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digicube Jul 28, 2002, 01:09 AM CD Reader-->Hard Disk(used as Buffer)-->CD Writer I can't seem to burn faster than 8x on-the-fly and I think it has something to do with the communication of the devices via the above route. digicube Jul 28, 2002, 01:41 AM Never mind, I just found out why I can't burn more than at 8x. It is because of the type of data on the CD. It's a VCD made using Nero DAO. It seems that my CD readers cannot read it faster than 8x, I probably have to get another CD Writer as a reader. I tested it with CDSpeed. The CD readers read normal Data CD-ROM fast though, only VCDs then they are very slow. It's the format of the data that's preventing it from reading more than 8x. Does anyone know a CD/DVD Drive that can burn/read VCDs made by Nero fast on-the-fly? The format of VCD is different from normal data cd because the CD/DVD drives shows the contents having a couple of MB in size where actually it is a few hundred MD in size. I think the drives are can only read the 1st session of the VCD as data and the contents as something else. GodfatherUK Jul 28, 2002, 02:51 AM just make sure u do not have the reader and the writer on the same ide cable celtic_druid Jul 28, 2002, 04:29 AM VCD's use a mode 2 data tracks for the mpegs... Some drives read mode2 data much slower than mode1, this could be your problem. digicube Jul 28, 2002, 11:52 AM Originally posted by celtic_druid VCD's use a mode 2 data tracks for the mpegs... Some drives read mode2 data much slower than mode1, this could be your problem. I see. So is there a CD/DVD Drive that can read Mode 2 Data fast? I'm sure there are since there are fast DAE drives. digicube Jul 28, 2002, 02:58 PM I think the solution is the LTD-163/165. ^_^ rocardwilly Jul 28, 2002, 05:37 PM Ive just got a Lite-on 16xDvdrom, reads data like a hot knife through butter and reads through Safedisc2 protection.Dogs nuts for £30 m8. hssc11045 Jul 28, 2002, 06:02 PM "just make sure u do not have the reader and the writer on the same ide cable" Can you explain why and what difference this would make please? Hugh celtic_druid Jul 28, 2002, 07:18 PM It may make no difference but on some systems having the two drives on the samde IDE channel will lead to problems when copying on the fly. In such a case the two drives should be kept on different channels. Tony92 Jul 30, 2002, 08:18 AM On some systems, having the drives on the same channel can cause bottleneck effects, this is only on older low end systems though. |