Burning at 4x

[Mysterio]

Hi all,

I have a question.

Both my DVD player and DVD burner are on the same IDE.
I use Nero6 to burn and use Princo 4x and it is a -R media.
Before I start the burn process Nero tells em that it cannot burn on the same IDE.

I know it is possible.

But how much can the IDE transfer when buring from DVD to DVD?
Can I burn at 4x or must I burn at 2x or 1x?

Many thx. in adv.

[rkr1958]

A workaround. What about copying the DVD to be copied to your hard drive and then making your burn from the copy of you HD.

[Vejita-sama]

You didn't say what the source DVD is. If you're trying to back up a commerical(sp) DVD you can NOT do this, you have to deCSS it first. And generally speaking it's better to rip first, then burn from the HD.

I know this doesn't really answer your question but I would recommend using DVD Decrypter for all 1:1 copies:

1) Choose Mode "ISO - Read" and rip ISO image file to HD
2) Choose Mode "ISO - Write", select image, and burn to DVDR disc

very simple and never produced a coaster.

[Mysterio]

Hi,

It is already a compressed dvd. I already shrink it with DVD Shrink 3.0.
And I already burn it to a DVD-R.
But that takes 30min at 4x.
I want to burn from dvd to dvd cause it is fatser.
burning from dvd to dvd at 4x is only 15min.

But I was wondering can a IDE takes this much data when burning, if both your dvd player and dvd burner are on the same IDE?

[Phil Thomas]

Why dont you just put your DVD-ROM drive in as the Primary Slave & your Burner in as the Secondary Master ...... Problem solved .... 4 X burning in 15 mins ... oh yeah .... also try Riteks, instead of Princo rubbish.

[Mysterio]

My dvd-rom is already secundary slave and dvd-burner as sec. master.
but they are both on the same IDE cable.

I will try Riteks thx.

But my question is can an IDE cable take so much data transfer when burning at 4x (5.2MB/sec)

[foaley77]

no probelms here with Princo 4x

[Phil Thomas]

My dvd-rom is already secundary slave and dvd-burner as sec. master.
but they are both on the same IDE cable.

I will try Riteks thx.

But my question is can an IDE cable take so much data transfer when burning at 4x (5.2MB/sec)

If you are burning on the fly copies, you will be better off switching your DVD-Rom drive to Primary Slave.

The second part of your question : .... probaby not.

[Gazorgan]

IDE is more than fast enough to do this. Does Nero still require you to benchmark drives??? It's been ages since I set it up. You do need to turn your realtime virus protection off, it can get picky when burning.