Okay I need a bit of help, well alot! I have spent hours reading though and trying to figure out what I am doing wrong. I trust that someone here might have the answers.
I have a Sony DRU-720A with the latest Firmware from Sony. Using a Dell P4 3.2 GIG 2 GB RAM. Win XP SP2. I have not done any tweaking so it?s basically out of the box. Until today had not installed Nero that came with the Sony.
I have been able to burn Protected and non protected DVD's using 4X TDK +R using DvdXcopy and Clonedvd2 and it seems to work pretty well, sometimes jumps a bit in my player but worked. Since this burner has the capability to burn at up to 16X I wanted to get faster Media. I got 16X Taiyo Yudan -R and also picked up 8X TDK -R from Costco. The Taiyo Does not work at with DvdXcopy or CloneDvd but did burn a Non protected movie with NeroRecode2, looks like it burned at 6X not 16.
The 16X ?R TDK does seem to work with DvdXcopy but not Clonedvd2.
It seems I may be having media issues but also seems that it depends on what program I am using. I wanted to know why I having so many problems? As well as get some recommendations on Media to try?
The speed rated media is for data writing. When you burn DVD Video files and ISO files AND you wish to have a playable DVD without having to count coasters, you'll need to control not only your speed BUT your DVD Target size.
You size s/b set at 4360MB. You cannot do this with DVD XCopy (an old, outdated program which is long past it's prime) but you can with CloneDVD2 (a very good program).
For CloneDVD2: At the bottom of the Title Configuration page, change the DVD-5 to: Custom ~ 4360MB
I have a Pioneer 109 DL, 16X burner AND a BenQ 1625 another DL, 16X burner and I've set my burn speed to 4X as have the majority of the Senior Members and Addicts who know what they're doing.
For CloneDVD2: About 1/3 of the way down the Output Method page, on the right you'll find the burn speed adjustment. Set it for 4X.
