does running other programs affects burning

[d_unbeliever]

i burn my vcd with nero while others programs are open like internet browser, bittorrent, antivirus program, windows explorer. will this affect the success of the burning process?

sometimes i got skipping in my burned vcd, does running other program while burning be one of the possible culprits?

[steve2713]

It is possible, although I would think that your risk of multi-tasking while burning VCDs would be much less of an issue vs. doing so while burning DVDs (DVDs are much pickier than CDs, from my experience). You may be able to lessen your risk of issues of multi-tasking while burning VCDs if you burn them at slower speeds. You're risk of buffer underrun would be less I'd think at slower speeds since you're 'moving' less data.

BTW, does your wife have a twin sister? :P

[budz]

yes having software applications running in the background can cause burning problems like skipping or even burning a coaster.

[1nertia]

d_unbeliever,

Running other applications in the background while you are burning does not reduce the quality of the burn or cause coasters. This would not have been the case before buffer underrun prevention was available, but this has now a standard feature on burners for several years now. In fact, you can bring the operating system to a halt, and on restart the buffer underrun protection will continue the burn at exactly the same point with no effect whatsover on the outcome.

The worst case is that if you have so many resources in use that the burner's buffer is emptied, it will simply extend the burn time a little bit as the buffer refills before continuing the burn.

If you experience skipping in some of your burns, it is likely to be caused by a media and/or burn speed mismatch. Make sure that you use media that is most compatible with your burner, i.e., has a low error rate.

[Capmaster]

I agree with inertia. Once the burn is set up and started, all the data is buffered at several steps (read, write) and autonomous. If a buffer gets too low the burning app and writer will either throttle back burning speed or it will suspend writing until the buffer fills up.

The only thing you can do, with extremely heavy HD use, is to cause it to revert to underrun prevention mode and suspend burning while it waits for the buffer. The only effect this will have on the burn is it'll make it take longer to finish. The data will be the same, as will the playability of the finished disc

[Skoorb]

In theory, that is correct. In reality, does it indeed work that way; I mean, is the hardware good enough to always nail the exact spot where it ran out of buffer and resume exactly there? If so, and that probably is the case, then yes I can't imagine that bringing a system to a temporary halt would cause a problem.

I remember burning my old 2X cds without any buffering and you would be remiss to even load up an instance of IE, because if you ran out of buffer you could kiss your $4 CD down the drain

[Capmaster]

In theory, that is correct. In reality, does it indeed work that way; I mean, is the hardware good enough to always nail the exact spot where it ran out of buffer and resume exactly there? If so, and that probably is the case, then yes I can't imagine that bringing a system to a temporary halt would cause a problem.

I remember burning my old 2X cds without any buffering and you would be remiss to even load up an instance of IE, because if you ran out of buffer you could kiss your $4 CD down the drain

That's a different story without BURP.

I burned a dozen or so DVDs on my old 1X burner when I had attached another PC's HD as a mapped network drive over 10B-T. The files had to be read over the slow ethernet connection.

It had to suspend writing maybe 15 or 20 times during the burn, which took an hour and 45 minutes, but my other machine was busy so I had to do it this way.

No problems with the finished discs. All were just fine