does it usually take people this long to burn?

[tmac2085]

I was just burning a DVD that i downloaded, and it took me 26 mins. at 8x it usually take this long? plus when i burn sometimes the buffer stays at 50% and then moves back up to 100% would that be a problem?

[BJ_M]

yes sometimes


and no

[Zisguy1]

26 mins is way slow for an 8x burn, but if you have the patience to download DVD's (IMHO both ridiculous and a waste of Internet bandwidth, just rent or buy the damn thing!) you might as well let the burn take as long as it takes.

[mats.hogberg]

Those Public Domain DVD movies available for download are rarely available for sale or rental...

/Mats

[BJ_M]

http://www.archive.org/movies/

i download a lot from here ...

all public domain

[jtoolman2000]

Downloaded?
Man when will people learn. READ the DO NOTs

As far as your burning time. Yes it's too long. 4x should be 14 mins. 8x should be about 8-9 mins. DMA enabled?

[BJ_M]

and http://www.openflix.com/ also

[BJ_M]

Downloaded?
Man when will people learn. READ the DO NOTs

As far as your burning time. Yes it's too long. 4x should be 14 mins. 8x should be about 8-9 mins. DMA enabled?

public domain movies can be downloaded

[tmac2085]

well i did some searching on google for it and the Secondary IDE Channel for Device 1 was set to PIO only...so i switched it to DMA if available. but i don't know if that would help or not...i have a Sony DW-D22A but hopefully thats not the problem...

[tmac2085]

OMG. i rented a movie and burned it; here are the stats:

Used Read Buffer Started off with 100%, and it goes all the way down to 3%, yes i said THREE but it mostly stays at 50-ish% and moves up to 100 through the whole burn process.

Time Remaining started off at 8 mins and some sec.

Time elapsed ended at 26 mins and 48 secs.

i mean come on, what in the world is going on? is it my burner? i have the newest version of nero, i have no idea of what is going on. and under the Secondary IDE Channel for Device 1 (Device Manager) in advanced settings the current transfer mode is PIO but i have the transfer mode set to DMA. but the the current is still set at PIO, if that matters or not? please help! thanks!

[HatchetMan]

Maybe try cleaning up and defragmenting your hard drive. From your stats, you really don't have much free space avail.

Sidenote: I just burned a MP3 DVD with 1,502 tracks (oldies, 4.19GB worth). At 4X, it took nearly an hour and a half with Nero. And yes, my DMA was enabled. It said burn completed successfully at 4X and it played back fine, but man it took a long ass time!

[tmac2085]

As far as your burning time. Yes it's too long. 4x should be 14 mins. 8x should be about 8-9 mins. DMA enabled?

i just took his word.