Burning speed

[Salvo]

Hello,
I have a BTC DRW10088X DVD writer and I use W. XP and Nero 6.3.
When I try to burn an audio CD, the minimum allowed speed is 8X, I can't get
lower (e.g. to 2X or 4X).
When I burn a DVD-R, the minimum speed is 4X.
Is there a way to lower the writing speed of the drive?
Thank you very much.

 

[Shep©]

Hello,
I have a BTC DRW10088X DVD writer and I use W. XP and Nero 6.3.
When I try to burn an audio CD, the minimum allowed speed is 8X, I can't get
lower (e.g. to 2X or 4X).
When I burn a DVD-R, the minimum speed is 4X.
Is there a way to lower the writing speed of the drive?
Thank you very much.

Why do you need to?



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[half_pint]

Why do you need to?

Cos he has enough coasters already?

 

[Salvo]

can't
Cos he has enough coasters already?

exactly!

 

[MCheu]

Why do you need to?

1. To make use of slower media. If media is expensive locally, or if
the OP wants to make use of higher grade media without paying a
premium for it, lower speed media is a nice option to have. However,
if the drive doesn't support the speed, you'll typically get something
like an "unrecognized media" error if you attempt to use it.

2. The guy might have bought a spindle of media that the drive isn't
particularly compatible with or is of poorer quality. Burning at a
slower speed sometimes garners better results.

3. Maybe the guy just wants to relax a bit, rather than rush, rush,
rush. No. Wait. Nevermind. What was I thinking...

NEways, an 8X CD minimum burn speed might be the slowest you can hope
for. A lot of high speed CD burners won't go any slower than 8x or
4x, so it's not surprising to run across a DVD burner that does the
same.

As for the DVD burning speed, if the drive doesn't support the slower
speeds in the firmware, you'll have to wait for a firmware that
addresses it or just buy 4x media and live with it.

If it's just in Nero, it could be that it doesn't properly recognize
the drive. In the past, you could download an updated version of the
CDROM.cfg file (which contains CD and DVD burner IDs, and lists
capabilities) but I don't know if Ahead still lets you do that. If
not, you can manually edit that file to try and a proper entry for
that drive (look at the other entries for examples). The gotcha is
that the drive and its firmware must support these modes. While Nero
you can get Nero to offer these speeds to you, it's no guarantee that
the drive will let you do it.

 

[Shep©]

Cos he has enough coasters already?

Why would the speed affect this if the device is functioning
correctly?



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[half_pint]

Why would the speed affect this if the device is functioning
correctly?

Buffer under-runs. Google it.

 

[Shep©]

Buffer under-runs. Google it.

Buffer underruns have nothing to do with drive speeds.




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[half_pint]

Buffer underruns have nothing to do with drive speeds.

The slower the writing speed the less chance the buffer has
of under running.

 

[Shep©]

The slower the writing speed the less chance the buffer has
of under running.

Why?
Buffer underruns are caused by data being read into and out of memory
incorrectly and nothing to do with burning speeds.The most common
cause used to be the dynamic,"Vcache" in windows.This is easily fixed
using a fixed one or,"Cacheman" to make the setting change,
http://www.outertech.com/index.php?product=2&imageField.x=19&imageField.y=10

HTH



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[bearman]

Why?
Buffer underruns are caused by data being read into and out of memory
incorrectly and nothing to do with burning speeds.The most common
cause used to be the dynamic,"Vcache" in windows.This is easily fixed
using a fixed one or,"Cacheman" to make the setting change,
http://www.outertech.com/index.php?product=2&imageField.x=19&imageField.y=10

HTH



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From http://www.liutilities.com/products/wintasksstd/tutorials/tutorial1/

Don't use your CD writer's maximum burning speed if you have any gaps or
jumps in the music. If your writer can burn at 4x, use 2x, if the writer can
handle 8x, use 4x, and so on. This way, the CPU will only have to send half
as much data to keep the buffer full, making the whole process less
sensitive to errors.

Bearman

 

[Shep©]

Don't use your CD writer's maximum burning speed if you have any gaps or
jumps in the music. If your writer can burn at 4x, use 2x, if the writer can
handle 8x, use 4x, and so on. This way, the CPU will only have to send half
as much data to keep the buffer full, making the whole process less
sensitive to errors.

Bearman

Different area of knowledge and nothing to do with the OP and
subsequent posts.
Info on request ;-)



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[bearman]

Different area of knowledge and nothing to do with the OP and
subsequent posts.
Info on request ;-)

I do request.

 

[Shep©]

The CPU does not cause buffer underruns,the RAM does.As stated.If the
hardware and software are functioning correctly and in Win95/98/ME a
fixed,"Vcache" is set then there will be no buffer underruns.As
for,"Gaps/Jumps" in the music these may appear in audio but the data
is still constant.If not then the recording is flawed and should not
be used as a source and no amount of playing with drive speeds would
help.
Note:even silence is data in audio recordings.
Most software or audio burning will auto-detect the optimal burning
speed for the data type.
HTH

I do request.

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[half_pint]

The CPU does not cause buffer underruns,the RAM does.As stated.If the
hardware and software are functioning correctly and in Win95/98/ME a
fixed,"Vcache" is set then there will be no buffer underruns.As
for,"Gaps/Jumps" in the music these may appear in audio but the data
is still constant.If not then the recording is flawed and should not
be used as a source and no amount of playing with drive speeds would
help.
Note:even silence is data in audio recordings.
Most software or audio burning will auto-detect the optimal burning
speed for the data type.
HTH

Basically all cacheman is doing is freeing up memory, which is what
most people do before they start burning anyway.
So will it help? Well maybe, maybe not.