You can get away with light tasks such browsing the internet and so forth while compressing but when it comes time to burn it's best to leave your PC alone to do its thing :)
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During the compression , CPU usage is 100% and during DVD burning it is about 15 % . So surf the net during burning and let the PC alone during compression.
Quote:So surf the net during burning and let the PC alone during compression.
I must be seeing things. I don't think that is a very good answer.
Compression is very CPU intensive but doing something minor like web surfing during compression will in most cases just slow the process somewhat.
Burning is not CPU intensive but is very data transfer intensive. You can easily cause buffering problems doing most anything else on the computer during burning. This causes a buffer under-run. Now most burners do have Burn Proof which will stop the burning process until the buffer can fill back up but,
Burn Proof is not Fool Proof.
The best that can be said about Burn Proof is that will stop the burn and wait for the buffer to fill and then start burning again. That does not mean that there will not be problems playing that disc. Burning a disc is best done when Burn Proof never has to kick in and one way to make that less likely is to not use your computer for other things while burning.
Thank you and I agree with you 100%. I NEVER use the computer while burning a dvd. Although the price has dropped considerably for the media, I stll don't like to throw money away!
Thanks for all th input. I did solve the problem by just dedicating one machine to the process. I have two machines hooked up to a KVM switch, so I can toggle between both.
I based my conclusion on actual experience with burning over 200 DVDs and surfing the net while waiting for the burning job to finish. I have not wasted a disk yet ! It's hard to argue against fact , though. ( Burner: Sony DRU 510A , Win XP Pro , 512 MB Ram and Celeron 2.4 Ghz ).
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