Long time burning and skipping problems

[championjosh]

1. This isnt the first time that this has happened to me but usually my burner takes about 5-6 min to burn a disk. OK. now its taking about almost 8 min to burn a disk....Why?

2. The burner i have on my computer is great, ive never had a problem. Ive had it for about a year, but now some of my disk are comming out as coasters. (freezing and skipping durning the movie) Why??

I use SONY disk, so i have a pretty good brand of disk


can someone help me?

[budz]

What brand is your dvd burner? Is DMA MODE enabled? What software are you using to burn your SONY dvd media? Need more info than what you've posted.

[championjosh]

Drive name: SONY DVD RW AW-Q170A
Software: Nero 7

[budz]

try using IMGBURN to burn your SONY dvd media. VERBATIM and TAIYO YUDEN are considered good quality dvd media. SONY can be in my opinion HIT or MISS. check to see that your drive is in DMA MODE. here's a guide on how to check if it's in DMA MODE:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7625

NERO is buggy as hell.

[championjosh]

sony is the best that i can find on sale out here. I go to BB and get some vertibums they advertise once a while

[budz]

sony isn't the best dvd media. verbatims are on sale right now at office max. check to see if DMA is enabled because if it is NOT that's why your burning at slow speeds, the drive is stuck in PIO MODE.

[championjosh]

i just checked, and its in DMA mode

[budz]

now burn with IMGBURN and buy some VERBATIM dvd media. What software are you using to backup your dvd movies?

[lordsmurf]

Sony -- made in Taiwan or Japan -- is good media.
Where are these discs made? It's by the package barcode.