HOW LONG TO WRITE 500 MB AUDIO

[JASONWESTON]

I am using mitsumi 24 speed writer and am copying direct from hard drive
using nero 5.5 for a typical audio of aprox 500 mb is takes aprox 9-10 mins to write. I think this is a bit slow.
How can i make it quicker.
Computer home build 533 mhz / 128 ram /

[resnullius]

considering the speed of your system i don't think you should burn any faster. You risk making alot of coasters. Sound's like your burning at about 8x though you didn't say. R u using media that can burn at 24x? Is udma enabled on your drive?

[JASONWESTON]

Yes umda is selected, and my writer is able to write upto 24 speed and this is what i select when i burn. It advised burned ok at this speed but as you say i dont think it is really burnuing at this speed. Any suggestions.

[dmonty]

I have heard reports of audible 'pops' and ‘clicks’ being introduced into audio CDs when burning faster than 8x. Normally I don’t pay much attention to unsubstantiated claims but I read about this phenomenon recently in a copy of Maximum PC. If your happy with the sound quality of your audio compilations then I suggest that you make peace with the time required.

[resnullius]

I have also read that but elsewhere (school text book) but i figured if he want to do it i wont stop him anyways like i said earlier with the speed of his system i wouldn't recomend burning at 24x

[Spicuzza]

JASONWESTON, are you sure your burner burns at 24x? You didn't give much information about the writer. 500MB in 10 minutes sounds about right for 8x.

The reason I ask is that maybe there is some confusion as to the specifications of your burner.

For example, I have a Creative Labs 8x4x32 CD-RW meaning:
8x speed for burning CD-R's
4x speed for burning CD-RW's
32x speed for reading from CD-ROM

To be a 24x burner the specifications should read something like 24x12x48. Does it?

[Greg12]

do you have Buffer UnderRun protection like Burn Proof?


Is you don't Nero may be setting 8x becasuse it thinks ur cpu isn't slow enough to provide a continous data stream needed for 10x, 12x, 16x,24x,32x,40x

[JASONWESTON]

Yes it is deffinately able to burn upto 24 speed. Also supports buffer underrun. When i burn and set to speed 24 it tells me burn success at 24 speed. This is not wright the red light on the burner does not stay lit it flickers when burning.

[ChrisX]

Yes it is deffinately able to burn upto 24 speed. Also supports buffer underrun. When i burn and set to speed 24 it tells me burn success at 24 speed. This is not wright the red light on the burner does not stay lit it flickers when burning.

JASONWESTON

Don't argue with me, you are confused with the specs. 10 minutes to burn sounds pretty good to me. This is the fastest you can get. Be patient, 10 minutes is not very long. Ripping a DVD will take someone forever to do with some having problems doing it. You are so lucky.

As with Spicuzza, my CD-Writer specs are the same:

8x speed for burning CD-R's
4x speed for burning CD-RW's
32x speed for reading from CD-ROM

There is nothing wrong with your CD-writer speed and time. Sounds normal to me.

[JASONWESTON]

Im not getting confused burner can write at 24x here with spec :-The CR 4809 TE has eight times as much cache as a comparable CD-ReWriter. This does lead to advantages when drawing direct copies of CDs or when putting together audio CDs. And when PCs are fitted with older fixed disks, the 16 MB cache compensates the slower data transmission. To avoid a buffer underrun a continuous stream of data is necessary. A 2 MB cache is usually insufficient to compensate a 1 second interruption in data transmission when writing at 16 or 24 speed. The Mitsumi 4809 TE is able to compensate up to 6.8 seconds thanks to its 16 MB cache. Audio-CDs have to be written in one session, interruptions lead to noise and peaks, as a result the cache should not run out of capacity. Old fixed disks usually unable to deliver the required amount of data - the writer's cache has to be able to compensate this. Copying on the fly requires a stable data transmission rate to the drive. Scratches or slow CD-ROM drives can lead to an interruption in the data stream. The 16 MB cache compensates an interrupted data stream, before the CD-ROM delivers new data. All this makes this writer especially attractive to music studios and audio freaks.

[ChrisX]

SORRY JASONWESTON -

This is Chris, you should have given us the link to prove your CD-Writer specs as correct. You are right, the speed is 24. Everyone please check out on http://www.mitsumicdr.com.

The web site is advertising the DVD burner, Mitsumi 4809 TE on their home page. Sounds pretty good. There must be something wrong with the speed as too slow for the 24 speed? Have you tried to contact them about it?

So your specs are like this:

24x speed for burning CD-R's
12x speed for burning CD-RW's
40x speed for reading from CD-ROM

REGARDS CHRIS

[JASONWESTON]

I have to contacted them but they were not much help.