\imgburn.exe" /mode isoread /src f: /dest "c:\iso3.iso" /start /close /eject yes "c:\program files\imgBurn\imgburn.exe" /mode isoread /src g: /dest "c:\iso4.iso" /start /close /eject yes

Sweetykins! Shnookylumps!! You're back!! I've missed you! Your eyes - your lips - your love of USB devices. My heart swells at the sight of you. At least I think it's my heart. *cough* It's good to see you again. How have you been? Where have you been? It's been ages since you've graced this simple forum with your elegance and we are poorer for that loss. (Eww!!) So, how's things? What happened to keep you away from us all? Whatever it was, I'm glad you're home.

Imgburn works fine under 2003/Longhorn server installations. x64 shouldn't be a problem either. It's the drivers that normally cause problems not ImgBurn. I 14:41:36 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 14:41:36 Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn", (Full Installation) (6.0, Build 6001 : Service Pack 1, v.126) I 14:41:36 Total Physical Memory: 523,040 KB - Available: 225,852 KB I 14:41:36 Initialising SPTI... I 14:41:36 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 14:41:36 Found 1 DVD?RW! I 14:42:45 Operation Started! I 14:42:45 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:42:45 Source File Sectors: 2,297,888 (MODE1/2048) I 14:42:45 Source File Size: 4,706,074,624 bytes I 14:42:45 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 14:42:45 Source File File System(s): None I 14:42:45 Destination Device: [1:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (F:) (ATA) I 14:42:45 Destination Media Type: DVD-R (Disc ID: MCC 02RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 14:42:45 Destination Media Sectors: 2,297,888 I 14:42:45 Write Mode: DVD I 14:42:45 Write Type: DAO I 14:42:45 Write Speed: MAX I 14:42:45 Link Size: Auto I 14:42:45 Test Mode: No I 14:42:45 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 14:42:45 Filling Buffer... (20 MB) I 14:42:45 Writing LeadIn... I 14:43:08 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 2297887) I 14:50:45 Synchronising Cache... I 14:50:55 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:10 I 14:50:55 Average Write Rate: 10,078 KB/s (7.3x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,132 KB/s (8.0x) I 14:50:55 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 14:51:19 Device Ready! I 14:51:19 Operation Started! I 14:51:19 Source Device: [1:0:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 1.58 (F:) (ATA) I 14:51:19 Source Media Type: DVD-R (Book Type: DVD-R) (Disc ID: MCC 02RG20) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x) I 14:51:19 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==- I 14:51:19 Image File Sectors: 2,297,888 (MODE1/2048) I 14:51:19 Image File Size: 4,706,074,624 bytes I 14:51:19 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE I 14:51:19 Image File File System(s): None I 14:51:20 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 2297887) I 14:57:43 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:24 I 14:57:43 Average Verify Rate: 11,999 KB/s (8.7x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 17,329 KB/s (12.5x)

Are you using an account that has administrator privileges? If you're using a limited account, download the Patin-Couffin device from the link below. Install, reboot and then re-start Imgburn. Next open the tools menu and click the I/O tab and change the interface from SPTI - MICROSOFT to PATIN-COUFFIN -VSO. http://www.free-codecs.com/Patin_Couffin_a...er_download.htm

PIO mode limits the drive speed to 2x. If your speed is above this (such as the original posters' question), it's not a DMA problem. The reason his drive wouldn't go above 4x is shown is this part of their logfile. As you can see above, the maximum rated speed for this media is 4x and the reason for the slow burn.

This is well beyond the scope of ImgBurn. You'll need a full DVD software package like TMPGEnc DVD Author or something. http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda3.html

Get a another player instead. It's a hell of alot easier.

Silly question: You haven't got AnyDVD running in the background, have you?

We cannot discuss ripping or bypassing copy protection schemes on this forum. You'll have to try elsewhere. Sorry.

Try toothpaste - and not the whole tube. Just a little on your finger with the disk under running water. Be very, very gentle as toothpaste is an abrasive. Install over the top and see what happens.

I'm not sure a Lightscribe burner is such a good choice. The media is more expensive and is often poor quality. Why not get a "normal" burner? The money you save from not having to throw lightscribe media into the bin would pay for a printer capable of printing directly onto your disks. Something like a Canon ip4200 (link here) or similar.

I agree. A new DVD writer can be bought for next to nothing these days. It wouldn't be a bad idea.

CD images seem to work as well as they always have.. I 20:50:09 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started! I 20:50:09 Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (5.0, Build 2195 : Service Pack 4) I 20:50:09 Total Physical Memory: 1,571,568 KB - Available: 992,464 KB I 20:50:09 Initialising SPTI... I 20:50:09 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 20:50:09 Found 2 DVD-ROMs and 1 DVD?RW! I 20:50:16 Operation Started! I 20:50:16 Source File: C:\ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso I 20:50:16 Source File Sectors: 357,323 (MODE1/2048) I 20:50:16 Source File Size: 731,797,504 bytes I 20:50:16 Source File Volume Identifier: Ubuntu 7.04 i386 I 20:50:16 Source File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:50:16 Source File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 20:50:16 Destination Device: [2:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.15 (I:) (ATA) I 20:50:16 Destination Media Type: CD-R (Disc ID: 97m26s66f) (Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x) I 20:50:16 Destination Media Sectors: 359,844 I 20:50:16 Write Mode: CD I 20:50:16 Write Type: SAO I 20:50:16 Write Speed: MAX I 20:50:16 Test Mode: No I 20:50:16 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 20:50:18 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 20:50:25 Writing LeadIn... I 20:50:49 Writing Image... (LBA: 0 - 357322) I 20:53:35 Synchronising Cache... I 20:53:40 Image MD5: e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a I 20:53:40 Exporting Graph Data... I 20:53:40 Graph Data File: C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-112D_1.15_TUESDAY-1-MAY-2007_8-50_PM_97m26s66f_MAX.ibg I 20:53:40 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:53:40 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:24 I 20:53:40 Average Write Rate: 4,305 KB/s (28.7x) - Maximum Write Rate: 6,051 KB/s (40.3x) I 20:53:40 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 20:54:01 Device Ready! I 20:54:01 Operation Started! I 20:54:01 Source Device: [2:1:0] PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.15 (I:) (ATA) I 20:54:01 Source Media Type: CD-ROM (Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x) I 20:54:01 Image File: C:\ubuntu-7.04-desktop-i386.iso I 20:54:01 Image File Sectors: 357,323 (MODE1/2048) I 20:54:01 Image File Size: 731,797,504 bytes I 20:54:01 Image File Volume Identifier: Ubuntu 7.04 i386 I 20:54:01 Image File Application Identifier: MKISOFS ISO 9660/HFS FILESYSTEM BUILDER & CDRECORD CD-R/DVD CREATOR © 1993 E.YOUNGDALE © 1997 J.PEARSON/J.SCHILLING I 20:54:01 Image File File System(s): ISO9660 (Bootable), Joliet I 20:54:01 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 357322) I 20:56:47 Device MD5: e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a I 20:56:47 Image MD5: e296e3468358789904097fc8df29609a I 20:56:51 Exporting Graph Data... I 20:56:51 Graph Data File: C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\PIONEER_DVD-RW_DVR-112D_1.15_TUESDAY-1-MAY-2007_8-50_PM_97m26s66f_MAX.ibg I 20:56:51 Export Successfully Completed! I 20:56:51 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:02:45 I 20:56:51 Average Verify Rate: 4,331 KB/s (28.9x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 6,279 KB/s (41.9x) Firmware updates for your LG drive seem to be a bit scarce.

Yeah. I thought that also. I'm still curious what a slow burn will do.

Humour me and slow your burn down to 4x and see what happens.

It sure doesn't look like a 700MB CD, regardless of what it says on the box. Here's one of mine. PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.15 (ATA) Current Profile: CD-R Disc Information: Status: Empty Erasable: No Free Sectors: 359,844 Free Time: 79:59:69 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 10x, 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x Free Space: 736,960,512 bytes ATIP Information: Start Time of LeadIn (MID): 97m26s66f Last Possible Start Time of LeadOut: 79m59s71f

Your disks are CMC Magnetics which are rubbish - regardless of what they say on the label. Just use Verbatims. BTW, all caps is considered shouting. Please turn your caps lock off.

Yep. We'll need a log showing failures with the Verbatim media when you get one. In the meantime, toss these CMC disks into the bin. They aren't worth the frustration, time or effort to bother using. They are that bad.