Optimal recording speed

What is optimal recommended recording speed(write speed of the device) to write data to CD-R? I need exact copy the program on a disk.

OS Windows XP Home Edition
CD-ROM Drive is LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H

 

If I read you correctly. The setting will depend on the maximum write speed of the media you are using. Should be written on the CD sleave. This drive should have the ability to automatically select the optimal writing speed.

Depending on your writing software you can also manually set the writing speed. For less error correction (and therefore possibly less recorded errors) I would suggest using a recording speed less than the maximum the media can handle.

 

Yes, I meant this- recording speed for less errors. I have set 16x writing speed. I have no recording software, just default Windows XP driver.

 

If you're after a freeware CD/DVD burning programme that should be far more usefull than what is built into XP then I found the other day a programme called DeepBurner I haven't used it, but might be worth a look at?
Certainly can't complain about the price

 

quality of records

The main criteria I meant is quality of record. If the Windows XP built-in burner allows copy the program or write down music on CD-R with the same quality as commercial burning programs, then I will use XP built-in burner. No problems first copy all the CD to hard drive and then copy it to CD-R.
Does the XP built-in burner allows make good quality copies?

 

In theory the built in burning ability should work flawlessly for a given task that it is capable of. The hardware will determine most of the quality of recording. More sophisticated software will have extra capabilities that extends the hardware parameters, but basic recording SHOULD be OK.
At a guess I would say that that freeware programme (DeepBurner) should be better than the built in support. Certainly commercial applications available from vendors such as Roxio or Nero are superior than the built in version, which by the way is a "lite" version of the Roxio commercially available software. The underlying technology is from Roxio, minus any frills and updates, so it's getting a bit old now!

 

Just wondering, if you have a CD-R/RW drive, did it not come with burning software?

If you copy the CD to your hard drive, you should be able to copy/paste to the CD-R burner without any problem using the native XP software. It is capable of making an exact copy. Don't worry about the write speed, it will set itself to max drive and blank disk capability.

good luck

Martin

 

For error-free cd-writing.

Hi albatros,

Errors result from source slower than writer, e.g. copy from slow CD to writer. You'll never get errors related to speed copying to hdd and back to writer because hdd is orders of magnitude faster.

 

I have a CD-ROM Drive LITE-ON COMBO LTC-48161H, but it comes without special burning software, just built-in Windows XP burner. There are recording options ..48x, Fastest (probably "fastest" mean 52x?) In the meantime I have set 16x. Will this OK or 24x is better?

There are some burning software "Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.1" on eBay(only $2.00) but it requires a huge resources 205 MB free hard disk space (at least 80 MB of this space must reside on the system boot drive). I am not sure, is there any sense install it, will this considerably improve recording quality or just allow write CDs more conveniently..

 

I don't think you're going to gain any quality by using third party software opposed to XP's built in software. The answers in your question. The gain you'll get by using third party software is pretty much convienience. Also, there's probably some things that third party software can do that XP's can't. For instance, I don't know of a way to burn an iso file using XP's software though I admit I've never dug into it to find out.

As for the speed to use, I've always burned at the highest speed and never had any problem. This depends more on your hardware than on the software. The only way to find out is to try it and see if it's successful. If it results in a buffer underrun or some other error, try a slower speed. If no errors result, use the higher speed. It depends on your hardware and it's capabilities. If you're copying a cd directly from another cdrom drive to a disk in the burner drive the odds of problems arising due to the burners speed setting will be higher than if you copy the cd to the hard drive and then burn it from there. The hard drive is much faster than any cdrom drive and the odds of buffer underruns and other errors occurring are much less if you burn the cd from the hard drive. I must say however that buffer underruns seem to pretty much become a thing of the past, at least in my experience.

 

Might make recording somewhat easier depending on what you are copying. Some members (including me) have had problems with Roxio's burning programs conflicting with XP and causing crashes. When I upgraded to XP from 98SE, it was the only installed program that XP said was not compatible.

For that price it is a bargain, you might want to try it, you can always uninstall it if it causes problems.

Like I said in my earlier post, the XP native software will make exact copies, so I think Easy CD Creator cannot improve on "exact" copies. You should be able to use copy/paste and/or drag and drop without any difficulties. Again, burning speed is not only dependant on the recording drive, but also on the media you use. You cannot burn @48X on media with less capability. To record at 48X, you must use media rated at 48X.

Martin