lfcrule1972 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 If I were you, I would only be looking for Verbatim media or Taiyo Yuden with ID of either TYG02 or TYG03. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=832 Just found some tests the boss did on that media ID above..... The results are not too bad but a little inconsistent, range from quality scores of 74% to mid 90's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutach Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Try to get away from budget brands. If you see the bit I quoted in my previous post, it is pretty easy to see they are TDKs. LFC is right though - we say it 100 times a day. Use Verbatims (MCC dye) or Taiyo Yudens only. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Thanks to you both. I'll try and stick with Verbatim (never seen Taiyo) for +R discs, but if what ifcrule says is true, then it's worth perservering with Tesco's +RW discs. At least if something goes wrong I don't end up with a coaster. I can simply reformat it Cheers, Pilot. PS Nobody has explained why ImgBurn has increased the size of the image file from that created by DVD Shrink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 If you're referring to this as the increased size... I 03:09:52 Source File Size: 4,681,465,856 bytes ... that value is in bytes, not MB. You can't just move the decimal point and call it 4.68GB, it's not. You have to divide by 1024 each time, not 1000. So it's actually 4.36 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 If you're referring to this as the increased size... I 03:09:52 Source File Size: 4,681,465,856 bytes ... that value is in bytes, not MB. You can't just move the decimal point and call it 4.68GB, it's not. You have to divide by 1024 each time, not 1000. So it's actually 4.36 GB Doh! I've been up all night and my brain isn't working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polopony Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 How can you tell the dye manufacturer from that log? when IMGburn opens put a isc in the drive and look at the disc ID like this, manufacturers ID, this is Verbatim with MCC dye Disc Information: Status: Complete Erasable: No Sessions: 1 Sectors: 1,743,382 Size: 3,570,446,336 bytes Time: 387:27:07 (MM:SS:FF) Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 16x Pre-recorded Information: Manufacturer ID: MCC 03RG20 or from your log 03:09:52 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: TDK-003-00) (Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Hi polopony, Thanks for your reply. I can see where you can identify the manufacturer of the disc, eg TDK, it was the dye manufacturer that confused me. Cheers, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakarotto Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its a little window below Imgburn, that is called a "log" copy everything in that window so we can see whats going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakarotto Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its a little window below Imgburn, that is called a "log" copy everything in that window so we can see whats going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Its a little window below Imgburn, that is called a "log" copy everything in that window so we can see whats going on. Wasn't sure if you were being sarcastic or not, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt In case you hadn't noticed I had already posted my log and it wasn't where you said. Regards, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 If I were you, I would only be looking for Verbatim media or Taiyo Yuden with ID of either TYG02 or TYG03. Hi ifcrule, I've taken your advice and got some Verbatim discs. Incidentally, the manufacturer is given as YUDEN000-T03-00. Are Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden the same? Further to my earlier posts, is the dye manufacturer the same as the disc manufacturer? This is what what was confusing me when I asked how you knew who the dye manufacturer was, cos you seemed to suggest my TDK discs were fakes cos of the dye manufacturer, but there is no information in my log (or the ImgBurn information) other than disc manufacturer. Regards, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ignore the names the program gives the info, those names are taken from the MMC specs. The manufacturer id (on minus format media) and disc id (on plus format media) ARE the dye manufacturer/type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ignore the names the program gives the info, those names are taken from the MMC specs. The manufacturer id (on minus format media) and disc id (on plus format media) ARE the dye manufacturer/type. Thanks Lightning. That's all I wanted to know. It seemed such a simple question yet caused so much confusion. Regards, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfcrule1972 Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hopefully those Verbatim discs will ease your probs a bit ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hopefully those Verbatim discs will ease your probs a bit ! Fingers crossed Cheers, Pilot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Hi Cornholio,With Nero BurningRom I simply burn the VOB and IFO files to the DVD. Am I right in assuming that with ImgBurn I first have to create an ISO file on my hard drive using the Build Mode then burn this to the DVD using the Write Mode, cos all the guides seem to be about create ISO files or am I missing something? Cheers, Pilot. JohnthePilot, Your above statement is correct. Burn the image from your harddrive to media and you should not have any problems. Let us know what happens Hi Kev, Sorry it's taken so long to reply to this particular post (and to da Clown's suggestion) but have been having problems with my machine. I've tried both methods and they both work fine. Also find no problems with Verbatim and, strangely enough Tesco's own brand +RW, so I'll stick with those. Many thanks, Cheers, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevdriver Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 JohnthePilot, Thanks for getting back to us....... happy burning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnthePilot Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 JohnthePilot, Thanks for getting back to us....... happy burning Hi Kev (and others who have contributed to this thread), Have been using Verbatim +R discs for last two weeks and no problems. It may be of interest to UK users that Maplins are selling 100 packs for ?40. Good value. Regards, Pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lite_on Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 (edited) Im not sure where to else to look for info, so Im going to try my luck here. Im trying to burn a Ubuntu (Linux OS) .iso image file onto a blank MAXELL DVD-R with 4.7GB of space on it and is writable up to 16x speed. The recording drive I am using is a Lite-On LTR-48246S drive, and when I try to burn the disc using ImgBurn, at the very bottom left-hand corner (info-screen) it says "Device Not Ready (Medium Not Present)". Can anyone help me from the infromation I have provided? If you need more description please say so, I will make it available. Thanks for any help in advance. Edited October 27, 2006 by Lite_on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIGHTNING UK! Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 That drive only burns CDs. You need a DVD burner to burn DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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