I just bumped into this thread. I am huge on SATA Hard Disks but what would be the advantage in a non high def SATA burner? I always burn at a conservitive rate. I guess it could improve the rip rate. I can already rip in 20 min, maybe it could cut that down to 5? I suspect the high def burners might put SATA to good use. Anyone have any facts?
As far as "non-high def" optical disc drives are concerned, SATA is no faster than IDE. The only advantage is "cleaner" cabling, but, you can always get rounded IDE cables... I'd be more concerned with SATA HDDs over ODDs.
Originally posted by haza12d:What type of media were you using when you did these burns with the Samsung? Ever burn @ 4X instead of 8X? Also could you list what programs you were using? Just trying to get info on methods you used that gave you the best results for the SH-S182M. Thanks.
@binkie7
There's no problem with picture & audio quality, but I did notice a couple or so momentary freezes from my last SL burn. This is with reference to playback on a set top player.
I need to check my last DL burn, haven't had a chance yet.
I use TY SL disks & Verbatim DL disks. I usually set the book type to DVD-ROM.
Setting the book type is just a compatibility thing that allows you to play on very old readers. It is good to do but will not help you with the quality of the recording. You produced a skippy disk which means something is not optimum. Media, surface quality, the burner and reader are the biggest factors there. You use good media. Do you hold the original up to the light to make sure it is perfectly clean? I usually use FixVTS. It makes for extra steps but I hate skippy disks. You need to rip the disk to video files run, FixVTS, then do what you need to do to put it on a disk. FixVTS assures a contigious flow of video. Then if the video is skippy it is either the media or the reader is not up to snuff the master on the hard disk had no skips. The lens needs cleaning after every few hundred disks less if you have kids that leave disks out to collect dust before they play them.
