really dumb question?

[SIRCOOKS]

i know when you initially burn a vcd, you have to burn it at a slow rate like 2x or 4x, but i wanna copy a vcd i allready made onto another blank disc using nero, and before i waste discs i want to ask if the speed can be increased to like 24x if im just copying disc...holla

[Vejita-sama]

Actually you do NOT have to burn at a slow rate. I burnt all of my x(S)VCDs at 24x (full speed) on my lite-on CDRW drive and never had a problem. I think the burn at slow speed 'myth' is a hold over from when crappy media was still around and you actually needed 8x certifited media to burn at 8x.

Although there are people that report problems burning at full speed, they are few and fare between. My advise would be to just go ahead and do so.

[SIRCOOKS]

aye aye captain...will do..ill tell yall the results

[ZippyP.]

I think burn speed limitation is a function of the CD writer, DVD player and as has been said, the cd media. A person really needs to test their setup to see if there are any problems burning at higher speeds. Many people report problems burning at higher speed and I don't think they're making it up. On the other hand, many people burn at the highest speed that their burner and media allow and have no problems at all.

You really need to test your setup to find the best burn speed. If you find that you are limited in your burn speed, then any copies should be made at the same speed (or lower).

[EddyH]

There's still some crappy media out there... eg Memorex CDs, supposedly 24x, you burn them that fast, the burn will probably fail and the disc can be barely read at 1x anyway.. Do it at 8x and it can be read ok enough in another machine at 8x, occasionally you get lucky and can burn at 12x and then read at ~20x"max"... disappointed after buying these and finding out how naff they were so instead of putting VCDs on, they became single-use CDRWs / multisession-datatransfer-then-discard discs
(yeah... DVD player hates them too)

Usually though, any decent media these days can be trusted to take any data at 16x or more, and play pretty much anywhere. Good enough for VCDs anyway. I got a 32x drive, but burn at 16x unless major hurry or lots of stuff to get rid of. It's only 90 seconds longer even for a 80 minute disc and 'safer'. Less vibration to mess the laser tracking up, etc - running at half of max speed after all

[SIRCOOKS]

naw man,i have to disagree, i only use memorex, so then i gues it depends on your burner...holla

[Vejita-sama]

I used TKD CDRs (from costco) and always burn at full speed. That's why I got the 24x drive. If you're going to burn at 1-4x just get an 8x drive (if they even still sell them).

I got one of the first 2x drives that was ever made (Phillips forget model number) for $350 SCSI only. Depending on the media I HAD to burn at 1x, also all audio CDs burnt at 2x had problems.

But with new eqp these days and good media there's no reason not to burn full speed. Or at least try it (to see if you get problems, most do not).

[Hardcoreruss]

I never have any probs burning at forty speed, never made a coaster and my cd-burner is some generic archaic piece of crap