Help with DVD R/RW?

[milestoned]

If I have a 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl layer write capability. What blank disks can I use? Or does it not matter.

sorry if I posted this in the wrong forum

 

[dakota81]

Any disk will work, that drive is compatible with them all.

 

[milestoned]

but does the disk have to be 16X or will 32X work as well?

 

[electronicsfreak]

The speed on the disc is only meaning how fast you can burn. Basically if you buy disc that are 8x , you cant burn any faster than 8x even if you have a 16x burner. If they say 32x means they can handle up to 32x max, but 16x will work just fine to. As long as you dont try burning faster than the speed the disc are rated for.

 

[paparazi]

milestoned
Hi
Is this a 32X DVD disc? or normal CDR/CDRW?

You have a Multi format drive that has differant maximum writing speeds depending on the format of disc sellected.

16 speed write usually applies to "write once" DVD minus and plus R's

Re-writable DvDRW's capability on the otherhand will be a much lower 2X or 4X (check your drives spec)

Writing to what I call "Normal CDR or CDRW" will be much faster still.

But to answer your question, if a faster media is used than is rated for the particular fomat used, the drive will simply sellect it's maximum write speed in that particular format (so if you have a 32 speed DVDR it will, in theory, only be written to at 16 speed)
I say in theory as there are many other factors that will effect write speed but thats a differant subject.

Martin





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[cdogg]

As paparazi mentioned, are you sure this is a 32x DVD recordable blank disc?

I thought 16x was the fastest out there (due to physical limitations of rotational speed)

~cdogg
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[crystal28]

I bought a brand new external DVD Writer and connected it to the laptop and installed the softwares as instructed,but it plays the DVD and reads CDs but when i insert a blank DVD it doesnt recognise and the wizard has the BURN DVD and Format DVD buttons disabled.Please let me know what do i need in order make the drive accessable

 

[Prydonian]

kalyan28;

I'm not being rude but you should start your own thread so people will see it and respond. You might get lost in the sauce by asking a question in another thread that may be close to being closed.

Having said that, make sure your burner specs and the blank specs match. If your burner is designed to burn -R discs and you put in a +R blank, it probably won't even know a disc is in the drive.

Keep reading!

Now, Milstoned:

The above applies to you as well. But there's more. Different DVD drives have preferences for certain discs. Most major labels do not make their own DVD blanks, rather they rebrand ones they buy from a handful of manufacturers. Take Memorex. They buy from several different manufacturers like RITEK, MCC and so on. All of these are good, but they also resell CMC dics which are which are not good for much else than coasters!

I do a lot of video encoding and after trying a lot of different brands (Phillips, TDK, HP, Verbatim) and suffering from anywhere from 10% to 50% burn failures, I settled on Taiyo-Yuden. They're not cheap (about $1.00 each on sale) but I've had 100% success for the last 100-120 burns.

Check out this website. It is pretty up to date and gives some great information on DVD quality.

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Another great site if you're going to do video encoding is

http://www.videohelp.com/

They got me going when I first got the video bug!

Let me know if this helps!

Mike, The IT Guy



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[milestoned]

cdogg,

I just went to

http://www.froogle.c**

and did a search on 32X dvd and found drives that seem to spin as high as 52X. I don't know enough about it. I was looking to find a good medium to start with and didn't want to spend monsy something that wouldn't work.

Thanks to everybody

Just quick word! mom always said "it's nice to be nice" Good to see that in this crazy world people will take time out of their busy day to help.

 

[Prydonian]

Milestoned;

That's one of the great things about this site... People willing to help people!

Any way, I believe if you check carefully, you'll find that the 52x refers to the CD capabilities of the DVD burner (which also burn and read CDs) and that the fastest DVD burner you'll find is rated at 16x. Also keep in mind that reading is done at a much higher rate than burning for both DVDs and CDs.

Mike, The IT Guy



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[cdogg]

milestoned,

Thanks, you have definitely answered the concern most of us had - you are confusing DVD and CD speeds.

1x DVD does not equal 1x CD

DVD(KB/s) [tab]/[tab]CD(KB/s):
1x=1350 [tab]/[tab]1x=150
4x=5400 [tab]/[tab]4x=600
8x=10800 [tab]/[tab]8x=1200
16x=21600[tab]/[tab]16x=2400

[tab]*Rough estimates above, not exact


So an 8x DVD read/write speed = ~72x for a CD! Due to physical limitations, you don't see CD drives over 52x or DVD drives over 16x, though it is possible to go faster (just not as safe!).

~cdogg
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