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GT40FIED · 09-16-2006, 03:55 AM

Ok...so I've got this Sony burner I've been pretty happy with since I've had it (around 4 months maybe). It's a DRX-800UL, USB 16X dual layer capable driver...although I haven't ever tried to burn a dual layer disc because they're so fucking expensive. Anyhow, the burner rocks along just fine for about the first 1/3 of the disc it's burning and right around 11X (and still climbing), it just seems to take a dump and automatically slides back to 6.1X and stays there. I've had the same result with both DVD Decrypter and Alcohol 120%. When using CopyToDVD for IFO files, it never even tries to go past 6.0X. Is this a problem with the computer or the drive? DVD Decrypter shows the usage of the software buffer and device buffer and about 30 seconds before speed drops the buffers start fluctating quite a bit. I have 16X capable discs, but kinda feel like I'm wasting money if 8X discs would work just as well (not that there's a huge price difference, but I buy them in bulk). Thoughts?

09-16-2006, 03:55 AM	#1
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 42 Posts: 7,451	DVD burner WTF? Ok...so I've got this Sony burner I've been pretty happy with since I've had it (around 4 months maybe). It's a DRX-800UL, USB 16X dual layer capable driver...although I haven't ever tried to burn a dual layer disc because they're so fucking expensive. Anyhow, the burner rocks along just fine for about the first 1/3 of the disc it's burning and right around 11X (and still climbing), it just seems to take a dump and automatically slides back to 6.1X and stays there. I've had the same result with both DVD Decrypter and Alcohol 120%. When using CopyToDVD for IFO files, it never even tries to go past 6.0X. Is this a problem with the computer or the drive? DVD Decrypter shows the usage of the software buffer and device buffer and about 30 seconds before speed drops the buffers start fluctating quite a bit. I have 16X capable discs, but kinda feel like I'm wasting money if 8X discs would work just as well (not that there's a huge price difference, but I buy them in bulk). Thoughts? __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika