ImgBurn

Developer	Lightning UK!
Last updated	Mar 30, 2012
Release date	Mar 29, 2012
Works on	Windows [+] • Windows 7 • Windows Server 2008 • Windows Vista • Windows Server 2003 • Windows XP • Windows 2000 • Windows ME • Windows 98 • Windows 95
Languages	English
License	Freeware
Group	Recommended

ImgBurn Description

ImgBurn is a software burning application for DVD/CD/HD DVD and Blu-ray. Many file formats are supported. They are MDS, PDI. CUE, BIN, DVD. NRG, ISO, IMG, DI and GI. Unicode is also supported with this program for users with non-Western language alphabet.

Key features

• ImgBurn has an advanced input method that gives you full control of a disc image layout. You can add, delete and rename files and folders.
• There is an Automatic Write feature. This permits you to save your favourite burn speed settings. This can be done on a per ‘Media ID’ basis.
• If using Wine, ImgBurn should also work on a Linux platform.

With ImgBurn, you can perform a scan to see if a disc is 100% readable. If preferred, you may choose to have ImgBurn compare it against an image file to verify that the information is correct.

How to Burn a CD:

1. Insert ImgBurn software.
2. Change to “Write” mode.
3. Put disc in Burner.
4. Choose which image you wish to burn.
5. Click on the button that says “Write”.

With ImgBurn, you can use VIDEO_TS folders to build a DVD video disc. From a HDVD_TS folder, you can build HD DVD discs. From a BDAV/BDMV folder, you can easily make video discs.

When you want to burn many images, you can use the image queue to do so. If you have multiple drives, you can share them. For two-layer DVD video jobs, use the layer break selection.

ImgBurn possesses many advanced qualities that other programs don’t. All of the newest drives are supported, with no need for updates. This includes byte setting and book type, settings that are found on programs such as Samsung, Plextor, BenQ, LG, NEC, LiteOn and Sony. At this time, multisession discs cannot be made using ImgBurn.

In the Graph Data tab, there is an option to use opti drive control or DVD info.

ImgBurn Change Log

• Added: Additional info (service name and driver version for hard disk controllers) to the 'Family Tree' text.
• Added: 'Supported Read Speeds' to the disc info text in Read/Verify modes.
• Added: New log entry (when burning DVD-RAM/HD DVD-RAM/BD-RE) showing the current state of the 'Hardware Defect Management' feature on the drive. When active, the drive would 'normally' take longer to burn a disc due to the automatic 'verify after write' process.
• Added: Option to use the system default language. When an exact match cannot be found (i.e. the correct translation file is missing from the Languages folder), the program will attempt a partial match.
• Added: Ability to perform LiteOn's SmartErase functions.
• Added: Show 'MID' in the 'Disc Information' section of the text on the right - easier to find and always available under the same heading.
• Added: Ability to translate the image/disc size values on the recently added 'Overburn / Truncate' prompt.
• Added/Changed: When reading Q sub-channel data fails, the program will attempt to read RAW sub-channel data (and deinterleave it to get Q) instead.
• Added/Changed: Option to include 'Burn using ImgBurn' file association entries in whatever's the default progid of a given file extension - previously, this was done by default.
• Changed: When renaming an item in the Disc pane of the DLE window (on Vista+), the program will now exclude the file extension from the initially selected text.
• Changed: Renaming items in the Explorer pane of the DLE window is now also possible via the 'normal' method of a single mouse click on a selected item (rather than just pressing F2).
• Changed: Default size of I/O Buffer. (Less than 1GB RAM = 20MB, Less than 2GB RAM = 40MB, Everything else = 80MB)
• Changed: When the drive fails to read a block of sectors in Read/Verify mode, the program will now log the error it returned before attempting to read them one by one (so the original error message doesn't go unreported).
• Changed: Reverted to using original/basic messagebox for overburn question when in Build/Discovery modes.
• Changed: Split the DVD/HD DVD/BD Video reading of various files to obtain a volume label into their own options rather than them all using a single one in the DVD Video section.
• Changed: Tweaked some code that generates the volume label suggestion on DVD/HD DVD/BD Video builds.
• Changed/Fixed: When CCD image layout file creation is enabled, PreGap sectors will be converted/added to 'Index 0' sectors and included within the IMG file.
• Changed/Fixed: Workaround for infinite loop issue with some virtual drives caused by incorrect info being returned for the 'READ SUB CHANNEL' command.
• Changed/Fixed: The autoloader 'Auto Abort On Error' option didn't apply to Read mode.
• Changed/Fixed: Workaround for buggy (LG) drives that return 'Invalid Field in CDB' rather than 'Invalid Field in Parameter List' in response to a certain command.
• Fixed: Default Overburning Method always reverts to 'Overburn'.
• Fixed: Creating MDS files when it shouldn't have been.
• Fixed: Changing the number of copies required for an image (on the Write Queue window) that was currently being burnt didn't update the value displayed in the progress window.
• Fixed: Bug parsing the metadata in WAV files.
• Fixed: Clicking the email link in the about box (and 'ok' on the prompt) didn't fire up default email client as it should have done (it did nothing).
• Fixed: Problem with long initial file names causing an 'error 0x3002' prompt to be displayed and preventing open/save dialog boxes from opening under XP (and probably older OS's).
• Fixed: Potential false positive in code that detects BCD within the RAW TOC returned from a CD.
• Fixed: When reading from an 'Advanced Format' drive with 4k (physical AND logical) sectors, the program could pop up an error (invalid parameter?) at the end of a burn/verify operation. Clicking 'Retry' would allow it to complete successfully though.
• Fixed: Read/Verify modes weren't exporting graph data to the file name specified via CLI.
• Fixed: The last digit in a CD's MCN was wrong.
• Fixed: Potential crash when displaying the 'Overburn' dialog from within Build mode.
• Fixed: Potential crash when the 'Optimise Duplicate Files' option is enabled.