Just remember that if it has "structural protection" on the disc. It will be transferred to the copy. Which may or may not cause issues. It is best to use CloneDVD for disc's with "structural protection" in those cases for that reason.
Yes I have burn't from an .mds file together with iso with strutural copy protection to DVD+R DL.
The DVD-drive took about a 30-60 seconds (Pioneer or Liteon, not sure) seconds to initialize the DVDs. But it worked.
On other discs with structural copy protection it's faster. Also played all perfectly in an LG HL-DT DVD-RAM drive.
When mounting the image with structural copy protection on it it takes only (5 seconds max always)
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I use ImgBurn with AnyDVD HD in backkground to make as an iso, AnyDVD's other ripper than "rip to HDD" offers as well .iso output.
Because it's helfpul when burning the iso from a two-layer-disc to a two-layer-disc like DVD+R DL or DVD-R DL as ImgBurn produces an additional .mds (Media descriptor file) when copying from DVD-ROM to iso.
Be careful ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 comes with ADWARE: So installing it in a command prompt is higly recommended:
SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe /NOCANDY
And umark all addware checkboxes when there's the installer dialog is appearing on the screen!!!
It's wise to install it on a windows test system with not important data.
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SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe /NOCANDY
Then copy only the installation files over to your system. It runs from harddisk without installation in windows.
But to to get those files exracted you need to run that damn shitty installer(!!)
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SetupImgBurn_2.5.8.0.exe /NOCANDY
And umark all addware checkboxes when there's the installer dialog is appearing on the screen!!!
VERY IMPORTANT!!!
https://www.heise.de/download/product/imgburn-36237
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"ImgBurn bringt Adware mit
Das Setup-Programm von ImgBurn enthält den OpenCandy-Installer, der teils ungefragt weitere Software auf dem Computer installiert. Wer diese nicht auf dem Rechner haben möchte, sollte das Installations-Programm mit dem Parameter "/NOCANDY" aufrufen."
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This .mds file contains the layer break position of the original DVD and whether the DVD-ROM media is recorded in opposite track (OTP) path or parallel track path (PTP)
Most DVDs use OTP. But some DVD-ROM discs European version like "Start Trek DS9 Season 2" use Parallel Track Path. (Season 1 for example is in OTP instead).
When mounting from .mds instead from iso AnyDVD status window shows same layer position information as on original DVD_ROM.
When mounting from iso, Layer break postion is at have the size of disk, at half sector count (50%/50%)
AnyDVD's might not produce an .mds because it's from Alcohol 120% software, and some licensing thing perhaps.
You can still create an .mds afterwards with ImgBurn, but then you have to extract the .iso and recreate a new iso from those extracted files/folders.
And I noticed that ImgBurn won't find the layer break position from the original DVD-ROM any longer in most cases.
ImgBurn complains when trying to burn from isos that are above 4,7 GiBytes, when .mds is missing.
When you write to DVD+R DL (Double Layer) is only working with OTP-Discs.
Parallel Track path if for DVD-R DL (Dual Layer) only.
You'll find that information in the AnyDVD status window, whether OTP or PTP, too.
If you should have a Parallel Track path DVD-ROM and DVD-R DL is rare to buy today, you might need to extract the iso from Virtual drive. Then make a new iso from files/folders and produce the .mds with OTP option with ImgBurn.
Have to check again f that program really has such an option.
I haven't tried this, but maybe it's a solution to burn PTP Discs to DVD+R DL via the conversion steps (if that's working), not sure.