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  1. Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RITEK-S04-66)

     

    Honestly? Ritek media is crap. It's been crap for the last 5 years. Help yourself by buying some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim media. There's an old saying that goes, "You can't make strawberry jam from pigshit". That pretty much sums up Ritek disks. You won't get a quality burn using Ritek media.

  2. I recently installed windows 7 and bought a new pack of Verbatim DL 8x.

    Everytime I go to burn a dual layer dvd it says the disc isn't empty.

    I have tried a good few discs and both imgBurn and my drives drivers are the most recent versions.

     

    Heres what it says in the right hand side:

    HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H55N 1.06 (ATA)
    Current Profile: DVD+RW
    
    Disc Information:
    Status: Unknown
    Erasable: Unknown
    Formatted: Unknown
    Sessions: Unknown
    Sectors: 2,228,225
    Size: 4,563,404,800 bytes
    Time: 495:11:50 (MM:SS:FF)
    Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x
    
    TOC Information:
    Session 1... (LBA: 0)
    -> Track 01  (Mode 1, LBA: 0 - 2228224)
    -> LeadOut  (LBA: 2228225)
    
    Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
    Disc ID: ÿ¿úÿÿÿõ-ÿÿÿ-255
    Book Type: Reserved (0x0F)
    Part Version: 14
    Disc Size: Reserved (0x0F)
    Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
    Number of Layers: Reserved (0x07)
    Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
    Linear Density: Reserved (0x0F)
    Track Density: Reserved (0x0F)
    First Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,777,215
    Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,646,143
    Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 16,777,215
    
    Performance (Write Speed):
    Descriptor 1...
    -> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
    -> EL: 2228224 (0x00220000)
    -> RS: 11,080 KB/s (8x) - WS: 3,324 KB/s (2.4x)
    

     

    Also I attached the debug log.

     

    Hope someone can help,

    Thanks.

     

    Hmm.. 2 things immediately grab my attention with this log. The first is this:

     

    Size: 4,563,404,800 bytes

     

    Your disc is being shown as a regular single-layer disc. The other thing is this:

     

    Disc ID: ÿ¿úÿÿÿõ-ÿÿÿ-255

     

    This is gobbledegook. Your drive doesn't seem to be recognizing the media correctly. As to the cause of it?

     

    No idea. The drive might be stuffed (maybe) or the media is bad (unlikely). Your options are fairly limited as I was

    unable to find a newer firmware for your drive.

     

    Whatever the problem, I'm confident that it's not the software.

  3. 16.I 17:41:06 Destination Device: [1:0:0] MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-868 KA19 (D:) (ATA)

     

    This drive doesn't overwhelm me with confidence. In any case, slow the burn speed down and try again. If it fails once, no problem. If it fails twice, try again. If it fails three times, there's a problem. Also, check for a firmware update. There may be one available for your drive.

  4. Im thinking of buying a Dell XPS Studio 1530 with a blu-ray burner. The burners in laptops are the similar to the ones in a desktop?

    If you use your burner quite alot and whants something really good would the one mentioned above do?

     

    (I asked something almost the same earlier but two of my posts have disapeared)

     

    I'm not a fan of using laptops as workhorses. A desktop is cheaper, more expandable and alot easier to fix. Don't get me wrong. I have a laptop or 2 floating around here somewhere that are great for surfing the net, playing the occasional cheap game and Remote Desktop so I can move files around on my other machines from the comfort of a recliner. (Possibly the greatest invention ever). :) However, for raw computing power, you can't beat a quadcore desktop with 4gigs of RAM that costs a third of what a comparable laptop does.... and you'll be able to add to it (video cards, more harddrives etc) if you need to.... but that's only my opinion.

  5. I have three concerns.

     

    1. As mmalves has stated above, your firmware needs updating.

     

    2. Your blank media is garbage. Ritek media is crap. Buy some Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim. End of story.

     

    3. Yoga is bad for you. If you were meant to be able to place your testicles on your forehead, they would have been there in the first place.

  6. Loading ImgBurn on my PC takes a second or three. In that time it displays the splash screen, verifies the required drivers, checks the paths to my network drives (about 15 of them) and also pings Google, Microsoft or Yahoo to validate an internet connection before checking for a newer version. Even without a splash screen, these tasks would still be performed. Not displaying the splash screen won't speed anything up given the amount of system checks that it has to do.

  7. i just paid ten more hours to download the ISO of "Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium"

     

    How about spending your money buying the software you want to use instead of downloading it? That way, you won't have to ask us for help.

     

     

    Thread closed.

  8. Is it possible for you to implement a "build & burn" - function?

     

    I don't see a gain here. If an ISO has to be built from scratch from a NAS or whatever storage it is, you still have to suck the required data down the pipeline at its regulated speed, regardless of what its origin is to be able to burn it to your chosen media. Given this irrefutable fact, why bother having the software buffer your ISO to a temp file and then burn it? It's quicker just to output your files to your burner - even if it complains about buffering problems. That's what BURNPROOF is for.

  9. How about keeping your photos/documents in a separate folder until you can fill the CD? Just a crazy, wacky idea. Given that a quality CD will cost you about 9 cents, do you wish to have this feature implemented as a cost saving device? You'll have to try harder than that.

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