are burn speeds meant to affect sound quality or playback quality?

[Rudyard]

I have heard many people suggest that burning Cds (dvds aswell maybe?) at high speeds affect the quality.

Do they mean it affects the actual audio quality so it sounds worse or do they mean it affects the quality of playback i.e. it skips and stops etc??

Is this an eternal debate or is there a definate answer as to whether or not its true?

I just figured if the data is burnt to the disc, whats it matter how fast it burnt it?

[hech54]

I have heard many people suggest that burning Cds (dvds aswell maybe?) at high speeds affect the quality.

Do they mean it affects the actual audio quality so it sounds worse or do they mean it affects the quality of playback i.e. it skips and stops etc??

Is this an eternal debate or is there a definate answer as to whether or not its true?

I just figured if the data is burnt to the disc, whats it matter how fast it burnt it?

Eternal debate most likely. Too many variables involved.
Not all media are created equal...not all burners are created equal.
Not all burning softwares are created equal.
Not all computer are created equal(polluted with hidden
processes running, malware, viruses etc etc).
Not all computer users are created equal(expect blazing
and accurate burning speeds while gaming, surfing video sites, downloading
huge files etc etc etc).

[oldandinthe way]

CD's are digital, if all the information is successfully burned, the speed of the burn is irrelevant.

If the data isn't there it will skip. If there are data underruns due to speed being to fast for the system, it will skip or pop.

If you verify the burn you can find out if it completed correctly.

There is nothing to debate.

[frappawotsit]

CD's are digital, if all the information is successfully burned, the speed of the burn is irrelevant.

If the data isn't there it will skip. If there are data underruns due to speed being to fast for the system, it will skip or pop.

If you verify the burn you can find out if it completed correctly.

There is nothing to debate.

Sorry, i know i'm new here, but i disagree. Although i can't confirm how this affects Video/Audio, I had an incident only the other day where i was trying to get a linux boot cd (OS runs from disc) to work, and although the burn was "successful" it always failed.

After checking some forums, it was advised that i reduced my burn speed, which i did, and burning the exact same file from pc to a CD, left me with a perfectly working disc.

The ONLY difference between the failed copy (3 times) and the working copy, was the fact that the working copy was burned at only 8x speed, not max.

I now ALWAYS burn at lower speeds, i've seen the proof.

[Dr_Layne]

Was the disc burned and booted from the same drive?
If not then the problem may lie in the laser of the read drive. Like hech54 said, too many variables. That same max speed burned disc may read fine in other makes of readers.

A_L

[jameshgross]

Once again ITS THE MEDIA!
Cheap media, you get what you pay for.
oldandinthe way, is correct ITS THE MEDIA!

[frappawotsit]

Was the disc burned and booted from the same drive?
If not then the problem may lie in the laser of the read drive. Like hech54 said, too many variables. That same max speed burned disc may read fine in other makes of readers.

A_L

No, it was burned and booted from the same drive, so there should be no problems with optics, lazers etc..