Friday, May 29, 2009

ImgBurn 2.4.4.0 – Lightweight Optical Media Burning App

ImgBurn 2.4.4.0 (Windows, Freeware, 1.95MB) [alt DL] is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit.

Changes:

  • Added: A 'Note' to the box that pops up at the start of a burn when the LB in the settings doesn't match the one in the DVD/MDS file - basically it tells you to put the setting back on 'Calculate Optimal'.
  • Added: Support for one more Lite-On device identifier ('ATAPI iHES') - used when automatically changing the book type etc.
  • Added: Ability to select the size of the format when multiple options are available. 'Preferred' uses the 'Number Of Blocks' value from the first descriptor in the list for a given format type, 'Minimum' and 'Maximum' should be pretty obvious!
  • Added: New log entries showing the status of options (enabled/disabled etc) that have an effect on what happens during an erase operation.
  • Added: The user can now choose if they want to perform full certification or not (the opposite being 'Quick Certification' !) when full erasing BD-RE via the New option 'Prefer Format With Full Certification'. Previously the program always requested full certification - i.e. where the drive tests all the sectors and maps out any bad ones.
  • Added: Detailed 'Write Speed' descriptor information to the bottom of the disc information text.
  • Added: Option to never delete audio files when deleting files (having been told to!) after a burn/verify. This makes it safer for people burning audio discs via the 'Create CD CUE File' feature.
  • Added: The ability to create *.DVD files (a plain text and basic alternative to .MDS files) via the same basic interface used to create the *.MDS ones.
  • Added: 'Content Type' field to the image details box that pops up when you use build mode. ('DVD Video', 'BD Video', 'Data' etc)
  • Added: 'Shut Down' shutdown action that calls the 'ExitWindowsEx' API with the 'EWX_SHUTDOWN' flag. This might work to shut down and turn off the PC for some users where 'EWX_POWEROFF' fails to do so.
  • Added: More debug code to the exclusive access locking / unlocking functions.
  • Added: Options to control build mode prompts for including ADV_OBJ and CERTIFICATE folders when they're present but not in the source list.
  • Added: Ability to ignore the reported file system on remote drives - so the program doesn't then force the 4GB file splitting limit on anything (possibly incorrectly) reported to be using FAT/FAT32.
  • Added: Options to do with (not) prompting for confirmation of HVDVD_TS / BDMV content in Build mode.
  • Added: Options to do with (not) prompting for confirmation of correcting DVD Video / HD DVD Video / BD Video / DivX Video / OS Install Disc settings in Build mode.
  • Added: The option to have Read and Build modes write out an MD5 file when they're done (assuming ImgBurn has been told to calculate the MD5 values in the first place).
  • Added: The program now remembers if the Log windows was minimised / maximised when it was closed and restores it accordingly when opened again.
  • Added: The Main and Log windows now snap to the centre of the screen vertically too, rather than just horizontally.
  • Added/Changed: The program will once again (by default) update the GUI with any proposed setting changes it detects are required when you're building a disc. A new option 'Proposed Setting Changes - Update GUI' can be used to toggle this on/off.
  • Added/Changed: The program will now examine the write speed descriptors to find a match with whatever the user selected (i.e. '8x') and use the values from it (if one is found) when setting the write speed.
  • And lots of enhancements and fixes.

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