marylou Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 With different computers, with different programs, with different music CDs, I have had maybe half of all I try to burn come out and the rest, not. Is there a trick to getting less wasted burns? Perhaps a certain brand of blanks, or a certain burn speed that works the best for people? Quote
fenderfour Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 TDK CD's from Costco 16X burn, MusicMatch Nearly 100% success Are you just copying cd's, or making mix cd's from saved files? Quote
icegirl Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 a macintosh and itunes.... 100% success rate. Quote
lummox Posted July 26, 2004 Posted July 26, 2004 i aint ever had a problem. i got a 50 dollar one. dont know the brand. i have used hp and memorex cds. i do fuk up in what i burn. choosing wrong songs and shit like that. Quote
rbw1966 Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 I have found that using data CDs I get a success rate of about 80%. Using the CDs specifically marketed for music burjing I get a near 99% success rate. Maybe its the blank CDs you are using. Quote
snoboy Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 -burn at less than full speed -buy decent blanks, no 100 for $10 jobbies -use the test function of the burning software -don't try and do other stuff at the same time on your computer if it is slow -copy the original to your hard drive first Quote
Off_White Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 I must lead a charmed life. I use cheap cd's from Costco, Nero software, and either a Sony or Lite-on burner running at 52x and almost never have a failure. Gotta do some other shennanigans for the copy protected stuff though, that often involves making a coaster or two. Quote
chirp Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 I must lead a charmed life. I use cheap cd's from Costco, Nero software, and either a Sony or Lite-on burner running at 52x and almost never have a failure. Gotta do some other shennanigans for the copy protected stuff though, that often involves making a coaster or two. Ditto OW, I have a 100% success rate with both cds and DvDs with Nero 6 as my prog and a TDK cd burner and a Pioneer DVD burner. No real tricks and even the cheapest cds will be fine. I do agree with Snoboy on burning at less than max speed. I usually burn around 10x and find that is plenty fast but usually half the max speed of your burner would be cool if thats a higher number. Also if you have low RAM (less than 512)and try to burn while running other programs or often just surfing, will jack the burn process. Quote
JoshK Posted July 27, 2004 Posted July 27, 2004 a macintosh and itunes.... 100% success rate. Yeah, for only 2x the price too! Quote
marylou Posted July 28, 2004 Author Posted July 28, 2004 I got good results by slowing the burn rate down to 4x. Quote
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