how fast is a dvd suppose to burn at 8x?

[onza]

i have a nec 2500, i have 8x rated media.... but its taking around 24mins..

something is very wrong... or is this correct?

lmk please

DING 9min BURN

 

[m21s]

No something is very wrong.
My guess is that its not actually writing at 8X.

I can write a FULL DVD at 4X and it takes 15 minutes at 4X. So 8X should be around half that.

I know this because I only burn video on a dvd at 4X.

What Media?
What software using to burn?

 

[onza]

media i've used are Memorex, and Ridata (newegg purchase)

Nero 6


EDIT- just finshed burning, data cd 4.2gig, took 23mins 15seconds

 

[m21s]

In nero is it actually showing you the burn speed?
I havent used nero in some time so I cant remember if it does or not?

 

[onza]

well it says

Status: Writing at 8x.... but i know that its not... as its taking gawd dam 23-24mins to burn a full dvd

 

[m21s]

Yeah thats odd.

Are you using the newest firmware for your drive?

Also If you have another type of burning software try that, Alcohol 120% maybe.
If you dont have that I think you can get a trial from there web site to try out and see if that works.

If not then its deffinatly the media, media is very perticular when it comes to the drive and how good the media is.

I only use Taiyo Yuden or Ritek media, best money can buy at a great price!
they burn at the rated speeds always.

 

[onza]

check your PM's, so i dont bump this up to often

 

[Inigo Montoya]

If you want nero to show the actual burning speed, you'll have to make an adjustment in the windows registry:

(c/p from other forum: )

For Nero 6 follow this steps.

1. Start-> Run-> type Regedit

2. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Recorder"

3. Go to Edit-> New -> DWORD Value

4. Rename "New Value #1" to "ShowSingleRecorderSpeed"

5. Click on it and select "Modify"

6. Now set the value 0 to 1

To burn a dvd at 8x on my nec 3500 takes a little less than 10 minutes (including lead-out)

 

[onza]

Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
If you want nero to show the actual burning speed, you'll have to make an adjustment in the windows registry:

(c/p from other forum: )

For Nero 6 follow this steps.

1. Start-> Run-> type Regedit

2. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Recorder"

3. Go to Edit-> New -> DWORD Value

4. Rename "New Value #1" to "ShowSingleRecorderSpeed"

5. Click on it and select "Modify"

6. Now set the value 0 to 1

To burn a dvd at 8x on my nec 3500 takes a little less than 10 minutes (including lead-out)

WTF.. i just did this and my dam drive is so far burning at 2x-2.5x... and i set it to 8x.. and that is what the DVD media is suppose to burn at... ANNOYED

 

[Inigo Montoya]

The speeds you can burn a dvd at is highly dependable on media compatibility with your burner. I haven't had problems yet with the media I use (platinum8x, fuji 4x, verbatim 4x, can't remember of the mediacode right now) With the firmware I use, the platinum disc can be burnt at 12x, the fuji's and verbatim at 8x without problems).
It could be your problem can be fixed with a firmware upgrade (there are a lot of 3rd party firmwares for nec drives aswell).

You should also check if the dma mode for your burner is enabled.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
If you want nero to show the actual burning speed, you'll have to make an adjustment in the windows registry:

(c/p from other forum: )

For Nero 6 follow this steps.

1. Start-> Run-> type Regedit

2. Go to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ahead\Nero - Burning Rom\Recorder"

3. Go to Edit-> New -> DWORD Value

4. Rename "New Value #1" to "ShowSingleRecorderSpeed"

5. Click on it and select "Modify"

6. Now set the value 0 to 1

To burn a dvd at 8x on my nec 3500 takes a little less than 10 minutes (including lead-out)

If possible, how would you do this for Nero 5.5?

 

[Bar81]

Your burner is definitely not burning at 8x at that would mean a burn somewhere in the 8min mark. Two possibilities exist (1) that the media write strategy employed by your drive simply will not burn faster than 2.5x with this particular media or (2) DMA is not enabled. To be able to help you we need your full configuration info including motherboard and OS.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

@MDE:
For Nero 5.5 the registry value should allready be there, you only have to set the value from 0 to 1

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: Inigo Montoya
@MDE:
For Nero 5.5 the registry value should allready be there, you only have to set the value from 0 to 1

Yep, it was there. Thanks!

 

[onza]

I fixed the problem.

I had the DVD drive on an IDE controller... the Maxtor 133 one that came with HDD's a while back... So i put it on the IDE controller on the motherboard.

Burning at 4x now... lets see if it goes up towards the end..

so i have it running 2x's as fast currently.. and hope all will work out fine

edit - burning at 6x

edit - burning at 8x.

problem has been fixed, moved from PCI ide controller to mobo controller (only took me like 7months to figure this out lol)