Howdy y'all, I've got a quick question. For some reason, my drive 9 times out of 10 will have an error when I burn at 16x, but has no problem at 8x or anything lower. Consequently, I set my Nero Recode to burn at that speed. But sometimes, it still burns at the maximum speed, and I get a coaster. Is there a 3rd party program that can control the maximum write speed of the drive? I know NeroDriveSpeed will override the read speed, but I need something to make the 8x speed permanent for when I burn. Thanks, 2xJ
When in Recode, there is an option to select the burn speed, so you can select 8X if that works for you. rich
Right, I know, and I do that. But it doesn't work sometimes - I will pick 8x, for example, and after analysis/encoding, it will say "Burn Process Started at 16x" and after about 5 minutes I'll have a surefire coaster. Is there any 3rd party program that can manually control this?
What speed is your media rated at? And what media are you using? Hopefully it is not Memorex, yikes? Best regards, Rich
i know im in the right area FINALLY but im lost. HOW do I manually change the speed? what do i go into? Mine is currently at .8x and is VERY SLOW. it was faster before and i dont know what i did to change it.
jerseytam, This is not your thread, but no matter. Very welling to help, if I can? What software are you using? What model and make of your burner? What media are you using. What firmware is your burner" And any thing else that can be of value which you can provide? We are not mind readers, plus we get paid by the number of key strokes that we provide help with........should I type more? Best regards, Rich
ok, im realizing how little i know about this. im on windows xp. the program is "dvd decrypter". I have no idea what make and model burner, i have no idea what media im using or what firmware my burner is? how can i find out this information for you? PLEASE have patience and dont give up on me. i am a quick learner if you walk me thru it. thanks-Tamara
To find out what firmware you are on, Select the following in Decrypter. 1.tools 2.Drive 3.Check firmware updates---> it should then tell you which firmware version you are on 5.select OK, and it will take you to a site that you must type in your drive make and model 5a. Go go device manage 5b.to do that right click My Computer 5c.select Manage 5d.select Device Manager 5e.select the + sign on DVD/CD-Rom Drives 5f.write down your burner 6.type your make/model in the search area(on the website Decrypter brought up) and then click search 7.the list will tell you the latest firmware that you should have, so click on it and it will download. Good luck, Rich P.S. I hope I didn't miss anything (I am going to bed, sorry), but I am sure some will come to the rescue if I did.
jerseytam The freeware app DVDInfoPro is the easiest way to get media and drive info, plus there's a lot of handy utilities. If you don't have a suite like Nero, then you need DVDInfoPro if you're going to be doing many DVD backups; at least if you're going to be testing any problems. http://www.DVDInfoPro.com for the download. Normally the app opens on [bold]Drive[/bold] info, make sure the drive you want info on is selected in the box on the lower left. The info on model and fimrware is at the upper right. If you want info on your media, just have it in the burner with the drive selected and click Media on the top toolbar. Drag the cursor on a selected icon to see what it does. To set the write speed for DVD Decrypter you have to have it in the ISO W (write mode), click Mode at the top of the window and select ISO W. Then all you do is select the write speed at the lower right. I have them cirled with arrows.
By the way, if you set the speed for a burn and it doesn't burn at that speed, then you have to look for such things as DMA off. Some problems affect write speed even when you have the write speed set manually. Hope you don't run into that, just be aware it happens.
2xJ On that 10th try when Nero goes Max on the write, are you sure you set the speed? As long as I've owned Nero, I've never had it burn max unless I forgot to set it. You may want to inquire in the Nero section if anyone has ever had that happen to them. I'm not aware of any programs that lock a drive to a single speed. Some programs don'e allow for speed adjustments either. Nero, ImgBurn and DVD Decrypter have the manual settings. I suspect others do as well. However, I use Nero for most of my burns. It handles Files and ISO equally well.
i am at work right now but will try it this afternoon, please standby as i might need further help!! THANKS SOOOOO MUCH!!!-TAMARA
No problem. In case you're not aware, ImgBurn is the updated writing software from DVD Decrypter. LUK was legally prevented from supporting DVDD because of the ripper software, but as ImgBurn, he can support the burner software. http://www.imgburn.com That's the link for the website, you can check it out and get a download. It's still free.
brobear please help!!!!!!!!!! My DMA mode is fine, I changed the Write mode, but Im wondering, if i change the write mode in ISO, do I still decrypt from "File F" mode? What is the difference? Also, shouldnt I be changing the "read speed"? When I decrypt it says "Read Rate: 1164kb .8x" even after I go in and change the ISO write to 6x. IM LOST AND CONFUSED!!!!
The read speed is not that important, however, the write speed is, depending on the max write speed of your burner. As a general rule, the write speed should only be 1/2 of your max burn speed. So if your burner indicates that it can burn 16x, the the max should be 8x. 4x is what is predominately suggested on this forum. Although, I burn at 8x, but I use great media (Verbatim), and my burner can burn at 16x. So I have no problemo's Bottom line is, burn at half the rated speed, and make sure you have good media to burn with. Don't use this media==> Memorex/CMC/Imation/TDK. For best results only use Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim DataLifePlus, Taiyo Yuden & Ritek G05. Best regards Rich
jerseytam Not to worry about the read speed. As for modes; F is the File mode where you get the separate files of the VIDEO_TS. This one is good for editing. The only situation you run into is if you have an app for burning that only burns ISO. Shrink can create an ISO from Files, but not many other apps can. So, rip with a plan as to how you're going to use the files later. Rip ISO if you're going to burn ISO is the best bet. If you need to edit, you may want to consider file mode. Here is a handy guide I noticed some time back at DVD +/-R Digest. h ttp://www.dvdr-digest.com/articles/18_1.html The site has some other handy guides, but they're a few years old, then DVD Decrypter and Shrink go back that far. For newer guides check here at AD, Doom9 and at DVDShrink.info. Shrink.info has the easiest quickstart guides. http://www.dvdshrink.info/ Back to media speeds. Burn speed depends on media quality and hardware. With good media and equipment you can burn faster than 4X or over half the media speed or rated speed of the burner. I had a 4X burner I burned at max with it for the longest, until it headed south due to old age (worn out). As an example, I have a Plextor burner. I use 8X +R Taiyo Yuden and Sony media (Sony brand) for recording DVD. The burner will burn that media at 12X, so I don't allow max burns. The media burns good at 6X which is a speed I feel comfortable at. I could probably go up to 8X without problems, I just don't feel comfortable doing that speed yet. 8X is half the rated speed of a 16X burner, 6X is only 3/8. The 4X many say to do is only 1/4. If you have an 8X burner, the math changes. Assuming you have a burner faster than 4X, start at 4X and move up to a 6X burn for R media. If you feel comfortable with moving on up to 8X, give that a try. At this point in time I don't recommend going on up when recording DVD video, but that's a personal preference. Some software has no speed control and they work okay for me as well, I just don't use them too often. So, 4-6X is a safety zone and if your equipment and media will handle it you can go faster. Just remember, the possibility of write errors increase with speed. So, use good judgment and take into account your equipment and media.
sytyguy As I've mentioned before, you may want to rethink that statement. Memorex got a bad rep by selling the CMC Magnetics manufactured media. When you say don't use TDK, which of their media do you mean; the media TDK manufactures or media they sell made by other manufacturers? I remember some of that media was made by top companies such as Ricoh and Mitsubishi. I notice you suggest Verbatim. Though no where near the extent of Memorex, Verbatim sells CMC as well. I'm not sure of Imation, but in their +R, they used to have Ricoh as a supplier. It gets rather confusing when you see that some brands make some of their own media and sell that of others and sell their manufactured media to other brands for sale. Then some brands don't manufacture and sell media made by other companies. Plus the market changes. The media a person buys one time may not be the same though the brand is the same. The better brands are usually stable, but they do make periodic changes. I suggest you say avoid CMC if you don't like it and have personal experience with the media. However, making blanket statements about brands can mislead newbies. "I hate CMC" is something of a forum mantra and many say things about it just because someone else said it. There's now more rumor than actual fact on the matter. Not that I'm taking up for CMC, I still find it questionable. I had a poor experience with CMC media once, but at the same time I was having some of those Nero update problems as well. I'm going to have to go buy some Memorex just so I can give them a fair test. May be a while though, I've still got about 150 Sony-Taiyo Yuden discs to burn.
brobear, Thanks for the friendly advice. I have never used CMC, but like you said, that seems to be the mantra here, and in fact, many disc related problems are from these kinds of discs, which we see time after time. Actually, I think I cut and pasted that from someone's sig after they kept pointing to it for numerous newbie's disc related problems. However, I will change that statement to keep brotherly-love here. Thanks, Rich
