Burn Rate?

Engine602 · 12-01-2006, 12:43 PM

How do you change your burn rate on a DVD Burner? It seems the default is 4x, but my Drive is a up too 18x? I have an LG super multi DVD rewriter. And im using Nero 6 ultra, any help?

**jimmymac** · 12-01-2006, 12:54 PM

check the media your using as it will also have a limit on its burn rate, you may find that your using 4x blanks.

**apj101** · 12-01-2006, 01:13 PM

what are you burning, its ALWAYS best to burn as slow as possible.... the error rate goes much higher if you burn fast (especially if burning video)

jjsevdt · 12-01-2006, 01:29 PM

I'm sure it defaults at the max allowable burn speed your media (Discs) can handle. What speed do your disks handle? I haven't used Nero in a while so I could be wrong.

Engine602 · 12-02-2006, 06:51 AM

Once again, you guys have helped out, thank you!

Bl00dFox · 12-02-2006, 08:13 AM

I too, had sort of a similar issue (not quite though) I bout cheap a** DVD blanks. Really cheap. They were specified for 16x. When I burnt w/ 16x, It kept failing. I couldnt burn even a single disc without it failing. I changed it to 4X, and ROCK stable (i still have to try 8x though)

Moral: Slow and steady wins the race!

randomguy · 12-02-2006, 08:15 PM

That's what my friends always tell me, burn at a slower rate.
They also told me that even if it doesn't fail, the music or video quality produced by a slower rate is better, I don't know if that's true.
Sorry to add more question, but is that true (that the quality is better if you burn it at a slow rate)?

TFT · 12-03-2006, 03:06 PM

No
Burning at a slower rate will increase the chances of a first time error free disc.
If it burns successfully, data is data whether burnt fast or slow

jjsevdt · 12-04-2006, 02:57 PM

No that's not true. Fast speeds can cause what I call ghosting in which the burning programs thinks it wrote the information but there are infact lapses in the data.

TFT · 12-04-2006, 06:46 PM

And if the datas been verified as correct?

12-01-2006, 12:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Engine602 New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Burn Rate? How do you change your burn rate on a DVD Burner? It seems the default is 4x, but my Drive is a up too 18x? I have an LG super multi DVD rewriter. And im using Nero 6 ultra, any help?

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12-01-2006, 01:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
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jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,025	I'm sure it defaults at the max allowable burn speed your media (Discs) can handle. What speed do your disks handle? I haven't used Nero in a while so I could be wrong. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

12-02-2006, 08:13 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bl00dFox Platinum Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 16 Posts: 566	I too, had sort of a similar issue (not quite though) I bout cheap a** DVD blanks. Really cheap. They were specified for 16x. When I burnt w/ 16x, It kept failing. I couldnt burn even a single disc without it failing. I changed it to 4X, and ROCK stable (i still have to try 8x though) Moral: Slow and steady wins the race! __________________ CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600 MOBO: Gigabyte 945P-S3 RAM: 2GB Kingston 667Mhz (4x512MB Dual Channel) GPU: Palit X1600XT PCI-E HDD: 160GB SATA Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 Storage HDD: 320GB Seagate Barracuda SATA 7200.10 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit

12-02-2006, 06:51 AM	#5 (permalink)
Engine602 New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 13	Once again, you guys have helped out, thank you!

12-02-2006, 08:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
randomguy New Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 13	That's what my friends always tell me, burn at a slower rate. They also told me that even if it doesn't fail, the music or video quality produced by a slower rate is better, I don't know if that's true. Sorry to add more question, but is that true (that the quality is better if you burn it at a slow rate)? __________________ Pentium 4 HT 2.4 GHz Abit IS7-E Kingston DDR 512 MB 400 MHz NVIDIA Geforce FX 5600 (128 M) Seagate Barracuda 80 GB (7200 rpm) Logisys All Copper VGA Cooler Cooler Master Blue Ice for Northbridge chipset Sony DVD-rom 8x and Sony CD-RW 52x Generic LCD 15"

12-03-2006, 03:06 PM	#8 (permalink)
TFT Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 2,079	No Burning at a slower rate will increase the chances of a first time error free disc. If it burns successfully, data is data whether burnt fast or slow

12-04-2006, 02:57 PM	#9 (permalink)
jjsevdt Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Antonio, TX Age: 25 Posts: 1,025	No that's not true. Fast speeds can cause what I call ghosting in which the burning programs thinks it wrote the information but there are infact lapses in the data. __________________ C2D E6420 @ 2.13GHz on AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA 2GB DDR2 533 1 - 80GB \| 1 - 60GB BFG Nvidia 7600GS Soundblaster Audigy PSN: JjSeVdT XBOX Live: JjSeVdT

12-04-2006, 06:46 PM	#10 (permalink)
TFT Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 2,079	And if the datas been verified as correct?

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