marq Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Hi, This is my first time here. I first want to say how awesome this program is and how it helps me with my job!!! Thank you!! I used a substantial amount of time search the forums to see if this question was answered already. Being newby I might have overlooked something obvious!? please forgive the ignorance. I film and edit movies and then create multiple copies of them using the VIDEO_TS folder option. I have two burners on my PC and i'm considering buying more. My questions are...Can I burn a movie file onto two discs, (or more) simultaneously? Is there a command to do this, or could I instal another copy of the ImgBurn program in a different location on the hard drive, and launch from a duplicate Video_TS folder? Can I build a pc with an XP OS and stack it with burners for multiple excellent duplication? Thank you in advance for your input and advice. And thank you again for the ImgBurn program! Marq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 No, buy a duplicator or get software that supports simultaneous burning to multiple drives (ImgBurn doesn't). Loading multiple copies of ImgBurn will just thrash your hdd something silly and so I can't recommend that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marq Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 No, buy a duplicator or get software that supports simultaneous burning to multiple drives (ImgBurn doesn't). Loading multiple copies of ImgBurn will just thrash your hdd something silly and so I can't recommend that. Thank you for quick response. Will duplicators produce the quality I see in ImgBurn. when I just burn a copy from disc to disc the quality seems less and they have about a 15% failure rate. No fails yet on your program!! (Very Cool) Do you have a suggestion as far as duplicators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 The burn quality relies on the burner/firmware/media/write speed combination: the software doesn't even come into it. If you use good burners (Pioneer and Optiarc come to mind) and good quality media, such as Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden blanks, you'll have a low failure rate even when burning at 16x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marq Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 The burn quality relies on the burner/firmware/media/write speed combination: the software doesn't even come into it. If you use good burners (Pioneer and Optiarc come to mind) and good quality media, such as Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden blanks, you'll have a low failure rate even when burning at 16x. Thank you for your response. I am on a really large learning curve. I am currently using Taiyo Yuden duel and single blanks and I have two Sony burners in my pc and a Mac Book Pro with whatever comes on board and a Sony external connected to it. Firmware is a new word for me, and it is obvious that I do not understand write speed. I usually pick the slower speed because some one told me that I would get fewer errors?!?!!? I am using imovieHD and idvd to create and master my movie discs, they came with the Mac and that alone has simplified life for me. I will begin doing more research on what you have told me, and am willing to soak up any other information or direction that you want to hand out. Thank you again, Marquis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynthia Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 I am currently using Taiyo Yuden duel and single blanks and I have two Sony burners in my pc and a Mac Book Pro with whatever comes on board and a Sony external connected to it. Firmware is a new word for me, and it is obvious that I do not understand write speed. I usually pick the slower speed because some one told me that I would get fewer errors?!?!!? If you are lucky, one of those Sony burners is a rebadged Lite-On and can be used for quality scanning purposes to determine the best speed for your media. Slower speed = fewer errors was perhaps true back in the old days when the fastest media sold were 8x and the burners max write speed was around the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmalves Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware http://www.firmwarehq.com/ - here you can find the latest firmware for your burners Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marq Posted July 18, 2009 Author Share Posted July 18, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware http://www.firmwarehq.com/ - here you can find the latest firmware for your burners Thanks folks you are awesome!!!! marquis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marq Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware http://www.firmwarehq.com/ - here you can find the latest firmware for your burners Thanks folks you are awesome!!!! marquis Hello all! I just wanted to return and say thanks for all the help. A friend of mine said that some forums have points or something and that I needed to be sure and click the spot that said helpful or problem solved. I cannot seem to find this feature on the forum... I wasnt sure if I should copy this thankyou to everyone that took part in helping or what!?! Also in the pink writing it says to "Make sure you include a copy of the program's log in your post". I am not sure what that is, or how yet to do it. I am probably overlooking something REEEally simple. I definitely want to be welcome to come back here in the future. I am currently searching the FAQ's for another problem I ran into on my emachine with the ImgBurn, as it seems like this issue would be pretty common, so I am confident that I'll find the answer. Please accept my gratitude for the help, advice, links, etc Have a great day! Marquis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted July 21, 2009 Share Posted July 21, 2009 Open ImgBurn, click the 'View' menu at the top and ensure 'Log' is checked... that's the log - and it's designed to be kept open all the time because the info goes in there - problems, warnings etc. You can access the complete log (rather than just the current session's one) via the 'Help' menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marq Posted July 21, 2009 Author Share Posted July 21, 2009 Open ImgBurn, click the 'View' menu at the top and ensure 'Log' is checked... that's the log - and it's designed to be kept open all the time because the info goes in there - problems, warnings etc. You can access the complete log (rather than just the current session's one) via the 'Help' menu. done!! thanks again marq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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