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Some interesting features; Features AUTOSTRATEGY: The best DVD Quality For the best writing quality, the drive's AUTOSTRATEGY technology selects the optimized write strategy for every DVD disc and, if necessary, creates a new write strategy for unknown media. (DVD+/-R) A separate database stores all strategies that are created by the AUTOSTRATEGY function for media that is not currently supported in the firmware. A maximum of 31 write strategies can be held in the non-volatile memory of the drive. The entries can be activated or de-activated, and deleted. The list of database entries can be viewed and saved or printed. The user can select the write strategy from the AUTOSTRATEGY database or from the database that resides in the drive's firmware by activating a different Mode. Remark: This function is only available for DVD+R and DVD-R media (4X and higher). 1. Auto Selection Mode: The drive will select the best write strategy, whether it is located in the AUTOSTRATEGY database or in the firmware database. If no suitale strategy is found, AUTOSTRATEGY will create a new, optimized strategy in the database. 2. AUTOSTRATEGY On Mode (Forced): The drive will create a new write strategy for every new recording, whether a corresponding strategy exists already in the firmware or not. 3. AUTOSTRATEGY On Mode: The drive will use the write strategies from the AUTOSTRATEGY database for recording. If no suitable strategy is found, a corresponding write strategy from the firmware's database will be used. 4. AUTOSTRATEGY Off Mode: The drive will only use the write strategies from the firmware's database for recording. If no corresponding write strategy is found, the default write strategy will be used. Media Quality Check To assure you're receiving the best results with your drive, this function checks the quality of blank media. Write strategy creation This function offers to create a new write strategy for your blank media. The drive will create a new write strategy in the AUTOSTRATEGY database without recording a disc. It is possible to create several write strategies for the same media, which can be useful if there is a quality difference among media with the same MID code. PlexEraser PlexEraser is a data destruction utility that makes a recorded CD-R or DVD disc unreadable. The drive will "re-record" over the Lead-in and data sectors of a write once disc rendering the disc data unusable. Initially this feature will support DVD+/-R and CD-R media. Firmware upgrades will add support for DVD+/-R DL media. SecureRecording The SecureRecording function lets you write on a CD-R disc and protect the data with a password. To view the contents of a password-protected disc-or even to see a catalog of files-the user must enter the correct password. The password can be entered via PlexTools Professional software, or with SecuViewer software. Buffer underrun proof The buffer underrun proof technologies offer a solution to prevent writing failures during the burning process for CD and DVD by pausing the burn if the data to the drive write buffer is slowed or stopped. The drive resumes the burn process after the drive write buffer is refilled. Silent mode If the drive needs to be used in a quiet environment, the drive can be switched to silent mode. Unique technology that sets the drive for super-silent operation. By controlling access speed, read/write speed, and tray opening and closing speed, you reduce drive noise to a whisper. This technology is excellent for recording studios or offices where low noise is required. SpeedRead Enable reading CD-R media up to the maximum speed of the drive. Discs that may be damaged due to mishandling or improper use may shatter due to the higher rotational forces reached at the maximum read speed of the drive. The drive's maximum read speed is therefore limited as a safety function. SpeedRead enables the user to increase the read speed of the drive to the maximum possible. Plextor recommends examining each disc before enabling this function. GigaRec GigaRec lets you change the recording capacity of a standard CD-R disc from 70 percent up to 130 percent of its standard capacity. You can use GigaRec for CD-DA or data writing at 4X and 8X disc-at-once (DAO). The feature allows you to get that extra storage on a single disc for a larger project. For smaller projects, like an audio master, the feature enables you to use the entire capacity of the disc, increasing the size of the pits and lands for higher reproductive quality. VariRec VariRec provides user adjustment of the recording power above or below a default level. The default level reflects an optimized laser power setting with reduced jitter. Changing this setting will result in a change of sound or sound quality and may increase the playability or compatibility with existing players. Q-Check PlexTools Professional software provides a suite of diagnostic tests for blank and recorded media. The pre-recording tests of blank media allow you to choose the best media brands and recording parameters for your drive. The post-recording tests quantify the recording session and provide analyzer-type results to guarantee you're getting the best recording possible. PoweRec Plextor Optimized Writing Error Reduction Control (PoweRec) adjusts laser power and writing speed so they're at the optimum settings for that particular disc. Using real-time monitoring of the write data, PoweRec can increase or decrease write power and speed to guarantee the best possible writing quality with whatever brand media is used. PlexTools Professional This software tool offers a complete suite of recording applications and supports your drive's advanced quality check functions. Advanced drive settings such as GigaRec or Silent Mode can be changed. High quality audio extraction, various recording modes, and copying of files or disc images can be selected. Media testing with the drive's Q-Check function allows you to select the best media for your drive and examine the quality of your recordings. (www.plextools.com) PlexTools Professional XL Based on the existing solid code of PlexTools Professional, PlexTools Professional XL offers more features and extra options. The new layout with resizable windows and improved graphs, enhanced audio functions and project options, as well as the unique update check system, is designed and tuned for the demanding user. (www.plextools.com)

Can anyone help with this please?? Using ImgBurn I have sucessfully burned a DVD on my PC HP DVD Writer 300n 1.25 (ATA) to both a DVD+ R/W and a DVD+ write once. These will play fine on my PC drive but if I come to play either of them on my Toshiba video recorder/player neither will play -both retuning 'No disk loaded'. The DVD recorder/player is DVD- so I suspect this may be a formating related problem. ( I am using good quality Phillips DVDs) If I burn a DVDR- (using Logik disks) from my Toshiba it will play fine on my PC as the Toshiba finalises them and they can then play anywhere. I have read somewhere that in order for burning software to label a DVD as a DVD , the software must finalise the DVD as part of the burning process. Can anyone help explain what ImgBurn is doing, whether or not it is finalising them, and how to use it to create a 'portable' DVD which will play on my recorder/player. If ImgBurn cant do this is there anything around (prefererably freeware) that can. Many thanks in advance JB

Of course, it also depends how you're zeroing out the drive. Writing just a zero to every area is faster than, say, the more secure wipe method of writing a 0, erase it, write a 1, erase it, write a 0, and check that the write reads 0, and repeat for 32 passes. It might just be easier to use something like Partition Magic to safely delete the partition, create a new, blank, unformatted one in the empty space, image the partition, then safely delete the new partition, create a 2nd new blank, unformatted one, and then restore the imaged partition, and safely delete it. While it seems like a lot of useless steps, the partition sizes will be small since hardly any data will be used, thus, making the restores, creations, and deletes quick. Plus, creating and deleting multiple partitions to the same area should make it very difficult to recover anything through means beyond electron tunnelling.

Sorry Lightning UK for another post... I ask you this... I create an ISO with an old program that you Know..(I delete MDS file for do a test), but in this program there is no option for delete Layer Break so the Layer Break is still present in ISO file (but I am not sure beacuse I think that LB is present in MDS) .. So if I don't remove LB and Use Display IFO Layer Break Information (using the ISO) I have the same LB position such as original DVD or an optimal position... Sorry again for disturb.....But it's important...Thank you very much...

Hi Lightning/BTM's, Have you ever thought of incorporating an ISO create mode. No decryption involved, simply an image creator like Coujo's ImgTool Classic? If asked before, my apologies. Mig$y

I am using avidvd to create a vcd image... fair enough! just assumed it did as there was a .bin the selection file drop down list http://img289.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imgburn8sg.jpg Thanks, lanet

I create the ISO image using PGCEdit, setting the LBP at cell 14 (instream location - not ideal, but best we could do). PGCEdit then invoked IMGBurn and created a successful burn on Ritek DL +R medium (drive is Pioneer, flashed with latest updates). Verified the disk both within IMGBurn and using DVDInfo. Slight pause on LB during playback, but acceptable. Sounds good, right? So I thought I'd try it again, this time doing it from the ISO file directly into IMGBurn. Read somewhere on the forums to ensure that the "Optimize LB" flag should be enabled, so I enabled it. Pointed the source to the ISO file previously created by PGCEdit, and started the burn. Burned successfully, but failed on verify (crc errors around the LBP). Tried it again; now have 2 coasters. What am I doing wrong here? Went back to PGCEdit, created another ISO doing exactly what I did previously. Generated a new ISO file, same cell for LBP, had PGCEdit invoke ISOBurn, burned successfully, but ....(drum roll)... failed verify. Double-checked it with DVDInfo, and it indicated crc errors at the LBP. Thought I'd see what happens on playback. Put the RI coaster in, and 2 out of 3 (one from the ISO source, one from the 2nd PGCEdit burn) played back on a Pioneer DVD Pro-Scan player (DVD-434). Took another of the blank RI media out of the same spindle and scanned it using DVDInfo. Seems fine, so I'm guessing it is not the media. There's a flag - "Reset offset" in IMGBurn. What does this do? Just a wild guess, but should I be resetting this flag when loading from an ISO image before burning? Is it possible that the offset from the PGCEdit script carried over from one burn to the next, so loading the ISO image a second time shifted the image by the offset amount again? Could use some guidance from the great one....

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/...findsarahconnor Rumours mount over Google's internet plan By Benjamin Cohen Google is working on a project to create its own global internet protocol (IP) network, a private alternative to the internet controlled by the search giant, according to sources who are in commercial negotiation with the company. Last month, Google placed job advertisements in America and the British national press for "Strategic Negotiator candidates with experience in...identification, selection, and negotiation of dark fibre contracts both in metropolitan areas and over long distances as part of development of a global backbone network". Dark fibre is the remnants of late 1990s internet boom where American web companies laid down fibre optic cables in preparation for high speed internet delivery. Following the downturn in the technology sector during the early 2000s, the installation process for many of these networks was left incomplete. This has resulted in a usable network of cables spread across the United States that have never been switched on. By purchasing the dark fibre, Google would in effect be able to acquire a ready made internet network that they could control. Late last year, Google purchased a 270,000sq ft telecom interconnection facilities in New York. It is believed that from here, Google plans to link up and power the dark fibre system and turn it into a working internet network of its own. It was also reported in November that Google was buying shipping containers and building data centres within them, possibly with the aim of using them at significant nodes within the worldwide cable network. "Google hired a pair of very bright industrial designers to figure out how to cram the greatest number of CPUs, the most storage, memory and power support into a 20- or 40-foot box" Robert Cringely wrote. "The idea is to plant one of these puppies anywhere Google owns access to fiber, basically turning the entire Internet into a giant processing and storage grid." Google has long been rumoured to be planning to launch a PC to retail for less than $100. The Google computers are likely to be low-grade machines that require a connection to Google to be able to perform functions such as word processing and spreadsheet manipulations. While using the computers, it is understood that consumers will be shown personalised advertising from the company's AdWords network. The various reports prompted analysts Bear Stearns to note last year: "We think Google could be experimenting with new hardware endeavours that could significantly change potential future applications by Google, creating another advantage for Google over its competitors. Investors may currently under appreciate Google as a potential hardware company." The technology industry has also been alive with talk that the Google $100 machines will be less like a standard home PC and more like a television: in effect, one of the first convergent devices betweem the internet and television. While offering the standard PC applications, the "Google Cube" will also offer interactive content from a variety of sources while retaining Google branding and displaying Google advertising. A leading content provider, who did not wish to be named, told Times Online: "We are in discussions with Google to provide content for their alternative internet service, to be distributed through their Google Cube product. As far as I'm aware they have been conducting negotiations with a number of other players in our marketplace to provide quality content to their users." However, industry insiders fear that the development of a network of Google Cubes powered over a Google-owned internet network will greatly increase the power that Google wields over online publishers and internet users. Should Google successfully launch an alternative network, it is is theoretically possible for them to block out competitor websites and only allow users to access websites that have paid Google to be shown to their users. However, the moves towards providing equipment for as little as ?60 will prove popular with home users and even governments, who will welcome the spread of the internet to homes that could not previously afford the intital costs of purchasing PCs. Contacted by Times Online today, a spokesperson for Google denied that it had any such plans, before adding its customary rider: "It's Google's policy not to comment on speculation concerning products before they are launched."

Ok Just re-read the post and im guessing that you have done what i suggested above Now try this for XP (Not sure for 2000) First create a system restore point Now go to Start > Run Type in regedit and press return Unless confident be careful editing the system registry! Then try the following ========================================================== Re-enable DMA using the Registry Editor Run REGEDIT. Go to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} It has subkeys like 0000, 0001, 0002, etc. Normally 0001 is the primary IDE channel, 0002 the secondary, but other numbers can occur under certain circumstances. You have to go through these subkeys and check the DriverDesc value until you find the proper IDE channel. Delete MasterIdDataChecksum or SlaveIdDataChecksum, depending on whether the device in question is attached as master or slave, but it can't actually hurt to delete both. Reboot. The drive DMA capabilities will be redetected. 2006-01-19 ? Horst Sch?lke wrote that it is sufficient to empty the content of these values. But you can also delete the values entirely. Windows will automatically recreate them anyway, with new content. Open Device Manager again and check whether the device is now actually using DMA mode. If so, congratulations, you've made it (at least until the next time Windows disables DMA). 2005-10-24 ? Tom?? Souček wrote, if this doesn't work, check also the dword value MasterDeviceTimingModeAllowed, whose default value is hex 0xFFFFFFFF. If you have a much smaller value, you can try to set it back to its default and reboot for a test. ====================================================== In the attached pic, my values are in subkey 0001 and 0002 What Operating System and Service Pack are you running ?

Not all players need the LB flag. It's the playing through the LB that causes a problem, I not so sure if 'jumping' (FF / Rewind) over it would do. PgcEdit insert the LB flag. PgcEdit just uses the mkisofs file from ImgTool Classic, that's all. ImgTool Classic itself is never used / called up. PgcEdit can be told to load ImgBurn and start burning the ISO file. The LB position you select in PgcEdit is passed via a command line parameter to ImgBurn. Neither of those programs create an MDS file.

I am soaking up your perals of wisdom here. I am investing a half-dozen DVD+R DL Verbatims to experiment and learn how to do this properly. So far, the best formula is: PGCEDIT - LB Identifier IMGTOOL - ISO creator IMGBURN - Write and Verify DL Disc That group of programs gets the job done, and I am confident the final result will be spot on! First, a couple of quick questions to you LIGHTNING UK: (1) Does IMGTOOL CLASSIC create a MDS file that PGCEDIT pases to IMGBURN? (2) Which Program puts the LB flag, that you select in PGCEDIT, into the appropriate IFO file? (3) Is there a way to have IMGBURN automatically process the ISO file after PGCEDIT calls it upon completion of IMGTOOL CLASSIC? Lastly, during my experimenting I did backup a DVD after some VOB BLANKER trimming. In addition, the original LB was removed by CLONEDVD2 and I burned it with COPYTODVD. However, using IFOEDIT I could not find a LB flag in the IFO file. Yet, I was able to play the DVD and it seemed to burn without a hitch. At the time, I thought COPYTODVD was going to do what PGCEDIT can do. Apparently, its not capable of generating new LB flags. Why does it work with no LB flag in the IFO file? I was able to navigate forward and backward with no hangs. I have read where the LB flag is only needed to do backward navigation from Layer 1 to Layer 0. Any thoughts?

Overclocker Creates Rift in Space-Time Continuum By Brian Briggs Santa Cruz, CA - A rift in the space-time continuum was created today when overclocker Jamie Aperman ran a 750 MHz Coppermine Pentium III at 11.6 GHz. Overclocking has long been blamed for causing global warming, but this is the first occasion that the fabric of space-time has been damaged. Rift in the Space-Time ContinuumMIT Professor George Greznowski said, "It appears that the CPU was operating so fast that it began to execute instructions before they arrived. This execution of future instructions created a small tear in the fabric of space-time itself through which part of the motherboard passed into a parallel universe." No one was injured in the accident, but a computer motherboard was partially damaged. Mr. Aperman better known as SpeedPhreeek said, "I'm pissed. I lost a brand new Alpha Cooler and Coppermine to a parallel universe. I called my insurance company and they don't cover losses to rifts in the space-time continuum." Intel researchers have long warned of such damage to the space-time continuum, and added clock multiplier locks to their CPUs before they were required by Congress. A bill is now in the US Senate which would require a three day waiting period for purchasers of Alpha Cooling Fans and Peltier cooling devices. The bill would also require clock multiplier locks on all new processors. Overclocking advocate Horace Spencer said, "This bill before Congress won't prevent overclocking. They'll just create a black market for non-locked processors. Most of the top overclockers already get their goods from Taiwan."

I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to create an image from a DVD.

keep an eye on the sensor part and you are on the wrong side of the equator for this time of year to really crank it up, an ambient drop of 5C can give you a 10-15C lower idle or load temp try to fix the command rate, you were at way to go, the new bios settings are a little hard to get used to to test settings, besides for bsod's, I used a program to create a folder of 7-8 gigs on one hard drive then I would transcode to another hard drive with full speed settings(70% compression), then time! I almost broke 9 minutes.

Needing more storage space I went and bought one of these beasties about 2 months ago thinking it would suit my needs perfectly. Ongoing, unsolved problems plague this unit to this day and I thought I'd have a quick rant warning anyone wanting to purchase what has become known affectionately as "The Toaster" in the Netgear support forums. Anyone wanting to see what the hell I'm talking about can see the unit itself here: http://www.netgear.com/products/details/SC101.php From the site above you can read about how great it is. Below are some of the things causing me (and many hundreds of others), pure grief. 1. Runs incredibly hot. I mean really hot. Hot enough to fry an egg. There's no fans and the attached heatsinks are useless. The latest firmware solves this problem by putting the drives to sleep (allowing them to cool down), but this presents another problem as outlined below. 2. Often the drives refuse to wake up. This causes 2 more problems. a.) All applications such as Windows Explorer, Turbo Navigator (file managers) hang because the drive has dissapeared. The only ways to get around this are to unplug the power from the drive and plug it back in. After a casual 2 minutes or so the drive re-appears. Or you have to reboot. b.) The unit uses a DHCP server to get an IP address (available on almost any router). If the drives go to sleep the unit can "drop off" the network. It then proceeds to blast my lan looking for a DHCP server. Not only does it create enough network traffic to bring my gigabit lan to its knees, my router and firewalls on all machines report an attack on the network which my router then faithfully alerts me to via an email. I'd love my ISP to ask me why I sent 8,000 emails to myself. 3. To stop the unit falling asleep (dropping off my network and then blasting it), I run a cron utility on one machine to copy a single file (the same file every time), onto the unit every 5 minutes. This usually works but it creates a problem. Obviously, if the drives are being contiually written to then are aren't being allowed to sleep which brings us back to point 1 (running bloody hot). 4. Crap network speed. I've had to install 2 network cards in one PC because one of them will only transfer files at around 300~800 kb (kilobits) a second but this card will go at 35MB/sec over the lan. The other card (also gigabit) transfers files to the Netgear at 5~7MB/sec but only 10MB/sec over the lan. Go figure. 5. Once setting the drive letter (drive S: for example) with the Disk Management Service, the drive can appear as a different drive letter after reboot. 6. Mirrored drives can just "dissapear". You can rebuild them but you can't recover them. 7. Custom file system. If the unit dies, there's no way to recover the data. 8. The Netgear support site isn't run by netgear. No chance of any help there. What a piece of crap and waste of money. I'll be pulling the drives out of it tomorrow (2 x 400gig Barracudas) and putting them into a PC and throwing the Netgear in the bin.

Nothing can! The MDS file shouldn't really contain the file path data anyway... please say DVD Dec didn't do that! Oh, you can of course FORCE it (or ImgBurn) to add path data (within the 'Create DVD MDS File' bit), but that's a different story.

Hello again I did a fresh install and changed IDE cables, 1.1.0.0 worked fine two times I will do more burnings on monday, and try to switch to Microsoft's CDImage to create my ISO files which seems to be more reliable One more time, thank you !

Well I'm the only one who'd know the answer Going back to your questions.... ImgBurn doesn't create ISO files. It can't read anything. If another program was used that creates proper MDS files, yes the layerbreak position will be retained. If you reauthor a disc and it's done by a program that's not layerbreak aware (i.e. DVDShrink), you'll be lucky if the ISO it creates will be compliant for DL burning. The odds of it just happening to start a new cell on a LBA that's a multiple of 16 are pretty slim. ImgBurn cannot move the files within the ISO so if they're not right in the first place, you're stuck. In such situations, you're better off writing a video_ts folder and using PgcEdit to create the image. PgcEdit will ensure the image DOES have a cell that can be flagged as the layerbreak one and it WILL start on a sector (LBA) that's a multiple of 16.

>> If the selected position didn't have the flag set, ImgBurn sets it. >>Burning then continues. >> Of course none of that needs to happen if the user is burning from an MDS file where the layerbreak info is already contained within it. By the last statement, I assume you mean that IMGBURN was used to create an ISO file of the original DVD and therefore, has a MDS file with the specifics of what was just created, and then a duplicate could be pproperly copied onto a DL media. What about a scenario where a program like DVDSHRINK were used to strip out subtitles and audio files and maybe a few titles being reworked. The output size would still be over one layer. This would essentially change the sector positioning as it was from the original DVD. Then, DVDSHRINK would strip the original LB flag. In that case, can I use IMGBURN to add a new LB and properly burn the image. NOTE: Based on your reply I would say YES, but I would love a confirmation or please point out any errors in my thinking. Incidentally, you're the only one on planet earth who even responed to my questions. Thanks for that. Gary

As ImgBurn doesn't (yet) create images from files, it's not really its job to make/set/align the layerbreak position. The thing people generally assume to mean 'layerbreak' is just a flag in one (or more if their LBA is the same) of the cells mentioned in the IFO. There is nothing in the vob to signal where it is. ImgBurn will parse the filesystem and look for vob files that lay with the acceptable LBA range. ie. the middle LBA of the file (minimum) and the original layerbreak on the media (before it's changed - that's the maximum). If it finds a vob between these points, it will read its associated IFO file. It then looks through all the PGCs within those IFO files to see if any of the cells are already marked with the 'I'm a layerbreak' flag. If it finds one, it add it to the list of potential layerbreak positions. If it scans all the cells and none are marked with the flag, it checks them again to see if they start on an LBA thats a multiple of 16. These then become a potential position for the layerbreak and are added to the list. Once that's all done, the list will hopefully contain a few potential positions. If it doesn't, the user is warned of the dangers of burning the disc. If it's not empty, the list is displayed to the user in a dialog box (if there is more than 1 option). They can then choose which one they want to use. If the selected position didn't have the flag set, ImgBurn sets it. Burning then continues. Of course none of that needs to happen if the user is burning from an MDS file where the layerbreak info is already contained within it.

If i open a particular *.BIN file with imgburn (Its an image to create a ps2 firmware boot disk), ImgBurn tells me that it is Sectors: 16129 Mode 2 / Form 1 / 2352 Which according to the help file with the firmware is correct (they use nero in there example) However if i use Magic ISO to convert the BIN to an ISO and then use ImgBurn to open it i get Sectors: 16129 Mode 1 / 2048 My Question is will there be any difference to the Burnt disk using the ISO against the BIN ? Or have i converted it wrongly ?

Thanks - I read somewhere on the forum a recommendation to create a .MDS from the DL ISO, so I thought it must parse the ISO and create a .MDS with the LB info in it. Thanks for confirming that the MDS creation utility functions as it did in DVDD. By the way, I confirmed that those discs were indeed parallel track path, thus the selection of the VOBU/ECC boundary for the LB!

On my Xp installation its Start > Help & Support > Performance and Maintenance > Using System restore to undo changes > Run the system restore wizard Then click the "Create a restore point" Bullet Name it summin like "Restore before installing blah blah blah"

Thanks for the quick reply - I realized the ambiguity in my statement and edited my post to confirm that the .MDS was created automatically when I read the disc (4 total - 3 from one set, 1 separate) to ISO image. So, it appears this was a coincidence then that I ran into my first 4 (2 if you count that 3 were from the same set) discs with PTP authoring after installing ImgBurn. On another, but related subject: If I understand it correctly, if I have an DL ISO file without a .MDS file, I should use ImgBurn's option to parse and create a .MDS file, and burn with that .MDS? The .MDS should function as if it was made along with the image in DVDD? Thanks again, fordman

The two apps are standalone, nothing gets deleted, uninstalled or overwritten. The bit you declined during the install of ImgBurn was nothing to do with the removal of DVD Decrypter, it was just to clean up your context menus so you didn't end up with 'Burn using DVD Decrypter' AND 'Burn using ImgBurn' when you right click an ISO image. Having both is pointless and as waste of space - hence why ImgBurn offers to clean it up for you. If the MDS file you have hasn't just been made by the 'Create DVD MDS File' option in the tools menu, the problem you're having with DL burns is that the images you're burning are from PTP DVDROM discs. You can't always burn such images onto an OTP disc because for OTP, Layer 0 must be bigger than (or the same size as) Layer 1. That is not true for PTP, where Layer 1 can be bigger than Layer 0. If the layerbreak position read from the MDS file is such that it cannot go on an OTP disc, the program has to attempt to move it. How well that works out is anyones guess! You should always use ImgBurn for DL burning now, it has other neat tricks that DVD Dec doesn't.