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Can I force my 52X burner to write at a slower speed ?

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xXgambitXx

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So i have this 52X CD-RW drive and i'm trying to find a way to make a music CD @ less than 24X which is the lowest that Roxio Easy CD 5 will let me. The problem is that i have an older car CD player and it's really picky. Ideally I'd like it to copy at around 4X. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
 
I don't know that program but windows media player will let you control the speed. I'm sure that program will too if you don't use whatever wizard you're using.
 
The speed shouldn't matter.
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In many cases, with many CD players in car decks, older stereo systems, etc, CDs that are burned at high sppeds skip or don't play at all. Many times simply lowering the burn speed to somewhere between 1x and 4x fixes these problems.

I am not sure about Roxio, but as was said Nero lets you change what speed you burn at.

\Dan

 
Roxio 5 will let you adjust the burn speed. IIRC before you start the burn there is a default speed with a drop down menu.
 
Originally posted by: EeyoreX
The speed shouldn't matter.
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In many cases, with many CD players in car decks, older stereo systems, etc, CDs that are burned at high sppeds skip or don't play at all. Many times simply lowering the burn speed to somewhere between 1x and 4x fixes these problems.

I am not sure about Roxio, but as was said Nero lets you change what speed you burn at.

\Dan
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That's true. A lot of very old CD players don't support multi spin at all. Keep in mind that CDs have been around since 1986 (remember wedding singer 🙂 ) and so have the players.
The first ones were very touchy and had very poor quality lasers by today's standards.
I remember not that long ago - maybe 1994 or something - sony had the best discmans. I bought one for hundreds of $$$ and the damn thing would skip if you looked at it. It was useless!
A lot of equipment out there just isn't up to the standards that new stuff is.
 
I've been hearing this for years, but isn't it just an urban myth? Why should it matter how fast the CD-R burns the disc? It should just be whether the player can read the media, or read CD-Rs at all. (Shouldn't it?)
 
Originally posted by: JackHawksmoor
I've been hearing this for years, but isn't it just an urban myth? Why should it matter how fast the CD-R burns the disc? It should just be whether the player can read the media, or read CD-Rs at all. (Shouldn't it?)
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No. I would explain it but it's late and google is your friend 😉
 
Doesn't Nero and Roxio sense the speed rating of the blank media first? Maybe go online and find some slower rated media to get the slower burn speeds if that's the case.
 
I've been hearing this for years, but isn't it just an urban myth? Why should it matter how fast the CD-R burns the disc? It should just be whether the player can read the media, or read CD-Rs at all. (Shouldn't it?)
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I've run into this issue with my car CD player. If I burn a disk at 48X with my Lite-On burner and Nero 5.5, the stupid car player will play it, but you get this clipping/skipping type sound that gets louder or softer in the background. If I drop the burn speed down to 24X they burn fine and play without the noise in the car player. All of my old CompUSA brand CD copies that I burned on the 4X HP burner I used to use play fine in the car CD player. So I think there is some truth to this burning speed issue.

Mike
 
Originally posted by: mbackof
I've been hearing this for years, but isn't it just an urban myth? Why should it matter how fast the CD-R burns the disc? It should just be whether the player can read the media, or read CD-Rs at all. (Shouldn't it?)
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I've run into this issue with my car CD player. If I burn a disk at 48X with my Lite-On burner and Nero 5.5, the stupid car player will play it, but you get this clipping/skipping type sound that gets louder or softer in the background. If I drop the burn speed down to 24X they burn fine and play without the noise in the car player. All of my old CompUSA brand CD copies that I burned on the 4X HP burner I used to use play fine in the car CD player. So I think there is some truth to this burning speed issue.

Mike
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In the Roxio burning software are you finalizing the music cd? Basically when it finishes the burn does it close the disc so it cannot burn anymore data?
 
Nero does allow you to slow the burn down but only shows the speeds that your drive actually offers in its list. Check your drive's specs to see if it's rated for slower burns than Roxio lets you use. You can find OEM versions of Nero 6 for $10. or less - be careful you get the generic version as some Nero OEM disks are brand-locked. Maybe need a firmware update too?

The slower the burn speed, the more time each unit of area is exposed to the laser light. This results in a better burn and a more contrasty CD which will play better on older or cheap players. I seldom burn anything faster than 32x and do music at 16x - both plenty fast enough for me who was used to 4x. IAC, you do have to consider your target when burning.
. Also CDs with the bluish-green (cyan, like TY) or dark blue (AZO, like Verbatim) recording medium yield more contrasty disks than ones with the light, silvery yellowish-green medium.
.bh.
 
Originally posted by: NokiaDude
Originally posted by: mbackof
I've been hearing this for years, but isn't it just an urban myth? Why should it matter how fast the CD-R burns the disc? It should just be whether the player can read the media, or read CD-Rs at all. (Shouldn't it?)
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I've run into this issue with my car CD player. If I burn a disk at 48X with my Lite-On burner and Nero 5.5, the stupid car player will play it, but you get this clipping/skipping type sound that gets louder or softer in the background. If I drop the burn speed down to 24X they burn fine and play without the noise in the car player. All of my old CompUSA brand CD copies that I burned on the 4X HP burner I used to use play fine in the car CD player. So I think there is some truth to this burning speed issue.

Mike
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In the Roxio burning software are you finalizing the music cd? Basically when it finishes the burn does it close the disc so it cannot burn anymore data?
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It wouldn't play at all if it weren't closed. That's not the issue he's having.
 
Originally posted by: Zepper

. Also CDs with the bluish-green (cyan, like TY) or dark blue (AZO, like Verbatim) recording medium yield more contrasty disks than ones with the light, silvery yellowish-green medium.
.bh.
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What about the cool colors from memorz or black cd-rs?

~RaNDoM
 
Originally posted by: RaNDoMMAI
Originally posted by: Zepper

. Also CDs with the bluish-green (cyan, like TY) or dark blue (AZO, like Verbatim) recording medium yield more contrasty disks than ones with the light, silvery yellowish-green medium.
.bh.
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What about the cool colors from memorz or black cd-rs?

~RaNDoM
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I have trouble reading those stupid orange and purple discs my little sister bought on a computer CDROM let alone a stand a lone. They're crap. The black ones aren't as good either.
 
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