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Trying to do 2 different movies is a definite no no!
You will increase the chance of errors for a start. Your PC needs to dedicate itself to one job at a time. Unfortunately they are not very good at multi-tasking. Perhaps if a woman designed it it may well work!
I use Nero & alcohol120% to make 2 copies of the SAME movie at the same time. It is also recommended that you use the same burners, with the same firmware. Although I have a Piodata 108 & a Pioneer 108, they are essentially the same as they are both made by Pioneer. They use the same NEC chip. In theory you could use an NEC rebadged 108 & it should work.
You have to understand how a PC works in order to comprehend why you need similar hardware. It is rather like putting 2 different gearboxes on the separate axles on a 4WD vehicle. They work well independently of each other, but when you make them work together, there will be conflicts, different gear ratios etc.
The hard drive needs to send a constant stream of data to both burners, if the burners are mismatched, the rate of flow of data will be compromised. Each burner will accept data at a different rate. Therefore the hard drive flow of data will be corrupted. This will increase the chance of burn errors no end!
If you use 2 pieces of software at the same time you really are asking for trouble. Even if you have an all singing all dancing PC, there will simply be too many conflicts.
Sorry to make it sound oversimplistic, I do not wish to underestimate your knowledge. My brother is a software engineer, & I was a mechanical engineer for 17 odd years. Sometimes we can come across as rather condescending!!
Back to the question, I have used alcohol to burn same copies, It gives you the option in the step by step guide. It is really quite easy & if you have already got the image on file, it is fast. You can use as many burners as you want. You are only limited by your PC. It will take NO longer to use than if you used one burner. This is because all you are doing is splitting the signal to 2 or 3 or 4 burners. It is only data you are transferring. It is the smoothness of the transfer that is important. That is why there are so many capacitors (they act as miniature buffers to absorb sudden pulses, then release the electrons as the next device draws from them a lot smoother) on your motherboard. These help smooth the flow of electrons & prevent surges of electricity to the various components.
A few years ago the Japanese made wire that only 1 electron can flow through. I think that is quite an achievment!
In a PC, smoothness of flow is the key to a nice system.
I hope this has been of some help.
kind regards,
Pulsar.
PS, nice & smooth passing of the buck Neph!!!! LOL :)
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 This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 11. January 2005 @ 12:42
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