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Horribly old. One of them is 5 years old and the other is 4 years old. Fragmentation should not be a problem though, because I just installed the OS on that system from scratch in Aug. So that should account for the HD with my OS on it. The other HD is virtually empty. It's split into two partitions, both of which are 90% empty. It's main purpose is to hold disc images and process large video files. I did install win2k on one of the two partitions to see if my OS was causing the problem, but that is about it. Anyway, fragmentation should not be the cause of the problem. I wrote ISO files to both hard drives to see if the hard drive was causing my problems. Same result. Also, what I have been doing is to create an ISO image by reading a disc using DVDdec. Once saved, I used the same image to burn in both ImgBurn and Nero. If it was something to do with the image, harddrive or fragmentation, the burns with Nero should have failed verification.

DVD Shrink among others will make an ISO for you in addition to compressing and encoding a file if you choose to put it on a DVD5 blank. If you're doing Dual Layer stuff then Verbatim DL's are the best choice .There is the ability to change + format media to have the player see it as a DVD rom disc for more compatibility with players . The fact that you cant play it on your player if I read right comes down to the compatibility of player and the media you use I use a Sony 725 dvd player thats plays verbs ,ritek ,Yudens ,princo and an assortment or other brands of media with no problems It might help if you post what media you use and brand player I believe Panasonic can be pretty picky with what it'll play The more info provided the better chance of a solution .Its all about finding the right combination media, burner, player and making sure you're using the latest firmware for your burner then sticking with it If you click on Tools in IMGburn one of the options is "Create DVD MDS File "

Use PgcEdit to create the image and burn. ImgTool Classic is great, but it won't work properly for double layer images.

2 options: 1. Point DVD Shrink at the VIDEO_TS folder and have it create an ISO for you. 2. Download ImgTool "Classic" (not ImgTool Burn) and point it at the folder containing your VIDEO_TS folder. It will create an ISO for you and then pass the "burn" command to ImgBurn automatically. Download ImgTool at http://www.coujo.de

Do? They don't have to "do" anything with it. No doubt their experts have trawled through the code to DVDD in an attempt to create something that it won't circumvent. As for never being buried, I said the same thing about the Amiga before it keeled over and dissapeared into history. DVD Decrypter will remain on the peer-to-peer networks for as long as it is useful to somebody. Sooner or later it, like many other great programs over the years, will also fade into obscurity. <Philosophical mode off>

Yes, the designers deny it's there. One of the things that has gradually made me drift away from it. Plenty of examples from others on how to re-create the situation and Opera just says to adjust the # of connections. Unfortunately, the deny it's there outright answer is indicative of software that will, eventually, just rot away. I wasn't aware there was a 9.0. I could try it. But, I highly doubt it will help. I never thought that a new tab might be a new instance. It never seemed to be. e.g. Internet Explorer runs higher crash risks once you open beyond 9 instances. But, Opera, etc. never had that problem. And, as far as what I will call memory leak for sake of ease, neither Firefox nor Netscape versions that had tabbed browsing suffered from the same problem. The new instances thing would be easily solved with MY idea. DON'T load ALL the pages on start. Just the one in the current focus. Instead paste the URL's into the destination field and wait for actual loading until they become the focus or manually loaded by the user. I set my cache to 40 MB because it seemed to operate better there under my setup than at 60.

Hello Fellows, Thanks for the replies on my post! That particular disc was a Sony disc movie I had purchased that had the new ARccOS protection. I had to use PGCEdit to get rid of the corrupted cells put in with ARccOS. I got pgcedit to create the "XXX.ISO" file with no trouble. It was just that Shrink would not "see" that XXX.ISO file when I went to open the files. I tried Shrink in ISO mode with another movie then burned with IMGBurn with NO problem. Funny, but IMGBurn would find the ISO file created with pgcedit but the Shrink program would not, I just don't know why. I just needed to reduce the size of the PGCEdit created ISO file so I could burn it to a single layer disc. Maybe Shrink will have an update later to correct this problem. Once again, thanks for the replies.

I agree with polo - unless you need to use pgcedit I would rip with the aforementioned program in file mode, then open the folder containing the files with DVD Shrink and let it create the ISO for you. Then burn the ISO with ImgBurn.....

I dont use PCGedit so all I can suggest is create the ISO with Shrink and burn it with IMGburn .Bring up IMGburn then browse for the ISO and burn

Hello all, I tried for about 3 hours this morning trying to figure out how to burn a single layer shrunk dvd from the many processes and suggestions described in the forum section. Let me explain what I have tried............ I ripped original files from a disc w/decrypt as normal (not ISO), then I used pgcedit to create ISO files....no problem here...... I see I cannot directly burn my ISO files to a single layer disc from this program so as far as I am aware, I now need to shrink them to get them on a single layer disc, right? So I tried numerous times to load the ISO files I created with pgcedit, but shrink does not see them! The files ARE THERE because when I open the folder they are in, I can see them (about 6.XGB). Shrink just refuses to acknowlege the files! Please tell me what I am doing wrong, HELP!

I personally just get Shrink to create an ISO, and burn it later at my convenience with ImgBurn.

Here's the skinny. I had a dual sided dvd, and created an iso for each. Then I had the bright idea of merging them to create one iso and burning to dl. previous post on merging 2 iso files The suggestion there was to pay $50 for DVDRemake. I tried the free version (that only exports the first 15 seconds of each chapter? Cell? whatever), but couldn't really tell if it would work on the whole film. Not taking the chance for that much money. So... I got VOBEdit and IFOEdit. Followed these instructions Digital Video Forums - Joining VOBs and then started over with these instructions Joining Double Sided dvds. Long story short, I now have a big ISO file, produced by Shrink from all these vob files, and imgburn tells me there is no layer break. So, I guess I have to add it manually. I've just spent the last few hours trying to figure out how to do it, and, well, I need help. Detailed help. I still have the Shrink produced ISO, and I also kept all the VOB files created using the processes above just in case I need to open them again in IFOEdit to do something. I read this thread where Ligntning UK! says: but I don't understand. Can someone please help? If it involves ifoedit, can you please provide details, ie exactly what I am to look for when I hope the ifo file (and which of the 2 ifo files I am to open), etc. Much appreciated.

Stupid fukcing OS!! ARGH!! For the last year or so I've had an ordinary PC happily networked to everything else and haven't had any problems. 2 days ago I added a SATA RAID drive for a bit more storage space and fooking windoze said that I can no longer attach to the shared drive on the client side because there isn't sufficient space on the server. WTF?? 600gigs isn't enough? After swearing a great deal, I decided to do some reading and it turns out it's a common problem with Windoze NT4. The fact that I use Windoze 2000 (or NT6, I think), seems to be irrelevant. The solution: create a regkey called "IRPStackSize", then make up a number between 20 and 500 and edit the regkey before rebooting. Damn thing seems to work fine but I'm wondering what "exactly" I've done. Anyone? L_UK?

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4436428.stm US heads for internet showdown By Clark Boyd Technology correspondent in Tunis World leaders, experts and campaigners are expected in Tunis The US is headed for a showdown with much of the rest of the world over control of the internet at this week's UN summit in Tunisia. Most net users probably do not spend a lot of time worrying about who runs the resource they are using, but there is a global battle brewing over that very question. The internet grew out of US military and academic research, and the US government still has certain measures of control over it. Other nations, however, are clamouring for a bigger say and are pushing for significant changes at the UN's World Summit on the Information Society. The issue is expected to overshadow the summit, which is intended to focus on how to take the internet to less developed parts of the world. Government role Most internet users around the world would agree that the internet has been functioning, technically, quite well. It is not a monolithic entity. In fact, it is comprised of some quarter of a million private networks that choose to interconnect with each other. A California-based non-profit created by the Clinton Administration in 1998, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) is charged with making sure that these networks talk to each other. The organisation says its job is technical, making sure that web addresses take surfers to the right site. What Icann does not do is "run" or "control" the internet, according to Theresa Swinehart, General Manager for Global Partnerships at Icann. "Actually, nobody runs or controls the internet single-handedly. It is multiple parties, multiple businesses, users, and networks connecting to this. All these different groups, organizations and companies have a responsibility." But Icann operates under a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Commerce. To some, that looks like American control of the internet. "The rest of the world doesn't want to see US hegemony here, in large part just for symbolic reasons," says Jonathan Zittrain, Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University. "So there's one set of countries, anchored by Iran, Cuba and China, that would like to see some process by which governments of the world have a much larger hand in controlling the shape of the internet." Many African politicians are also asking for "regime change" on the internet, and the European Union called in September for a new, international body to govern the net. US stands firm But the Bush administration and many in the US Congress reject the idea. Both the US Departments of Commerce and State have reiterated that the US will maintain what they call "stewardship" of the internet. They contend that the US, working with Icann, is best placed to ensure an open, secure and stable online environment. And in a recent letter to the Wall Street Journal, Republican Senator Norm Coleman wrote: "There is no rational justification for politicising internet governance within a United Nations framework." That view has plenty of support outside the US. "We don't see any advantage in moving toward UN control," says Bill Graham, who works on internet governance issues for the Canadian government. "In fact, we're on record as opposing that. We just feel it would be bureaucratically heavy and frankly, unnecessary." Mr Graham supports a compromise measure, some kind of international forum that would have no oversight duties, but would help other nations feel like they have more input into how the internet functions. At risk Some in the anti-US camp are threatening more drastic action. They say, if the US won't cede some control, they will create their own internet. Michael Geist, who teaches internet law at the University of Ottawa, says that a world of multiple "internets" might not be a good thing. "What's at risk is the possibility that the communications system of the internet that we've come to rely upon, the ability for me to send an electronic message anywhere around the world, and similarly access websites around the world, and have little doubt that my requests will be recognised, is put in some measure of peril by the fact that we might have several different internets," he said. The UN summit is due to look at ways of getting more people online Few think this will actually happen, but the threat will be there as politicians and technocrats from across the globe meet in Tunisia from this week. Special preparatory meetings to address the internet governance issue are under way ahead of the summit's official start on Wednesday. "It's a political battle where, I think it was Henry Kissinger who once said, 'the fighting is so fierce, precisely because the stakes are so small'," says Oxford's Jonathan Zittrain. "Almost all of these things are in part the result of what happens when you get a bunch of diplomats in a room. "They'll find a way to have a grave disagreement, then have a way to work it through, and eventually come out with a communiqu?, and it may not have anything to do with the technically realities of the way the internet works." It would be better, Professor Zittrain says, for governments to focus on the serious internet issues that do need an international solution, especially things like spam, phishing, and cyber security. Others have called upon leaders to focus their efforts on the original intent of the summit to find ways to bring the benefits of information and communication technologies to the developing world. Clark Boyd is technology correspondent for The World, a BBC World Service and WGBH-Boston co-production

I just thought I'd chime in with my $.02 as well. I agree with what gammalost said. ImgBurn is quite awesome (been using your software for a while now). The only thing I could want would be the ability to compile a CD/DVD session and burn it straight to disc (without having to first create an ISO). Since ImgBurn supports more formats that most other applications (CDBurnerXP can't build a VideoDVD, for example), I would love for it to support this functionality as well. It seems like this could be accomplished with a very simpe GUI. Just offer the ability to create data/audio/video and display a file tree where you could drop files from Explorer to. That's really it, though, I realize a lot would need to be done on the backend... I know that this is a bit beyond the scope of what you really want to accomplish with your program, but I would be willing to pay for such an application (maybe create another program that was a superset of ImgBurn that could also create the data the discs).

That program would create a file that can only be used on dvd's, not cd's. I think both spinningwheel & I were under the assumption initially that you had a dvd burner, in which case that program would have worked well. I have successfully created a couple SVCD's, but I did them on some software that came with my videocard, not freeware, which is why I'm not confusing the issue by mentioning them.

I'm fairly new to DVD burning. In the past I used (and sometimes still do) Pinnacle InstantCopy 8. However, for any .iso files I use ImgBurn and also still have DVDD. Anyway, I was wondering if someone has a "settings guide" that shows the optimal settings for ImgBurn? If not, could you create one Lightning UK? I realize not everyone will use the same settings and most users are knowledgeable enough to know, but it would definitely help clueless newbies such as myself. Thanks

I use a Russian freeware Small CD-Writer to create an iso and then use Imgburn. You can get an English version here: http://rapidshare.de/files/7541804/SCDWriter.rar.html It will burn isos too but not as well as Imgburn.

You need to create an image.

I hear what you are saying but I always understood "ripping" to mean copying DRM or otherwise "Protected" or copyrighted content from a piece of media to your hard drive. For example, "ripping" and Audio CD to your hd, or "ripping" VOBs from a DVD, these are "illegal" actions. I never considered making a backup copy of a piece of media that I own (for example, a copy of Windows XP that is fully a retail store bought copy) as "ripping". That's what I meant. I am not sure exactly why adding the ability to create ISO images of unprotected media would constitute a crime but I suppose someone will explain to me..... I mean if this were really illegal then how can Nero, Alcohol, LCIsoCreator, Roxio, CDBurnerXP, etc etc all continue to exist and having this feature built in and also charging for it!?

Some decrypting apps simply output the chosen video files and deposit them in a VIDEO_TS folder that they create. I think that it would be great if imgburn could be used to burn a dvd using the files in the VIDEO_TS folder like "imgtool burn" or have it create an image(ISO) of those files for burning like "imgtool classic or folder2ISO". Just an idea, it would be nice to use just one application to get the job done and in the end have a playable dvd. Thanks ..... John.

Re: Cane toads short subject referenced in previous post Can someone explain what "shot gun a tinny" (That's what I heard, anyway.) means? And, is there a brand of lawmower called a Victa, or did they create it just for the short?

I looked here and in doom9 for info re the possiblity of merging 2 ISO files (well, MDS files, really) in order to create one DL dvd, but all I could find was LOTS of info on merging VOB or IFO files. Am I right in thinking that no-can-do with ISOs; that I have to create VOB files or IFO instead (am comfortable with ISOs but newbie to VOB & IFO stuff, so lots of reading ahead of me)? I've read lots of stuff on this procedure, and it sure seems time consuming, unless I dish out $50 bucks for software that merges quickly.

Thanks for that LUK! When we were testing PgcEdit's ISO making, we wondered what was in the MDS file - as your advice was to select it in preference to the ISO - and how we might create an MDS from PgcEdit. In practice, the absence of an MDS has not been a bad thing for both SL and DL burns (at least for me). What exactly is in it, if I may ask? Regards

hello, often I find myself at remote location (client, etc) and needing to make a backup of a CD or DVD (data-- not movies). ImgBurn is of course my favorite choice for reliable freeware burner app but what to use for creating said ISO image? Yes of course Nero, Alcohol120, etc can be used but these require lengthy installations and registration and I am charging client by the hour cannot waste too much time downloading etc. What do you all use for quick easy ISO creations that can be carried on USB key for example? One such program I found is called LCISOCreator. It is very simple, plain GUI but it works OK -- but sometimes gives me strange errors / crashes. So I look for something perhaps a bit more reliable? Of course it would be great if ImgBurn could add this ability inside itself but I have seen others ask for this and the idea gets shot down (not sure why, but I wont open can of worms again) so if you have any recommendations I would really appreciate it!! PS yes I know DVD Decrypter can create ISO images but it only works for DVDs not CD-ROMs! edit: I found 2 more utilities, that may be of use: burnatonce 0.99b Folder2Iso v1.1 if anyone knows of any others please let me know!