clonedvd 2.4.5.4. writing to disc....

[deh707]

whenever i get clonedvd to "Write existing data" to dvd-r, at 4x, my lite-on 411s@811s flashes Red, then 1 second later, Orange, repeat.

it keeps doing that through the whole process, and it takes 19 minutes to burn a full dvd-r at 4x. (where dvddecryptor takes about 15 min. at 4x to burn an ISO, and it doesnt make those orange and red flashes, it just stays at Red, which means it's writing.... right?)

btw, i only use clonedvd to burn dvds when i only have a VIDEO_TS folder to burn, not ISO images.

[Shocker Milwaukee]

You might need to force DMA in the BIOS.

[deh707]

how to do that?

[offline]

Don't do that yet deh707 - 1st check that
windows has setup your drive for DMA access.

Only as a last resort do you have to fiddle with
the BIOS

INSTRUCTIONS

For some reason, Windows XP sometimes sets itself to use a PIO transfer mode on IDE channels instead of the DMA mode. Some times this slows down
recording times and ability and may even force
the DVD burner into buffer protect mode (seen
as a flashing led on the drive, sometimes two colors)

If this is the case, you can manually set the IDE channel to DMA mode, which will reduce the amount of CPU cycles being used on that device. To set this, go to Device Manager (press Windows-Break, or right click 'My Computer' -> Properties, then go to the Hardware tab, then finally click 'Device Manager'), then open up the branch labelled 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers'. Now, double click on 'Primary IDE Channel' and go to Advanced Settings and check the Transfer Mode scroll boxes. Set them all to DMA If Available, then click OK. Continue to do this for each IDE Controller, and you should be right.

If the problem still exists, the next step is
to reload your adapti drivers.