I Direct Burned at 16X..Whoppee!!

[johnnymk]

After posting a thread recently about how burning is related to CPU size, I found some other information that stated that my Pentium II 450 should be able to burn at speeds greater than 8-10X.
Well, I saw a good deal on a 24X Yamaha burner, and decided to try it out with my Plextor SCSI 14/32 reader, direct burning.
I figured that the direct burn process would work at 12X, since the slowest speed of the 14/32 is 14X. It worked. So I figured... let's try 16X. I couldn't believe it.. It still worked. It must be the buffer underrun protection that makes it possible. Oh, by the way, I used Nero... I am really starting to like that program!
The audio CD that I burned was only approx. 500 MB and it took a little over 3-1/2 minutes.

[Tommy Boomfiger]

i agree nero is a great product. what exactly is direct burning and how is it different than what you were doing before?

[johnnymk]

Direct burning goes from the reader to the writer at the same time, i.e. the CDROM is spinning at the same time as the CDRW.

[DoPeY5007]

/me does the from a Lite-On 40x to a Plextor 16x



the fastest I can do it with out to many under runs is 8x



but that is the fastest I will copy music


I will try a data CD, that should be able to go @ 16x fine ;)

[i6s1]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
/me does the from a Lite-On 40x to a Plextor 12x



the fastest I can do it with out to many under runs is 8x



but that is the fastest I will copy music


I will try a data CD, that should be able to go @ 16x fine ;)

Mmmm, 16X fine on a 12X? Am I missing something?

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by i6s1


Mmmm, 16X fine on a 12X? Am I missing something? edit... oops I ment it the other way around

[johnnymk]

The CD that I copied at 12X and 16X was a Stevie Wonder audio. I listened to it and there are no problems

[Markel]

Very good. Now go turn yourself in to the RIAA.

:heh:

[sho.gun]

Isn't direct burning the same thing as "On the Fly" burning? I've copied CD's with my Lite-on 24x at 24x and they work just fine. I guess it helps that they're each master on separate IDE buses.

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by sho.gun
Isn't direct burning the same thing as "On the Fly" burning? I've copied CD's with my Lite-on 24x at 24x and they work just fine. yeah, on the fly is correct....



did you do Audio or Data @ 24x?

[sho.gun]

both works fine, but I've noticed that if I use crappy CD-Rs (the ones that have no name and the stuff peels really easily) the songs often skips in the CD-player. The better CD medias don't do that though and I can copy fine with 24x.