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Hi DB, thanks for the reply. I'm over in Lexington 🙂 They reply once a week and their forum is set up so you can reply only once to their post, then you have to wait until they reply again. I'll save your information for the next go around but I'm not sure what it means. I don't know how to burn a video DVD as a Data DVD. I've never seen an option to do that. When you look at the files they still show the TS_Video and TS_Audio file structure, just like a video DVD. None of my players will play them but I can burn from the .iso file using ImgBurn and play it. At least I can use another software to create the DVD and make it work, so I have a work around.

If ImgBurn supports those disc image formats, it would be as read only. I've never heard of those extensions before so I couldn't say what program would create those.

I need clarification of Section 3.3.2.3.4 Bootable Disk settings. First and foremost I want to say that, in general, the documentation, tutorials, and guides are exceptional. There does seem to be a tendency to assume the audience is of direct peer quality, or close. On many occasions it taxes the critical thinking and comprehension, even those of us with IQ’s in the 99 percentile. This subject matter is not my forte, therefore I dabble, and sometimes dribble due to this, all from necessity. A few things that are not explained in the guides or found in the forums (at least I haven’t found relevance after looking for days). The article and related articles: How to create a Windows Vista / 7 / 8 installation disc (bootable) using ImgBurn, are the only things I have to go on. They don’t cover my needs or questions sufficiently. When creating a bootable disk the Platform ID is not explained. I understand what 80x86 means, and Power PC is, well, they might still be out there, and UEFI is the new-new ride. My question comes from trying to create a bootable OS DVD that contains multiple operating systems in both X86 and X64 versions. How do you make something like that – or does it matter from a BIOS or UEFI standpoint? I guess here, since there are no multiple options – you use the base machine “type”. Is this true? The “Patch Boot Information Table” is not explained anywhere except in the most vague of terms and only superficially. Only something about boot files larger than 1 MB. Under what condition would a boot table become larger than 1 MB? Is this to enable chain loading of the MBR into BIO’s? The “Extract Boot Image” is also not explained. I am guessing it copies the image from an existing image like the one already used on your C: drive, or one you were able to copy from another system. A little more detail would be nice. Is the boot image different between 32 and 64 bit machines? I would think not – not for an OS install disk, even with X86 and X64 options, but what does an oilseed engineer know? “Load Segment” is not discussed, there is only, “I get mine from the ImgBurn log”. Really vague. What is the significance of this value? Granted – you’re not here to give massive lectures on the finer points of computer science or software engineering. I’d like to be able to follow directions on using a complicated piece of software and learn along the way – not be given a complicated tool with part of the instructions, and told to fix the reactor (I think they did that with Fukushima) –Ops… Crap! You get my point… – Thank you.

Thanks Lightning for such a great tool and for your great support! Sorry to dig up such an old post, but I was seeking answers to a couple of the same questions, so glad that after some careful reading (including the URL you linked), things slowly became clearer for me. Thank you! Just a suggestion, which you are free to ignore, would be to make the following minor text changes under the Bootable Disc tab : Patch Boot Information Table -> Patch Boot Information Table (isolinux) Extract Boot Image -> Extract a Boot Image This would make it a little more obvious what these two items are, and whether they're relevant. So in my case, it would then be clear that I didn't need the Patch Boot Information Table option, and that the Extract Boot Image selection wasn't asking for some kind of image file, but was a little tool to create such a file (presumably to use in the Boot Image selection above). Joe.

It sounds like you're trying to put an MP4 on a recordable DVD, pop that DVD into a DVD/Blu-Ray player, and expect it to play. That won't work. Most DVD players don't support native playback of MP4 and even if they did, you must manually load the file from disc through a menu interface. It sounds like you want what is called a DVD Video disc, a DVD you put in a DVD/Blu-Ray player and it plays. With MP4, you must first convert the MP4 video container file to VIDEO_TS DVD Video compliant folder contents. ImgBurn can't do this. You need other software to do that, but ImgBurn can burn the VIDEO_TS folder they create and create a DVD Video disc for you from that. There are free options out there, but from what I've heard they're pretty lousy or take a long time to complete. I've been using a paid software for years called ConvertXToDVD to convert MP4 to DVD Video.

I've been trying to create image file to disk, but saying there is no device ImgBurn.log

First, make sure the device is recognized by Windows. Open File/Windows Explorer and make sure the drive is listed. Second, just to cover all the bases, you are trying to create an image file of an optical disc and not a USB thumb flash drive or HDD/SSD, right? Lastly, try changing the I/O Interface in ImgBurn and see if any of the alternates find your device. To change the I/O Interface, under Tools --> Settings --> I/O --> Page 1 --> Interface, there's a series of check boxes you can use to change the I/O Interface. Try changing to each one until you find one that works. Though it's not listed as recommended, I do recommend closing and restarting ImgBurn each time you change the I/O setting, just to be sure.

Downloaded ISO files, a folder, of gparted-live CD, 451mb, and tried to burn it onto an empty CD, but failed. Seems that it did not write anything onto the empty CD. No trace of writing on the empty CD. At the bottom of Imgburn, it says, Not Ready (Drive Can't Write inserted Disc). Help, please. How to burn ISO files of live CD onto an empty CD? Thank you.

.img files that OS2 warp can read any settings I need to change? I need to create .img files from the old floppy install disks of some old softyware.

If you're just trying to put an MP4 on a disc and play it on a player that natively supports MP4 playback, just go into Build mode and drag and drop the MP4 file(s) into the job. Then create the ISO in Build mode and use Write mode to write the ISO to a disc. This might help you further: However, if your player does not natively support playback of an MP4 from a disc, then copying it to a disc won't do much good since it won't play from it. It would play on a PC with some kind of playback software, though.

I've used ImgBurn many times before, but received a ConnectFilters (Source, Sample Grabber) Failed! error, the first time I've tried to use it on Windows 11. I am trying to create a CUE file and have selected several .WAV files and get the error on each file. I know the files are valid, because I can play them using Windows Media Player Legacy (I've also converted them to FLAC files). I got the same error when selecting FLAC files but fixed this by installing the The DC-Bass Source filter. Please will someone help me fix the problem with the WAV files. Regards Neil

ImgBurn can be used as an archival program. It does preserve the directory structure. ImgBurn cannot be used as an incremental backup program. ImgBurn is a one and done affair. Each time you create an ISO, it replaces the old one. And when you write a disc in ImgBurn, it cannot be appended to. If you use a rewritable disc, its contents are wiped before the next write to it.

I have serached the internet high and low, but cannot find any clear information about using a Windows machine to turn a Linux OS USB into an .iso. I am using Ext2 Volume Manager to open and edit files on the Linux USB from my Windows machine, but it is not clear to me whether software like ImgBurn, which deals with the image rather than the individual files, can create an .iso from a Linux OS and save this on a Windows machine Also I guess that ImgBurn cannot make a bootable Linux OS USB from a Linux .iso on a Windows machine (the opposite process) since the general recommendation is to use Rufus. Have I got this wrong?

You're welcome. As for what can create ISO images of USB thumb drives, I would try Rufus if I were going to. I've used Rufus to write bootable ISO image files to USB thumb drives before, but I don't know if it can create them.

No. The only ISO creation that is done by ImgBurn is to read optical discs or if you supplied it with files in Build mode. Now, it's theoretically possibly to create a bootable ISO in ImgBurn in Build mode if you know all the necessary boot settings, but I've never successfully gotten that feature to work. In short, ImgBurn won't create ISO's of USB thumb drives or external HDD's.

Thanks for this. Can it create an .iso of a Linux OS USB, which could then be written to another USB by different software (such as Rufus)?

ImgBurn cannot write to USB thumb drives except if you used one as the target for creating an image from a disc or in Build mode. So, you're right in that ImgBurn cannot create a bootable USB thumb drive.

The 1.41 firmware notes seem to indicate that firmware is for modified drives, so it may not apply to your particular unit. 1.39 firmware is the latest firmware before 1.41. So, your best bet is to get a different drive. However, I believe for XBox games, you need either a specific model of DVD burner or one with a specifically modified firmware in order to create discs that work.

Some of the answers: It's not necessary to create an ISO first. However, if you don't and your burn fails, you have to go through the entire process you just went through of beginning the burn all over again. If you create an ISO first, you just start the ISO burn again. No, you don't need to set to the layer break position to the same arbitrary position every time you burn a double layer DVD. In fact, you really CAN'T. The layer break is set based on the contents that are loaded from the VIDEO_TS. Plus, you may want to set the layer break at one of the different available options. As for questions about music files named with a question mark, the bigger question is HOW you named a file with a ? in its file name. ? is not an allowed character on Windows for file names. DVD-R has better compatibility with older DVD players. However, most modern DVD players have no problems with DVD+R. I believe DVD-R is SLIGHTLY larger so you can fit a few more MB on it. The question about Sharpies is a long standing one with no really specific answer. To be safe, I have both Sharpies and CD markers. If the disc has an inkjet printable label on it, I feel comfortable writing on it with a Sharpie. I've also used ultra fine Sharpies to write on branded DVD label surfaces. As for CD's, I only ever used the CD markers for those, just to be safe.

Hello to everyone. I'm using imgburn for a long time and I never have problem with it. Simple and really reliable for burning or creating disc image. My problem is with a game disc for PlayStation - Tomb Raider 1 (American version 1.0 - SLUS-00152). I need to create a disc image with a correct checksum... and here's why. Me and my team we translate this game on italian. And we need a correct disc image checksum for create a correct patch! I've a lot of cd readers and burners, but my favourite ones (and I still used it for authoring copies and etc....) are two Plextor (respectively: PX-W1210 and PX-W4012) and a Yamaha SCSI CRW8424S (which not work as SCSI peripheral - it stucks after reading the first data track). The disc is mint and is scanned with Nero Discspeed (no damaged sector), but I've dumped the original ISO with these two Plextor and I've two different checksum. Is a issue with CDDA tracks or mine? Thank you Here's a pic: Any help is appreciated!

I've got a VIDEO_TS where ImgBurn can't set the layer break for. The end of the world message. I think I know the problem, but I wanted to make sure. I believe the problem is how the disc was authored. It's a home movie I converted to DVD and am trying to get on a final DVD+R DL because the VIDEO_TS is just a tad over 8 GB. It runs about 3 hours and 45 minutes, but the software that converted the VHS to DVD created just 5 chapters. I'm not entirely sure what the criteria was for the chapters, but it created 3 over 1 hour chapters and 1 10 minute one and 1 about 5 minute one. The disc is basically one long VTS of about 3 hours and 45 minutes total running time. When you play, it's one title set that runs that length of time with all content. So, is it because there are essentially 3 over 1 hour chapters that ImgBurn cannot find a layer break position for? Thanks!

Greetings, all. I am an imgburn newbie and am trying to make audio CDs that will play on a CD player. Using the guide, I set the app to "write" and tried to create a cue file from a list of flac files. I received an error message which -- after further research -- prompted me to install madflac codec. The installation said the codec was registered on my machine, but the error message persisted. After additional research, I realized that the FLAC files were hi-resolution which I suspected was the issue. I then converted these files to WAV format, but the error did not resolve. I noted that the wav files were still hi-res, so I decided to use mp3 files that I have created when I downloaded the original flac files. At long last, the app created the cue file and ultimately burned a CD that will play on my computer drive. However, the CD will NOT play on a standalone CD player which claims that the CD is not finalized. I used the read mode in imgburn and it said that the process was complete, which I understand means the disc is finalized. At this point, I am in need of help which would be greatly appreciated. ASF

I'm looking to basically make a snapshot of my computer.

Generally, file loading problems at creating a CUE stage are due to corrupt files or improperly authored files. The best thing you can do here is use something like free audio converter, load the files in question, and create new lossless files. FLAC is probably most universal. After creating the new lossless files in free audio converter, load those free audio converter files as you were attempting to do before and see if that helps.

Is there a way to create a .CCD file from a BIN/CUE set? I see there isn't a Create CCD option in Tools like there is for CUE, MDS, and DVD. Is it possible to create a CCD file from a BIN/CUE set so it can be used with Virtual CloneDrive or must CCD be created from a disc at the time it is read in Read mode? It may not be possible because I've noticed when .CCD file generation is enabled in ImgBurn, the file output format is .IMG. Thanks!