hukme
6th July 2004, 03:52
There's a LOT of posts regarding the best burning media/burners. I know I'm new to this forum, but I think I have found a great way to burn my dvds. I'm sure a lot of you might disagree, some issues could be my ripping method (using dvdshrink, and it's quality), and maybe some of you already have better ways. But for those of you who don't, here's what I use, and it works 100% of the time (well, other than the side factors of possible bad medias [very rare]).
Burner:
NuTech DDW-081 Using the latest firmware (Purchased from 3btech.net for $56!!)
Media:
HQ Data 8x DVD+R's (I get them from shop4tech.com at $69.00 for 100, which is 69 cents a piece) Granted, in each 100 stacks you will most likely have 3-4 bad ones (dye job or actual physical problems, but still nice deal)
Software:
Nero Burning Rom 6.0 (Works with others, I just enjoy using Nero for it's ease)
Burning Speed:
6x!!! I can't state this enough. My burner supports 8x, and the media supports 8x (the media lists the burner as compatible as well). But using 8x causes a noticable gap in the data (you can't read from it, which means you can't backup the backup, and there is skipping when viewed). So just burn it at 6x!
Process-
I simply insert my DVD into my CD-RW/DVD Combo drive (while the NuTech DVD-Writer can read dvds, I found that my combo drive can read it a LOT faster, thus I use that over the NuTech drive. However, it's speed is very adiquate).
Using DVDShrink, go through the process and shrink down the media to around 4,360 to 4,375 (This gives optimal quality while staying in the limit of the 4.37 GIG format of the media)
You can either rip it as an iso onto a harddrive, or have the files put in VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS Folders (I prefer the latter as it seems to be better for my burning cache)
After this, simply go into Nero, and (if you ripped it as an ISO) open up the iso. Or (if you ripped it as files) go to create a Video DVD and move the VIDEO_TS files to be copied.
Burn the media using 6x speed! Of course this is slower than 8x, but this allows for a perfect error-less burn. I have tested my burns using 6x over 20 different times (20 different dvds), and every single one I can make a backup of the backup, as well notice no skips/errors while watching the movie.
Please comment on my process. Right now it's pretty efficient. Doing this, I can backup my DVD's in a total of about 30-50 minutes per DVD. And feel free to discuss your process if you think you get better quality and/or speed (although I prefer processes with improved quality and not so much loss of speed). Thanks :)
Burner:
NuTech DDW-081 Using the latest firmware (Purchased from 3btech.net for $56!!)
Media:
HQ Data 8x DVD+R's (I get them from shop4tech.com at $69.00 for 100, which is 69 cents a piece) Granted, in each 100 stacks you will most likely have 3-4 bad ones (dye job or actual physical problems, but still nice deal)
Software:
Nero Burning Rom 6.0 (Works with others, I just enjoy using Nero for it's ease)
Burning Speed:
6x!!! I can't state this enough. My burner supports 8x, and the media supports 8x (the media lists the burner as compatible as well). But using 8x causes a noticable gap in the data (you can't read from it, which means you can't backup the backup, and there is skipping when viewed). So just burn it at 6x!
Process-
I simply insert my DVD into my CD-RW/DVD Combo drive (while the NuTech DVD-Writer can read dvds, I found that my combo drive can read it a LOT faster, thus I use that over the NuTech drive. However, it's speed is very adiquate).
Using DVDShrink, go through the process and shrink down the media to around 4,360 to 4,375 (This gives optimal quality while staying in the limit of the 4.37 GIG format of the media)
You can either rip it as an iso onto a harddrive, or have the files put in VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS Folders (I prefer the latter as it seems to be better for my burning cache)
After this, simply go into Nero, and (if you ripped it as an ISO) open up the iso. Or (if you ripped it as files) go to create a Video DVD and move the VIDEO_TS files to be copied.
Burn the media using 6x speed! Of course this is slower than 8x, but this allows for a perfect error-less burn. I have tested my burns using 6x over 20 different times (20 different dvds), and every single one I can make a backup of the backup, as well notice no skips/errors while watching the movie.
Please comment on my process. Right now it's pretty efficient. Doing this, I can backup my DVD's in a total of about 30-50 minutes per DVD. And feel free to discuss your process if you think you get better quality and/or speed (although I prefer processes with improved quality and not so much loss of speed). Thanks :)