Re: dvdrw speed issues

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From: Chuck (cdkuder_at_msn.com)
Date: 04/06/04


Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 22:03:40 -0400

There are several issues.
Is the CD/DVD drive on a seperate buss from the System HD doing the data
buffering?
Have you tried copying to the HD and then burning the CD/DVD?
I assume that the CDRW/DVD drive has some sort of overrun protection scheme.

"msi" <msi@msi.com> wrote in message
news:20040328131630.142$5g@news.newsreader.com...
> The sony DVDrw drive, well ok, what you are saying is of no relevence here
> and makes no sense at all. are you talking about my dvdrw drive being
slow?
> or my hard drive being slow? you don't say. but it's ok because it doesn't
> mater being my pc is a speed demon in all respect. dvdrw drive is, the
hard
> drive is a 10k rpm hard drive etc etc.
>
> it might be that my ide channel was pio mode not UDMA or DMA. not sure
what
> channel my dvd is on, but i changed it all to
> DMA and when i get more movies in a couple days to back up, I will test
it.
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:eSMFCZLFEHA.2600@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Regardless of the amount of ram, cpu speed, or bus speed, the write-rate
> is
> > going to be limited by the source of the data. Test the extraction rate
of
> > where you are pulling the data from (other disk, hard drive, etc), most
> > programs provide for this function, and I'm betting you will find that
it
> is
> > not that fast. Just because a drive plays at 52X does not mean it can
> > extract data at that rate.
> >
> > --
> > Best of Luck,
> >
> > Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> > "msi" <msi@msi.com> wrote in message
> > news:20040328014521.728$k7@news.newsreader.com...
> > > huh? system is a speed demon.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@mvps.org> wrote in message
> > > news:uy1gv1GFEHA.2576@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> Generally, a burn rate is most limited by the source (extraction
rate)
> of
> > >> the data being written. Look not to the media and the write speed,
but
> to
> > >> the source of data.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Best of Luck,
> > >>
> > >> Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> > >> Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> > >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> > >> Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> > >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> > >> Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> > >>
> > >> "msi" <msi@msi.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:20040327135117.785$MG@news.newsreader.com...
> > >> >i have windows xp pro sp1 all updates, sony DRU- something, it's the
> 4x
> > >> >one,
> > >> > 510.
> > >> > why won't it burn at 4x on 4x dvd's? i have firmware from a couple
> > > months
> > >> > ago and dvd decryptor and dvdxcopy seem to only burn 2x even when
dvd
> > >> > decryptor says the media is 4x.
> > >> > I've tried Ritek 4x dvd-r and also princo 4x dvd-r.
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>



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