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dvd writer noise

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dc5

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this is on a nec nd-3500a. normaly when i watch original dvds, the drive is very quiet. however, when i play my custom ripped dvd movie, it spins the disc exceptionaly louder. is this normal?
 
first of all, what disc format did you use when you burned your "custom ripped dvd movie"? Did you burn as DVD-Video, or as data? Normally, with stock firmware, NEC drives have a "rip lock" feature, which limits the playback speed of DVD-Video content to something around 2X. (I find it a royal PITA, personally. I can burn discs at 4X, but then I'm stuck waiting for the verify to finish, starting at 2X read speeds. 🙁 )

Also, the disc could be warped, or thinner than a stock double-layer pressed DVD. Do other burned DVDs, using the same batch of blank media, make the same noise while they are spining in the drive?
 
the disc is a dvd+r 8x, i compressed and copied a dvd movie with dvd shrink. i have flashed the drive to the hacked firmware (no riplock). the whole batch of dvd+r are the same.
 
after doing some research, i have concluded the reason why the drive spins at max speed is due to the booktype setting. which means it will read any dvd+r and dvd-r at max speeds. the reason why it spins a lot slower on the original disc is because it is a dvd-rom disc. someone back me up on this. 🙂
 
Why didn't you set to DVD-ROM in the first place at least to maximize compatability even without knowing aboot the read spead annoyance?
 
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