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Use the Read mode to create a disc image from your VCD(s), then switch to Write mode and burn from the .cue file (follow this guide if you're in doubt)

After going through some previous posts, I am aware now that VCD images cannot be burnt on cds using imgburn. But can one create an image with imgburn from a VCD movie? Because I had tried previously (before coming to this forum) to create some VCD movie images, and imgburn created two files, one larger 'iso' and another much smaller 'cue'. Now I do not know how to use them to recreate the movie VCD? Kindly help. Thanks in advance.

As I mentioned in my above post, when you extract the boot image via the 'Extract Boot Image' option, the program logs everything you need to know in order to fill out the boxes and create a new bootable image with new 'Source' content. If you've only got a 2k file it's obviously not emulating a FDD, it's a custom boot image with 4 sectors that need to be loaded. (each being 512 bytes) I'd expect the menu program to parse the image properly and read the El Torito file descriptor for all the info it needs.

Why would you do that? You do not need floppies to create bootable Windows cd, just a boot loader that will load the operating system from cd. You can extract it from the original media, or you can download it from the internet. nLite has it included in it's distribution package.

Win2000 has a set of 4 setup boot floppies and XP has a set of 6 setup boot floppies for use in reinstalling the operating system. I am wondering if you could use this method to create a bootable CD from the set of floppies?

Hey there, Well, I am new here. I just have a simple question (I hope). I am using Boot CD Wizard in association with Bart's PE. I also have a burned systemrescuecd-x86-1.0.0.iso and I am trying to create a bootable IMG file so when I select it from the BCDW's menu, the file boots. The first thing I tried was selecting the "Create Image from a Disk" option. This created an "img" file but after I pass it to BCDW, the file doesn't boot. It just hangs. The next option I selected was creating an IMG from a folder. In this case I extracted the ISO and created in img from the file however this didn't work also. The third option I am now using is the "Create IMG from a file or folder->Advanced->Bootable Disk" I am a bit confused here. I select "Make Image Bootable" and then it also asks me to locate the bootable file (which I did). That's it. I don't know what else to do. Below there is Extract Boot Image option. I selected my DVD-DRIVE (D:) and after I select "Save" it creates am "ima" file but it's only 4KB/5KB where the the whole image is about 178MB. My understanding is that *this* the "ima" file is the one that would boot. It is the loading section but how can I combine this with the real IMG file so I can start "System Rescue" CD" from my boot menu. For a reference, here is what I have for BCDW, in the INI file: \sysres.img ; System Rescue CD ; ^ Example of floppy images using This is the one that doesn't work. I think if I do sysres.ima which is the small file, that will boot but will load nothing but I a, not sure. Basically, all I want to achieve is, create a bootable IMG file out of the systemrescue ISO and boot it from BCDW. Please assist me if you can.

Playback time is shown in the 'Time' column within the 'Create CD CUE File' window. If the CUE file comes from elsewhere, press the 'Image Information' button once you've loaded it in to Write mode. (That's the button with the picture of a disc and a question mark on it)

hi guy wonder if someone can tell me what i am doing wrong i am trying to create a dual dvd with a video file of 6.5gb that currently is on my hard drive. in a folder with all video files in it Followed the instructions although had a bit of trouble with the layer break setting so dont know if this is the route cause of my problem but when i hit the button to burn the disc after about a second I get this boxScreenShot001.bmp if i just hit continue then i get this screenScreenShot002.bmp does anybody have any ideas what i've done wrong, as far as I know my dvd burner (sony dvd rw aw-g170a) is capable of burning dvd+r dl discs which i am using any help woul be grateful cheers Maz

Actually EAC can rip straight out to flac. Set flac as your encoder in Compression Options. You'll need flac.exe obviously and you'll need to specify where it is. When you rip a CD, got to Action then Copy Image and create Cue Sheet Then select compressed. Then specify where to save and Bob's your Uncle. You will get one large .flac file and a .cue file. You can also choose to do individual files compressed too. Foobar is great too by the way. But it's an extra step.

ah i see.. so no way to set it up to create a image to the drive then automatically burn to the other drive? or do i need to manually do it every time.. thanks for the fast response..

You need to read the source disc first to create an image and then write the image. So direct copy - no. You decide if you want to delete the created image or not during the burning - just enable the option in the Write mode window (or change it in the settings and the option will be pre checked every time you burn.

Guess what just happened! I wanted to create an ISO from a CD using the very same model. When the message "Setting Samsung High Speed mode" appeared in the status bar, I heard a "pling!" coming from the drive. ImgBurn froze in that moment and so did XP. Drive dead. I'm just glad it wasn't the Samsung burner I put the CD in but then again that's the reason why I have 2 separate drives - one for burning, the other one just for reading. FWIW, the drive was connected as a secondary master to the nForce4 PATA controller (using the MS ATAPI driver) and was flashed with the latest firmware version TS05 (RPC1). Anyway, I hope this setting gets removed.

@anvil What version of Partition Magic are you using? I was able to squeeze Partition Magic 8.01 (if I remember correctly) on a single floppy (I think I removed help and other unnecessary stuff). Actually, it's a 1.01 MB gzip compressed image file I use with isolinux boot loader and memdisk disk emulation program for multi-boot cds I create.

leanovski you should use nLite to create the wind0ze image (it'll do all the hard work for you) and burn it with Imgburn (or nLite itself).

As usual, Lightening UK is correct. I did this a few weeks back and just did it again today when I saw this question to verify my steps before posting. I highly recommend using a CD-RW until you get the result that you want, unless you host the gang for beers and are in constant need of beer mats. - create a PQMAGIC directory on your machine, perhaps under your Temp directory - copy the contents of both floppies, including hidden and system files to the PQMAGIC directory, preserving the directory structure of the disks - download Winimage, and create a new 2.88MB image file project - inject the contents of the PQMAGIC directory and save the file as pqboot.ima - Run ImgBurn and Write files/folders to disc - switch to Device Output and set your destination to your appropriate drive if you have more than one CD/DVD output - on the Advanced tab, set the Bootable Disc sub-tab Make Image Bootable check box to On, select the Emulation Type as Floppy Disk (2.88 MB) and browse to the pqboot.ima file created in the steps above. - in the build queue, you will need to supply a file or files to be written to the disc, which can be other utilities that you may want to use in the Windows environment as they will not be available outside of the pqboot.ima environment. So having just Partition Magic on there is a bit of a waste when you could have some other things on there which were accesible in Windows. If you have any further questions, let me know, and Lightening UK, if this is too off topic then I am happy to take this as a PM. Just tell us so in a post. Regards

Or release it on dvd on Monday Disney isn't that quick. They'd either: 1. Have them on the Mickey Mouse Club, Create a Boy/Girl Band out of it and promote it secretly for 5 years and make them the next hot rock group. or 2. Lock it away in the Disney Vault for 10 years then release a special edition of it. Then lock it away again and in another 10 years release the exact same thing with a different cover and call it digitally remastered.

Hi, I would like to submit for consideration the idea that Imgburn could burn an audio only DVD video disc. Currently one can use the open source Lplex program which will take high resolution audio files up to and including 96khz/24bit in either WAV or FLAC format and create an audio only DVD-Video directory structure and ISO that can then be burned to a DVD using Imgburn. This works well but is a multi step process. There are increasing numbers of sites such as Linn Records where one can purchase and download high resolution audio files up to 96khz/24bit. The burned disc will play back these high resolution files unaltered in full fidelity on almost any DVD player. This is a distinct advantage over DVD-A which is not as widely supported. It would seem that Imgburn is already much of the way there in being able to do this and the only thing missing is the ability to decode/translate FLAC/WAV files and embed them as PCM into an MPEG2 stream as Lplex does. It would be great if Imgburn could do this in one step. Thanks for the consideration. -CB

any idea how to create a bootable disk for rebuild then?

Here are three links for creating a XP CD and slipstreaming--I have used them and they work--the last one has a good slipsteam method even if you are creating the CD from an existing XP CD: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=346 http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=313 http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwin...setupdisk.shtml Note: the current version of ImgBurn will not create a bootable OS CD--it is a known problem which is in the process of being corrected for the next version.

I followed your suggestions and uninstalled the ide controllers... load info still says Upper & lower Not found. .. also in the registry there is still no reference to redbook.sys next step?..... manually add redbook to registry...create new Binary value? (name UpperDevice filter, and lower device filer) and just modify to show redbook.sys? Isn't there someone else who has the same apparent corruption.. maybe they have a batch file that will fix registry issue properly.. Thank you again for you help and comments and any other imput will be greatly appreciated.. bythe way when I get redbook showing up I'll start deleting old drag drop stuff.

-------------------------------- I don’t use drag to disc at all,.. Anymore, used to with older version of Roxio. These must be remnant driver files. I do use Roxio 10, a Lot, so before I delete any of those drivers I should probably contact Roxio on the necessity of those files.... Be right back going to delete ide controllers REBOOT, test burning and post back Later, thank you for the quick response to this post. In reference to adding redbook.sys manually, just create new Binary Value??

I have now spent days trying to combine a SP1 & SP2 XP disk to no success...... HELP!!! so far i have followed the ryanVM intergrater process and have a I386 folder on the harddrive. i have managed to get an image file off the original disk (SP1) what i really need is someone to lead me step by step using the integrated files. what i don't understand is if i should bring the other files and directories across from the original SP1. once i have this all together how do i create a iso and then make the disk. all help really apreciated getting desperate!!

I want create boot disc for Windows XP SP2 (Russian). What I do incorrectly? Pick "Create image file from files/folders" Add in Source dir - "I386" and files - WIN51, WIN51IP, win51ip.SP2, BOOTFONT.BIN" File System - ISO9660 + Joliet Mark - Recurse subdirectories, Include Hidden and System files Volume label - WINXP In Advanced/Restrictions: ISO9660 - Level 1, Character set - Standart, mark all "Allow..." and "Don't add ';1' Version number to files" Joliet - Level 1, mark "Allow files without extensions" and clear "Add ';1' Version number to files" In Advanced/Bootable Disc: Mark "Make image bootable" Emulation type - None Boot image - correct, taken from original boot disc WinXP and more than once approved Developer ID - Microsoft Corporation Load segment - default, 07C0 Sectors to load - 4 Program warning me about bootable disc and i agreed to adjust setting. Image file successfully create, but don't bootable. More precisely, it booting, but ntdetect print out some message and rebooting the comp. Message unreadable since russian distro (and so ntdetect probably don't see bootfont.bin) I'm playing with setting (clear "Allow files without extensions", don't agreed with auto adjust setting for bootable system disc - the result the same. In other program - Nero, UUDS, ImgBUrn 2.3.2.0 - with the same setting all fine. PS. sorry for my bad english

Write Settings - Page 1 Options Write Mode There are four 'Write Modes' in ImgBurn.. Auto CD DVD HD DVD BD The program will take a certain path through the various functions depending on the enabled 'Write Mode'. The 'Auto' setting will auto detect the inserted media type and use the appropriate 'Write Mode' for you. .[*]Write Type There are four methods of writing discs in ImgBurn: Incremental, Track-at-once (TAO), Session-at-once (SAO) and Disc-at-once (DAO). On DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray the only supported write types are Incremental, SAO/DAO (and 'Layer Jump' but that only applies to DVD-R DL and isn't supported by ImgBurn because it's a waste of time). Disc-at-once is used to write the media in one continuous process. The laser is not turned off until all information has been written to the media. Session-at-once (SAO) and DAO are basically the same thing. It's called SAO on CD and DAO on DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray. If you select anything that's not supported it'll just default to SAO/DAO. Selecting Incremental for CD's will defaults to SAO/DAO as it's not implemented for CD's. Incremental Unlike 'at once' recording, incremental writing (or packet writing) is a recording method which allows data tracks to be divided up into small chunks called packets (typically 64 Kb - 1 Mb in size). Each packet can then be written separately to the disc, with interruptions if necessary. Between the writing of packets, there are virtually no data rate constraints. This means that writing can be interrupted for an unlimited amount of time, which reduces the risk of buffer under runs when writing large amounts of data to a DVD. . TAO Using Track-at-once (TAO) means that after each track is written, the writer drive turns its laser off and makes any necessary alignment changes before continuing to the next track. When writing an audio CD, Track-at-once can be good to use because it gives the writer drive and the source device a quick break between tracks. This allows the source device a chance to fill the buffer, or cache on the CD-Writer drive to better ensure that buffer under runs are avoided, if possible. The two second gap between songs when playing back an audio CD are the breaks on the disc when the laser was turned off during writing. . SAO/DAO Session-at-once (SAO) and Disc-at-once (DAO), as its name implies, is the process of writing an entire disc's worth of data in a single operation, and the disc is closed, without ever turning off the writing laser. There are a few reasons why SAO/DAO may be used. The main reason why SAO/DAO would be selected has to do with the material being written to the CD. Many audio performances do not have silent breaks between pieces; for example, in live concerts the audience fills the gaps between songs. If the audio events to be recorded are meant to be played back with no silent gaps between tracks, SAO/DAO should be selected. [*]Link Size This setting specifies the number of link sizes available for the current media and it may be 0, 1, or 16 for DVD media. For most media, this field should be 1. For CD media it's always 1.. Auto 0 1 16 [*]Auto 'Change Book Type' Applies to LG, Lite-On, NEC/Optiarc and Samsung drives. Certain older DVD players, including DVD players in some laptop computers, will not load DVD-R or DVD+R disks at all because those formats did not even exist when the player's firmware was written. However, by changing the bit setting on a DVD+R to DVD-ROM, those players should be able to load and play the DVD+R. Samsung (using the identifier 'TSSTcorp') and LG (using the identifier 'HL-DT-ST') drive owners will automatically have all their +R /+RW /+R DL media changed to look like a DVD-ROM disc via bit setting. (Note: +RW bit setting isn't supported by the LG drives though). For NEC based drives with original firmware only +R DL media will be book typed to 'DVD-ROM'. For +R/+RW media need first to flash the burner with a patched firmware, that then allows for the book type to be changed to DVD-ROM. You can read more in the guide Book type +R/+RW media on NEC/Optiarc drives. The book type commands are sent to the drive before each and every burn the program makes. Obviously just for 'Plus' format media - i.e. DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL. Either the program tells the drive to change the book type to DVD-ROM or it doesn't and the drive will do whatever it had already been told to do by other programs (or by ImgBurn's 'Change Book Type' screen). The default setting is 'Enabled'. Use 'Normal' For BD Video Discs Option to have the program automatically set the book type to 'Normal' rather than 'DVD-ROM' when burning a BD Video (BDAV/BDMV folder is present) disc. Some players won't play BD (AVCHD ?) content from a disc with its book type set to DVD-ROM. The default setting is 'Disabled'. [*]Perform OPC before Write Performing Optimum Power Calibration (OPC ) is a special technique used in newer CD/DVD recordable drives to perform a test write and read in an area inside of the lead-in, in order to determine the best laser power for recording and to adjust to each recordable disc, which may vary slightly from different manufacturers, or for other reasons. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]DVD+R Reserve Track This setting makes ImgBurn send the 'Reserve Track' command to the drive before it starts writing all the time when burning DVD+R/+RW format media. Basically, when burning DVD+R/+RW you can either just go right ahead and start sending 'Write' commands or you can send 'Reserve Track' and then send 'Write' commands. If you send a 'Reserve Track' command first, the drive knows right from the start how much data you're intending to burn. That way the drive already knows how much data to expect and can update the disc's TOC or whatever accordingly. It will either accept the track size you specify, or it'll reject it. As such, you'll know if an attempted 'overburn' is going to work or not. If you don't send the command, it could fail at any time if you try to write beyond the end of the disc. Most drives will allow 'Reserve Track' + 'Write' to the same size it allows just 'Write' to - and I'm mainly talking about overburning here. Some drives, as BenQ drives, need the command to be issued prior to burning if you're attempting to overburn. Without it, the 'Write' command fails at the 'normal' end of the disc. It's like some secret overburning method! This option was added in the settings when support for BenQ overburning was added. ('DVD+R Reserve Track' is automatic when overburning). For normal size burns, there's never a need for reserve track on DVD+R/+RW, it's totally optional and most programs don't send it. It's really just these in case you have a weird drive that does things differently if it's sent. It's not an option you should even need to touch. It's always sent for DVD-R/-RW media (because it needs to be) but it's not needed for DVD+R/+RW format media. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]DVD+R Finalise Disc (Minimal Radius) No matter how much (little) you burn on a DVD+R, it'll tell the drive to pad it out to a predefined amount so that at least 1GB is burnt to the disc. This is done in order to achieve maximum compatibility with drives when reading back. So basically, you shouldn't ever have a reason to turn it off. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]DVD+R DL Only Write To First Layer Applies to DVD+R DL media. When a small image is being written, write everything to the first layer (L0) instead of writing equal amounts on both layers. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]DVD-RAM / BD-RE FastWrite This is pretty much a bodge to disable the 'verify' part that's built into normal DVD-RAM/BD-RE burning. This prevents the drive from performing its own internal write + verification, leaving verification down to the software. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]BD-R Verify Not Required This is pretty much a bodge to disable the 'verify' part that's built into normal BD-R burning. This prevents the drive from performing its own internal write + verification, leaving verification down to the software. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Enable BURN-Proof The BURN-Proof technology allows you to avoid buffer under runs by suspending and restarting the write process when the recorder's buffer is about to empty. This is for situations where your computer is unable to send data to the drive quickly enough to keep the buffer full. It will not help you if your computer loses power, your software crashes, your media is of poor quality, or you smack the drive hard enough to disrupt the recording process. Nearly all CD/DVD recorders announced in or after 2001 features some variation of the buffer under run protection. Ideally, the results of interrupted and uninterrupted writes would be identical. In practice, there may be a small glitch at the point where writing was suspended. The general consensus is that these technologies are effective and do not result in noticeable glitches. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Lock Volume - Exclusive Access This will stop other programs for using the drive while ImgBurn performs tasks with it. If you have Windows XP SP3 x86/x64 based version, Windows Server 2003 SP3, Windows Vista or Windows 7 installed and also have the 'SPTI - Device Enumeration Method' options 'Device Interface', set as default in the settings tab 'I/O', ImgBurn will now also tell you which program that is that is currently locking one or more of your drives, if ImgBurn can't get exclusive access. If you should see this warning message in the log and you are running Windows XP SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2, you need to install the Image Mastering API v2.0 (IMAPIv2.0) update package (KB932716), to be able to lock the drive. W 00:00:00 DeviceIoControl(IOCTL_CDROM_EXCLUSIVE_ACCESS, Lock, 1) Not Supported! - You need to install the IMAPI v2.0 update or Service Pack 3! The default setting is 'Enabled'. Ignore Mounted File System Drivers This option is only available if you also have enabled 'Lock Volume - Exclusive Access' and is only of interest if you also have 'SPTI - Device Enumeration Method' option 'Device Interface' selected in the 'I/O' tab. This setting i used if the program attempts to lock a device while the file system driver is mounted and fails to lock it. The setting suspends the check for a mounted file system driver. An example is if you try to format or write to a rewritable disc that already contains data. This setting saves you from having to press the 'Try Again' button in this image, as the window will not show up at all. The default setting is 'Enabled'. [*]Cycle Tray Before Verify CD/DVD recorders (and modern CD/DVD-ROM drives) have a chunk of RAM that holds blocks read from the disc. Some drives provide a way to clear this out, some don't. All drives need to have their block cache cleared out after writing completes and before disc verification begins. If this weren't done, the files being verified could be read out of the block cache instead of from the disc itself, defeating the purpose of the verification pass. Also, some CD/DVD recorders need to have their recording buffers explicitly cleared between the "test" and "write" passes. The most reliable, 100%-guaranteed-to-work approach is to eject the disc and re-insert it. Watching your CD/DVD tray open and close can be startling at first, but in general it's harmless. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Verify Against Image File This option will run the verify process against the actual image you burned. If not enabled - it will only try to read the burned disc so it behaves more like version 1.0.0.0 where it just checked that the sectors could be read. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Never Delete Audio Files Option to never delete audio files when deleting files (having been told to!) after a burn/verify. This makes it safer for people burning audio discs via the 'Create CD CUE File' feature. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Check 'Delete Image' This will pre-check this option in the 'Write Mode' window. After a successful burn the image source will be automatically deleted. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]Check 'Close Program' After a successful burning, the program will terminate itself. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]Check 'Shutdown Computer' This will pre-check this option in the 'Write Mode' window. The default setting is 'Disabled'. [*]Options Layer Break (For DL Media) The layer break point is the place where a dual layer DVD switches from the first layer (layer 0) to the second layer (layer 1). DVDs are laid out in sectors (each sector contains 2048 bytes of content), starting with sector 0 (zero). The break point is the sector address of the first sector on the second layer. This number also represents the number of sectors on layer 0. It is recommended to let ImgBurn place the Layer Break for you. Calculate Optimal ImgBurn will calculate the optimal layer break. . User Specified You can insert where you want the layer break to be present. . Sectors in L0: The number of sectors in L0 (the first layer of the disc) i.e. if Layer 1 starts at LBA 10, Sectors in L0 = 10 and then 0, 1, 2.... 9 = 10 sectors. It is not necessary to specify the number of sectors in L0 for DVD+R DL discs, since the layer break can be at any position on L0. On DVD-R DL discs, it is necessary to know exactly the number of sectors in L0, because the first layer must be filled completely with data. If you are going to burn a DL XBox360 game backup on a DVD +R DL, you need to enter the value 1913760. [*]Auto 'Export Graph Data' Data captured during the write (write speed, buffer levels etc) can be displayed / analysed using either BurnPlot, DVDInfoPro or Opti Drive Control. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Prefer Format With Full Certification This setting is only for BD-RE media. This option allows you to choose if you want to perform full certification where the drive tests all the sectors and maps out any bad ones, or not (the opposite being 'Quick Certification' !) when full erasing BD-RE. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Prefer Format Without Spare Areas This setting is only for DVD-RAM and BD-RE media. The whole thing about leaving the spare areas enabled is that if a sector on the disc is found to be a bit dodgy, it can be mapped out of use. When you use the entire disc (no spare areas), that can't happen and your bad sector becomes 'available' for use again, even if it's not readable/writable. DVR-RAM DVD-RAM has spare areas used for defect management. This is done by the drive itself, so there's no way around it. As far as the OS is concerned, a DVD-RAM is exactly like a hard drive. Any bad sectors are remapped automatically and the OS never knows about them. If a DVD-RAM drive detects a defect during use, it will automatically map the bad sector back to either 'The Primary Spare Area' (PSA) or the 'Secondary Spare Area' (SSA), if one exists. Unfortunately, this means that the head has to seek to the spare area each time it hits a remapped sector. However, during a low-level format, all of these remapped sectors are actually mapped differently. In this case, it will use "slip" remapping, so that no extra seeking is necessary. This is only possible during a full format because slipping basically pushes all of the sectors back by one, and you can't just do that on the fly. The PSA is always 26 MB and is at the beginning of the media. The SSA is variable-size and is at the end of the media. By default, it's about 100 MB. But the cool part is, if you think the PSA is enough, you can reformat a DVD-RAM to eliminate the secondary spare area. Format Capacities: DT: 0x02 - NB: 2295072 (0x00230520) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x00 - NB: 2236704 (0x00222120) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x00 - NB: 2295072 (0x00230520) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2285344 (0x0022DF20) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2275616 (0x0022B920) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2265888 (0x00229320) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2256160 (0x00226D20) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2246432 (0x00224720) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2236704 (0x00222120) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2226976 (0x0021FB20) - TDP: 2048 FT: 0x01 - NB: 2217248 (0x0021D520) - TDP: 2048 After the format you media, in this case a DVD-RAM, it will report that the 'Current Format Capacity' is also equal to the 'Maximum Format Capacity'. Current Format Capacity: Sectors: 2,295,072 Size: 4,700,307,456 bytes Time: 510:02:72 (MM:SS:FF) Preferred Format Capacity: Sectors: 2,236,704 Size: 4,580,769,792 bytes Time: 497:04:54 (MM:SS:FF) Maximum Format Capacity: Sectors: 2,295,072 Size: 4,700,307,456 bytes Time: 510:02:72 (MM:SS:FF) . BD-RE BD Disc Information: Disc ID: MEI-T01-01 Disc Type: BD-RE Format Capacities: DT: 0x02 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x00 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 FT: 0x31 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 2048 If this setting is enabled, the 'Format Type' (FT) 0x31 and it's 'Number of Blocks' (NB) will be the new format size. The 'Type Dependant Parameters' (TDP) value of 'Number of Spare Area Blocks' will be set to zero. BD Disc Information: Disc ID: MEI-T01-01 Disc Type: BD-RE Format Capacities: DT: 0x02 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 0 FT: 0x00 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 FT: 0x31 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 2048 Note: You can quickly change your existing 'spare areas' format to a 'no spare areas' one by turning off full certification and turning on the option to format without spare areas. If you also disable 'prefer properly formatted discs', it won't try and zero all the sectors. The default setting is 'Enabled'. .[*]Prefer Properly Formatted Discs A format is required on new DVD+RW, DVD-RAM and Blu-ray media and those that haven't been properly formatted in the first place. When unchecked, it will only prompt when in the 'Formatted: No' state (i.e. when it really has to format). If it doesn't say 'Formatted: Yes' in the info panel on the right in the 'Write' mode window, ImgBurn will perform a full format. After that the DVD+RW, DVD-RAM or Blu-ray disc is just overwritten without the need for any sort of erase (it's not like DVD-RW in that respect). You should only need to do this formatting once so if you find you're doing it all the time (on the same disc), either your drive isn't formatting properly or some other tool/drive is screwing up the format. If you find ImgBurn's methods don't fit with how you like to do things, just uncheck this setting and it will then allow writing to media even when it hasn't been fully formatted - note, brand new DVD+RW must ALWAYS be formatted before use. There's no way around that (although you might not see it happening). The 'Prefer Properly Formatted Discs' option will make ImgBurn zero fill all the sectors on the Blu-ray disc once the drive says it's finished doing its part (i.e. preparing the disc for the new formatted size and certifying it). If you disable full certification and properly formatted discs it'll only take about 30 seconds - but you should only disable certification if you know the disc is 100% fine (or don't care if it's not). The default setting is 'Enabled'. . [*]Prefer Format Size This setting allows you to set the desired size of the formatted disc. BD Disc Information: Disc ID: MEI-T01-01 Disc Type: BD-RE Format Capacities: DT: 0x02 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x00 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23652352 (0x0168E800) - TDP: 24576 FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 FT: 0x31 - NB: 24438784 (0x0174E800) - TDP: 2048 Preferred If this setting is selected, the new format size will be the 'Number Of Blocks' (NB) value from the first descriptor in the list. . Minimum If this setting is selected, the lowest value of 'Number of Blocks' (NB) found an a 'Format Type' (FT) 0x30 row will be the new format size. FT: 0x30 - NB: 23259136 (0x0162E800) - TDP: 36864 . Maximum If this setting is selected, the highest value of 'Number of Blocks' (NB) found an a 'Format Type' (FT) 0x30 row will be the new format size. FT: 0x30 - NB: 24307712 (0x0172E800) - TDP: 4096 [*]CD-TEXT - Use Ansi CodePage If you enable this setting, the CD-TEXT label in the function 'Create CUE File' will use the 'Ansi Code Page' character set, instead of the default Unicode character set. This to to ensure backwards compatibility with some older systems. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]Remember Copies Option to control whether or not the current selection within the 'Copies' drop down box gets remembered / saved when the program is closed down - and thus restored when it's opened again. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . [*]Process Priority In a multi-tasking system like Windows, it is necessary to assign different priorities to different tasks. By assigning a higher priority to more important tasks such as CD/DVD writing software, Windows ensures that critical tasks do not get interrupted by less important background tasks, like virus scanners or printer spoolers. You can choose one of the following priorities: 'Realtime', 'High', 'Above Normal', 'Normal', 'Below Normal', or 'Idle'. The lower the priority is, the lower percentage of CPU time will be delegated to this task. Note that depending on the process and your administrative rights to your machine, you may not be able to change a particular process's priority. The default setting is 'High'.

Build Settings - Page 2 DVD Video Folder Content Location This option is only for people adding DVD ROM content to their DVD Video disc. If you're burning non DVD Video data too, as adding DVD ROM content to the DVD Video disc, you can set where you want the DVD Video data (VIDEO_TS folder) to be positioned. Either at the start, mixed in or at the end. It defaults to mixed in. This option was mainly added for people doing DL builds whereby the location of the folders could actually have an effect on which layer break positions were made available to them. Otherwise it doesn't make a difference. A DVD player would just parse the UDF file system, look for the VIDEO_TS folder and then for the VIDEO_TS.IFO file. (well, going by the specs anyway!) So it really doesn't matter where it's positioned on the disc, so long as the files within it are properly positioned. (i.e. the ordering - IFO -> VOB -> BUP, and the LBA sector pointers / offsets etc). Start Positions the VIDEO_TS folder at the start of the disc. . Mixed Positions the various files/folders in alphabetical order with the folders first. . End Positions the VIDEO_TS folder at the end of the disc. Create AUDIO_TS Folder If you look at the files on a DVD, you will notice that most DVDs have both a VIDEO_TS and an AUDIO_TS folder, but the AUDIO_TS folder is usually empty. DVD Audio would be stored in an AUDIO_TS folder but is a separate format to DVD-Video. The AUDIO_TS folder isn’t needed on Video DVD’s but some really old DVD players require one to be present. This option will ensure that there is always created an AUDIO_TS folder if it's not there from the beginning. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Filter Folder Content All files/folders inside the VIDEO_TS folder that is not a BUP, IFO or VOB file will not be included in the build. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Fix VTS Sectors When your build includes DVD Video material, ImgBurn does a check on the included files and might change some items in the IFO/BUP files, to ensure that they are DVD compliant. During this check you can encounter error messages such as these: E 00:00:00 Fix VTS Sectors Failed! - Reason: Could not find VIDEO_TS.IFO file. E 00:00:00 Fix VTS Sectors Failed! Reason: VIDEO_TS.IFO is not a valid IFO file.By disabling this option, ImgBurn will not do this check and possible corrections in the IFO/BUP files and you will face the risk that you will end up with a non playable disc. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . IFO/BUP 32K Padding There can be gaps on a DVD. The most notable ones are those used to ensure that no ECC block contains any portion of an IFO file and its associated BUP file. Often times, you will see commercial DVD's authored with tiny menu files of 40 or 50 kb, exactly for this purpose. Since ECC blocks are 16 sectors long (32K), the easiest way to accomplish this is to ensure that there are 16 sectors between the end of the IFO and the start of the BUP. With VIDEO_TS.VOB or VTS_xx_0.VOB files less that 32K (or absent) this means using a gap. If an IFO is unreadable (e.g. a CRC error in a sector), the player looks for the BUP, which is stored on the disk right after the VOBs for the title set. Now suppose the VOB's for that title set are small and the data is packed in. There is a chance that the BUP occupies exactly the same bad block that the IFO did, making the BUP useless and the disk, dead in the water. Essentially, the basic problem is that without the proper spacing, a single CRC error that would normally only affect one of the two files will affect both, rendering both useless. If proper spacing exists, it would take at least two CRC errors (one affecting each) to render both the IFO and BUP useless. Credit: blutach. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Uppercase File/Folder Names This option ensures that the AUDIO_TS, VIDEO_TS and JACKET_P folders are all upper case in all file systems and that known files (i.e. IFO/BUP/VOB) are also upper case. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Volume Label - Read DVD Text Data If there is a formatted DVD Text Data available, as part of the data in VMG_TXTDT_MG table in the VIDEO_TS.IFO file, ImgBurn will use that string as the 'Volume Label' Name. Also, if the DVD-Text General Name is not specified, the Volume Label will instead be derived from the DVD folder name. For example, if your DVD files are in C:\Videos\My DVD\VIDEO_TS, the Volume Label name will be 'MY_DVD'. The default setting is 'Enabled'. HD DVD Video Volume Label - Read VPLST000.XPL When suggesting a volume label for a HD DVD Video image/disc, the program will read the disc name specified in the 'VPLST000.XPL' file. The default setting is 'Disabled'. Blu-ray Video Create BDMV Folders If enabled, this option ensures that the BDMV folder contains all the basic folders required for successful playback in PowerDVD. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Create CERTIFICATE Folder The 'CERTIFICATE' folder is necessary for the disc to play back correctly on some devices and this setting will create such a folder on Blu-ray Video discs. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . Reset Copy Permission Indicator Flag This option will reset the CPI (Copy Permission Indicator) flags within M2TS file packets when you create an image/disc in Build mode. This was a request from someone at a duplication plant to save them having to mux two projects - one with AACS and one without. The 'Reset Copy Permission Indicator Flag' feature automatically disables itself if the compilation includes an 'AACS_bd' or 'AACS_mv' folder in the root. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . Volume Label - Read BDMT_ENG.XML When suggesting a volume label for a BD Video image/disc, the program will read the disc name specified in the 'BDMV\META\DL\bdmt_eng.xml' file. The default setting is 'Disabled'. Read Buffer Size A buffer is a region of memory which can be used to temporarily hold data. This buffer will be used to temporarily store the data that is being read from the media before it is being processed and then written to your hard disk. The default setting is - less than 1GB RAM = 20MB, Less than 2GB RAM = 40MB, Everything else = 80MB. . Disc Layout Editor Options Set Explorer Pane Initial Folder Option to set the initial folder for the Explorer pane in the 'Disc Layout Editor' window. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . Disc Layout Editor Window - Stay On Top Keeps the Disc Layout Editor window 'stay on top' of other windows while it's open. The default setting is 'Disabled'. . Dereference Link Files When enabled, the target of *.LNK files is added to the compilation rather than the LNK file itself. Applies to Advanced Build mode and only to items being added directly, not sub folders/files. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Get Shell File Information If this option is enabled, ImgBurn will show the associated file type name of the file types that have been added to the 'Disc Layout Editor' windows column 'Type', in the 'Advanced' Build Mode. If you add a file with the extension 'TXT', it will show 'TXT File' and if you add a file with the extension 'EXE', it will show 'Application'. If you disable this setting, ImgBurn will only show the standard value 'File' in the 'Type' column for all added files. The default setting is 'Enabled'. . Don't Prompt New Disc ImgBurn will not ask you to answer this window when you try to create an 'Empty Disc' in the 'Advanced' input mode window. The default setting is 'Disabled'. Clear Source MRU List Pressing this button will clear the files listed in the 'Most Recently Used' list. They will not physically be removed from your hard disk.