burning at lower speeds

[dante22]

What are the benefits of burning a vcd at lower speeds. I usually burn at the fastest speed (40x) I can do. Will lowering my burn speed improve the stability of the disc or something.

[ckdexterhn1]

Some say yes, some say no. Some swear than burning at lower speeds makes a better disc, others say it makes no difference. I think it has more to do with the media, color of the dye, etc. Some have problems playing back high speed media. I generally use 48x media, and burn at 32x in my 36x recorder, and my Apex DVD player plays everything fine.

[Vejita-sama]

Ditto. I had a 24x lite-on CDRW and burnt everything at 24x and never had any problems (PSX, CD, VCD, SVCD and data discs). Some people swear that if they don't burn audio CDs at 1x or 2x they get skips.

I think it's mostly older drives and cheap media. But who knows. Bottom line is if it's working for you without any problems, keep doing it

[bunyip]

I've experienced recording speed anomolies. It does appear to be related to the manufacturing quality of the CD, for example I am using a batch now which are rated at 40x. If I write a VCD or SVCD at over 16x the video will begin to break up about half way through when played back. But to be certain, I am recording these at 12x and am not experiencing any playback problems.

I generally recommend to others that if they are experiencing playback problems to first try recording at a lower speed - this creates a stronger 'image' on the CD.

[xistan]

Some people swear that if they don't burn audio CDs at 1x or 2x they get skips.

I have heard people saying this too. I think those people also use to claim that they can hear difference in audio quality depending on which blank discs are used or even which burner are used. These people are of a very special kind, that is they always find some problems in every thing they do in their life... I have burnt several audio CD at 12X (which is the maximum CD-burning speed of my DVD burner) and I certainly don't have any clicks on my discs. I have also tried some real high speed burners, and those discs work flawlessly.

I think the best advice is: Buy reliable media (which isn't much more expensive today. All CD-media is cheap today), go ahead and burn at maximum speed for that media and you will be happy.

/C

[Cyrl]

It's really a throwback to the older generation of burners mostly... back in the day so to speak if you did a VCD or audio CD at the maximum speed of the drive it would frequently display visual errors or popping sounds in playback... Just like extracting audio off a CD did ages ago when you tried to do it anything over 1x or 2x speeds... With modern burners (read, anything within the past year or two) you don't generally have these problems anymore, especially when combined with "modern" playback equipment... so Burn away at the highest speed you can.. and if you DO have a problem with playback, give a slower speed a try just in case.

[dante22]

The disc I use now are like 48x. I usually burn at 40 and my wife's cd player will not play them. I will try a lower speed.

[davemcg37]

i was getting various erors on my xvcd's whenever i burned at higher than 4x on my old philips 12x burner, played back through my toshiba sd210e stand alone player. i've since upgraded to an artec 52x burner and bought a cheapy £60 pacific dvd player and can now burn at 52x speed with no playback problems whatsoever. therefore i agree with all the above comments- it depends on your hardware and media you use.