dvd writer problem

[passman]

i have a acard 3 tear dvd writer but im having problems when puting in 3 blanks to burn
most of the time only 1 disc gets done
im having nd codes and i am having loads of coasters any idea peeps its only 3 mths old
i have pioneer 106 8 speed in
any idea s plz

[laspis59]

All I can suggest on the info you provided is to burn at a slow speed eg 4x,use good media eg Verbatim (MCC lead in code)Taiyo Yuden (TYG0x lead in code) ect.... and finally good software for burning eg DVDDecrypter,IMGBurn and the OKish Nero Burning ROM.IF you author DVD use TMPGEnc DVD Author.C ya

[blinky88]

I had a 106, never had any problems burning all discs at x4. I have now upgraded to a 108 and although it is a x16 burner, I still choose to burn at x4, again no problems.

[classfour]

I have an Acard AEC-7763LD : 1-to-1 DVD Copy Duplicator with LCD, interfaced with my desktop via an AEC-4420P : USB Link Host for Copy Controller which allows image file transfers to the duplicator hard drive.

I suspect the one-to-three is an ARS 2030LD, similar to the AEC-7763LD except for the number of IDE interfaces (the main panel looks identical) and probably works in a similar manner.

While mine is running an NEC 3520 DVD burner, which is capable of 16X burning, I still have it dialed back to 4X burning for reliability. While it will complete a burn on sub-standard media without issue or fail; it will have the same symptoms as a crappy disc burned on a computer (using the same disc). So the same recommendations as burning with a computer apply: Good Media, Proper Burn Speed, etc.

Luke is dead-on regarding the use of a slow burn speed.

As a note, I've not seen scans having the same quality from the Acard as those burned on an identical NEC 3520 on the computer - at the same speed. I suspect it has something to do with how the controller interfaces with the drives. BTW: I NEVER do a direct "reading drive" to "copy (burning) drive" duplication - that will also produce the results that you're seeing, especially at high burn speeds. I always "rip" the disc to the hard drive (or transfer it from the PC - slower) via the DVD-ROM, then burn to DVD-R.

My Bad: I failed to ask if yours has a hard drive installed. If it doesn't, you will definitely have to slow things down alot to get a complete and good burn.

The one nice thing about a duplicator: Save an image on the hard drive, then let it "dumb-burn" copy after copy until you get the project finished - not as much baby-sitting.

[passman]

cheers peeps
i am using riitek discs i will try 2 slow thing down 2 4 speed
and see how it goes ...thanx