When burning DVD my buffer always runs out

[fixxxer0]

i dont know why its doing this. its with nero and its a nec 3500a and im on verbatim 16x dvd-rs but it does it with all media a little

 

[Fardringle]

That's usually just a report stating that if you weren't using NERO with a drive that has buffer under-run protection (most newer drives have this) then the burn might have failed, generally because the PC wasn't providing data to the drive at the speed the drive was trying to burn it. If NERO reports that the burn was completed successfully, then don't worry about it.

 

[KB]

The problem is the hard drive is too busy to provide data to the recorder in a timely fashion. Are you running complex processes in the background? Stop unneeded processes. Is your harddrive dying?

 

[BadThad]

Originally posted by: KB
The problem is the hard drive is too busy to provide data to the recorder in a timely fashion. Are you running complex processes in the background? Stop unneeded processes. Is your harddrive dying?

Yes, the under-run protection is only so good on burners. I still recommend to people they stop all unnecessary processes prior to burning.

Not sure if I understand the OP original question. What do you mean by "runs out"? The buffer is full or empty? Do your disks burn OK?

 

[fixxxer0]

my drives are very fast, i have a 74gig raptor and a 350gig maxline3, but i usually burn from the ratpor, and no im not runnign anything in the background. i have a winchester @2.55g w/ 1gig ballistix as well. every game and other program is perfect and fast, just this bufffer keeps running out and getting refilled like 3 or 4 times a burn, and sometimes i notice jumps in the DVD during playback

 

[fixxxer0]

any ideas?

 

[DaiShan]

As was already stated, if it burns successfully, don't worry about it.

 

[fixxxer0]

no, the reason i worry is because at the spots the buffer empties out, then refills, i noticed graphical artifcats and skips in the DVD during playback (video).