silentnight Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 hi, im having trouble burning dual layer dvds. firstly in the log that is posted bellow i keep getting the message W 23:04:31 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2724368) W 23:04:37 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... and also upon verification of the dvd burn it always says W 23:25:04 Failed to Read Sector 1957921 - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error at between 50%-55% which im guessing is around where it would swap layers? i have recently tried to update my dvd burners firmware to fix the issue but sadly no luck, i couldnt find the firmware files anywhere recently but i managed to find one that was more recent than my current firmware and i did flash that to my dvd burner. the version i flashed it to is 'LL0D' so if anyone has any idea if there is a newer one for my drive then would you mind supplying a link? ive looked endless hours my dvd drive model is LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H also the media i am using is Tuff Discs (i know i should buy verbatims but they are very expensive and i know the price tag is for a good reason but i dont think my problem is dvd related as they was working fine with every other burner ive had and also they was working fine on this until a few weeks back and i havnt changed anything that could has caused this, all i have done since then is reformated my pc) Here is the log file that ImgBurn produced me with: I 22:27:20 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 22:27:20 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 22:27:20 Total Physical Memory: 4,193,400 KB - Available: 3,115,332 KB W 22:27:20 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 22:27:20 Initialising SPTI... I 22:27:20 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 22:27:21 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM! I 22:28:25 Operation Started! I 22:28:25 Source File: C:\Users\Jay\Downloads\clientdvd.iso I 22:28:25 Source File Sectors: 3,661,902 (MODE1/2048) I 22:28:25 Source File Size: 7,499,575,296 bytes I 22:28:25 Source File Volume Identifier: WindowsSupport I 22:28:25 Source File Application Identifier: I 22:28:25 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet I 22:28:25 Destination Device: [1:1:0] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL0D (D:) (ATA) I 22:28:25 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x) I 22:28:25 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 22:28:25 Write Mode: DVD I 22:28:25 Write Type: DAO I 22:28:25 Write Speed: 2.4x I 22:28:25 Link Size: Auto I 22:28:25 Lock Volume: Yes I 22:28:25 Test Mode: No I 22:28:25 OPC: No I 22:28:25 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 22:28:25 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 22:28:25 Advanced Settings - Force HT: No, Online HT: No, OverSpeed: No, SmartBurn: Yes I 22:28:25 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,830,960 I 22:28:25 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary I 22:29:16 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 22:29:16 Filling Buffer... (40 MB) I 22:29:17 Writing LeadIn... I 22:29:20 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3661901) I 22:29:20 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3661901) I 22:29:20 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1830959) W 22:33:15 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 367872) W 22:33:39 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 22:33:40 Writing Sectors... I 22:48:48 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1830960 - 3661901) W 22:56:41 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2584592) W 22:57:00 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 22:57:49 Writing Sectors... W 22:58:49 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2671536) W 22:59:58 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 23:03:53 Writing Sectors... W 23:04:31 Waiting for buffers to recover... (LBA: 2724368) W 23:04:37 Waiting for hard disk activity to reach threshold level... I 23:04:45 Writing Sectors... I 23:14:31 Synchronising Cache... I 23:14:34 Closing Track... I 23:14:35 Finalising Disc... I 23:15:37 Exporting Graph Data... I 23:15:37 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Jay\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\LITE-ON_DVDRW_LH-20A1H_LL0D_09-OCTOBER-2009_22-28_CMC_MAG-D02-00_2.4x.ibg I 23:15:37 Export Successfully Completed! I 23:15:37 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:47:11 I 23:15:37 Average Write Rate: 2,702 KB/s (2.0x) - Maximum Write Rate: 3,349 KB/s (2.4x) I 23:15:37 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 23:15:43 Waiting for device to become ready... I 23:16:00 Device Ready! I 23:16:04 Operation Started! I 23:16:04 Source Device: [1:1:0] LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1H LL0D (D:) (ATA) I 23:16:04 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D02-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x) I 23:16:04 Image File: C:\Users\Jay\Downloads\clientdvd.iso I 23:16:04 Image File Sectors: 3,661,902 (MODE1/2048) I 23:16:04 Image File Size: 7,499,575,296 bytes I 23:16:04 Image File Volume Identifier: WindowsSupport I 23:16:04 Image File Application Identifier: I 23:16:04 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, Joliet I 23:16:04 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 23:16:04 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3661901) I 23:16:04 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3661901) I 23:16:04 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1830959) I 23:21:27 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 1830960 - 3661901) Truly any help would be very much apreciated .
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 9, 2009 Posted October 9, 2009 Defrag your hdd and don't use it for anything else when you're burning - your machine appears to have problems even keeping up with 2.4x burn speed (hence the buffer issues) and that's pretty pathetic to be honest. You might actually like to check DMA is enabled everywhere it should be (uninstall the controllers in device manager) and test the speeds of your hdd with something like HD Tune because I'm sure you actually have a decent PC there... something just isn't quite right with it. 2.4x might not be the best speed for that drive/firmware/media combo, try all of the other 'supported' write speeds. Failing that, try cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc and reading this: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000
silentnight Posted October 11, 2009 Author Posted October 11, 2009 (edited) Defrag your hdd and don't use it for anything else when you're burning - your machine appears to have problems even keeping up with 2.4x burn speed (hence the buffer issues) and that's pretty pathetic to be honest. You might actually like to check DMA is enabled everywhere it should be (uninstall the controllers in device manager) and test the speeds of your hdd with something like HD Tune because I'm sure you actually have a decent PC there... something just isn't quite right with it. 2.4x might not be the best speed for that drive/firmware/media combo, try all of the other 'supported' write speeds. Failing that, try cleaning the drive with a cleaning disc and reading this: http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=8000 hi, thanks the file is being burned from a 10,000rpm raptor drive so im pretty sure it can keep up with 2.4x burn speed so it must be my system, ill have a try with what you have told me and post my results back up on here, thanks alot for the help. its very greatly apreciated edit: i did the hd tune benchmark and my results were Minimum: 54.8mb/s Maximum: 84.9mb/s average: 74.5mb/s access time: 8.1ms burst rate 110.0mb/s CPU Usage: -1.0% i dont think my HD will be the problem but the cpu usage % does puzzle me? i dont know of any DMA options (i know what it stands for though etc) also i opened imgburn again and it gives me this in the log (just from opening imgburn) W 03:48:01 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. the rest of the log is normal. I 03:57:18 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started! I 03:57:18 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600) I 03:57:18 Total Physical Memory: 4,193,400 KB - Available: 2,581,628 KB W 03:57:18 SPTD can have a detrimental effect on drive performance. I 03:57:18 Initialising SPTI... I 03:57:18 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 03:57:18 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM! i have tried other write speeds and they havnt fixed the problem either also i know verbatims are worth the money but right now i dont have the money to spend on them, these discs have worked flawlessly in the past for me on this exact burner (getting around 2 coasters per 10 burns). any other ideas? again, thanks very much for your help! Edited October 11, 2009 by silentnight
mmalves Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 What were you doing while burning? If something else was reading large chunks of data at that time then that could explain the buffer underruns.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 If cleaning the drive doesn't help and you want/need to stick with your 'CMC MAG-D02-00' MID discs, look into buying a new burner that supports that MID nicely instead. (Check over at the cdfreaks.com forum)
dbminter Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 Why should anyone want to stick with CMC media? It's bottom of the barrel.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 11, 2009 Posted October 11, 2009 What does anything like this come down to.... money! $$$$ ££££
dbminter Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Of course, my first reply here would be don't use CMC media. That it is the problem. Of course, many times, you won't know the Manufacturer's ID until you open the package. Unless, of course, the package says Memorex on it. Then, run like Hell!
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