How to burn CIF image

[chumley]

I apologize if this is covered elsewhere, but I couldn't find any info on working with CIF images in ImgBurn. I have a bunch of CIF images that were created with Roxio Easy CD Creator 5. I would like to be able to burn them to disk with ImgBurn if possible. When I select the "Write image file to disk" option in ImgBurn, and click the "Browse for a file" button, it doesn't list CIF as a supported file type. But if I choose "all files", then it lets me load a CIF file. The label and file sys info shown in ImgBurn are correct. I can burn the image to disk and it seems to work, although verification fails. The resulting disk seems to work and contain the correct data. So here are my questions:

 

- Does ImgBurn indeed support CIF images, and if so then why is CIF not listed as a supported file type?

 

- Does the verification failure indicate a real problem with the burn, or is this just an anomaly of the CIF image? (Sorry, I didn't save the log.)

 

Any info on CIF image compatibility/usage in ImgBurn would be appreciated. Thanks!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Logs are saved automatically.

 

Look in the 'Help' menu within the program.

 

ImgBurn has a fallback thorough check for images that aren't generally supported. I've never tested it with a CIF image - mainly because EasyCD 5 is ancient and I haven't run into one.

[chumley]

Logs are saved automatically.

 

Look in the 'Help' menu within the program.

 

ImgBurn has a fallback thorough check for images that aren't generally supported. I've never tested it with a CIF image - mainly because EasyCD 5 is ancient and I haven't run into one.

 

Thanks for the reply. Can you please elaborate on what you mean by "fallback thorough check"?

 

I did find the log from my test burn. Here it is:

 

I 17:52:53 Operation Started!

I 17:52:53 Source File: c:\test_image.cif

I 17:52:53 Source File Sectors: 64,000 (MODE2/FORM1/2332)

I 17:52:53 Source File Size: 149,248,000 bytes

I 17:52:53 Source File Volume Identifier: test_image_name

I 17:52:53 Source File Application Identifier: EASY CD CREATOR 5.3 (010) COPYRIGHT

Edited December 19, 2008 by chumley

[LIGHTNING UK!]

CIF files aren't really supported, I know nothing about the file format.

 

ImgBurn just looks for the ISO9660 header within a file (this is the thorough fallback) and tries to work it out from that.

 

Send me the first 5 mb of the CIF file and I might be able to do it properly.

[chumley]

CIF files aren't really supported, I know nothing about the file format.

 

ImgBurn just looks for the ISO9660 header within a file (this is the thorough fallback) and tries to work it out from that.

 

Send me the first 5 mb of the CIF file and I might be able to do it properly.

 

Ok, I understand now. I'd be happy to send you a chunk of a CIF image, I just need to know where to send it. Perhaps you could PM me on that when you get a chance. Thank you very much, and thanks for all your work on ImgBurn!

[chumley]

Here is some more potentially helpful info. I used IsoBuster to convert the CIF image to ISO+CUE. I then used ImgBurn to burn that ISO image to disk. This time the verification completed with no errors. Here is the log:

 

I 14:43:53 ImgBurn Version 2.4.2.0 started!

I 14:43:53 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 14:43:53 Total Physical Memory: 2,095,152 KB - Available: 1,050,788 KB

I 14:43:54 Initialising SPTI...

I 14:43:54 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 14:44:04 Found 1 DVD-ROM/CD-RW!

I 14:45:42 Operation Started!

I 14:45:42 Source File: C:\cd test\test_image.cue

I 14:45:42 Source File Sectors: 64,000 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:45:42 Source File Size: 131,072,000 bytes

I 14:45:42 Source File Volume Identifier: test_image_name

I 14:45:42 Source File Application Identifier: EASY CD CREATOR 5.3 (010) COPYRIGHT

Edited December 19, 2008 by chumley

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Use the address in the program's 'About' box.

[chumley]

Use the address in the program's 'About' box.

 

I sent a sample CIF image file. Thanks!