REALLY stupid DVD-R questions...

[dvdguy24]

Hi,

I recently received my epson r200 printer, and I bought hub printable DVD-R's from Imation (that brand always worked well for me). Well, I usually use 4x DVD-R's - but these are 8X dvd's. I have never downloaded a firmware update (had my dvd burner for 2 years) - however, I just found out where to get one - so i'm going to do that right after this post. What I did first, was copy a movie that I had made with a Memorex 4x DVD-r onto one of these blank dvd's - it looked fine - but at the end it got choppy - does this have anything to do with the burn speeds? Are they that much of an issue when it comes to copying? do I have to set the same speed? Also, I have 2 Sony DVD-RW's that have no speeds listed on them - what I always do is make the movie to an RW first - and then copy to the DVD-R - will this be an issue now? or am I totally lost?

Then, I made an original movie with my dvd authoring software - and it came out great (burned to -R the first time).....and without a firmware upgrade....

I'm very confused here, obviously. any help would be appreciated.

[dvdguy24]

just discover this: I had my copying software set on "Max" speed - I probably shouldn't do that until AFTER the firmware update - right? my dvd authoring program only lets you burn as fast as 2x - maybe that's why that one came out better?

[Bodyslide]

I would only burn the max speed of the media. Also please complete your Computer specs in your profile.

[dvdguy24]

I would only burn the max speed of the media. Also please complete your Computer specs in your profile.

ok....