I have been having problems this evening burning images with CloneCD.
First of all, it stuck at 21%, but I think I know why.. Then it wouldn't go beyond 0% (Again, I think I know why)..
So, after a power off/on, I confirmed that it was OK with a Single Layer disk (DVD Video) and it was fine. So, I finally got a DL burning again, and it looked goo but it stuck at 100% whilst doing the Lead-Out
The only solution was a reboot, resulting in a coaster.. So I tried again and had the same problem.
Finally I left it at 100% and finally, after 15 mins it finished.
I have come to the conclusion that because of my earlier troubles, I am simply looking for and imaginine that I have a problem, which is why I thought that it was stuck. But is 15mins normal for a DL LeadOut?
For a DVD Video (Single Layer) it only takes a minute or so.. Is 15mins for a DL Image normal?
my lead out took 7 minutes, and sometimes it looks like its frozen. just be patient and give it lots of time. i usually leave it to burn and go out or something so i dont keep checkin and worryin and stopping the software whereas it jus needs more time
My Pioneer 111D takes over 1 hr just for the leadout alone. I'm like WTF. I tried some advice on this board but nothing solved it. I have the latest firmware and latest clone cd and still it takes so long. I ended up giving up using the 111D for burning because of this issue. But my lacie burner only takes around 1 minute.
I have a feeling that my problem is due to the size of the image.
The 2 images I burned last night were 4gig and 7gig.
The 4gig one had a 15min LeadOut, where as the 7gig one finished quicker (Not sure how long as I only glanced at the log before quiting).
This is reminicant of an early 'limitation' of single layer disks.. There was (and still is) a rule which say that a disk must have ATLEAST x amount of data (I think it was 1 or even 2 gigs). So if you burned LESS than this, the 'lead out' would actually burn more data (just padding) to make the disk compliant.
Looking at both of the disks I burned, they both LOOK rougly in terms of the amount of burned date on them, even though one is considerably smaller than the other.
I have a feeling that if you burn a 'small' image on a DL, the leadout actually writes more data on the disk to make it up to some defined limit.
I can't be sure of this at this stage, but thats what I think is going on!
Glad to hear that I am not alone.. I am just annoyed that I wasted 3 disks (and loads of time) yesturday panicing about something which wasn't actually a problem!
