Burning speed question

[90blackcrx]

Ok I'm gonna try not to get complicated with this.

Say I have a dvd-r that is 8x, will the risk of erros during burning be reduced if I burn at 6x or 4x or does it matter ?

[guns1inger]

If you use good quality 8x media, and have nothing else running on your machine at the time, then you should not get any errors at 8x. Some will say burn slower and get better results, some will say burn at the recommended speed to reduce jitter errors. Ultimately, whatever works for you is the best method.

[90blackcrx]

The media I am using is not top of the line though. Also I remember having a problem with the prodisc, they were advertised at 8x but would not burn at that speed, they would only burn at 6x. So I dropped it down to 4x so it would even be slower, but in some movies there are a few areas where the movie will glitch a little. Nothing really bad though.

[guns1inger]

Crap media will be crap at any speed

[steve2713]

Liteon DVD burners can be picky, from all I've read changing the firmware can make a dramatic difference with some types of discs with their drives as well. I'd suggest you check here:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44

Spend some time wading through that forum, you're going to find alot more specific information pertaining to your drive/firmware/media combinations there. There's also forums there specific to testing the quality of the different brands of media. I'm not trying to push you away from videohelp, just that there is a ton of info over there that you may find of use. Maybe you'll come across a better firmware for your drive or more reliable media for your specific drive there.

[jimmalenko]

Crap media will be crap at any speed

That's pretty much it, in a nutshell

Assuming decent media and a decent burner, you shouldn't have any issues IMO if you burn at the max rated speeds of the media. If you do have issues, then I think you need to look at either your media, your burner, or the compatibility between your media and your DVD player, and/or your burner, because IMO it isn't as hit-or-miss as it used to be, to the point where I believe single layer burning to now be as reliable as CD burning - at least my experiences reflect this, anyway

[guns1inger]

I can't agree that single layer is as reliable as CD yet. There is still a lot of very poorly manufactured media around. Much more so than CD.

[winifreid]

If kprobe is an indication of reliability, then burning at lower speeds can make a difference. I have some ricohjpn r02 and some maxell 002 and the maxell gives very high errors at 8x (PI>600) and the ricoh gives PI>300 at 8x, but both produce almost no errors at 2.4x (ever). I did not get much better results at 4x. I can burn my TYs at 8x with almost no errors, as well.

[90blackcrx]

Crap media will be crap at any speed

Do you consider pro disc crap media ? I have been using them and have not had problems.

[jimmalenko]

I can't agree that single layer is as reliable as CD yet. There is still a lot of very poorly manufactured media around. Much more so than CD.

"Assuming decent media and a decent burner"

Sorry, I meant it in the context that YOU know what media works for YOUR player(s) and burner(s) ... not generalising across ALL DVD media, just the ones that work for you, so using decent, compatible media, burns are consistent.