spruceland
8th December 2002, 05:55
I was wondering if someone would be willing to answer a few questions for me. I'm new to dvd burners and am having a problem. I know someone people will get annoyed with the following questions below, so I apologize but I am a newbie and have searched before posting.
I bought a CenDyne which is a rebadged Pioner A05 4x dvd-r burner.
I have two burning programs: Nero and PrimoDvd From what I've read, these are the popular two.
1. PrimoDvd does not detect my drive, I keep getting error messages. I am using engine 358. Anyone else have the same problem
2. I bought Ritek generation 3 media which I believe is 1x speed, but people reportedly have recorded 2x. I am using the lates Nero, and it's saying that at 1x speed it will take 180 minutes to record a dvd movie on the fly, is this normal, is it suppose to take that long? should I record at 2x speed?
3. What should my read speed be at when burning a dvd?
4. What's the best way to burn a dvd to dvd-r? Should I create an image file or copy on the fly? What about a data dvd? I was succesful using Roxio 5.5 to record a data dvd w/ mp3 songs. I really want to use nero to do my recordings, but it's confusing the heck out of me. I thought it would be like burning a cd but it's not. Can you post some NERO tips. Do you guys use the wizard or not?
p.s. the dvds that I am recording are already on dvd-r, so it's actually dvd-r to dvd-r. I will research smartripper and all that stuff later, but for now I just want to get the gist of things. Thank you all.
I bought a CenDyne which is a rebadged Pioner A05 4x dvd-r burner.
I have two burning programs: Nero and PrimoDvd From what I've read, these are the popular two.
1. PrimoDvd does not detect my drive, I keep getting error messages. I am using engine 358. Anyone else have the same problem
2. I bought Ritek generation 3 media which I believe is 1x speed, but people reportedly have recorded 2x. I am using the lates Nero, and it's saying that at 1x speed it will take 180 minutes to record a dvd movie on the fly, is this normal, is it suppose to take that long? should I record at 2x speed?
3. What should my read speed be at when burning a dvd?
4. What's the best way to burn a dvd to dvd-r? Should I create an image file or copy on the fly? What about a data dvd? I was succesful using Roxio 5.5 to record a data dvd w/ mp3 songs. I really want to use nero to do my recordings, but it's confusing the heck out of me. I thought it would be like burning a cd but it's not. Can you post some NERO tips. Do you guys use the wizard or not?
p.s. the dvds that I am recording are already on dvd-r, so it's actually dvd-r to dvd-r. I will research smartripper and all that stuff later, but for now I just want to get the gist of things. Thank you all.