DVD copying questions

[dqtus]

Ok so I'm using Nero 5.5 to copy my DVDs. I'm basically copying DVD-Video that I have authored in the past. When I first went to copy the DVD, Nero gave me a warning that it's not good to have my source DVD drive and my DVD burner on the same IDE cable. Is this true? Should I change my comp then so that it will be a DVD drive and a HD on the same IDE cable?

Secondly, what is burning on the fly? It said something like, your source dvd-rom has to be twice as fast as the burning speed. My source is a 12x and I burn at a 4x so thise should be ok right? But what is so good about burning on the fly? Will it result in more bad burns?

[b_n83]

You do not need to change anything on your PC. It is usually safe to have them on the same IDE. I do, and have not had any problems, after burning more than 100 DVD's so far.

On the fly burning is when data is read from the source DVD, and is immediately burned on the DVD in your burner, without first ripping the entire DVD, or its image, onto your hard drive. It is usually a better idea to avoid on-the-fly, because, even though it might save you some time, it usually results in more coasters, or bad burns. Another reason to avoid on the fly, is that if your source DVD has some scratces, or bad sectors, which are unreadable, then it will definitely result in a coaster. therefore, its always a good idea, to first rip the entire source DVD on your hard drive, and then burn.

[ghoster]

ya i have them both on the same cable and i have burned about 500 dvds and no problems. just try to avoid on the fly buring even though i haven't had any problems with it yet.

[jimmalenko]

I think burning DVDs on the fly is one of those "you'll know why it's not receommended just after you need to" type things. I generally use DVDDecrypter's ISO Read and ISO Write modes for material already on DVDRs.

[dqtus]

Ok I burned like 3 DVDs with on the fly and so far so good but after hearing what you guys had to say, I'm going to go with the safer method and just let the drive copy the image and burn. One question though, is there a difference in quality of the burned DVD if I burn one way over the other? I was reading that the quality on like a DVD-video will depend on the media and of course the burner itself so I was wondering if the way it was burned would have an affect on the video quality. I do use prodisc which I think is a very solid brand so I'm not worried about my media, just the method of burning.

[jimmalenko]

Ok I burned like 3 DVDs with on the fly and so far so good but after hearing what you guys had to say, I'm going to go with the safer method and just let the drive copy the image and burn. One question though, is there a difference in quality of the burned DVD if I burn one way over the other? I was reading that the quality on like a DVD-video will depend on the media and of course the burner itself so I was wondering if the way it was burned would have an affect on the video quality. I do use prodisc which I think is a very solid brand so I'm not worried about my media, just the method of burning.

Essentially no. and I say essentially because really really shit media might cause your DVD to pixelate etc. Stick with good media and you can make theoretically carbon copies.

[dqtus]

Ok I burned like 3 DVDs with on the fly and so far so good but after hearing what you guys had to say, I'm going to go with the safer method and just let the drive copy the image and burn. One question though, is there a difference in quality of the burned DVD if I burn one way over the other? I was reading that the quality on like a DVD-video will depend on the media and of course the burner itself so I was wondering if the way it was burned would have an affect on the video quality. I do use prodisc which I think is a very solid brand so I'm not worried about my media, just the method of burning.

Essentially no. and I say essentially because really really shit media might cause your DVD to pixelate etc. Stick with good media and you can make theoretically carbon copies.

Cool, sounds good to me. Right now I think I'm either going to burn on prodisc since it's pioneered certified and I'm using a pioneer dvr-107d or ritekg04 since I hear good ratings about those. Also can shit media potentially damage my DVD burner also? I never really cared about crap brands for CD-R since CD-R to me just seems like the same thing no matter who makes it but with DVDs I'm a bit more paranoid ^^*

[jimmalenko]

Cool, sounds good to me. Right now I think I'm either going to burn on prodisc since it's pioneered certified and I'm using a pioneer dvr-107d or ritekg04 since I hear good ratings about those. Also can shit media potentially damage my DVD burner also? I never really cared about crap brands for CD-R since CD-R to me just seems like the same thing no matter who makes it but with DVDs I'm a bit more paranoid ^^*

No AFAIK. I too have heard good things about Riteks although lately it sounds like they may have sold out judging by what a few people here have said. I think crap brands will hurt you when you go to play them in a standalone DVD player, or go to copy them, but as far as burning goes, exactly the same as CD.

[dqtus]

One more question. I have 2 HDs and I'm having the program create the temp image on my C drive (my OS is on this too). I have plenty of room on both drives so is it better to use the OS drive for the temp image or my other storage drive. I intend to like surf the net and do other things that don't require much processing while burning.

[jimmalenko]

One more question. I have 2 HDs and I'm having the program create the temp image on my C drive (my OS is on this too). I have plenty of room on both drives so is it better to use the OS drive for the temp image or my other storage drive. I intend to like surf the net and do other things that don't require much processing while burning.

It doesn't really matter. I guess from a fragmentation point of view it would probably be better to use the Non-OS HD.

[dqtus]

One more question. I have 2 HDs and I'm having the program create the temp image on my C drive (my OS is on this too). I have plenty of room on both drives so is it better to use the OS drive for the temp image or my other storage drive. I intend to like surf the net and do other things that don't require much processing while burning.

It doesn't really matter. I guess from a fragmentation point of view it would probably be better to use the Non-OS HD.

cool will do that then