ISO file is too large

jb101

I've been using DVDFab 8.1.0.0, and ImageBurn 2.5.5.0 for a long time with no problems. Lately when I create an ISO file intended for a single layer DVD-R (after selecting "DVD-5" in the DVD Copy - Customize page, and under the Volume Label field) everything proceeds as normal, but when it's finished the ISO file is too large for the intended disc. Twice now it's created an ISO file over 6GB.

I checked all my settings in DVDFab, but I don't see anything that would affect file sizes. I may have changed some settings in ImageBurn a while back, so I selected "Restore Defaults" for all settings and tried it again...but the same thing happened: what should be a smaller file after ripping is actually about 6GB.

What am I doing wrong? Thank you!

jb

CBR929

Hi jb101
Please post your internal log.
Thanks
CBR929

90312

Post the log CBR929 asked for and here are a couple things that affect output size:

jb101

Log files

Thanks for helping! Here's the logs you requested. cheers!
jb

INTERNAL LOG

DVDFab 8.1.0.0 (2013/01/25 18:28:23)

0m 01.01s: option dvd2dvd 1 dvd2mobile 0 bluray2bluray 1 bd2mobile 1 bd23d 1 bd2dvd 1 file2mobile 1 filemover 0
0m 01.01s: Qt Translator file load success
0m 17.40s: detected dvd
0m 17.45s: drive D
0m 17.45s: dvd type 1
0m 17.45s: volume label MOVIENAME
0m 17.65s: got copyright 1 fe
0m 18.08s: got udf/iso
0m 19.50s: got discinfo
0m 19.50s: pathplayer enabled
0m 43.97s: got dvdinfo
0m 43.97s: opened dvd
29m 12.79s: detected dvd
29m 12.87s: drive D
29m 12.87s: dvd type 1
29m 12.87s: volume label MOVIENAME
29m 14.62s: got copyright 1 fe
29m 14.77s: got udf/iso
29m 16.29s: got discinfo
29m 16.32s: pathplayer enabled

DVDFAB BURN IMAGEBURN LOG

I 18:44:21 ImgBurn Version 2.5.5.0 started!
I 18:44:21 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600)
I 18:44:21 Total Physical Memory: 3,916,212 KB - Available: 1,765,524 KB
I 18:44:21 Initialising SPTI...
I 18:44:21 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 18:44:22 -> Drive 1 - Info: MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-844S 1.30 (D:) (USB)
I 18:44:22 Found 1 DVDÂ±RW/RAM!
I 18:44:22 Operation Started!
I 18:44:22 Building Image Tree...
I 18:44:22 Checking Directory Depth...
I 18:44:22 Calculating Totals...
I 18:44:22 Preparing Image...
I 18:44:31 Using Layer Break LBA: 772962 -> 1525248 (VTS_01, PGC: 1, Chapter: 10, Cell: 11, Vob/Cell ID: 3/1, Time: 00:31:26, SPLIP: Yes -> No)
I 18:44:31 Checking Path Length...
I 18:44:31 Contents: 13 Files, 2 Folders
I 18:44:31 Content Type: DVD Video
I 18:44:31 Data Type: MODE1/2048
I 18:44:31 File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)
I 18:44:31 Volume Label: MOVIENAME
I 18:44:31 IFO/BUP 32K Padding: Enabled
I 18:44:31 Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
I 18:44:31 TV System: NTSC
I 18:44:31 Size: 4,706,101,248 bytes
I 18:44:31 Sectors: 2,297,901
I 18:44:31 Image Size: 6,247,415,808 bytes
I 18:44:31 Image Sectors: 3,050,496
I 18:44:31 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:00:09
I 18:44:31 Operation Started!
I 18:44:31 Image Contents: 13 Files, 2 Folders
I 18:44:31 Image Sectors: 3,050,496 (MODE1/2048)
I 18:44:31 Image Size: 6,247,415,808 bytes
I 18:44:31 Image Layer Break Position: 1,525,248
I 18:44:31 Image Single Layer Profile: DVD-R/RW (Media Capacity: 2,297,888)
I 18:44:31 Image Double Layer Profile: DVD+R DL (Min L0: 0, Max L0: 2,086,912, Media Capacity: 4,173,824)
I 18:44:31 Image Volume Identifier: MOVIENAME
I 18:44:31 Image Volume Set Identifier: 4239958B002E8BFF
I 18:44:31 Image Application Identifier: IMGBURN V2.5.5.0 - THE ULTIMATE IMAGE BURNER!
I 18:44:31 Image Implementation Identifier: ImgBurn
I 18:44:31 Image File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.02)
I 18:44:31 Destination File: C:\Jeff\Videos\DVD_FAB\ISO\MOVIENAME.iso
I 18:44:31 Destination Free Space: 385,192,226,816 Bytes (376,164,284 KB) (367,347 MB) (358 GB)
I 18:44:31 Destination File System: NTFS
I 18:44:31 File Splitting: Auto
I 18:44:32 Writing Image...
I 18:48:22 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:03:50
I 18:48:22 Average Write Rate: 26,526 KB/s (19.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 180,810 KB/s (130.5x)
I 18:48:22 Close Request Acknowledged
I 18:48:22 Closing Down...
I 18:48:23 Shutting down SPTI...
I 18:48:23 ImgBurn closed!

90312

From your log:
I 18:44:31 Size: 4,706,101,248 bytes
I 18:44:31 Sectors: 2,297,901

The file is too big to fit a single layer blank.

jb101

File size too big

Do you mean that the original file is too big for a single-layer disc? Or that the file DVDFab creates is too big for a single-layer disc?

I am assuming that the problem is the latter. But why is this just beginning to happen now? And when I select "DVD5" it's supposed to adjust the file size accordingly, right? (for instance, this latest rip indicated that I had a 92% resolution). The way I understand it, DVDFab is supposed to shrink that file down so that it will fit on the size disc which the user has selected. In my DVDFAB DVD-write settings, writeable media size is set to 4488 MB for DVD-5. Is this set too high? Am I not getting something?

Thanks a bunch.
jb

90312

My advice and I do this myself, is go in and select customize and set the DVD-5 size to 4472. That gives you a bit of a margin so it doesn't burn too close to the outer edge of the disc where errors are more likely to occur. It has served me well over the years on both + and -R media.

jb101

i'll try that

OK thanks. I'll try that next. However, that still doesn't explain why the ISO file that DVDFab creates is over 6 Gigabytes now, even if my writeable media setting is a tad high.

jb

90312

If I had to guess, the default size was DVD-9 and you just ovrlooked it, it is easy to do and it happens?

jb101

That doesn't add up.

Your guess is incorrect. I've run the same disc 5 times now, watching specifically for the possible oversight you mentioned. While that might have been the case the first time (that's exactly what I thought at first too), it cannot explain how the same results occurred the next 4 times. And I obtained the same results on another movie recently too, although at the time I figured that I had selected DVD-9 by accident and blew it off without checking again. So one would have to assume that after months of successful rips and burns, now suddenly, within the course of a couple days, I am an instant jackass who can't read or perform simple tasks. And if it were as you say, then why would DVDFab indicate a 92% resolution, as I noted earlier? If I had selected DVD-9 it would indicate 100% quality instead. The only other possible explanation I can think of is that the DVD-5 menu selection now points to the DVD-9 write routine in the software. My advice to me is to reinstall both DVDFab and ImageBurn.

90312

Sounds like a plan. download 9.0.2.3 for reinstall, I've tried it a couple times since we started this exchange and it works fine for me.