zevia,

thanks for the info on PowerDVD, my iso setup works fine and will also work when I migrate to a media player, appreciate the guidance...

does anyone know why ImgBurn works in spurts? mine seems to accelerate to 20 - 30x speeds and then back down to zero for a few minutes (can't hear any drives spinning and other processes slow weigh down) before speeding up again? if it could sustain the 20 - 30x, the conversion would take much less time... encourage others to also post experience with ImgBurn rates, thx