Burning ISOs

[Anne Wilson]

On Sunday 26 February 2006 00:29, Fulko Hew wrote:
> Patrick Barnes wrote:
> >I'm surprised that nobody on this thread has mentioned the two most
> > valuable tips when having problems with CD-burning quality:
> >
> > * Burn at low speeds.  8x is usually good, 4x is failsafe.
>
> I've heard from the experts that burning at a slower speed is not
> neccessarily going to make the burn more likely to succeed.  As a
> matter of fact, some media may actually be worse at slower than rated
> speed.
>
Quoting from the link below:

" The Media ID is the location of information about the disc. Much like the 
disc maker's name in the ID code, the write speed can be faked. The Write 
Strategy is the maximum speed the disc was manufactured to use. Burning 
faster will often lead to errors. Unfortunately, most DVD recording drives 
read the Media ID for determining write speed allowed by the burning 
software. Always check the WRITE STRATEGY to ensure the Media ID is not 
forged or read incorrectly by the firmware. Both official and hacked 
firmwares are known to allow improper burning speeds on certain discs. Many 
3RD CLASS and 4TH CLASS quality discs are guilty of placing media ID speeds 
on discs with slower write strategies."

That probably explains why my strategy of routinely downgrading burn speeds 
has paid off.

> Having said that... I've had a bit of better success when burning at
> slower than rated speeds.
>
> > * Get quality media.  Nothing results in more coasters than poor-quality
> >media.
>
As mentioned by Dariusz J. Garbowski there is very useful information on 
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Anne
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