Burn at 1X??? Nero won't do it.

[negon]

I am contintually annoyed by my fast DVD burners not burning at anything slower than 2.4X. I have a 4X burner in my PC and some 1-4X media. When I put it in my drive on nero it will ONLY burn at 2.4X. I have no option to choose 1X instead. The DVD player in my car will not play media burned at anything faster than 1X so I want to burn only at 1X. I know the media I'm using will burn at 1X because I do it using my laptop, but the burner in my laptop is messing up and creating too many coasters now. I want to us my desktop to burn at 1X. Why won't it do so? I'm using nero...is this possibly as a result of nero and maybe I can use some other software to burn at 1x?

I used nero on my laptop to burn at 1X so it really makes not sense

[steve2713]

DVD player in car can't play discs burned faster than 1x? BS. You have other issues here, the speed you burned your discs at is not the problem. Crappy burner, crappy media, not an issue of burn speed.

You can't burn at 1x because alot of burners CAN'T burn at 1x. I have 4 burners and only 1 of them CAN burn at 1x. My NEC 1300, 2500, and Benq 822 all cannot burn slower than 2x, and there's really no reason to. Only my Toshiba 5112 burns at 1x, but it is a crappy burner anyway.

BTW, put your computer specs in your profile, it helps us to help you with your questions. Like listing your burner model...

As I said before though, 'needing' to burn at 1x is not your problem, it's an issue with a bad burner/firmware/media, or the player itself.

[nic2k4]

Nero gets the allowable burn speeds from the burner. The burner selects the burn strategies by reading the media ID code, so if the media only supports 2.4x & 4x, that's all Nero will show. When the burner doesn't recognize the media, it selects its default burn strategy, then Nero will let you select all possible speeds. The problem with that is, the burner might choose the wrong strategy and ruin your disc. You can find out what speeds your media support with the Nero Infotools.

Get your burner's recommended media list from the manufacturer's web site. Stick to those discs and you'll find that you can burn discs at higher speeds and they'll work in your car.

[ofbarea]

If your minimum burning speed is 2.4, that means that you are burning DVD+R media.

Check if your drive has the capacity of DVD+R bit setting and use it if available. Also try using DVD-R media (if supported).

[negon]

Media may be the problem, but the media works fine burned at 1X and doesnt work at 2X+. I use this particular media because it is printable and I print out labels.

[deckard8]

I agree that the media is the likely problem, but for now, you could try
BurnAtOnce if you want to burn at 1x as your drive can obviously burn at this speed.

[deckard8]

Sorry misread post - your laptop can burn at 1x - your desktop can't! Just means the more modern drive in you desktop in incapable of dropping the burn speed this low.

[bugster]

Media may be the problem, but the media works fine burned at 1X and doesnt work at 2X+.

I would read that as saying, it works when burnt in one burner, but not the other. Its the burner that is making the disks work in your car, not the burn speed!

I use this particular media because it is printable and I print out labels.

So you print directly on the media, or you print on paper labels? Which is it?

[ofbarea]

Media may be the problem, but the media works fine burned at 1X and doesnt work at 2X+. I use this particular media because it is printable and I print out labels.

The lowest burning speed of DVD+R media is 2.4. I’m not aware of anyone been able of burning this media at 1x speed.

DVD+R compatibility will increase if you set the BookType BitSetting to DVD-ROM. On the other hand DVD-R media could be burned at 1x speed with some drives.

[negon]

Well I was using 2 burners in my desktop, neither of which work. Just the slower of the 2 was 2.4X. The other only burns at $x + *shrug*

It's not the burner...my laptop burns at 2X as well and that won't work in my car DVD player

I print directly onto the media...paper labels mess it up.

[negon]

Anyone interested in trading a newer 2.4X +r burner for a slower 1X -r?

Heh...thougt it was worth a try...

[deckard8]

One workaround if you really must burn at a lower speed is to stick the drive in an external parallel port case. I had to put up with this for years. This will drop any writing speed right down to 1x!!!!!