by Martin Brinkmann on April 14, 2010 in Tutorials - Last Update: September 26, 2016 - 24 comments
Despite being a common usage scenario, the process of burning a new DVD is not intuitive on a default Windows install.
I should also mention all of these games are BIN + CUE only no ISO + MP3 except a few. I tried IMG Burn @ diff speeds from lowest to highest, and I'm pretty. It's the last version of Nero that works with Dreamcast games.
The question of how to burn a DVD is often answered with a counter-question about the type of data the user intends to burn. Will it be a video DVD, audio DVD or a data DVD? What about the source files? Are they in an image format, or are they files and folders on the hard disk?
This article exemplifies how to burn a DVD with the free DVD burning software ImgBurn. The software supports all popular DVD burning related tasks such as burning media or data to discs, burning disk images, or verifying discs created previously.
In addition to the standard ISO format, ImgBurn supports a wide variety of alternative disc image formats including BIN, CUE, DI, DVD, GI, IMG, MDS, NRG and PDI.
How To Burn A DVD With ImgBurn
Burning Disk Images
Burning a disk image is probably the easiest of all the DVD burning operations in ImgBurn. Users have two options to perform that operation.
The first is to load the disk image directly in ImgBurn by right-clicking the disk image in Windows Explorer and selecting to open it with the DVD burning software.
The second option is to open ImgBurn first. Click on the write image file to disk option in the launch wizard. It is then necessary to select the disc image manually by browsing the file system.
Once done, insert a blank writable DVD in the optical drive, and click on the DVD burning icon to start the burn process.
Burning Files And Folders
One of the options in the ImgBurn launch wizard is to write files and folders to disc. This opens a new window from where files and folders can be added to the DVD.
The left area with the source title is used to add the files and folders. Buttons on the right can be used to add metadata to the DVD.
The calculator icon on the right side displays the size of all files and folders that have been added to the DVD.
By default, ImgBurn assumes a single layer DVD for the calculating disc information, however it will automatically switch to a dual layer DVD if the total selected files' and folders' size exceeds the storage capacity of a single layer disc.
Dual layer DVDs can store almost double the amount of data that single layer DVDs can. Most options in the configuration window can be left untouched. The destination menu can be used to select one of the DVD recorders if more than one device is connected to the computer system.
Inserting a blank disc into the active DVD burner will activate the 'Burn DVD' icon to start the DVD burning process. ImgBurn will automatically display the default volume labels, which can be changed in that dialog.
The burning process can take some time depending on the type of DVD, the data that has been selected to be burned, the blank disc used, and the speed of the DVD burner.
ImgBurn displays the elapsed time as well as the time remaining to complete the process in the progress window.
Upon completion a confirmation dialog about the successful (or unsuccessful) job is displayed. It is recommended to write information about the contents of the DVD directly on the disc's label surface so that it becomes easier to identify them. We recommend a special DVD pen for this to avoid scratching the label surface or damaging the sensitive plastic disc material.
Burning Videos
ImgBurn can be used to burn a Video_TS folder directly to DVD. Burning a Video_TS folder is slightly more complicated than burning a disc image.
Start by selecting Mode > Build from the menu bar. Make sure that the Output parameter in the menu bar is set to Device. Now click the Browse For Folder icon and select the Video_TS folder on the hard drive of the computer system.
Click the calculator icon to make sure the data will fit on a blank DVD, and after inserting a blank DVD into the DVD writer, initiate the DVD burning process by clicking on the Burn A DVD icon.
Imgburn in this regard is only handy if a Video_TS folder is available, for instance after ripping a DVD to the PC to create a backup copy of it. However, the software will not automatically convert video files such as avis or mpgs to DVD format for playback on a DVD player.
Two tools for converting such files are are the Open Source software DVD Flick and Free DVD Creator. Both applications support tens of video file formats and include their own DVD burning modules.
This concludes the tutorial on how to burn a DVD with ImgBurn. Please leave a comment if you have questions about the process, additions to the article or want to tell us how you burn DVDs on your computer.
How To Burn A DVD With ImgBurn
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The guide walks you through the steps of burning DVDs with the excellent DVD writing application ImgBurn for the Windows operating system.
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Advertisement Introduction: Dreamcast - Burn Games With ImgBurn
Hello everyone, a few days ago I got my hands on my old Dreamcast console and decided to play with it. As you may know Dreamcast GD-ROMs are quite vulnerable to scratches and so some of my games did not work anymore.
Luckily there is a way to burn games images acquired online to CD-Rs and make them work like the original games. And I will show you how you can do this.
Important: I did not come up with this method myself. I found it online and decided to write an Instructable to let people know about it and to provide some advice how it is done. Please have a look at the sources and give the guy some credit for his great tutorial :)
Ok. Here we go :)
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Step 1: Prerequisites
Before we begin we need to fulfill some prerequisites:
- Take a look at the bottom of your Dreamcast to determine if you have a PAL or a NTSC console. This is important to know so that you download the correct version of the games you wish to play. Although I heard that you can play NTSC games on a PAL console and vise versa I do not have proof of that.
- Now download the necessary Dreamcast Drivers for ImgBurn and add them to the path where you installed ImgBurn. You can download them from here. (ImgBurn Installer included. Btw you need 7-Zip to unzip the downloaded archive.)
- Default path of ImgBurn: 'C:Program Files (x86)ImgBurn'
- Add the files pfctoc.dll, pfctoc.h and pfctoc.lib you downloaded to the Default path of ImgBurn
- Buy some CD-R discs. CD-R discs from Verbatim with 700MB/80min worked best for me.
- Acquire game images (CDI images). You can download game images for your Dreamcast online. Please keep in mind that there could be consequences if you illegally download games you do not own.
Step 2: Write the Game Image to Disc
Ok. After you fulfilled all prerequisites you can finally burn your game image to the disc.
- Start ImgBurn
- Click on 'Write image file to disc'
- Now select your CDI game image file as Source and put your CD-R disc into your disc drive
- 'Write Speed' should be set to '4x' automatically when you select a CDI image file.
- Do not increase this value since it could cause error making the game unplayable.
- As you can see in the ImgBurn Log the game image I chose was burned at 10x write speed since the DVD drive of my Laptop cannot burn at a lower write speed. Games like Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure 2 did work despite the increased write speed without problems.
- Wait. (This will take quite some time)
- As soon as you see the message box 'Operation Successfully Completed!' you can eject the disc and you are ready to go.
Step 3: Play
Now all you need to do is the following:
- Put your newly created game disc into your Dreamcast
- Power it on
- Enjoy :)
That´s it. Now you can play again with your favorite games even if your original game discs won´t work anymore.
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