Burner Speeeeed?

[toddot4u]

Whats ur burner speed?

[notbob]

AOPEN 32x--makes a 703MB cd in 3 min 42 seconds

i used to have a lite-on 24x that did the same in a minute 30

go figure

used nero, out of 186 or so burns (in the last 3 days) 6 were bad

(2 b/c the computer restarted from hdd probs)

[wonderboy2005]

notbob..... you said you burned 703mb cds? is that with overburn?

i tried using overburn lastnight..... i tried burning a 829mb video to a 700mb cd..... guess what? it didnt work. what's the max i should overburn? or should i even overburn?

and yes, i understand the consiquenses of overburning..... ruining burner, making coasters.....

[cpugeniusmv]

hmm....my 12x10x32 plextor drive has served me well...BURN-Proof technology is great.

[toddot4u]

nah i got my 40x16x48 for $40 @ Fry's Electronics 7 months ago actually we got 2 because they were so cheap go here www.outpost.com

[notbob]

Originally posted by wonderboy2005
notbob..... you said you burned 703mb cds? is that with overburn?

i tried using overburn lastnight..... i tried burning a 829mb video to a 700mb cd..... guess what? it didnt work. what's the max i should overburn? or should i even overburn?

and yes, i understand the consiquenses of overburning..... ruining burner, making coasters.....

i never did more than 703MB

even then it's hit or miss--sometimes it lets you others it doesn't

[AnimeDood]

i got a 16x. I've burned some 702 mbs...

[CCSDUDE]

I have several CDRW drives...

I'll start from slowest to fastest....

4x - some brand....lol
8x - Sony
8x - rebaged Plextor - this drive fuckin' rules! I've successfully burned over 1000 discs with it....without any fuss. Killer drive for the price....
32x - Norcent - cheap ass drive....it works...no failed burns...yet.
40x - some brand...lol works....

Now as I've said this before, I'm insane....I burn at slooow speeds.....as in 2x 1x 4x or tops 8x for crappy audio CD's that I don't care about.

As for how much you can burn....I'm with notbob the most I've burned "normally" was a smidgen over 702 megs...so 703...

If you must save a bigger file I'd say cut it up....or move it to a HD that's off to the side (not in any PC), or pick up a DVD RW....lol

Later

[toddot4u]

aight if were gonna list em.......

zip 4x burner have burned over 1200 discs i know of
hp 12x burner prolly burned over 500 discs
plextor 12x burner dunno it was my dads so prolly bout 100 burned discs
2 40x burners one in my computer and one in dads


:devil WE Love our burners!!!!!!!!1:devil

[DiddlySquat]

Almost brand spakin' new Lite-On 48x12x48x ! its sooooo much more reliable and faster than my old cd burner (Iomega 4x2x4x external usb)

[Krell]

Originally posted by wonderboy2005
notbob..... you said you burned 703mb cds? is that with overburn?

i tried using overburn lastnight..... i tried burning a 829mb video to a 700mb cd..... guess what? it didnt work. what's the max i should overburn? or should i even overburn?

and yes, i understand the consiquenses of overburning..... ruining burner, making coasters.....

Wonderboy, the file format for a data Cd will only allow 700 MB, or about 736,000,000 mbits.

The end region is reserved to write the file structure etc. There is padding there. When you enable over burn, it encroaches on that area, and will allow you to write 702 - 703 MB of data. I have varied results myself, and so does notbob.

The reason you can burn an mpg or VCD thats 850 MB is that the file structure is different.

Unless you want to do a lot of trimming yourself, stick with files that you can burn. I had to shave Dude Wheres My Car, and many others to fit.
.

[MoonMan]

My burner is an 8x. I used to not care how long it took, but lately it just takes TOO damn long (a 700meg takes like 15 to 20 minutes). I am looking into a new, faster one.. :mellow but knowing myself, I probably won't have the money for a decent one for a while.

[maartendc]

I got a lite-on 48x-12x-48x.... I'm not too happy about it, because it makes a lot of coasters... I burn about 700-715 megs on one disc... Is that too much? Should I burn at a lower speed? Now I'm burning at 48x or 32x....

[nasrules]

mines 12x8xsumthing it works about 4 mins for an audio cd with ezcd5, cant be bothered upgrading i think its an LG or an NEC, i cant remember which is my dvd an which is my cdrw!

[overdo]

Originally posted by maartendc
I got a lite-on 48x-12x-48x.... I'm not too happy about it, because it makes a lot of coasters... I burn about 700-715 megs on one disc... Is that too much? Should I burn at a lower speed? Now I'm burning at 48x or 32x....

if ur making a lot of dud cds then it could be ur system can't handle the burning process. try exiting everything before burning. also look around in ur burner software for some cache options and if it has a RAM option set it to about 30% of ur total RAM, but not greater than 80megs i think (Its in nero i'm not sure about anything else) the lower the write speed, the slower the computer has to send data to the burner, so the greater the probability of a successful burn. i have a 20x burner but i only ever use 4x when writing from mp3s as the pc has to convert to .wav then burn. if none of this helps then try a different software app - i use nero and sometimes b recorder gold.

as for how much u can fit on a disc, krell was right in saying that the max supposed data is 703Megs. i think the highest i know of being burnt was 713 megs but don't quote me on that. u can buy bigger cd-r discs but u might just be better getting a DVD-RW.