I just bought an NEC ND-1300A DVD-R/RW & CD-R/RW drive...
I've installed and began burning various things to CD-R and DVD-R.
I have had sucess burning wave files to CD already with no problems...
The burner is rated for up to 16X burn speed for CD-R but I alway drop it down t 12X when burning audio files.
In any event, I've tried to to burn a group of wave files to disc this morning at 12X speed using Nero 6, and the resulting disc burned but the songs sound choppy with static... This is a sign of buffering problems, yes?
I tried again and dropped the burn speed down to 4X and still got the same poor results.
I checked the wave files on my system and played them with Windows Media Player and they sound fine - so the errors are definitely taking place in the burn.
I noticed that while burning in Nero, the buffer status bar was fluxating between 96% and 98% - rarely ever hitting 100%
I'm using Fuji CD-R media which is conmpatible with my burner as noted in specs... and have had previous luuck with this media already.
No.
This is a sign that your player can't read the audio data correctly.
Why? Maybe your player isn't very good or can't read CD-Rs, maybe the burner is writing with poor quality, or maybe the CD-Rs are bad and can't be read with accuracy.
I'd try other media or the same CD-Rs burned with another drive.
hmm... well, like I said, the media worked a number of times before w/o problem so if it can't read the audio files properly - it isn't a consistent problem.
as for the burner itself being poor quality, I bought it based on a number of positive ratings that I reviewed on other sites, so it's not reknown as a piece of junk or anything to my knowledge...
I have even burned decrypted DVD movies with it to DVD-R with no problems, which is certainly a more complex process...
The burner might be well designed, but maybe your unit isn't as good as the average NEC 1300A.
That's why I recommend to burn the same media with another writer.
Burning CD-DA is different from anything else.
Important point: where are you playing those discs?
Play them in the computer drives. If they sound OK in the computer, then the problem is what I said before.
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...maybe your unit isn't as good as the average NEC 1300A
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Do you mean maybe I got a lemon?
The computer is showing the same sound quality errors when played back from CD as my stereo is...
I think I'm going to try some different burn software and media on my own system first... since I had success with wav files already on this media, it may be a software problem... gonna try burnatonce and then also on some imation media and see what gives...
