slow cd burning

[djlos04]

slows cd burning
i just bought a light on dvd burner internal model dh-20a4p but when i burn a cdr it burns slow as hell when it says it can burn at 48x so when i burn it at 16x which is the only option i have nothing comes up but when i burn at 48x this shows up ...........recording Quality may be affected by not using the JustSpeed option....what does this mean i wanna burn at 48x not 16x

[HelenaP]

slows cd burning
i just bought a light on dvd burner internal model dh-20a4p but when i burn a cdr it burns slow as hell when it says it can burn at 48x so when i burn it at 16x which is the only option i have nothing comes up but when i burn at 48x this shows up ...........recording Quality may be affected by not using the JustSpeed option....what does this mean i wanna burn at 48x not 16x

Though I am not super familiar with Lite On, as I just installed mine a week ago, I will share what I THINK (I burn mostly music).

(I think) Just Speed is part of your Smart Burn technology. It's suggesting the best burn speed for the highest quality.

If you want to burn at 48x, you would (I am guessing. I follow the suggestion) probably need to disable the Smart burn, but the quality would probably not be very good.

It's akin to a DVD player (the one for your TV) and the options that are available for recording, such as "SP" (slow play, best quality), "Normal", and "EP" (Extended Play. Poorer quality, used to cram more on the disc).

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[apt2vanish]

I would suggest that if you were going to burn a CD or DVD, that you do it at no more than 12x-16x. I never burn above 4x.

[Theinfamousone]

This is a question I have had for years. Obviously if you try burning CDs too fast your hard drive might not be able to keep up and you could end up with a coaster, but is 4x really that much "higher quality" than 24x assuming they both complete successfully? I don't burn past 16 -24x either, I'd rather not risk ending up with a coaster, and for how long I keep my CDs, it's worth letting the computer take the extra 3 minutes to do it right.

[kippies]

This is a question I have had for years. Obviously if you try burning CDs too fast your hard drive might not be able to keep up and you could end up with a coaster, but is 4x really that much "higher quality" than 24x assuming they both complete successfully? I don't burn past 16 -24x either, I'd rather not risk ending up with a coaster, and for how long I keep my CDs, it's worth letting the computer take the extra 3 minutes to do it right.

A burned CD should be a carbon copy of an original , sort of the idea of digital media

The only way a burned copy will sound "different" is if there are so many read errors that the player reading the disc is forced to interpolate missing data bits, at which point youve pretty much got a coaster. The main reason for burning at lower speeds is because like anything mechanical if you use a burner at its highest rated speed setting your more likely to introduce errors from the mechanics of the burner, resulting in read errors ergo a coaster. Also the faster you write, the more critical the match of burner to media is for the same reason.

If you are using media that burns good every time in your burner (trial and error) , at a speed that both the media and the burner are rated you get a flawless copy at whatever speed you burn, provided your using burnproof or similair. If these conditions are met its irrrelevent if you burn at 1x, 2x or 16x the copy will be the same

The point made above about dvd recorders and quality settings is a red herring, to get more on a dvd the recorder lowers the bitrate of the transcoded stream- if your burning an mp3 to cd its the bitrate of the original MP3 that will determine the possible quality, not the speed of the burn.

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[El Comandante]

A burned CD should be a carbon copy of an original , sort of the idea of digital media...

....if your burning an mp3 to cd its the bitrate of the original MP3 that will determine the possible quality, not the speed of the burn.

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That was my understanding as well. Good media and low speed burns are best practice. I used to burn on those Maxtor DVD's at full speed 48x and I would get a coaster 1/3 of the time. Someone suggested Taiyo-Yuden discs and lowering my burn speed and I have not burned a coaster ever since. What's another 5 - 10 minutes anyway? I use VSO software.

[wapazoid]

slows cd burning
i just bought a light on dvd burner internal model dh-20a4p but when i burn a cdr it burns slow as hell when it says it can burn at 48x so when i burn it at 16x which is the only option i have nothing comes up but when i burn at 48x this shows up ...........recording Quality may be affected by not using the JustSpeed option....what does this mean i wanna burn at 48x not 16x

Are you using media that's capable of 48x burning speed? Have you experimented with different brands? Is it an internal or external drive? IDE or SATA? Is DMA enabled? What software are you using to burn?

[Signa]

Are you using media that's capable of 48x burning speed? Have you experimented with different brands? Is it an internal or external drive? IDE or SATA? Is DMA enabled? What software are you using to burn?

i think this response is most likely going to fix the issues with the first question. quality of burn speeds isnt going to fix the problem of not being able to burn faster. however, it may be a good excuse to not bother to fix this issue. be sure to check if you have DMA enabled or if its stuck in PIO mode. theres TONS of articles on the net about that one.