why burn test with dvd-rw?

[zak_swan]

i've read it's a good idea if u have made a file ready to burn to dvd, that u should burn it first on a dvd-rw to check it works.

why?

my dvd-rw discs cost 3 times as much as my dvd-r discs and only burn at 2x

they always work but when i pop in a crappy bulkpaq 4x , 90% of the time they don't work

so why should i waste time burning a dvd-rw first?

i'm still kind of new at this but realise buying the cheapest media in the shop is a waste of time and money.
i should of just thrown the f*ckin things in the bin and not wasted time burning them.
they're not even good coasters coz they should be absorbant.

what is the best way to buy dvd-r's
should i check on website and trust it then buy 50 so i get them cheaper?
or should i go to local pc shop and buy 4 or five different types and try them all myself?

is it safe to buy things off the internet?
some of the links to sites selling dvd media are no longer there so what if i give credit card details and it's a con?
how safe is it?

a lot of questions i know but i've had a joint

[ckdexterhn1]

a lot of questions i know but i've had a joint

Obviously.

It is suggested that you perform a new burn on a DVD-RW first because if something goes wrong, you can always burn the disc over again. If you burn a DVD-R and something goes wrong, you have a coaster.

Your should check different online sites and ask questions about them here, to see if others have had good experience with them.

You can also buy sample packs from most online sites to see what brands work best for you.

[solarfox]

As you yourself have realized, zak_swan, buying the el-cheapo bulkpack crap is a good way to crank out coasters, no matter whether you do test burns or not.

The "burn to DVD-RW first" advice is sound as far as it goes... but obviously, can be taken a bit too literally. IMO, you should burn things to DVD-RW first whenever you're experimenting with something new -- a new program (or version of it), or a feature you haven't used before, or a new procedure for authoring, encoding, transcoding, etc... Basically, -RW saves you from cranking out coaster after coaster after coaster while you're climbing up the learning curve.

Once you've gotten your procedure down pat and you're confident that you can do it the same way each time, you can start dispensing with the DVD-RW stage and going straight to -R. At least, that's pretty much the way I've gone about it.

[zak_swan]

when i re-encode movie then author it i save it as an iso and use daemon tools to check it works on my dvd players on my pc.
when i know they work i then burn them.
they always work with dvd-rw discs but not all the time with dvd-r

so once again why should i burn using a dvd-rw?! do these so called experts not know about deamon tools?

i'm still a newbie but for ppl even more newbie than me daemon tools makes a virtual drive on your pc so u can play iso's on pc dvd player before u have to burn them.
i'm not worried about them working on my standalone coz i know if they work on my pc they work on standalone, it plays anything, in fact if i put a cheeseburger in it it would probably play an advert for McDonalds so once again why should i bother making a test with dvd-rw?

[zak_swan]

thanks for replies just read my post and it sounds a bit inflamatory.
what i mean is it not easier to use deamon tools to check your new project works on your pc dvd players rather than burn them waisting time burning them then erasing dvd-rw?
i'm still a newbie and want to learn

[housepig]

i'm not worried about them working on my standalone coz i know if they work on my pc they work on standalone, it plays anything...so once again why should i bother making a test with dvd-rw?

you shouldn't. if you have your method staked out, and anything that plays on your computer will play on your standalone, then there is no reason for you to burn a rw disc.

for some of us, though, who try different things, or are testing quality of different encode styles on our standalone, or people like me who can play anything on the computer, but my standalone sometimes has problems, rw saves us a lot of money in wasted discs.

I do authoring, I'll run an rw to do a quick check of how a menu will look on a tv with overscan & NTSC colors, since my monitor is not an accurate representation.

As far as cost, though... yeah, my rewritable discs cost about 5 times what my regular blanks cost... but I've already written each one at least 15 times, so that has saved me the cost of 10 discs apiece... and I'm not done rewriting on those discs yet...

[zak_swan]

thanks for clearing that up housepig "i see now said the blind man" (one of my mothers proverbs)
i did'nt put it across too well but the point i was trying to make about my dvd-rw discs being more expensive and writing at slower speed was that there was more chance of them working than crap media so why bother testing with them.
now i understand some ppl have to check dvd in there standalone even if it works on pc and i dont
so another question lol
why does my cheap dvd standalone play everything i throw at it and some ppl have expensive standalone players that wont play vcd or svcd or loads of different types of media?
in fact i read some dvd players only play dvd's and not dvd-r or dvd+r etc

[zak_swan]

and another thought before i go to bed is it not a good test to use daemon tools then play iso with crappy players on pc to check if they will be pretty compatible with stand alone players?
i reckon if u get dvd to work with power dvd and windvd then it will work with most newish standalone dvd players.

just a thought