Vohtahn Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM Windows 11 PRO Dell and use IMGBURN all the time for standard dvd's but have wasted 10 8x DVD+RDL Verbatim discs following online instructions to burn large ISO movies of about 8gb with LG drives. Last attempt IMGBURN said "success" and played the song but discs won't play in Sony player or even on my PC. Any help appreciated!!
dbminter Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM Posted Sunday at 05:12 PM I'll need a bit more info. Copy and paste the entirety of the Write and Verify phases from one of these successful burns from the Log. You can access old Log entries from the Help menu. While you're at it, insert the last burned disc that won't play into your PC drive, open its root directory contents in Windows/File Explorer, and attach a screenshot of the directories and files in the root directory of the disc.
Vohtahn Posted Monday at 01:23 PM Author Posted Monday at 01:23 PM Thanks for your help!! Last burn: 11:26:58 ImgBurn Version 2.5.6.0 started! I 11:26:58 Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (6.2, Build 9200) I 11:26:58 Total Physical Memory: 66,932,088 KB - Available: 56,215,952 KB I 11:26:58 Initialising SPTI... I 11:26:58 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices... I 11:26:58 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH12LS30 1.01-C0 (I:) (USB) I 11:26:58 -> Drive 2 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM SP80NB80 RF02-J0 (H:) (USB) I 11:26:58 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-RE! I 11:35:08 Operation Started! I 11:35:08 Source File: G:\SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.ISO I 11:35:08 Source File Sectors: 4,165,029 (MODE1/2048) I 11:35:08 Source File Size: 8,529,979,392 bytes I 11:35:08 Source File File System(s): None I 11:35:08 Destination Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM SP80NB80 RF02 (H:) (USB) I 11:35:08 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64) I 11:35:08 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 3x, 4x, 6x I 11:35:08 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 11:35:08 Write Mode: DVD I 11:35:08 Write Type: DAO I 11:35:08 Write Speed: 3x I 11:35:08 Link Size: Auto I 11:35:08 Lock Volume: Yes I 11:35:08 Test Mode: No I 11:35:08 OPC: No I 11:35:08 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 11:35:08 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 4,155 KB/s (3x) I 11:35:09 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM I 11:35:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,082,528 I 11:35:09 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary I 11:35:09 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded! I 11:35:09 Filling Buffer... (80 MB) I 11:35:09 Writing LeadIn... I 11:36:24 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4165028) I 11:36:24 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4165028) I 11:36:24 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2082527) I 11:53:56 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2082528 - 4165028) I 12:11:34 Synchronising Cache... I 12:12:02 Closing Track... I 12:12:04 Finalising Disc... I 12:12:50 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:12:50 Graph Data File: C:\Users\vohta\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_SP80NB80_RF02_SUNDAY-AUGUST-30-2026_11-35_AM_CMC_MAG-D03-64_3x.ibg I 12:12:50 Export Successfully Completed! I 12:12:50 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:37:41 I 12:12:50 Average Write Rate: 3,947 KB/s (2.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 4,236 KB/s (3.1x) I 12:12:50 Cycling Tray before Verify... W 12:19:49 Waiting for device to become ready... I 12:19:55 Device Ready! I 12:19:55 Operation Started! I 12:19:55 Source Device: [0:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM SP80NB80 RF02 (H:) (USB) I 12:19:55 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: CMC MAG-D03-64) I 12:19:55 Source Media Supported Write Speeds: 3x, 4x, 6x I 12:19:55 Image File: G:\SAVING PRIVATE RYAN.ISO I 12:19:55 Image File Sectors: 4,165,029 (MODE1/2048) I 12:19:55 Image File Size: 8,529,979,392 bytes I 12:19:55 Image File File System(s): None I 12:19:55 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX I 12:19:56 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 4165028) I 12:19:56 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 4165028) I 12:19:56 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2082527) I 12:28:57 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 2082528 - 4165028) I 12:38:02 Exporting Graph Data... I 12:38:02 Graph Data File: C:\Users\vohta\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_SP80NB80_RF02_SUNDAY-AUGUST-30-2026_11-35_AM_CMC_MAG-D03-64_3x.ibg I 12:38:02 Export Successfully Completed! I 12:38:02 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:18:06 I 12:38:02 Average Verify Rate: 7,684 KB/s (5.5x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 11,255 KB/s (8.1x) I 12:47:25 Close Request Acknowledged I 12:47:25 Closing Down... I 12:47:39 Shutting down SPTI... I 12:47:39 ImgBurn closed! ; All I could find on the dvd was: Device USBSTOR\CdRom&Ven_HL-DT-ST&Prod_BD-RE__WH12LS30&Rev_1.01\0123456789ABCDEF&0 was configured. Driver Name: cdrom.inf Driver Package ID: cdrom.inf_amd64_dc7b0d8271e8847c Class GUID: {4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318} Driver Date: 06/21/2006 Driver Version: 10.0.26100.1150 Driver Provider: Microsoft Driver Section: cdrom_install Driver Rank: 0xFF0006 Matching Device ID: GenCdRom Outranked Drivers: cdrom.inf:GenCdRom:00FF2002 Device Updated: false Parent Device: USB\VID_152D&PID_0578\0123456789ABCDEF Hope you can find what I'm doing wrong. Thanks, Charles
dbminter Posted Monday at 01:35 PM Posted Monday at 01:35 PM I need to see your disc's root directory contents. I've a feeling you're not actually creating DVD Video content which would only be revealed if I can see if there's a VIDEO_TS folder in the root directory of the disc you can't play. From the Log, I'm not seeing a DVD Video disc was actually created, but that relevant info may only be in a Log for a Build operation. Plus, there's something else in the Log that could be relevant, but I just have a hunch the reason the discs aren't playing is there's no VIDEO_TS folder in the root directory of the disc you're attempting to play.
Vohtahn Posted Monday at 05:15 PM Author Posted Monday at 05:15 PM I put the dvd into a drive and attempted to take a look at the contents, but every time I do that I get a message that the disk needs to be formatted. Strange. I'm trying to burn an ISO file of a long movie that is 8330058 KB. Charles
dbminter Posted Monday at 05:35 PM Posted Monday at 05:35 PM That actually sounds like the disc was not burned at all. Are you SURE the disc is not blank? Discs that have been burned cannot be formatted. However, it could also be indicative of the other issue I found or a hardware failure. Load that disc that says it wants to be formatted in ImgBurn and try to perform a Verify or Read operation on it. The other issue I noticed is you've used Verbatim's junk Life Series DVD+R DL from CMC Magnetics. They can be very problematic, producing a variety of problems and issues. You're better off using the DataLife Plus DVD+R DL from Verbatim, NOT the Life Series. The DataLife Plus series you can generally only find online are made by Mitsubishi. They're the best ones out there and are generally the only quality choice.
Vohtahn Posted Monday at 06:22 PM Author Posted Monday at 06:22 PM I'll order those DataLife Plus DVD+R DL today!
dbminter Posted Monday at 06:29 PM Posted Monday at 06:29 PM That's where I would start. Even if changing discs doesn't fix the issue, those discs will last MUCH longer than the CMC ones and will have better compatibility with other players.
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