dvd writing time???

[dvdman24]

hi,
i have a 4X DVD-R burner, and i have noticed that sometime when i burn dvds it takes only 15-18 minutes, to burn about 4.3 GB and it takes about 60 minutes to burn the same information on a differnet brand of dvds. the dvds i am using are both 4X, then why is there such a big time difference in burning dvds. does anyone know why this happens??

[steve2713]

Update your user profile with your burner model, etc.

Then tell us what discs you are using that take 60 minutes, sounds like crappy/old discs that can only handle 1x burn speeds.

[ZippyP.]

If some of your 4X disks are only burning at 1X then it is probably b/c your burner does not recognize them. You could try updating the firmware on your burner, find it at the manufacturers website or cdfreaks.com is a good place to look.

[dvdman24]

the disks i am using say that they are 4X and they are just generic DVD-R, i havent tried updating my firmware because i have a toshiba dvd burner and i couldnt find that on the normal toshiba website. i am going to look for it on cdfreaks.com.

[steve2713]

Hey, I've got the same DVD burner, the firmware you'll probably want is x433, I can email it or find a link for you. It should allow 4x then, but I can't guarantee decent results, what is the media code of the discs? Check with DVDInfoPro, it's a free program. Let me know the media code on the generics and what brand they are called, I may be able to give you some more advice with this burner.