Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D writes only x1????!

[ih8win]

hi, i have this Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D installed internal in a Mac G4 computer (550MHZ, 512MB RAM, 80GB HD, OSX 10.2.6).
the problem is that it only writes DVD's with 1x speed not x4 speed, so when im burning a DVD disk (using Toast 6) it take one hour to finish, if i choose fromthe settings to writes using 4x speed (my media is 4x speed though :P) it shows that it will take 15 minutes to finish, but the 15 minutes go down so slowly counting and it takes one hour again to finish.
in some cases (i donno why) it managed to burn in 15 minutes (using the same G4, same media,.. same writer).. and the disk works great with no problems...

any ideas? any solutions?

this problem is really annoying

best wishes

[WiseWeasel]

Did you update to the latest version of Toast 6? Do you write to DVD-R from another DVD directly, or from your HD?

[Frobozz]

What's happening is the buffer underrun protection is slowing down the burn because of problems the drive is having either getting the data fast enough or writing it to the media. Your Pioneer DVD burner has a small disc cache so buffer underruns are common. Check to see if a firmware update is available for the drive. Also, try a different brand of media to see if another brand is better supported by that drive. Another thing to try is to restart your Mac before your disc burning session and turn off or disconnect anything that may be using your CPU during the burn.

[willrob]

I have the same drive, but don't have your problem. I am however running Panther 10.3.2. As I recall, using 10.2.6, as you are, the drive doesn'ty have full Apple certification. If you upgrade to at least 10.2.8, perhaps that will solve your problem.

While there is a "region free" patch out there (requires putting the drive in a PC) I don't think it addresses the speed issue.

Are you proving Toast with a Muxed Video_TS folder, or video files which it has to Mux?

wiulliam

[galactica]

it sounds like its a VIDEO_TS folder because it shows 15 min for burn time

to me it sounds like its 4x disks that are burning 1x speed for reasosn either pointed out already or for some other reason

id say update as much as you can
also what type of 4x media is this. Dont some cheapo 4x media only burn 1x.

i have noticed this once or twise in my days