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Time for a new burner or discs?
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29. January 2008 @ 15:35 |
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Here's my latest burn today:
Granted, it's not terrible, but I'm being picky and I want +95%. I've seen others score with 95% and above.
As you can see, the discs are 16x Verbs MCC04 that are burned at 6x.
The drive is up to date (unless liteon released a firmware update within the last week). My E: drive was my original burn drive. I've since switched over to F:, which is what is pictured (the E: is now the ripper).
Both have contributed to 2100+ DVD burns, not to mention all the other burns for music, data etc. The drives are: SHW-1635S and SOHW-1673S.
Suggestions?
For the record, I never have playback issues. It's just like watching the originals. Am I just being picky?
Latest AnyDVD to rip > VOBB to blank the unwanted on a DVD > Shrink to compress > ImgBurn to burn = Never starting a thread asking how to backup a movie
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29. January 2008 @ 19:13 |
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Yes, you are being picky, as long as they are playing back flawlessly with a max spike of 4 P.I.F. this disk is still pretty good. Are you multitasking while burning? I've gotten better results burning at 12X with my lite-on drives. Remember, the way Lite-On is scored with Nero burn speed, to get above a 95 you need to have a max of one to get a 98 score, each point takes away about 2.5 points from the quality score. Using a program such as DVDInfo Pro will consistantly give you 98s with your disk/burner. My esteemed colleage CincyRob justs likes playing with this program to see if he can beat a 6 score posted by a fellow number cruncher. Don't get me wrong it is a useful program, but the final test is how it looks in the standalone DVD player hooked up to your TV screen.
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29. January 2008 @ 19:45 |
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Originally posted by blivetNC:
Are you multitasking while burning?
Never! Thank god for my laptop lol
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I've gotten better results burning at 12X with my lite-on drives. Remember, the way Lite-On is scored with Nero burn speed, to get above a 95 you need to have a max of one to get a 98 score, each point takes away about 2.5 points from the quality score. Using a program such as DVDInfo Pro will consistantly give you 98s with your disk/burner.
Good tip; did not know that! I will try 12x with my next burn.
I didn't know DVDInfoPro had a scanner. I gotta try that now.
Thanks for the great tips!
EDIT: I forgot to mention: the reason I switched to 6x is because when I was burning at 8x, it would take longer for the drive to "turn over." I think the actual term, according to IMGburn, is "initializing." I forget at the moment but when you hit the icon to burn, you hear the disc start to spin, then it slows, speeds up again, and is repeated for about a minute. That was on 8x. Since I've moved down to 6x, the aforementioned "problem" lasts for about 15 seconds.
Latest AnyDVD to rip > VOBB to blank the unwanted on a DVD > Shrink to compress > ImgBurn to burn = Never starting a thread asking how to backup a movie
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 29. January 2008 @ 19:49
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29. January 2008 @ 21:22 |
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When I use ImgBurn, it initializes for about 45-60 seconds, writing the lead in, then goes into burn mode.
The majority of my DVD burning is done with AnyDVD and CLoneDVD2. One click transcoding at its best. Takes about 25 minutes to complete the task. I still have my original Sony DRU-510A in the kids computer, and my Sony DRU-800A (Flashed to a lite-on 1693S using KC4B firmware) both with lots of burns on them
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29. January 2008 @ 22:04 |
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Scan from DVDinfo
This would earn a score of 95 in Nero.
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30. January 2008 @ 00:00 |
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Okay, I feel a little better:
lol
That's the same disc, The Nines.
Thanks for the heads up on DVDInfopro.
I just picked up another movie today, so I'm gonna try that one at 12x. I'll post up how it does here.
I guess it's not a big deal that it takes a while for the lead-in to be written. I think I read that that's normal for liteons.
EDIT: This is my first burn on 12x (same disc, two scans):
Latest AnyDVD to rip > VOBB to blank the unwanted on a DVD > Shrink to compress > ImgBurn to burn = Never starting a thread asking how to backup a movie
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 30. January 2008 @ 02:16
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30. January 2008 @ 02:36 |
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your burns look fine and playback is fine
when the burner goes bad you will know it. the drive will completely quit/die or the playback of the back ups will fail
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30. January 2008 @ 18:32 |
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Thanks for the tip!
I thought maybe after 2,000+ burns, the drive will go, but I guess not. I picked up some more movies today while I was out, and they all scored the same thing.
Latest AnyDVD to rip > VOBB to blank the unwanted on a DVD > Shrink to compress > ImgBurn to burn = Never starting a thread asking how to backup a movie
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31. January 2008 @ 01:37 |
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i got over 3000 burns on a Plextor PX-712A ,so your probably good to go for awhile
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