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Re: cable, I used the one the manufacturer supplied. Based on what you said, I guess it is the thinner 80 pin cable and it was a thicker 40 pin that I took out. Re: motherboard, I can check. But, I had been using the same computer, ImgBurn, same discs, etc for about a year without any real probelms. I don't think this can be it, but is there anyway the iso file can be "corrupted". No real reason to think that, except that I am using an iso file about a year old. It would be a lot of work to re-create the iso from the original photos which is why I saved the iso file. Anyway, thanks for the input. Do you think the motherboard is important. It is a two year old Dell Dimension 8400 with a Pentium 4 2.8 chip.

I've looked through much of the support forums about this but maybe I'm searching for the wrong thing or I'm not familiar enough with some of the burning, image, etc. vocabulary. What I'm trying to do is take a DL movie and back it up onto two DVD+Rs. I've read all about creating a single image of a single layer DVD and creating a single image of a dual layer DVD but nothing about how to build two image files of a DVD+R DL, one of each layer. Can somebody point me in the right direction? I could simply buy some DVD+R DL and create an exact copy of what I want but I'd rather put it on two DVD+Rs and save a ton of money.

I followed the guide on how to build an DL ISO out of Video_TS files, however I don't understand how to go about making a seamless DVD, which the guide leaves out. After pressing the build button, the create LB break position windows pops up and the seamless option is available. So I check seamless, get the warning, select OK, then what? Do I have to still have to select the LB position from the list given to me? I already selected one from pushing the calculate button. Am I still suppose to choose a SPLIP with a NO? or is it the opposite after seamless is selected?

No it doesn't matter what you're burning. It also doesn't matter if you create the image first or burn on-the-fly, the exact same data is sent to the drive. It just looks to me as if your drive is having mega issues with those discs. In case you've got a dodgy batch of verbatims, perhaps you could buy another lot? You'll use them eventually anyway - right?! If a new batch still won't burn, there must be something up with your drive. As they're only about ?25 now, it's probably cheaper to just buy a new one than it is to keep wasting DL discs!

Carefully reads the guide first.... Is there any way to tell where a file/directory will be truncated when you add it in Build Mode? Drop C:\Data\Movies\Store\Barney in the BM Tab and \Barney goes on the disk, add C:\Data\Movies\Angelina on and you get (I think) \Store\Barney and \Angelina. (Yeah I'm backing up my 3yr old daughters movies) I know I can get the full directory names with Preserve Full Pathnames, but is there any way to tell IB where to split the names? e.g. in the above case I'd prefer \Barney and \Angleina. Is that possible? Aside: I'll admit that is one feature I miss from using CdBurnerXp, it had a more explorer like interface in the Build area. If you've never used it, CB lets you do things like create a Directory in Build mode (i.e. on the iso image, not on the hard disk) So you can create '\Movies" on the image, then drop Barney and Angelina into \Movies and get \Movies\Barney and \Movies\Angelina on the DVD. I can achieve the same things using Ntfs Hardlinks or reorganising my HD in Explorer before dropping things into IB, though I'd be curious to know what others think of this? What I should do of course is just buy a bigger disk, because Data\Movies\Store is a Junction and is actually my second drive (both only 20Gs) I did get a 160G recently, which of course worked perfectly when I got it and then died shortly afterwards because of a faulty power connector in my PC, so no warranty cover..... - I have three good power connectors and one intermittent one... Mark

Clearly this isn't a bug (you normally have to know what you're doing before you can call something a bug), it's because you've: 1. Messed with the file splitting settings. 2. Formatted your drives using FAT32 which is limited to storing files with a max size of 4GB - hence ImgBurn has to create multiple files. If it's the later, convert the disk to NTFS.

I have an NEC AD-7173A which is the same as the Sony AWG170A (NEC and Sony merged their optical drive departments to create a new company called "Optiarc") and don't have any problems burning with it in an external enclosure. It's a great drive. First off, what media are you using (in particular the media ID code) ? If you are using good quality media like Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim (Mitsubishi CC), then I would get a replacement drive. However, post the log here so we can see what's going wrong.

trueno, try burning those Ricohs at 2.4X and see what happens. They may be okay? We just recommend Verbs as the DL media of choice. Post back and let us know what happens. Have you tried using Imgs' build mode to create your .ISO image?

I'm attempting to burn my first dual layer DVD movie (+R DL Verbatim, dual layer burner). Using Nero Vision Express (or Pinnacle Studio 8), I create the necessary VIDEO_TS folder, VOB, IFO & BUP files with total size at 7+ GBs. Using ImgBurn (tried PGCEDIT too), and following the guide, I try to "Display IFO Layer Break Information" and get the message that ImgBurn is unable to find any cell that can be used for a layer break. Here's the thing. Only one cell was generated for the whole movie title and there are 8 .VOB files. The total time span is contained in one large cell. I have no menu, buttons, etc when I create my output, and upon research, that my situation may not be that unusual. All of my single DVD movies are single cell as well. Is it posssible that ImgBurn wants to see multiple cells to calculate the layer beak? Based on other forum inquiries, all seem to deal with multiple cell issues. I've tried suggestions based on those inquiries but nothing has helped. Any help will be appreciated.

Windows sees the Device. It is connected via USB. The device has the updated firmware. I have been able to create images of games from the device. ImgBrn log shows it detects a DVD drive but does not allow me to select it as a device to write.

I seem to have everything installed on my computer, but - when I go to ImgBurn to create my DVD I'm unable to burn. Notation at bottom states " Device Not Ready (Medium Not Present). Could you help or explain. Thanks

You could use the build mode of ImgBurn to create an ISO containing files that you know are good (check out the build mode guide and select Image File as the output mode). Thanks for the idea. Will try that......

Someone was nice enough to explain about how to use BUILD to create a VIDEO DVD from either a list of VOB files or a VIDEO_TS folder. If they had not, I never would have figured it out because just like an ISO burn, I expected to find it under the WRITE area. I expected to see it there because the files were already created and not in an ISO. So I thought in my mind "If it would be anywhere, it would be in the Tools area under the WRITE mode because that is where the CREATE DVD MDS file" is. What about adding to the TOOLS menu an option for CREATE DVD VIDEO DISK or something, and then prompt the user to select the existing VOB/IFO/BUP project files or a VIDEO_TS folder containing a compiled DVD Video project that is ready to burn to disk? Maybe from the SOURCE box there, you could add an icon right next to the BROWSE FOR FILE and QUEUE icons that would say "DVD Project Files or Folder" or something like that? You know, to make it more obvious? I don't really know all the ins and outs on why it is under the BUILD area, but I assumed (I know, dangerous to do) that because the project was already built, it would seem more logical to put it under the WRITE area, which would also make it more visible because it would be an option right there in the TOOLS menu, spelled out clearly so that folks would know instantly "Hey, that option means make a DVD Video from files on my drive". Maybe I'm not explaining it well, but I just wanted to get it out there for discussion. I hope that is ok. Not trying to criticize, just honestly trying to offer a suggestion for maybe making it a bit easier for noobs and folks to grasp. Thanks - I look forward to some discussion.

Or just go to regedit, hklm/system/currentcontrolset/control/class/{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}/0001 and 0002 and make sure MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed and SlaveDeviceTimingModeAllowed are both set to FFFFFFFF Which they are. Nothing else was going on... like I said, I "paused" the burning and the HDD light went off (it blinks in time to the CD drive light as well, highly annoying design) and it never picked back up after resuming. If nothing else, maybe I could ask that when the process is paused, it takes the time to refill the buffers? I could create an ISO first, but that would defeat the purpose of using ImgBurn instead of Nero... *shrug* I figure there has to be a better way. I could increase the buffer size - I didn't even know there was that option. I could make a 256mb buffer... hehe. =)

You could use the build mode of ImgBurn to create an ISO containing files that you know are good (check out the build mode guide and select Image File as the output mode).

??? How would I know this? The way I have been working is like this: Create the Video_TS as usual, and compile this to a Video_TS folder. Import this into Sonic's DVD-Audio Creator. Author the rest of the Audio_TS Set the cutting point in the Command Editor to PTP, setting the cutting point to the first track in the Video_TS. Compile to Audio_TS, Video_TS & DDP files ready for imaging. To test the compilation, use the MakeIMG applet (otherwise the IMAGER in DAC will only write to DLT or a Pioneer S201 Authoring device) Open this IMG file using GEAR Pro Mastering Edition - this asks me to tell it what type of media the image is, and has options for Dual layer or single layer, with both OTP & PTP in the dialogue. Select PTP & import. Load up Verbatim DVD+R DL disc. Burn On playback, there seems to be a correct setting of the disc to PTP - there is no layer break glitch in any of the streams, and it would be immediately obvious if there was one. However, no pause, no glitch in audio, no nothing apart from perfect playback. I was sort of assuming that the PTP option is being honoured. If it were not - then why am I not getting any layer break glitch? Layer 1 is larger than Layer 0 here as authored. If the burn is going down as OTP - with Layer 0 larger than Layer 1 - why no glitch? There is always a momentary glitch in a DVD-Video disc, unless I set the break to be at a point between timelines (I test on a player that glitches at the break, not the ones that refocus instantly) So - if this is being written as OTP, why no glitch?

This is my first time using Imgburn. I tried to create a backup copy of my LOR Battle for Middle Earth CD1 for everyday use. Disk1 is required in the drive in order to play the game, but the backup copy is not working. What did I do wrong?

The Change Volume Label is not working corectly with non ASCI characters. If I write a label (UDF) with non ASCI characters, it is shown corectly in the Change volume label dialog, but is garbled in the main window and also after burning (ie. ě?čř????? becomes ?????????). If I create an image using mkisofs, the volume label is garbled in the main window an also in the Change volume label dialog, but is shown corectly in Windows (after it's burned). Also if I create UDF only image, ImgBurn shows also ISO9660 label.

Bah, after searching google on the error it seems like i found a answer for my problem on these boards: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=2982 It seems like i can ONLY use: Verbatim DVD+R DL discs to create backups.

but you dont have to create an iso and then burn it...you can burn the files directly to the dvd in build mode

I would like to suggest some features, that I think would be useful. First Cue/bin support, I'm missing that very often (possibly I'm not the only one). I miss multi session support the most. Is it possible that it will be implemented in the near future? And the possibility to create folders in build mode would be nice.

if i understand it right i could create two folder called video_ts and put the different files in the folders and burn it..... but are the dvd players going to get confused about what folder to play? because they going to have the same name?(i am not sure if i even can have two same named folders) please

the newest firmware for your PIO is 1.29 updating your firmware is always an excellent starting point when trying to resolve problems so is using top notch media ,here we've seen enough problems with Ritek and Memorex branded media to fill a book .If you want to look at the scans go to that forum the only discs (dual layer ) that show consistency are the Verbs testing has proved that and all others are hit and miss you may get however many to write fine and an equal number to fail with other media its just the way it is. Since I began using IMGburn I haven't had a coaster and I use Verbatim both + and - and Taiyo Yuden +R with an NEC 3500 and burn everything at 6X its what works for me and has become automatic with everything verifying 100% . if you can identify a bug in the software then Lightning will be interested to know what it is and you can be sure it will be fixed pronto 1 other thing what program did you create the ISO with

Hi - I am new to burning discs but have read your guides, which is how I have managed to actually burn a disc, but it is only recognised by my PC and not my standalone dvd player. I also read your FAQs and forum, and have made a few changes and retried with the info I had found there. I started trying to burn to Panasonic DVD+R's but turned them into a great set of coasters, so changed to Verbatum DVD+RW to solve the prob. Basically I have created a VIDEO_TS file containing my .IFO and .VOB files. I have then used ImgBurn to create an .ISO file in the BUILD mode, and then used the WRITE mode to burn it to disc. I have now got this far with the +RW's but the +R is a non starter. However, my problem (after this longwinded ramble) is that once I stick the disc in my DVD player it just hums and then says 'no disc'. What have I done wrong or is it just that my DVD player (SONY DVP-S525D) is to old to realise that homemade discs could ever become a reality. BElow is the log created the last time I tried, this starts from building the .ISO through to burning. Do you need any other info...??? Disc info ? PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 CD21 (ATA) Current Profile: DVD+RW Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: Yes Formatted: Yes Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x Physical Format Information (ADIP): Disc ID: MKM-A02-00 Book Type: DVD+RW Part Version: 2 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: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Physical Format Information (Last Recorded): Disc ID: MKM-A02-00 Book Type: DVD-ROM Part Version: 1 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: 2,491,711 Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0 Current Format Capacity: Sectors: 2,295,104 Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF) Maximum Format Capacity: Sectors: 2,295,104 Size: 4,700,372,992 bytes Time: 510:03:29 (MM:SS:FF) Burn Log ? I 22:34:59 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.0 started! I 22:34:59 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2) I 22:34:59 Initialising SPTI... I 22:34:59 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:35:00 Found 1 DVD?RW! I 22:38:22 Operation Started! I 22:38:22 Building Image Tree... I 22:38:23 Checking Directory Depth... I 22:38:23 Calculating Totals... I 22:38:23 Preparing Image... I 22:38:23 Checking Path Length... I 22:38:23 Image Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 22:38:23 Image Sectors: 1,411,728 I 22:38:23 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 22:44:36 Operation Started! I 22:44:36 Building Image Tree... I 22:44:36 Checking Directory Depth... I 22:44:36 Calculating Totals... I 22:44:36 Preparing Image... I 22:44:37 Checking Path Length... I 22:44:37 Image Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 22:44:37 Image Sectors: 1,411,728 I 22:44:37 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:00 I 22:48:31 Operation Started! I 22:48:31 Building Image Tree... I 22:48:31 Checking Directory Depth... I 22:48:31 Calculating Totals... I 22:48:31 Preparing Image... I 22:48:32 Checking Path Length... I 22:48:32 Image Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 22:48:32 Image Sectors: 1,411,728 I 22:49:22 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:50 I 22:49:22 Operation Started! I 22:49:22 Image Contents: 7 Files, 2 Folders I 22:49:22 Image Sectors: 1,411,728 I 22:49:22 Image Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 22:49:22 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD+R/RW (Media Capacity: 2,295,104) I 22:49:22 Image Volume Identifier: MONSTERS_INC I 22:49:22 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 22:49:22 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 22:49:22 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 22:49:22 Destination File: E:\TV Recording Archive\Finished TV programs\TO BURN TO DISC\DVD ISO\MONSTERS_INC.iso I 22:49:22 Destination Free Space: 149,329,412,096 bytes (145,829,504 KB) (142,411 MB) (139 GB) I 22:49:22 Destination File System: NTFS I 22:49:22 File Splitting: Auto I 22:49:22 Writing Image... I 22:54:00 Image MD5: 8eab794a70cfd30edc68a8af81fc9331 I 22:54:00 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:04:37 I 22:54:00 Average Write Rate: 10,192 KB/s (7.4x) - Maximum Write Rate: 16,744 KB/s (12.1x) I 22:59:15 Operation Started! I 22:59:15 Source File: E:\TV Recording Archive\Finished TV programs\TO BURN TO DISC\DVD ISO\MONSTERS_INC.iso I 22:59:15 Source File Sectors: 1,411,728 (MODE1/2048) I 22:59:15 Source File Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 22:59:15 Source File Volume Identifier: MONSTERS_INC I 22:59:15 Source File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 22:59:15 Source File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 22:59:15 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 22:59:15 Destination Device: [1:0:0] PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 CD21 (D:) (ATA) I 22:59:15 Destination Media Type: DVD+RW (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 22:59:15 Destination Media Sectors: 2,295,104 I 22:59:15 Write Mode: DVD I 22:59:15 Write Type: DAO I 22:59:15 Write Speed: MAX I 22:59:15 Link Size: Auto I 22:59:15 Test Mode: No I 22:59:15 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 22:59:16 Filling Buffer... I 22:59:17 Writing LeadIn... I 22:59:18 Writing Image... I 23:08:08 Synchronising Cache... I 23:08:09 Closing Session... I 23:08:10 Image MD5: 8eab794a70cfd30edc68a8af81fc9331 I 23:08:11 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:08:55 I 23:08:11 Average Write Rate: 5,327 KB/s (3.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,566 KB/s (4.0x) I 23:08:11 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:08:17 Waiting for device to become ready... I 23:08:22 Device Ready! I 23:08:22 Operation Started! I 23:08:22 Source Device: [1:0:0] PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 CD21 (D:) (ATA) I 23:08:22 Source Media Type: DVD+RW (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-A02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 23:08:22 Image File: E:\TV Recording Archive\Finished TV programs\TO BURN TO DISC\DVD ISO\MONSTERS_INC.iso I 23:08:22 Image File Sectors: 1,411,728 (MODE1/2048) I 23:08:22 Image File Size: 2,891,218,944 bytes I 23:08:22 Image File Volume Identifier: MONSTERS_INC I 23:08:22 Image File Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.1.0.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER! I 23:08:22 Image File Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn I 23:08:22 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02) I 23:08:22 Verifying Sectors... I 23:15:07 Device MD5: 8eab794a70cfd30edc68a8af81fc9331 I 23:15:07 Image MD5: 8eab794a70cfd30edc68a8af81fc9331 I 23:15:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:06:45 I 23:15:07 Average Verify Rate: 6,988 KB/s (5.0x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 9,553 KB/s (6.9x) Please help - V frustrated......

At present, you can't create additional folders within the build process - don't know if it's on LUK!'s to do list. You would presently need to already have the "website" files inside a folder named as such and the "ftp" files similarly inside an "ftp folder. i.e. W:\Website\*.* X:\FTP\*.* Then instead of adding the files, you add the folders. This will of course add all the files within these folders which may or maynot be an issue for you. If rearranging your files as such permanently is not an option, then i guess you could have the Website & FTP directories setup and within the batch file move the necessary files to the directories, build and burn, then move them back out to their original locations (or copy them there, and delete afterwards, leaving originals safely in their normal locations).