possible to run two instances at once?

[olli66]

I have two burners and want to run two instances at once but it does not work.

When I start one and start burning a disc I can open a second instance and burn another disc but once one disc is finished and the next one is asked for (I am burning multiple copies of the same) the instance that just finished the disc terminates.

Thanks for your help.

Edited January 31, 2023 by olli66

[dbminter]

It is possible to run 2 instances at once, but it sounds like you're burning a queue of discs or you're using batch processing.  I've never done either of those before so I don't know what the behavior of the software would be in those instances.

[olli66]

I don't see how the queue would differ from burning one disc after the other ?

[dbminter]

I was more concerned about batch processing.  There could probably be switches or default behavior where ImgBurn might close itself.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You’d just tell both instances to burn the same image to a different drive multiple times.

Sounds like you had 1 instance burning a single copy to one drive and another instance burning multiple copies to the other drive.

[olli66]

thanks for your input

must it be the same image? why? shouldn't two instances be able to perform on their own, side by side?

same question regarding the number of copies? how could that make a difference?

thanks for your help

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You said you were burning multiple copies of the same, so I tailored my response accordingly.

You can burn what you like, as many times as you’d like.

The program will only be closing when it thinks it has finished all the work you’ve given it - assuming you’ve also told it to close when done.

[olli66]

the program whichever finished a disc first terminates, no matter if there is still a queue 

[LIGHTNING UK!]

That should not be the case. There’s nothing in the program to be aware of any other instances. Perhaps check the log file when it closes and see if anything gets mentioned.

Are you actually enabling any sort of option to make the program close when it has finished anyway? If you are, stop doing so. If not, perhaps something else is actually terminating it.

[olli66]

I never figured this out. I ended up buying a CD duplicator where I can put 100 discs in and they are burnt one after the other without me having to swap discs