Write Speed

[vanilla]

I have successfully managed to burn 2 DVDs with my new burner although I am a bit concerned about the write speed. I used Nero 6 with a 4x Princo DVD-R and got this error 'Can only write at 2x instead of 4x, because speed of source data is too slow'. This message doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I have a 7200 HDD in a 2400+ Athlon AMD with about 192MB memory.
Also, I own Region 1 and 2 disks. Can I make my burner region-free?

[4smiley20]

Sounds like those discs you got might not actually be 4x. Try decrypter or another burning program to test out the write speed. That way you can eliminate nero as the problem. The region settings should have no effect on your write speed.

[vanilla]

Thanks. I did use a Princo disk (which most people seem to hate) which was rated at 4x.
I know that the region does not influence the write speed. But it's another issue that does concern me since each time I swap between region 1 and 2 DVDs, I get prompted to set the region code of the DVD player and you only have 5 times (I think) to set it. And I've heard that the last time that you set it, it stays on that region and there's nothing that you can do about it after that.

[DeleriumMDK]

AnyDVD will fix your region problem I've been using it for a very long time now and have yet to have any problems with any imported DVD's. I forget how much it costs but its worth every penny if just to use it for region free playback. It also unlocks ripping speeds I believe. My NEC ND-1300A usually rips close to 10X-12X on a DVD-5, 6X or so on a DVD-9. The same drive in another PC without it rips at about half the speeds I see when running AnyDVD.

Also with Princo...just because it IS Rated for 4X doesn't mean it will burn at 4X. I've heard of people buying a spindle, half of them burnt at 2X, some at 1X and an even smaller number at a full 4X.

[vanilla]

Thanks for the replies everyone

[budz]

AnyDVD will fix your region problem I've been using it for a very long time now and have yet to have any problems with any imported DVD's. I forget how much it costs but its worth every penny if just to use it for region free playback.

why buy a program like ANYDVD when you can use REGION KILLER which is free! here's the link for REGION KILLER, download from MIRROR 3.
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/dvdrk.html

[harli18]

DVD43 also will kill any protecton and make it region free. and the program is free.