verbatim 4x dvd+r only burning @ 1x on sony dru500ax

[jeex]

i purchased a 3 pack of verbatim 4x dvd+r's from office depot.

i then went to burn some iso PS2 images through recordnow

the first one burned at 1x

so i updated to most recent firmware (mine wasnt that old 2.0x)

burned another image, same result 1x.

i'm still able to burn @ 2.4x on my other verbatim dvd+r's..

anyone got any ideas on whats going on?

here are the system specs;

pentium 4 1700mhz
512mb rambus ram
100gb primary master
60gb (connected to controller card)
sony dru500ax primary slave
2 sony 48x cd-rw drives (connected to controller card)
16x dvd-rom (secondary master)
windows xp pro sp1

[Bob W]

Just bad media my guess. I bought 15 of the verbatim 4x DVD+R from BestBuy and all of them were defective in the last 400MB with bubbles, voids and de-lamination near the edge of the media.

[jeex]

the discs work just fine. they just dont burn @ 4x speed, not even @2.4x, they go at a crappy 1x.

[Bulten]

I thought the minimum speed for DVD+R/W was 2.4x, and that they couldn't even be burnt at 1x like DVD-R...
I'm sure I read this at dvdplusrw.org, this is the link: http://www.dvdplusrw.org/faq/faq_pc.html

What is the recording speed for DVD+R and DVD+RW?
Every DVD+R/+RW drive can write both DVD+RW as well as DVD+R media at least at 2.4x DVD speed (comparable to 22 Mbit/sec or 20x CD speed), as 2.4x is the minimal writing speed for DVD+R and DVD+RW. For DVD-R and DVD-RW, the minimal writing speed is 1x DVD, you need certified discs and a capable recorder to write at higher writing speeds. Most recent DVD+R/+RW drives will write at certified DVD+R media at 4x DVD speed, while newer drives will also write certified DVD+RW media at 4x DVD speed. This makes DVD+RW the fastest rewritable DVD format around.

Could you please spread some light into this?

[jeex]

yeah, thats what it says.

but it took like 50something minutes to burn around 4gb of data.

shouldnt this have taken at the most 20 minutes?

[Bulten]

Hmm probably...
but... maybe you did some disc verification or something like that??
Otherwise it seems very strange...

[jeex]

nope. i'm sure i did everything correctly, i even tried it again right afterwards checking my settings and everything.. slow again.. maybe i've got super rare 1x dvd+r's

[dvdnew]

Maybe your drive didn't recognize the dvd+r and that's why it burned at 1x. After reading some posts, I think the firmware in this drives have information about the media and if the info is not there then they will write at lowest speed. This is just a guess but I think that is how someone released a (hacked) 2x4all firmware for the A04 and A05, and why with some firmware you can burn some dvd-r at 2x but if you change it then you can only burn them at 1x.

[Karate Media]

I have not encountered this problem; here is my experience with Verbatim:

I have the external Sony 500UL and have bought the same 3-pack of Verbatim 4X DVD+R from Office Depot (about $9.99). I have also bought a 5-pack of Verbatim 4X DVD+R ($14.99) at Best Buy and a combo-pack of nine 4X DVD+R and one 2.4X DVD+RW ($29.99) from Best Buy as well.

All 4X DVD+R media from Verbatim (from each of the three sources) have burned at 4X in my system. I have been through at least 22 of the 4X discs with only one coaster. Never takes longer than 15 min for a full disc...Knock on wood...

I am using the 1.0f firmware on the 500UL.

[orbital517]

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you are using DiscJuggler to burn your disk. Am I right?

[mcubed91]

My 500AX, stock out of the box, no upgrade, burns great Verbatims DVD+R 4x, from Best Buy, at 4x using Nero w/ lastest upgrade...

When you burn, does it give you the option to pick your speed? That usually tells me if I can burn at higher speeds. If not, down grade back to original drivers.

Download Nero trial version and try it, or any other software.

[wizdawg]

i have hear the firmware on the 500a can make a difference, maybe search up on that. i got accu dvd-r and it only burns at 1x. ill reseach it more when i have time, but on a websight where i bought it says "customers have reported that these dvds burn at 2X with 1f firmware"

def. need the 2e firmware to burn at 4X i believe, may be wrong

http://store.yahoo.com/cdrdvdrmedia/comdealfor473.html



i dunno just a thought

check out that site for yourself