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It is definitely a media issue. Don?t be fooled by the fact that you are using 'Ritek', there has been some problems recently with grade B stuff getting tossed in with the good A grade stuff on certain Ritek brandings and overprints. This is rare however. Best bet if you want to stick with Ritek (just about the best out there normally for low price) is to go to an authorized dealer (any probs, back they go) or go for another grade A brand. At the moment I am using new Goallover 4x white top (G04 type- dark purple dye). I have ripped nearly 100 of these in the last month with NO coasters, and they burn right to the edge! They are cheap as well (not that cheap which is good) at 70p (UK).Also, do not set your target zize bang on what the figure you are told by whaterver program you are running, most of the time I will stick to 4.35gb- 4.375gb just to make sure (bacing up is not an exact science yet)if you do not want to pay to rate for disks.
Not connected to the above issue, which version of Shrink are you on? I using 3.1.3 at the moment and cut decrypter and Recode (recode- not that I used it that much anyway) out of the picture. If you have a decent system and you are not one of the rare cases where Shrink is slow or does not work, in my opinion is the best out there for base compression /quality/accuracy of target size you can get. The fact that it is free does not even enter into the fight, I am going on actual performance and actual analysis. The recent updates in shrink are not well documented yet in terms of quality and i am not going to go there but it is VERY GOOD.
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The Phantom Baw Flinger stikes again! Wuh Ha Ha!!
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