Toast

Katie Fasel · June 27th, 2013, 05:29 PM

Sorry for the cross post, but Im on this forum the most and i know it gets a lot more
traffic,and im at a loss on this one. We've been using Toast forever to burn our DVDs and Blurays. (We have the latest version)

We have burned several this wedding season with no problems, some .iso files upwards of 4.2gb ....we are well aware that even though DVDs have a 4.7gb capacity, it's really less than that...which is fine, and not the issue.

The issue is that suddenly out of no where, Toast is now underestimating the capacity of every type of media. It's saying available space on DVDs is only 3.14gb. It is underestimating all media types...CD, Bluray, all Dual Layers too...I can't remember the exact numbers for those, but the DVD I am certain of because that is what we were trying to burn.

Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix for it? Checked for updates and there are none, and as far as I know, we haven't done one recently. I did try deleting the preferences from our library and restarting, as that was suggested on another forum, but that didn't help. I have not tried re-installing the program yet, I guess that would be the next step but thought I would check if anyone here has experienced this.

Thanks!

Charles Newcomb · June 27th, 2013, 08:04 PM

It sounds almost as if there's a ghost file lurking somewhere that may have been intended for use in another project. I don't know how you'd check for that, however.

Problems like yours make me nuts. I hope you find the solution.

James Manford · June 28th, 2013, 02:00 AM

Don't use Toast.

Use ImgBurn ... best program EVER. And it's free.

Katie Fasel · June 28th, 2013, 06:25 AM

We did find the problem...kind of...after much searching through forums and suggestions, we deleted something called the "P-List" ?? hidden preferences somewhere...and that did the trick. These types of things do drive me nuts too, just out of no where...my feeling is that something from another program, encore, compressor, whatever else we use hid something in that P-List folder somehow. Not exactly sure, but deleting it did the trick.

I'll look into ImgBurn...good to know. Thanks!

Nigel Barker · June 28th, 2013, 10:14 AM

I had the opposite problem the other day where Encore produced a Blu-ray disk image that was just a tad too big for a disk & Toast not unreasonably refused to burn it.

June 27th, 2013, 05:29 PM	#1
Katie Fasel Major Player Join Date: May 2011 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 236	Toast - Media capacity issues Sorry for the cross post, but Im on this forum the most and i know it gets a lot more traffic,and im at a loss on this one. We've been using Toast forever to burn our DVDs and Blurays. (We have the latest version) We have burned several this wedding season with no problems, some .iso files upwards of 4.2gb ....we are well aware that even though DVDs have a 4.7gb capacity, it's really less than that...which is fine, and not the issue. The issue is that suddenly out of no where, Toast is now underestimating the capacity of every type of media. It's saying available space on DVDs is only 3.14gb. It is underestimating all media types...CD, Bluray, all Dual Layers too...I can't remember the exact numbers for those, but the DVD I am certain of because that is what we were trying to burn. Has anyone else experienced this or have a fix for it? Checked for updates and there are none, and as far as I know, we haven't done one recently. I did try deleting the preferences from our library and restarting, as that was suggested on another forum, but that didn't help. I have not tried re-installing the program yet, I guess that would be the next step but thought I would check if anyone here has experienced this. Thanks!

June 27th, 2013, 08:04 PM	#2
Charles Newcomb Major Player Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Salida, Colorado Posts: 561	Re: Toast - Media capacity issues It sounds almost as if there's a ghost file lurking somewhere that may have been intended for use in another project. I don't know how you'd check for that, however. Problems like yours make me nuts. I hope you find the solution.

June 28th, 2013, 02:00 AM	#3
James Manford Trustee Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,393	Re: Toast - Media capacity issues Don't use Toast. Use ImgBurn ... best program EVER. And it's free.

June 28th, 2013, 06:25 AM	#4
Katie Fasel Major Player Join Date: May 2011 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 236	Re: Toast - Media capacity issues We did find the problem...kind of...after much searching through forums and suggestions, we deleted something called the "P-List" ?? hidden preferences somewhere...and that did the trick. These types of things do drive me nuts too, just out of no where...my feeling is that something from another program, encore, compressor, whatever else we use hid something in that P-List folder somehow. Not exactly sure, but deleting it did the trick. I'll look into ImgBurn...good to know. Thanks!

June 28th, 2013, 10:14 AM	#5
Nigel Barker Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Posts: 3,531	Re: Toast - Media capacity issues I had the opposite problem the other day where Encore produced a Blu-ray disk image that was just a tad too big for a disk & Toast not unreasonably refused to burn it.