Lightning UK! updates ImgBurn to v1.1.0.0

2 December 2005 13:15 by James "Dela" Delahunty

• Added: ''Verify'' mode for both CDs and DVDs.
  
• Added: ''Discovery'' mode for testing out media to full / custom capacity without the need for an image.
  
• Added: Support for queuing up images to burn (with full Drag ''n'' Drop support).
  
• Added: Support for specifying how many copies of an image to burn (within Queue window).
  
• Added: Support for Drag ''n'' Drop of multiple images / folders (containing images) to Write mode''s ''Source'' box.
  
• Added: Export of graph data from previous burn.
  
• Added: Display of graph data from previous burn - using DVDInfoPro. Now you can see pretty graphs showing you exactly what speed your drive was burning at and when.
  
• Added: Overburning support for DVD+R discs in BenQ (and other?) writers.
  
• Added: ''Test Mode'' for DVD+R/+RW/+R DL media when using a BenQ drive that supports the feature.
  
• Added: New device capabilities window to replace old method that just used a MessageBox.
  
• Added: Additional methods of finding a nice layer break position on a dvd.
  
• Added: Recent Files list to File menu and context menu on the ''Browse'' buttons.
  
• Added: Enhanced ''File Association'' code to overcome certain problems where the associations wouldn''t be visible in the explorer context menu.
  
• Added: Support within the installation program for disabling DVD Decrypters file associations.
  
• Added: Some additional lines in the log when burning double layer discs so the user knows when layer 0 / layer 1 are being written.
  
• Added: /CLOSESUCCESS CLI switch. Will only close the program after a successful burn/verify - unlike /CLOSE which closes regardless of what happens!.
  
• Added: /WAITFORMEDIA CLI switch so /START /CLOSE doesn''t mean the program loads / quits if the drive isn''t ready.
  
• Added: Media ID is now displayed for DVDRAM media.
  
• Added: ''Display IFO Layer Break Information'' to Tools -> ISO menu.
  
• Added: Device name/string to the info panel when there is no disc in the drive.
  
• Added: Support for Ctrl-A in change volume label edit boxes.
  
• Added: Support for Ctrl-A in L0 Sectors edit box in the Settings dialog.
  
• Added: Additional limiting of L0 Sectors edit box to numbers only.
  
• Added: ''All'' and ''None'' buttons for file association stuff in the settings.
  
• Added: ISO9660 field in label change dialog now always uses uppercase.
  
• Added: Character counter to the change volume label dialog box.
  
• Added: Settings -> Events -> On Startup -> Set Program Mode.
  
• Added: Settings -> General -> Warnings -> Images Still Queued (prompts to save queue when you exit the program if there is more than 1 image in it).
  
• Added: Ability to save/load queue (new .IBQ file type (stands for: ImgBurn Queue)).
  
• Added: Some more code for BD and HD DVD drives - to support write/erase etc. (not tested yet, obviously! - anyone got a spare drive?!).
  
• Added: Current / Maximum Format Capacity to the info panel in Write/Discovery modes for rewritable discs.
  
• Added: BETA support for Layer Jump Recording (alternative to DAO and Incremental on DVD-R DL media) - Must be enabled via registry key.
  
• Added: Double click ''Graph Data File: '' log entry to display that IBG file in DVDInfoPro.
  
• Added: ''Layer Jump Recording'' capability to the Drive Capabilities page.
  
• Added: Warning message when burning DVD-R DL media and Layer Jump Recording is not supported/being used.
  
• Added: Support for latest version of bitsetting in LiteOn drives.
  
• Changed: 16x16 icon now also has the flame in it.
  
• Changed: The old SpeedButtons for a custom built PngSpeedButton - The images look nicer ;-).
  
• Changed: Pressing F5 now refreshes the image info, not just device info.
  
• Changed: ''Max Speed'' is now sampled more frequently to hopefully provide a more accurate value.
  
• Changed/Fixed: Patin-Couffin ''Lock Volume - Exclusive Usage'' code. New drivers (post version 32) were not made backwards compatible with old IOCTLs.
  
• Changed/Fixed: Method of calculating free sectors on media - mainly for DVD+RW and DVDRAM (fix was needed for DVDRAM).
  
• Fixed: Could lose the layer break dialog if minimised to system tray when it pops up.
  
• Fixed: UDF allowing too many chars in the field without any message to say it will be truncated.
  
• Fixed: Unable to delete folder of image you''ve just ''browsed to'' and burnt.
  
• Fixed: Devices drop down box now looks disabled when it is disabled.
  
• Fixed: Burning to DVDRAM didn''t issue any erase/format/overwrite dialog boxes - even when they were needed.
  
• Fixed: Double clicking log entries wasn''t correctly parsing the strings for ''known'' variables.

 
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