Burning Speed Using Sonic Recordnow!

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  • auschick
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 20

    Burning Speed Using Sonic Recordnow!

    Hey all and merry christmas.

    I am having some trouble with my internal burner, for a while it was taking 40 mins to burn, and about and hour through DVD shrink, and then for a while it was taking half or less time. Now it has reverted back to the old slow time, and I was wondering if anyone would have a possible solution? My DVD burner is a 4x.

    Thanks in advance
  • ashy
    Super Member
    Super Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 253

    #2
    Are your disks rated at 4x? Have set the burn speed to 4x in the burning software? What speed is reported when burning?

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    • auschick
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Dec 2003
      • 20

      #3
      yep they are 4x, and the speed is set to 4 speed. I dont think there is any reported speed at the time of burning. The strange thing is, it was taking ages originally, then one day last week the whole CD/DVD drive was undetectable by the computer, so I restarted it, and then it was burning at the speed it should (half the original speed.) Now its back to its old self slow as a snail !

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      • ashy
        Super Member
        Super Member
        • Nov 2003
        • 253

        #4
        Have you got DMA enabled for all your drives?
        Which burning software are you using?

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        • auschick
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Dec 2003
          • 20

          #5
          Pretty sure DMA is enabled in the device manager,under IDE ADA/ADApi controllers?
          Im using DVDShrink and SonicRecordNow! have used Nero with the same slow results.



          My drive is called HL-DT-ST GCA 4040N.

          Thanks for helping me out with this ashy.

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          • ashy
            Super Member
            Super Member
            • Nov 2003
            • 253

            #6
            What does Nero report as the burn speed, is it 4x even though in reality it is taking longer and how long does it actually take to burn the disk?

            Download and run this Registry hack for Nero: http://www.multivers.tk/ it will show the true burning speed.

            I am having some trouble with my internal burner, for a while it was taking 40 mins to burn, and about and hour through DVD shrink
            What do you mean it is taking an hour through DVD shrink?
            Are you saying DVDshrink is taking longer now to re-encode? How long is it taking and how long did it take before?

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            • auschick
              Junior Member
              Junior Member
              • Dec 2003
              • 20

              #7
              Hey Ashy, I have removed nero from my computer.

              Dvd Shrink used to, and now takes around an hour to encode. For about a week it took around half this time.

              The same goes for Sonic Recordnow, which now takes around 40 minutes, where as during that week, it took around 15-20 minutes!

              Could it be a HDD problem, as I only have 20gb HDD.

              Thanks very much!

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              • ashy
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                Super Member
                • Nov 2003
                • 253

                #8
                To me this does seem like a HDD problem. It seems like the data is not being passed to the burner fast enough. Are you absolutely sure DMA is enabled for the HDD and your burner.

                What OS are you using?

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                • auschick
                  Junior Member
                  Junior Member
                  • Dec 2003
                  • 20

                  #9
                  I may have selected the wrong device at the device manager. Under IDE ADA/ADApi controllers I select the Primary IDE Channel, then properties and under advanced settings, it says that Device 0 and Device 1 Transfer mode IDE if available , but then under current transfer mode on Device 0 it states PIO Mode ??
                  Im using Windows XP.

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                  • auschick
                    Junior Member
                    Junior Member
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 20

                    #10
                    Just Checked out the Secondry IDE Channel and that has a Current Transfer mode of ULTRA DMA mode 5.

                    I have no Idea weather the Burner is linked to the Secondary or Primary IDE Channel!

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                    • ashy
                      Super Member
                      Super Member
                      • Nov 2003
                      • 253

                      #11
                      The primary IDE channel should have your HDD connected and device 0 will be your HDD.
                      It is running in PIO mode which is likely why you have this pro blem. You need to have the drive in DMA mode.

                      Right click on the Primary IDE channel under ATA/ATAPI controllers in device manager then select uninstall from the menu then reboot.

                      This should force windows to re-install the drivers for the HDD and reset it to DMA.

                      Let me know the results.

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                      • auschick
                        Junior Member
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                        • Dec 2003
                        • 20

                        #12
                        ok wish me luck!

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                        • ashy
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                          • Nov 2003
                          • 253

                          #13
                          You have your configuration for your drives all wrong.
                          Only hard drives can use ULTRA DMA 5, so you have your hard drive attached to the wrong channel.
                          You need to swap the cables over.

                          Use this configuration:

                          HDD - Primary IDE channel
                          DVDRW - Slave on Primary IDE channel
                          DVDROM - Master on Secondary IDE channel.

                          If you don't have a DVDROM then connect your DVDRW to the Secondary IDE as a Master

                          It would help if you download 'Nero info tool' then run the program and click the 'Configuration tab' then report the results here.

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                          • auschick
                            Junior Member
                            Junior Member
                            • Dec 2003
                            • 20

                            #14
                            Damn its come back as PIO mode only, on Device 0. You can still select IDE if available as you could before. Is there anyway around this?

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                            • auschick
                              Junior Member
                              Junior Member
                              • Dec 2003
                              • 20

                              #15
                              The Ultra DMA is under the Secondary IDE Channel Device O. This is wierd because thats how it came to me from the manufacturer. and Its a laptop so that makes it so hard for me to modify internally.

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