IXtreme 1.4 firmware
Pioneer DVR-112DBK
Verbatim DVD+R DL (Singapore)
DVDInfoPro
wxRipper (hotswap method)
XDVDMulleter
XBox 360 SS Merger 1.7b
ImgBurn
Above is a list of all the programs and equipment that I'm using. I've followed Textbook's tutorial word for word. I obtained a ss.bin file using DVDInfoPro which is only 2KB. wxRipper was used to obtain the game.iso file which came out to be 7,572,881,408 bytes. I used the hotswap method for this with a DVD movie that was a little over 7.8gb. XDVDMulleter was used to fix the iso file. I'm not even sure if I have to even use it or not. XDVDMulleter was also used to extract the pfi and dmi files. After using XDVDMulleter, the iso file was still 7,572,881,408 bytes. I proceeded onto the SS Merger to merge the game.iso, ss.bin, PFI, and DMI files together. The settings that I used in SS Merger appears as follows:

After merging the files, my game.iso file increased to 7,838,760,960 bytes. Was it suppose to increase? I would assume so, considering that the four files were merged together. I've read in other threads that after the burn, the disc should only be 7,572,881,408 bytes. Is this true? I used ImgBurn to burn the backup. I read a thread that stated to edit the layer break option to 1913760, but this was the only thread that says to do it. What am I doing wrong!? Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.