Max burning speed

[mjh07153]

Hi,

I've just purchased a very nice 40x plextor writer. In the past I've read various comments that writing films to CD should be only done at 4x, otherwise you will get errors etc.

Is this true????

Thanks Mark

[skater9629862]

well, in my experiences, yes it's true. you'll get all kinds of crazy vcd's, from fuzzy pictures, to just not working at all.

plextor is an awsome cd-burner so you can try it if your hard drive can keep up.

i usually burn at under 12X for vcds, ect.

[vitualis]

No, it is not true (but there is a caveat!)

As long as your DVD player was designed to read CD-R/W media then it doesn't matter what speed you burn at!

The data that gets written onto the CD is the same regardless of burn speed. If there is a difference, there is either a problem with (1) your burner or (2) your media or (3) both.

The caveat
The problem is that many DVD players do not have drives that were designed to play CD-R media! Thus, they do so poorly (e.g., idiosyncratic problems with burn speeds or media brands or poor playback at the end of the disc) or not at all (e.g., "My player says 'no disc'").

In these cases, it has been often observed that lower burn speeds can help make the VCDs more readable in these players.

However, this is a media compatibility issue of the DVD drive rather than a burning quality issue with the disc.

Assuming that your DVD player can fully handle CD-R discs (i.e., it was designed to do so and most newer DVD players fit into this category), there is no reason to not burn at a high burn speed.

Regards.

[mjh07153]

Thanks,

I'm using SD220e, Plextor 40x and infiniti branded 99min CD's, do you think I'll have any problems.

MArk

[kitty]

Some players do not like media above 80 minute - others will play to a certain limit like 84, 92, 96 then quit. You can check the DVD players guide to see if someone tested your player or you might not try to burn full at the beginning.

If worried about burning speed, try it on 74 or 80 minute media first - they are usually less expensive (alot less expensive & easier to get here in the US).

[fuzzywuzzy]

Also, older cd burners had less-regulated lasers which caused faster burns to not be as accurate. However, in the last couple of years almost all burners have very well-regulated lasers that produce much more accurate burns. As long as your burner is functioning correctly and is relatively new, burning at high-speed shouldn't be an issue. I regularly burn at 16x (my burner's fastest speed) and play VCDs and SVCDs on several models of standalone DVD players with no problems.

[Ryan]

I am posting this reply cause i just learned something interesting,

I have the above problem. If i burn my vcd or svcd's above 16x most of the time they do not play correctly(if at all) on my dvd player but will play on my computer fine(didn't no this until recently also).

Well i had done a trade with someone for some vcd's and even though one of his was bad, the whole disk is bad even in the computer, but i asked the person about how they was made and all of them i have watched was burned at speeds between 20x-48x and so far they have all played fine.

So i know a lot of people who have problems burning above a certain speed and haivng their vcd work correctly. It seems the problem maybe machine specific or certain versions of nero. This person was using nero 5.594 or something like that and I am using a differnt version.

I am going to try to upgrade it to that version and see if that solves the problem.