I am curntly Burning AVI. files onto DVD to play on a regular dvd player, im currently using microsoft DVD Maker, before i was using Nero until the trial ran out, but the main problem i have is that its taking roughly 3-4 hours per disc,using both programs,my freinds say they can do it in roughly 15-20 mins?what are the main key things to speed up the burning process,or any general tips anything that might be of help becase curently im having to leave my computer on all day while im at work to get the job done.any help would be greatly appresiated
Hard Drives and DVD burners are supposed to be set for 'DMA' data transfer.
Assuming that the burner is on the Secondary IDE channel (but repeat for the Primary if required..)
Click My Computer > Properties > Hardware > Device Manager.
Expand 'IDE ATA/Atapi Controller'
Right Click on the Secondary IDE Channel > Properties > Advanced settings.
The transfer mode should be 'DMA if available' and the current transfer mode should be some flavour of DMA.
If 'PIO' is the setting, then click 'ok' to go back to the device manager tree.
Right click on 'Secondary IDE Channel' and 'Uninstall', click ok, then reboot.
The drivers will reinstall and a recheck should noe show the setting as DMA.
