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Hubbabub
1st April 2008, 20:22
ImgBurn - http://www.imgburn.com/


2.4.1.0 Released: Tuesday 1st April 2008

* Added: Support for the TAO write type as a real option rather than just a fallback if SAO fails.
* Added: Support for burning APE/FLAC/WV files with an embedded CUE sheet as if they were normal image files.
* Added: Accurate audio duration calculation (via a dummy decode pass just before the burn) leading to less gaps/padding and no missing audio data.
* Added: Support for new booktype related options known as 'Active Setting' on NEC/Optiarc drives (to swap between the 'Permanent' and 'Temporary' setting)
* Added: The ability to have the open/save dialog boxes always default to the folder specified in the 'File Locations' tab within the Settings window. (otherwise it'll default to the MRU one)
* Added: 'New Project' option to the File menu in Build mode.
* Added: When the program is unable to find any cells to use for the LB when buring a DL disc in Build mode, it now tells you extra info about which cell to split and where to do it.
* Added: Support for reading discs recorded using the TAO write type.
* Added: Context/popup/right click menu to the 'Add file or folder to source list' button in Build mode (the green +) with the option of 'Clear Source MRU List' on it.
* Added: Options to enable/disable the success/error sounds after certain program functions.
* Added: 'Show Non-Present Devices' option to the 'Automatic Write Speed' form when 'View By' is set to 'Device' (It's enabled by default).
* Added: 'Translated By' field to the 'About' box.
* Added: The ability to define the start LBA when building an image - useful for custom disc layouts.
* Added: Variable 'PreGap Snapping' whereby gaps will snap to the nearest second (multiple of 75 frames) if within the specified range. (i.e. 1 second, 72 frames will snap to 2 seconds)
* Added: If you don't enter a path for the file in Build/Read modes it'll use the 'Image Files' default one configured in the Settings (File Locations tab).
* Added: You can type a relative path into Build/Read modes destination box and it'll resolve it when you click Write/OK.
* Added: Saving a project file now writes the previously selected LB info from the 'Create Layer Break' window. This can then be used when loading the IBB via CLI so the user isn't prompted to pick a LB, thus allowing for batch builds.
* Added: 'Don't Enable Sound' checkbox to the ImgBurnPreview options.
* Added: A button in the settings to reset the burn statistics.
* Added: 'Device.CDROM' Shell extension option where you get 'Read using ImgBurn' as an option when you right click on any CD/DVDROM drive. (It's off by default because windows appears to make it the default option - hence double clicking on the drive opens ImgBurn!)
* Added: Option to turn off the funny quotes on the Ez-Mode Picker screen. (For people without a sense of humour ;-) )
* Added: The ability to sort tracks in the order of the 'Track Number' field in any available file 'Tag' within the 'Create CD CUE File' window.
* Added: The ability to define a default folder for Project files (*.ibb).
* Added: The ability to define a default folder for Language files (*.lng).
* Added: Support for 'WavePack' files (*.wv) in the 'Create CD CUE File' window.
* Added: A failed read of a sector in read mode now maps that sector to a file name and the result is shown in the log.
* Added: Support for reading unicode file names in MDS v1.5+ files.
* Added/Changed: When running in 'Portable' mode, certain paths will be saved relative to the exe's folder if they're at the same level or below it. (i.e. 'D:\ImgBurn\Sounds\Success.wav' becomes '.\Sounds\Success.wav')
* Added/Changed: When build mode detects you're building DVD Video/HD DVD Video/Blu-ray Video/OS installation discs, it now tells you exactly which settings will be modified in the 'conflicting settings detected' message box.
* Changed: When saving an project file, the initial file name is now taken from the image file name (but with an 'ibb' extension), falling back to using the volume label, then MRU value and finally just 'My Project.ibb'.
* Changed: Handling of manually entered file names in build/read mode to parse environment variables.
* Changed: Updated ImgBurnPreview.exe to the latest code - this one has support for audio.
* Changed: If the bootable image (in Build mode) isn't a multiple of 512 bytes in size, the user can now choose to proceed anyway.
* Changed: Tweaked some of the TOC parsing code to work around bugs found in certain drives.
* Changed: Tweaked the UDF file system parsing code to minimise the amount of random access reads and potentially speed up the process by a substantial amount when lots of files are present.
* Changed: You can now build 'pure' bootable images/discs without having to add a 'dummy' file to the source box.
* Changed: The 'Restore Defaults' button in the settings now resizes itself to fit the string.
* Changed: The 'Languages' list is now sorted alphabetically.
* Changed: Limited the initial height of the 'Create CD CUE File' window to that of the desktop area (for people using 800x600 and below where it wouldn't quite fit on the screen).
* Changed: Settings screen is now wider to better accommodate longer translated strings.
* Changed: The buttons on the 'Filter Drivers' screen now auto-resize themselves to fit the translated string.
* Changed: The 'Create MDS' windows now uses picture buttons for Add/Remove/Move etc just as the 'Create CUE' window does.
* Changed: All controls have been changed to the 'TTnt*' unicode style so you can use/view a properly translated GUI on a normal 'English' Windows install.
* Changed: The folder 'IBB Files' now defaults to using the name 'Project Files'.
* Changed: The folder 'IBG Files' now defaults to using the name 'Graph Data Files'.
* Changed: The folder 'IBQ Files' now defaults to using the name 'Queue Files'.
* Changed: Moved some of the 'select a folder' type options in the settings to a new 'File Locations' tab.
* Changed: The 'Start' button in Read mode is no longer disabled when CSS/AACS protected media is detected. There's just a warning that it won't work (warning can be disabled in the settings).
* Changed: Date/Time pickers in Build mode now display the selected date/time according to the 'Short Date' format as found in Regional Settings within Control Panel.
* Changed: Log entries for 'File System(s)' no longer translate the 'None' word when there's no file system present in the image. (The Log is supposed to be English)
* Changed: Removed the need for a second basic parsing of the file system on the disc when in Read mode (as the automatic destination file name was generated).
* Changed: Under Vista/2008, the Volume Label displayed by ImgBurn is taken from the 'File Set Descriptor' (when set) rather than the 'Logical Volume Descriptor' to match the behaviour of Windows.
* Changed: 'DVD+R Reserve Track' is now enabled by default.
* Changed: Removed the pre-read/verify 'Samsung Set Magic Speed' option. It was often slow to complete and not very well supported by some Samsung drives.
* Changed: Optimised the code that checks for interfering programs so they're all done at the same time rather than individually.
* Changed: Updated the code that checks for interfering programs to look for newer versions of DVD43.
* Changed: Prompt user if auto retries of tray cycling still don't make the drive initialise the disc properly between write and verify.
* Changed: Handling of the 'Delete the image when done' option when the image is a CUE file. The user can now delete the CUE without deleting the files it calls upon (if more than 1).
* Changed: The 'Open/Save As' file dialog boxes within the Log window now default to the 'Log Files' file location as specified in the settings.
* Changed: The 'Open/Save As' file dialog boxes for IBB, IBG, IBQ and LOG files now default to the appropriate folder - as specified in the settings.
* Changed: Some of the messages that can pop up when performing 'Display IFO Layer Break Information' on a drive so that they're appropriate for a drive rather than an image file.
* Changed: Updated ImgBurnPreview to v1.1.1.0 - Based on Jeanl's latest code.
* Changed: The log entry for 'BookType' now displays the permanent setting unless the 'Active Setting' is actually set to 'Temporary', in which case it displays the temporary one!
* Changed: Modified the names of the 'Browse for...' entries on the 'File' menu to make them less confusing.
* Changed: 'Read Disc Information' command reverted to asking for 32 bytes of data, not 34. (Some dodgy drivers appear to hang when it's 34)
* Changed: Updated the installer to NSIS 2.36
* Changed/Fixed: Removed the double image file initialisation when trying to burn the currently selected file in Write mode when it wasn't actually marked as 'Queued' in the Write queue (i.e. having already burnt it).
* Changed/Fixed: The 'Automatic Change Book Type' option for NEC drives now sets the 'Active Setting' to 'Temporary' so the correct value is actually used.
* Changed/Fixed: Tweaked some of the code that deals with expanding relative paths passed via CLI or stored within IBB project files.
* Changed/Fixed: Most of the forms are now dynamically created at runtime as and when need. This cuts down on the resources used by ImgBurn (especially GDI objects) and speeds up the loading time. (GDI object count is down from ~1100 to ~550)
* Changed/Fixed: CD-TEXT options/controls in the 'Create CD CUE File' window are now disabled when the selected track isn't an audio track.
* Changed/Fixed: Silently fail (failure is still logged) when MCN control fails with the 'ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED' error code.
* Changed/Fixed: Potential workaround for drives that hang when being queried to see if they support labelflash.
* Changed/Fixed: Better ACM 'acmStreamConvert' handling so the program knows when all the data has been converted (even when buffered under Linux/Wine).
* Changed/Fixed: When verifying, if the track on the disc is smaller than the one in the image file the user is asked if they want to continue or not. If they choose to, the disc's track is padded out (zero filled) to the size of the image file's track so that the verification process works properly. (otherwise it would just sit there waiting for more data that was never coming)
* Changed/Fixed: Don't add the current image file name to Write mode's 'Recent Files' list when a 'Read' operation fails.
* Changed/Fixed: The 'Delete image' button on the 'Insert next disc' window didn't prompt the user when deleting multiple files (like in a CUE with lots of audio tracks).
* Fixed: Incorrect handling of 'desktop' at the start of a destination image file path in Build/Read mode if it was followed by another folder name - i.e. 'desktop\new image\image.iso'
* Fixed: The default paths (i.e. before any settings have been read) were incorrect when loading the program with the '/PORTABLE' CLI switch.
* Fixed: When writing a multisession disc, the 'Writing Session X of X' and 'Writing Track X of X' log entries weren't always being written if the session/track was small.
* Fixed: A bug when attempting to send a CUE Sheet to the drive ending in the error 'SendCueSheet Bug! - CueSheetVariant 13' being shown.
* Fixed: Wrong 'REM LEAD-OUT' entry in *.cue file when created using the 'Create CD CUE File' window.
* Fixed: Better support for old drives that want weird LeadIn/LeadOut 'DataForm' values (non MMC compliant values) in the 'SEND CUE SHEET' parameter list.
* Fixed: A bug preventing the 'Logical Volume Identifier' field in the 'File Set Descriptor' from being updated when changing the volume label of an image.
* Fixed: The Layer Break 'Preview Selected Cell' feature didn't always work when working with Image Files/Drives - the preview window would take ages to appear and the 'ImgBurnPreview.exe' process would need terminating via Task Manager.
* Fixed: Problem with analysing track pregaps on drives that fell back to using the 'Read Sub-Channel' command when 'Read CD' failed.
* Fixed: Various problems when using the legendary 'old skool' Plextor SCSI CD-ROM drives.
* Fixed: When SAO wasn't available and the program fell back to using TAO, multi track images weren't burnt correctly. (They came out as 1 long track because I'd made no effort to make it work properly!)
* Fixed: The 'Add file or folder to source list' button in Build mode was being enabled after 'Calculate' even when there was no text in the field to it's left.
* Fixed: Access violation when you're in Build mode with Device output and you press 'Cancel' on any of the prompts that come up before the build actually starts.
* Fixed: A problem where ImgBurn could get stuck at the start of a read/verify operation.
* Fixed: When reading a disc using only ISO9660/Joliet file systems (no UDF) from DVD+RW/DVD-RAM/BD-RE the image would be 1 sector too short.
* Fixed: Divide By Zero bug if you terminate a verify operation whilst it's still analysing the tracks on a CD.
* Fixed: Memory leak if you cancel the 'Open' file dialog box from within the Log window.
* Fixed: A problem where a file name such as 'desktop\image' in the Read mode destination box was not being parsed correctly to have 'desktop' replaced AND the '.iso' file extension added.
* Fixed: The 'ACM' audio decoding fallback method wasn't working - acmStreamConvert failed.
* Fixed: CD-TEXT info at 'Disc' level wasn't always added to the CUE file made by the 'Create CD CUE File' feature.
* Fixed: When warned that 'Test Mode' *might* not work with the current media (and the user accepted the warning), it was actually being turned off rather than being left on.
* Fixed: The 'Changer Control' buttons were sometimes being disabled when they shouldn't have been.
* Fixed: 'Retrying (x of y)...' was wrong in the log when close track/session/disc failed at the end of the burn. x was always 1 number too big.
* Fixed: No image being added to the combobox on the medium changer control window when running under Vista.
* Fixed: The 'Medium Changer Control' feature didn't work properly on Vista/2008.
* Fixed: Incorrect file name sorting in the ISO9660 file system - files starting with '_' came before the others using 'A-Z'. (This prevented WinXP install discs from working)
* Fixed: Memory leak when loading a CUE containing multiple index points for the same track.
* Fixed: Read modes 'Default Destination - MRU' option wasn't working.

bourtzovlakas
1st April 2008, 21:50
:thanks:

buzzqw
1st April 2008, 22:00
:thanks: too!

BHH

Taurus
1st April 2008, 23:52
The changelog is not as long as last time :o:p

Thank you LIGHTNING UK!

LIGHTNING UK!
2nd April 2008, 00:53
This was just a small update ;)

blutach
2nd April 2008, 01:09
Thanks LUK!

Regards

Adub
2nd April 2008, 02:35
Damn, you are good LUK. Thanks!

auldyin
2nd April 2008, 11:15
Hey Lightning..........................when do you sleep?????


Cheers

Inventive Software
2nd April 2008, 12:44
@Lightning_UK: Are you one of those people who logs ANY change, no matter how small? ;)

Good update. :thanks:

~bT~
2nd April 2008, 12:45
^ u mean, does he sleep? cheers for the welcome update LUK!

LIGHTNING UK!
2nd April 2008, 14:00
Inventive Software,

No, not everything, just things that are/can be visible to the end user.

Really I just keep a detailed log to help with beta testing and then turn that into something slightly smaller for the website.

GrofLuigi
2nd April 2008, 14:16
@LIGHTNING UK!,

Have you considered a name change of the program? Since it's not for just images any more.

If you do, my suggestion is Proper Burner. :)

Thank you and keep up the good work.

GL

kempodragon
2nd April 2008, 21:41
Thanks for such an awesome program!! Right now, ImgBurn is fully mature as a burning program and really doesn't need new features. It mostly needs bugfixes and support for any new hardware or burning specs. The Build ISO and Data Cd/DVD features were the last things it was missing. With the addition of these features, ImgBurn surpasses my other burner program, DeepBurn. Keep up the great work.:thanks:

linx05
3rd April 2008, 03:56
Thank you for the release. Just a small question, who asked for this option?

* Added: Option to turn off the funny quotes on the Ez-Mode Picker screen. (For people without a sense of humour ;-) )

blutach
3rd April 2008, 04:31
Someone on the ImgBurn Forum (http://forum.imgburn.com/). Search it.

Regards

linx05
3rd April 2008, 04:57
I did search but could only find a post mentioning the option for the next version. I was hoping for a more direct answer.

blutach
3rd April 2008, 04:59
This took all of one minute to find and was the first in the search

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=6401&hl=funny+quotes

Regards

linx05
3rd April 2008, 05:07
Yes, I saw that. As I said I could not find the post asking for the quotes to be disabled.

Was there even a request?

blutach
3rd April 2008, 05:11
I guess it was felt to be confusing if someone thought their PC was infected :)

Anyway, it's just an option. Maybe we'll see more funny quotes ("now that's a knife!!")

Regards

smok3
3rd April 2008, 12:23
is there still that famous: 'i noticed that you do did not enter any label name, and such a nice app that i'am...' ?

blutach
3rd April 2008, 14:29
I believe so. Try it!

Regards

r0lZ
3rd April 2008, 16:00
I hope LUK! has not removed the "end of the world" and "I heard you the first time" messages. I like them!

LIGHTNING UK!
3rd April 2008, 20:16
Nah, nothing like that has been touched. I just made the status bar messages/quotes that show up when you're on the Ez-Mode Picker screen optional. (I believe that request was made here in this forum actually)

Pulp Catalyst
5th April 2008, 17:19
i'm shocked with such a detailed and extensive update list only a small version change "2.4.1.0" i thought a bug fix would warrant that, but with the added options, i though the second number would increase, 2.5.0.0, still hat of work, and nice to see the changelog updated in detail, if only other software companies would follow your example, even big companies can't be arsed in updating the changelog, and they make huge profit.

one day would be nice to have a wizard driven system though, some of these options can be quite daunting to a novice, I've done the manual and learnt quite a bit, but still many things i still don't understand, but with a new comer this software would be intimidating.

perhaps that would warrant a upgrade version 2.5 hehehe

GZZ
11th April 2008, 22:37
"some of these options can be quite daunting to a novice"

Yea.. Adding hint to many of the options, so when the mouse is over you can see what this option i good for, not everything is self explained.

Keep up the good work, its one of the best burning tools around and also the cheepest one ;)

blutach
12th April 2008, 02:23
Do look in the FAQ and guides section where there's a complete outline of the settings and what they represent.

Regards

laserfan
12th April 2008, 17:03
Do look in the FAQ and guides section where there's a complete outline of the settings and what they represent.Key word (for me) being "outline" as I looked unsuccessfully for info about disc types ISO9660+UDF vs UDF and all its versions etc. etc.). I'm trying to wean myself off of RecordNow 7.3 which does everything automatically (e.g. deciding for VIDEO_TS vs data only).

Anyway if anyone can point me towards a description of all these modes (and hopefully too when-you'd-use-which mode) that would be much appreciated!!! :o

Video Dude
13th April 2008, 00:36
Use ISO9660+UDF 1.02 for DVD video.
Use UDF 2.5 for Blu-Ray/HD-DVD
Use UDF for files over 2 GB.
Use Joliet (or UDF) for files under 2 GB with long file names.

laserfan
13th April 2008, 00:47
Thanks Video Dude! I've deleted RN73 and am exclusively ImgBurn now! :)

blutach
13th April 2008, 01:50
ImgBurn 2.4.1 will tell you if the settings aren't right for your project and which settings it will change.

Regards

Pulp Catalyst
14th April 2008, 03:06
hey, hat off, 2.4.1.0, good to see, LOL

UDF is well covered at Wiki aswell, in fact a lot of material and info is covered at Wiki, only the point i was trying to make, is newcomers even novices can only take so much in at a given amount of time, and some of the reading i've done.......what am i saying, you must of done more then me to create this program in the 1st place,

i'll be quiet now, hehehe

Whisper ..... tooltips above was a good idea....yes i know i'm already out the door.....i mean gateway....

moonwhaler
17th April 2008, 09:09
I personally love this program a lot! And since it also supports "basic" burning capabilities I finally get rid of the feature-laden Nero behemoth.
Yet there is one request: Please think about maybe re-designing the UI fitting to the new features. It's no simple image burning tool anymore, but as I think, a full blown program.

Thank you a lot!

laserfan
17th April 2008, 16:33
...there is one request: Please think about maybe re-designing the UI fitting to the new features. It's no simple image burning tool anymore, but as I think, a full blown program.C'mon moonwhaler; what on Earth do you think a developer is supposed to make of this request? Maybe LUK! is psychic, but even if he is I don't think he'd admit to it here...!

moonwhaler
17th April 2008, 16:53
C'mon moonwhaler; what on Earth do you think a developer is supposed to make of this request? Maybe LUK! is psychic, but even if he is I don't think he'd admit to it here...!

And yet he started to implement a feature like the 'Ez Mode Picker' which is a good thing for starters. Why not do the next step and work out a maximizable window - take the early Neros for example: Current burning project on the left, windows-esque explorer on the right instead of a small drag'n dropable listbox.

I am myself a decent (Delphi) developer for years now and I believe that LUK!'s program has immense potential!

LIGHTNING UK!
17th April 2008, 19:23
That's a HUGE step away from what ImgBurn currently looks like though.

I expect some may like the change, others may not.

Shinigami-Sama
17th April 2008, 21:43
That's a HUGE step away from what ImgBurn currently looks like though.

I expect some may like the change, others may not.

maybe just adding it as another dockable hidable window?
I know I would like a small project manager
I often start building images only to realize that the disc is only 1/2 full and just close imgburn
being able to save the partial image and being able to update it would be nice
would make creating image-discs much nicer
just add a 100 or so jpegs a day till its finished rather than one huge day project

blutach
18th April 2008, 00:51
And why, pray tell, does ImgBurn have to look like Ner0? Yecch!

Regards

r0lZ
18th April 2008, 01:04
I like its current simplicity. I don't see any advantage in adding a file browser to its GUI, as it is extremely easy to drag and drop the files from the regular explorer to ImgBurn. LUK! doesn't have to reinvent the wheel!

LoRd_MuldeR
18th April 2008, 01:12
And why, pray tell, does ImgBurn have to look like Ner0? Yecch!
I hope it won't!

But it would be nice to integrate a way to build directory structures into the existing GUI.
At the moment you can only burn existing directory hierarchies "as-is" from your HDD.

Or did I miss something ???


BTW: Is anybody else experiencing sporadic deadlocks while "lead in" phase?

blutach
18th April 2008, 03:00
I like its current simplicity. I don't see any advantage in adding a file browser to its GUI, as it is extremely easy to drag and drop the files from the regular explorer to ImgBurn. LUK! doesn't have to reinvent the wheel!
I agree. But one thing that would be nice is to be able to drag & drop onto any visible part of ImgBurn - eg the log window instead of the build window. Oftentimes, the explorer window where your files are is on top of ImgBurn, and you need to drag your files/folder to the taskbar to give ImgBurn focus and show the build window (or have the respective windows separate in the first place).

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3139/04182008105805yh2.png

Regards

moonwhaler
18th April 2008, 09:17
I did not intend to tell LUK! to redesign the UI in the Nero way. I just pointed out that it's not too bad either. On the other Hand an additional window for creating projects (images / direct burn) would be a step in-between and since this one is optional for everybody I don't see anyone complaining about that solution.

Like you said: A seperate docking window, let's say with a nice toolbar for saving / loading the project to a file, ... and that's it. It's just about having a better overview and the possibility to re-organize the collection later on. Sorry for the Nero example, I see it's not to everybodies liking. :cool:

Edit: Apart from that I'm, too, a great fan of the overall simplicity of IB - changing that wouldn't be the best idea, I have to admit, but adding a seperate module (window) shouldn't be conflicting with that kind of construction!

Inventive Software
3rd May 2008, 22:22
I'm struggling to figure out why my laptop's drive keeps ejecting the disc even though in ImgBurn's settings, I've told it NOT to. Any suggestions? Usually, I'll verify a disc vs the image I've burnt it from. It says "Cycling Tray before Verify", so do I disable this in the options?

Shinigami-Sama
3rd May 2008, 22:38
I'm struggling to figure out why my laptop's drive keeps ejecting the disc even though in ImgBurn's settings, I've told it NOT to. Any suggestions? Usually, I'll verify a disc vs the image I've burnt it from. It says "Cycling Tray before Verify", so do I disable this in the options?

turn off verify
it ejects the tray, to be sure the drive thinks its a new disc I assume.

Inventive Software
3rd May 2008, 22:46
Actually, I think it only does it when you use "Test" mode. I've just burnt a disc with "Cycle Tray before Verify" disabled in the "Write" tab in the Options menu, and it's done the burning and verifying in one foul swoop, as I intended. So a possible bug with "Test" mode there.

Shinigami-Sama
3rd May 2008, 23:08
Actually, I think it only does it when you use "Test" mode. I've just burnt a disc with "Cycle Tray before Verify" disabled in the "Write" tab in the Options menu, and it's done the burning and verifying in one foul swoop, as I intended. So a possible bug with "Test" mode there.

I get it no matter what
then again I havn't messed with many of the settings in this new version

it does however IO lock my system a lot...

blutach
4th May 2008, 00:59
Not sure about the bug, but one thing I can tell you is that it is a very good idea to cycle the tray before verifying. It takes only 5-10 seconds but it performs an important function - that is to ensure the disk you've written to can read important things like the filesystem, TOC etc. Many verify errors are shown right after a tray recycle, which are not shown without it. Quite frankly, you might as well not verify if this setting is off (and that would save a lot of time :)).

Regards

Inventive Software
4th May 2008, 03:48
But my laptop drive doesn't close automatically, which is a slight problem if I'm not around for it to verify. ;)

Shinigami-Sama
4th May 2008, 03:55
But my laptop drive doesn't close automatically, which is a slight problem if I'm not around for it to verify. ;)

may as well not verify then

blutach
4th May 2008, 10:40
But my laptop drive doesn't close automatically, which is a slight problem if I'm not around for it to verify. ;)
Nothing bad will happen if it waits till you return to close the drive door.

Regards

LIGHTNING UK!
4th May 2008, 15:53
The eject after test mode is nothing to do with verify - hence that option doesn't do anything.

Burning in test mode leaves the drive thinking the disc has been burnt (as it probably should do!). You have to eject + reinsert it so the drive reinitialises it.

Inventive Software
18th July 2008, 21:41
Since there's a thread for it, I have one feature request. Is there a particular reason the "Drive" submenu in the Tools dropdown menu is greyed out in the EZ-Mode Picker startup? If not, can it be enabled?

Shinigami-Sama
19th July 2008, 00:21
Since there's a thread for it, I have one feature request. Is there a particular reason the "Drive" submenu in the Tools dropdown menu is greyed out in the EZ-Mode Picker startup? If not, can it be enabled?

I thought lighting did that so it doesn't try and init the drives on start up because it lagged bady for some people

Inventive Software
19th July 2008, 01:10
Ah, that would explain that little quirk. :)

"So get cracking til I can see me quirk in it." Ronnie Barker - Open All Hours

LIGHTNING UK!
21st July 2008, 11:59
There is no active drive in that mode, hence the drive menu doesn't apply.

And yes, there being no active drive means the user gets to interact with the program a bit sooner (well, you know, choose a different 'mode') because it's not having to initialise a disc.

Inventive Software
22nd July 2008, 16:49
Thank you Lightning for clearing that one up. :)

cdanddvdpublisher
25th July 2008, 04:03
Nothing bad will happen if it waits till you return to close the drive door.

Regards

Definitely a good pointl it's important to keep in mind that sometimes it's better to let the drive door just hang for a bit than it is to have the same issues repeating over and over again.