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Thanks! I took your advice and downloaded the h.264 encoded file. I also downloaded DVD Flick. Regards, Thomas

Hi guys. I realize this may be a little off-topic, but since it involves ImgBurn, I thought I'd impose upon the considerable knowledge I've seen displayed in here. Please bear in mind that I'm totally new to working with video. I recently encountered a download source for a movie that had disappeared off the map for over 30 years, but recently has resurfaced. I'd like to use ImgBurn to create a standard-definition DVD on single-layer DVD+R media. (4.7GB) I'd like to do this under Windows XP. The file is available in the following formats: 1. Cinepak encoding as an .avi file. 2. h.264 encoding as an .mp4 file. 3. Ogg video as an .ogv file. As I'm new to video, I'm uncertain as to which of these formats might be the best choice for the project. As I don't require HD, I'm looking for the easiest route to take to produce the files required by ImgBurn to burn the DVD. I don't have any special codecs installed for these formats, just the stock codecs that come with XP. I'd appreciate any insight regarding what codecs and/or software that I need to install to accomplish this task,and which format would be the best to download. In advance, thanks. Thomas

It's not all that bad, at least not the older versions. I used 6 for many years, and it served me well, but it doesn't allow you the degree of control that an app like ImgBurn does. The only thing I've used it for lately is burning audio CDs from .mp3 files. I removed the entrire suite from my system this evening after learning about ImgBurn's functionality in that arena. BTW, if you do remove it, use the Nero clean tool. It gets rid of a boatload of registry entries that the stock uninstaller ignores. I was trying to do a similar exercise earlier, but I still haven't figured it out. My goal was to create an ISO image for media of a given capacity, using only the CUE file and the source files. So far, no joy. I don't even know if that's feasible. Back in the day, I used to created BIN/CUE pairs with utilities like CDRWin. I've lost track of that app over time. Good luck. Thomas

Cool. That explains it. If I had checked the "Delete Image" checkbox in the burn dialog, would ImgBurn have deleted the CUE file and/or the source MP3 files? Thanks. Thomas

Log file in case it didn't upload. ImgBurn.log

Hi guys. I've been using ImgBurn for well over a year now, and prior to tonight, I never knew that it supported burning audio CDs! I just created my first using this program,and the process went swimmingly. (Ritek media notwithstanding) So, this means that not only will I have a nice new CD to play in my car tomorrow, but also that i can finally get rid of Nero 6. The only question I am left with is: where did the image go? I noticed that during the burn process, the checkbox option labelled "Delete Image" was not only available, but unchecked. As such, after the burn completed, I went looking for what I thought would be a BIN file somewhere on one of my drives. The first place I looked was the directory in which the CUE file resides. Nothing there witn a .bin extension. Then I looked in the directory specified in "Image Files" in the file location settings. Missing there too. Not present in the root of the drive either. As such, I'm a little unclear on why the BIN file is nonexistent given the burn settngs. Is a BIN file even created prior to burning an audio CD? Thanks for a great burning app. It sure beats the pants off of Ahead's product. Regards, Thomas

The Samsungs are working out great! Not a single coaster yet. Glad I made the jump from Lite-On. Since you-know-who had another special this weekend, I ordered a couple of these drives as well. I just can't resist a decent price plus free shipping to boot. I'll let you know how they work out. Sony Optiarc 24X DVD Burner, Bulk Package Black SATA Model AD-7280S-0B - OEM Type: DVD Burner DVD+R: 24X DVD-R: 24X CD-R: 48X Model #: AD-7280S-0B Item #: N82E16827118067 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Now: $17.99 Free Shipping

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM Type: DVD Burner DVD+R: 22X DVD-R: 22X CD-R: 48X Model #: SH-222BB/BEBE Item #: N82E16827151244 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Now: $13.99 Free Shipping The drives arrived a day early! I installed one in my primary machine immediately. I managed to produce four successful burns in a row with the Verbatim (Mitsubishi) DVD+R media. I hope this isn't beginners luck, because I'm starting to become more hopeful. I'll say this for the new drive; it certainly is quiet. That old Lite-On sounded like a freight train roaring down the high sierras. I'll post back if anything changes. Thanks for all of the help. Regards, Thomas

Hi Cynthia. Thanks for the tip. I'll remember to do that whenever I purchase them in person. Generally, I order them online, so there's no way for me to inspect the package. However, going forward, I will look for a reference to this in the item's description. Regards, Thomas

I purchased two of these online today. I don't know much about them, but they were cheap, and I've pretty much had it with the Lite-On products. I have three of their drives sitting in a pile, and they all had the same failure mode; failure to eject due to stretched tray ejection drive belts. I looked the new burner up on the Samsung web site. One of the recommended media is Mitsubishi. The drives will probably arrive on Thursday. I'll burn some more of the Mitsubishis with them and report back with the results. Regards, Thomas SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM Type: DVD Burner DVD+R: 22X DVD-R: 22X CD-R: 48X Model #: SH-222BB/BEBE Item #: N82E16827151244 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy Now: $13.99 Free Shipping

Just a follow-up post to the above. I've been seeing about a 75% success rate with the Mitsubishi DVDs. For whatever reasons, my Lite-On burners really like the Ritek media, and I've had such great success with them that I'm tempted to order some more. On the flip side, the Lite-Ons don't like Mitsubishi, nor do they seem to like Moser-Baer India. I guess the best advice is to stick with what works best. I'm hoping that the Riteks will hold their data over a span of at least a few years. Enjoy the day. Thomas

Okay, here's a suggestion for an option that some might find useful. I don't know how many users are as anal as I am about their file projects, but I thought I'd throw the idea into the mix anyway, since I think it's cool. Whenever I plan to burn a file project onto a CD or DVD, I create a file called 0.sha256. This small file is a digest of all of the SHA-256 hashes of the files in the archive, and it's generated in MD5SUM style. It gets burned to the disk along with all of the other files and directories. In this way, I can pull the CD/DVD off the shelf several years down the road, and easily verify that nothing has degraded over time. I also do an additional verification after transferring those files off of the disk to other media. How about a checkbox option to automatically hash the files in the project and add the appropriate file to the project? It could be user selectable as to format and file name. I used to use MD5, but I found that SHA-256 was almost as fast, and appears to be very robust. I know there's a snowball's chance in hell that this will get added, as its application would have limited scope, and may require substantial processing power and time, but hey.. one has to try. Enjoy the day. Regards, Thomas

Excellent. Thanks again. Regards, Thomas

Hi Lightning. Thanks for responding I've also been exporting the file associations stored in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Cool! Although I sifted through the online documentaion, and also the forum, I was unable to locate this info. I never thought to look at the Readme in the Program Files directory. I've updated all of my shortcuts with the command-line switch. Works great. This raises a second question. In th future, if I do a clean install of ImgBurn on a system with imgburn.ini already in place in the Imgburn directory, will ImgBurn or its installer still create the registry entries? Thanks again. Regards, Thomas

My feature request - either: Export configuration settings to a file. -or- Save settings to .ini file instead of the system registry. I've been going into the registry, locating the appropriate keys, then exporting to a .reg file. I think it would be terrific to be able to do this via the user interface. Enjoy the day.

Thanks. I did the firmware update. Interestingly, it didn't seem to be available from Lite-On's web site. I did some further testing. As of now, I have 3 usable burns and 4 Mitsubishi coasters. For what it's worth, I ran Nero's CD/DVD Speed quality test on the usable burns. I ran it from both of the DVD drives in my system, and they both report roughly the same number of errors occurring in the same places on the disks. None of them got a very good score. I don't know what's happening at Verbatim, but the news never seems to be very good. I just had to return two of three Verbatim USB flash drives that I ordered through Newegg. One was unusable right out of the package, and the other failed within a week. Thanks for the help. Regards, Thomas

Hi lightning. Yes, I know where the log is.. I've seen it before. I wasn't sure if I'd disabled that function, so I had to check. I've attached the rather lengthy log as a file. As you will see, the burn with the Ritek went fine. After ImgBurn started the verify operation on the Mitsubishi disk, the log window just hung at "waiting for device to become ready". The burner entered an endless seek cycle, during which I could hear mechanical activity at regular intervals from within the drive. After about two minutes of that activity, I hit the Abort button. The same scenario applies to subsequent burn/verify attempts with the Mitsubishi disks. See what you make of it. Regards, Thomas Imgburn.log

I believe I got them from Newegg. They were not in the normal "retail" packaging. Still, they've served me well.. never a single coaster. Fair enough. When I get home this evening, I'll see if the log exists. If not, I'll burn another coaster to produce one, and will post it here. Regards, Thomas

Hi guys. Last night, I ran into a really strange issue in the course of using ImgBurn to write a file archive project to some DVDs. I don't think this is really an ImgBurn issue or bug, yet I seek to understand what is going on. I have been using Verbatim DVDs for a long time. Generally, they turn out to be Ritek products, and I've had great success with them Last night, I attempted to burn a set of files to DVD+R. I wanted 2 copies, so I selected that option in ImgBurn. The project consists of 858 files, and totals just under 4.4 GB. In this case, ImgBurn reported that there would be about 5 MB of unused space on the DVD, so I was just sneaking in under the wire. I only had one Verbatim (Ritek) disk left, so I had to open a new Verbatim spindle of 100. The first DVD, the Ritek, burned and verfied just fine, and no issues were observed. At that point, ImgBurn prompted me to insert the 2nd DVD. When I tried to burn the second DVD, the burn process seemed to run just fine. However, when it came time to verify, ImgBurn couldn't read the disk. I thought it was just a fluke, and started the process again with another DVD. The results were the same. Imgburn could not read the disk after burning it. After much frustration and trial-and-error, I finally found out that if I reduced the total size of the project by about 20 MB, this issue no longer occurred, and the disk verified just fine. This is repeatable. Come to find out, the new Verbatim DVDs are not Riteks. Instead they are made by Mitsubishi Chemical Company. I have no past experience with their products. After all of this fiddling around and coaster-burning, I'm left wondering what exactly is occurring here, and would like to hear from someone more experienced with these types of issues. Why would a change in disk manufacturer cause this type of symptom? My burner is a Lite-On. The DVDs are 16x, but I usually burn at 8x or 4x to get a solid burn. I'm using ImgBurn 2.5.7.0 under Windows XP. Does this behavior sound familiar to anyone? Kind regards, Thomas Eifert Wisconsin, USA

Often, when I'm using "Write files/folders to disc", I'll want to select a group of files and a group of sub-folders simultaneously. In Nero, this is easy, and I'm used to being able to do this. I'd prefer to use ImgBurn for this purpose, but the file/folder selection dialogs give me trouble. I can click on "Browse for a file" easily enough, and the dialog allows me to select a range of files. However, if I also highlight the sub-folders I want to add, ImgBurn doesn't add them. Instead, it forces me to subsequently "Browse for a folder", and then when I do so, it only allows me to add one folder at a time. On a large project, this gets kind of time-consuming, and very inconvenient. For example, earlier this evening, I was assembling a large project that consisted of 571 individual files and eleven sub-folders. With a unified file/folder dialog like Nero employs, I can just highlight the entire range of files and folders, and be done with all of it in a single action. Instead, I had to add the range of files first, and then add each individual folder, one at a time. Why not unify the files/folder selection dialogs? It just seems to make sense, and it certainly saves a lot of effort when you're working on a complex project. Regards, Thomas