burning cds across the network.. go or no-go ??

[DrZone]

Just wondering if anyone burns cds across the network. Having the cdr in one box, and all the data to be burned in another box.

 

[Gunbuster]

Works fine with my 16x liteon over 100 megabit

 

[Maggotry]

No problems. However, it's faster if you transfer the data over to a temp directory, then burn it.

 

[DrZone]

Thanks for the info. It's just transferring all that data over can take a while... So i'll just burn it straight from the other box

 

[WyteWatt]

Worked fine on my Plextor 24x 10x 40x when i did it once. But like Maggotry said it's faster if you transfer the data over to a temp directory, then burn it. Just make sure your burner has burn proof and its enabled or then i do not think you would beable to burn over a network. BTW my network is 100 Mbps too.

 

[BCYL]

<< Worked fine on my Plextor 24x 10x 40x when i did it once. But like Maggotry said it's faster if you transfer the data over to a temp directory, then burn it. Just make sure your burner has burn proof and its enabled or then i do not think you would beable to burn over a network. BTW my network is 100 Mbps too. >>



It should work fine without burn-proof too... u may just have to use a slower write speed if u have a fast burner...

 

[WyteWatt]

BCYL so on my HP 9110i 8x 4x 32x old CD-RW that has 4 mb buffer and has no burn proof i could burn over a network with ? Could i play a game while it was burning at 8x and do heavy cpu and hard drive use while it was burning too ?

 

[BCYL]

My friend who has the exact same burner as I do (4x write, no re-write, we bought it long long time ago when there's no such thing as burn-proof) always burn across the network, and he has no problems... However I would not recommend u do anything while it's burning though...

Try burning it at 8x first... if it doesnt work then turn it down to 4x...

 

[MisterDuck]

My entire house is networked, and we burn CD's from any computer.

The computer with the burner (a plextor SCSI - I forget the model) is only a pentium 133, and our network is still running at 10 mbps.

Either way, I can still burn at 8x from any computer in the house.

 

[WyteWatt]

Ok. Well i guess burn proof is good when you do a lot of stuff while its burning on the same computer. Like playing a game or anything. I remember when i tried to close out a program while my HP 9110i 8x 4x 32x was burning at 8x and it would cause a buffer error run or when i opened IE.

 

[junthin]

Just to confirm like the rest of the people. I've burned over the network before using an l6x Liteon (with burnproof), and the network was 10mbps.

 

[ProviaFan]

I'm curious how one would burn a CD over the network from a linux box to a windows xp box that has the burner in it? BTW the burner is a Philips 12x8x36x if that matters.

 

[SinNisTeR]

<< Works fine with my 24x liteon over 100 megabit >>

 

[ojai00]

It should work fine if you're burning over a CAT5 Ethernet network without burn-proof. If you're doing wireless, you'll definitely need burn-proof.

 

[DrZone]

thanks for all the feedback guys.

 

[Paulson]

Are you all using nero?

If so, how do you burn over the network, because in the directory list "My Network Places" doesn't show up... (This being in win2k)

 

[Adul]

havent tried it, but I hope you have a nice 100 mbps network.

 

[DrZone]

<< Are you all using nero?

If so, how do you burn over the network, because in the directory list "My Network Places" doesn't show up... (This being in win2k) >>



It works in nero. Try mapping your networked drives and that should bring them up in nero. Also make sure you have the latest nero

 

[Paulson]

You can't map drives in win2k... at least not the last time I checked...

Also, I have nero 5.5.6.4, so I'm all set there.

 

[Jen]

this sounds very interesting..........i will have to try it


Jen