I'm trying to back-up a ps2 game. my LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S only supports write speeds on DVD discs at 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, 14x, 16x. My game works fine burnt at 4x but it studders on movie scenes and the stuff at the beginning of the game. I can't burn lower than 4x and that has to be my problem with the skipping. I've actually tested 2 games and got the same result so I know it's not the files I'm burning.
I also know that ps2 seem to like DVD-R better but I can't get a DVD-R to work with Alcohol, CloneCD, or IMGBURN. I've got Verbatim DVD-R 16x discs. For DVD+R I use Sony DVD+R.
DVD+R at booktypeDVD-ROM works fine for me and the skipping is my only problem. So what I'm trying to do now is find a DVD burner that supports 1x-2x write speeds. Online these websites only tell you the MAX writing speed (lame). I actually found 1 burner that supports 2.4x DVD+R burning. ( http://www.supermediastore.com/pioneer-d...rner-black.html ) I don't want to buy it to find out that 2.4x is too fast. It does support 1x-2x DVD-R.
I'm using the same steps I use when I burn a DVD-R disc as I do when I burn DVD+R discs. Atleast the DVD+R disc loads and I can play it if I skip the FMV scenes that skip. The DVD-R discs don't load at all. Maybe it's the media but supposedly I got top of the line. DVD Identifier tells me:
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD-R:MCC 03RG20 ]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD-R] - [DVD-R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [MCC 03RG20 ]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,298,496 Sectors = 4.71 GB (4.38 GiB)]
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[ DVD Identifier V5.0.1 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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Any advice on if 2.4x will be a good writing speed for me? Or am I missing a step when burning DVD-R? Also what I'm ultimately looking for here is how can I find a DVD burner that will burn at 1x-2x speed?
Posting here as a last resort. I've done days of research and coasters.
Try burning at 16x. And 2.4x is not recommended unless you are burning on a Dual Layer DVD. I myself burn at 4x but i do know i lot other people that will only burn at 16x and still get proper backups.
I've tried burning 16x and 8x on both brands (SonyDVD+R and Verbatim DVD-R) and the Sony ones still skip, and the Verbatim ones don't even boot up.
I'm reading a topic from a few years ago and I'm thinking maybe it is my 1337 media. I read that 16x discs are iffy sometimes and that's what I'm using for both brands. I'm thinking about getting some 8x Sony's and Verbatims tomorrow and maybe with 8x I can hopefully get DVD-R discs to atleast boot.
Anyone got any experience with burning 16x discs or any suggestions to my first post?
Edit: well I got my first DVD-R to boot. I set the writing speed to MAX which ended up being 8x.
After a bunch of trials I found the max my drive will write is 8x on dvd-r and 6x on dvd+r. It's supposed to write up to 16x on dvd+r but it didn't happen with the speed set to max.
I'm thinking that trying to burn a 16x dvd+r at 6x (which is the fastest my drive will write at) is just going to keep failing and producing skipping backups since it's less than half of it's rated speed. The DVD-R 16x that just worked for me written at max (8x) had less skips but ended up crashing.
I'm gonna get some 8x dvds and I'm a little confident that this will solve my problem.
edit: Burning 8x DVD-R or +R discs at 8x or 4x is my solution. They still skip ever so lightly at times and sometimes not at all. It seems like it changes every time I reboot the game. Sometimes light skips, and sometimes none at all, but it may just be the game I'm burning.
Another backup doesn't skip at all at 4x speed on an 8x dvd. It booted but wasn't even playable on 16x dvds. So I won't be using 16x dvds for ps2 backups.
