Do different pieces of burning software yield different burn quality?

[davlor]

Does the quality and reliability of a DVD burn depend entirely on the drive and the media, or does the software also have an effect? If so, which software produces the best burn?

I burn mostly DVD video and console games. I'm not asking about the quality of video conversion, or anything like that - just simply which software (if any) makes the best burn on the disc.

Thanks!

[redwudz]

For strickly burning, I don't think you can beat ImgBurn, IMO. And it's freeware. Works for ISOs, VIDEO_TS folders, DVD and CD data discs and Dual Layer DVDs.

[babeflover]

I have noticed that when some people talk about burning, they really are talking about the entire process, not just the burning part. which is why he talked about quality; i could be wrong. but to answer his question. yes, different softwares output different picture quality. Rebuilder with a encoder will give you the best quality possible but at a price, rebuilder takes much much longer than simple transcoders, i personally don't use it. I much rather do main movie only with either shrink, recode2 or dvd2one(my favorite).

[oldandinthe way]

In general there is no difference, the drivers, the firmware and the hardware are responsible for the mechanics of burning.

Several errors in the disks burned by Nero may result in loss of redundancy in certain failure conditions. The quality of the burn is just as good, the data is written in the wrong place.

The quality of the burn is principally influenced by the combination of burner and media. Some media is better than others. Some burners are limited in the media they can successfully burn.

[FulciLives]

Use ImgBurn and nothing else for DVD Video burning.

ImgBurn is for MS Windows but will work rather nicely in Linux using WINE (WINE is a "program" that allows some MS Windows programs to run natively on Linux).

Not sure if you have a MAC though ....

[INFRATOM]

softwares and hardware depending.. write or burn with different strategy if that suites the media you get a good burn. There are many varients and variables involved. For dvd don't burn above 8x and cd's above 24x so the burner uses safer strategy. The bottom line is as mentioned use Imgburn. Imgburn is 1.5 meg, Nero in these days is like installing windows .. which ever way you go will end up with Imgburn!!

[fritzi93]

Several errors in the disks burned by Nero may result in loss of redundancy in certain failure conditions. The quality of the burn is just as good, the data is written in the wrong place.

For example, no single ECC block should contain any part of *BOTH* an IFO and its associated BUP. BUPs are IFO backups, if the IFO cannot be read, the player looks for the BUP. An ECC block is 16 sectors, 32k. It is possible for a single CRC error to make an IFO and BUP both unreadable, if there is not a 32k gap between them. Thus no more disc navigation.

IMGBurn is compliant in this regard, Nero has not been in recent versions. Have they fixed it yet?

[noki]

all things being equal...what oldandinthe way said.