Hi everyone,

I'm the developer of ArchivSector-OD, a free, open-source Windows program for archiving discs: Blu-ray/UHD and DVD backups (with MakeMKV), game disc dumps (with Redumper), filling discs to 100% (TargetFill), and burning.

Version 4.0 is now in beta, and the big change is that it has its own disc writer. Instead of handing the burn to Windows or ImgBurn, it talks to the drive directly (the same MMC commands ImgBurn uses), writes the whole disc, and verifies it sector by sector afterwards.

What the writer handles:
  • CD-R, CD-RW
  • DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW
  • BD-R, BD-RE (full 25 GB, no spare areas)
Anything it can't burn (DVD-R DL and BD-R DL for now) goes to ImgBurn automatically.

Also new in 4.0:
  • A Burn tab: write one ISO or a queue, build an ISO from a folder, copy a data disc to an ISO, verify a disc against its ISO
  • Write speed choice
  • Drive info: what your drive supports, the disc's maker code and who made it (e.g. MKM-A02 = Mitsubishi), its write speeds and exact size
  • Erase for CD-RW/DVD-RW

Why I need testers: so far the writer has only been tested on my own drives (ASUS BW-16D1HT, FW 3.02), where every disc type above burned and verified except DVD+R DL, which hasn't been tried yet. I'd really like to know how it does on other drives: LG, Pioneer, LiteOn, external USB burners, older DVD writers, anything.

If you try it, please post:
  • Burn > Drive info > Copy report (gives your drive model, firmware and the disc's details)
  • What you burned and whether it verified
  • If something failed, the log for that day from %AppData%\ArchivSector-OD\Logs

It's a beta, so please test with blank discs you don't mind losing, or a BD-RE/DVD+RW (stopping a burn on those is harmless). Your v3.4 setup can stay as it is: unzip the beta into a new folder.

Download (pre-release): https://github.com/ArchivSect1986/ArchivSector-OD/releases
Full list of changes: https://github.com/ArchivSect1986/ArchivSector-OD/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

Thanks! Happy to answer questions here.