8,12 or 16x??....

[SloanFan]

What would be the best speed to copy from a vcd to cd-r? Or does the speed make any difference at all with regards to quality?... And, if I'm copying a 45 to 70 min. movie, would there be that much difference in terms of time taken between 12 and 16x?.... I've heard that faster speed can lead to more problems.... Any input would be really appreciated!

[Kdiddy]

Really a matter of opinion, so will say yes, faster speed causes problems...in my setup it doesnt, my player plays any media burn at whatever speed just fine.

[vhelp]

my writer is a 12x10x32

when I burn my xSVCD's, I use the 12x speed and NEVER had
any problems w/ playback! The CD-R's that I use are the cheap
ones from compUSA, he, he...
But, some people have problems, and just because THEY do,
don't mean YOU do TOO! Try before you buy! Ok, doesn't make
sense, but then again, every setup is different.

- vhelp

[Greg12]

get a CD-RW and try a slow 4x burn and a fast 16x burn

[Sefy]

I've got a 16x burner, and i'm burning at 16x, so far, not a single problem, like vhelp mentioned, each setup is diffrent, test if you can.

[SloanFan]

ok, sounds good... thanks for the replies and happy holidayz! =)

[vitualis]

As long as your DVD player was designed to play CD-R/W media (e.g., dual-laser), then it shouldn't have a problem reading a CD-R disc written at the top burn speed.

Regards.

[w00kiee]

at faster speeds burners dont burn as clean or make as deep of pits in the foil. at slower speeds you get nice neat pits that are deep. 99% of the players will play and media burned at any speed but a few dont like the pits too shallow.. and sometimes the longer pit fast burning causes confuses the reader as well. some times players dont like the pits 1x burning makes... all in all its rare and most new readers can handle anything

if your really have nothing better to do do a search on google for cdr media and burning.. should have some pictures of what different burning speeds produce

conclusion : fugedahbout it

[sommersby]

That is what I ahve found, my pioneer dvd player will play anything I burn at any speed fine, but my other two stand alone has problems sometimes on vcd's burned to fast, so to make my vcd's compatible with as many players as possible I burn at 8x, they have been played in probubly 15 different stand alone players with no problems.