Hacking Disk Burning Speeds Explained

[-Unknown-]

I find it curious how the myth about burn speed matters still exists. That came about back in the PSX days before buffer underrun existed and there truly is no point in bastardizing your burn speed. Want proof? Here's a copy of Super Paper Mario burned at 24x on a Lite-On with an iso mounted over a network.

holy shit look at that!

Holy people. Burn speed and burn quality are TWO indepependant attributes.

They are CORRELATED, but not always in the same direction.

As such, TEST your burned discs for QUALITY and determine which speed is best (if you're above 90%, don't bother testing each speed, just be happy with the quality burn you got at whatever speed you used). Its even in the FAQs
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/index.php/Hac...ing_Information

Refrain from using the logic "it worked for me so it must work for everyone else" ... just because you can burn a disc at 96X and get a quality burn does not mean everybody else can too. All DVD burners are NOT created equal.

So long as you buy decent hardware your burn quality shouldn't be affected. I can't even count the number of times the buffer went to 0% while burning that image. I've burnt all my games over a network mounted drive with this burner and all are rating above 90%. Yes, it will vary. It depends how much crap you've burned on a drive and the quality of the drive you got in the first place.

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[krmn22]

I burn at 4x cause it works everybody else should burn at 4x cause it would solve this question being asked and argued about make it the rule

360 dl disks are 2.4x and wii single layer are 4x done and done

 

[nyrol]

Whichever speed you burn at gives you the least amount of errors (which can be checked using verification tools), is the speed that you should burn at. It is different for every brand of media, and every drive that you could have. It will NOT matter for the Wii. The Wii's drive is not the one that is burning, so it will not be affected by the speed at which you burn.

 

[moosh01]

we should let this thread die

 

[Shuny]

I burn at 4x cause it works everybody else should burn at 4x cause it would solve this question being asked and argued about make it the rule

360 dl disks are 2.4x and wii single layer are 4x done and done

You won the "useless post of the day" price.

If it was so simple, if your burner and your DVD-R were universal then we could learn from your "experience". But as I stated before, only many tests can determine the better speed to use.

Only tests. There is no exact value. It's all about finding the best burning speed.

 

[krmn22]

I burn at 4x cause it works everybody else should burn at 4x cause it would solve this question being asked and argued about make it the rule

360 dl disks are 2.4x and wii single layer are 4x done and done

You won the "useless post of the day" price.

If it was so simple, if your burner and your DVD-R were universal then we could learn from your "experience". But as I stated before, only many tests can determine the better speed to use.

Only tests. There is no exact value. It's all about finding the best burning speed.

At least I got something out of this thread lol

 

[CIJC]

I always burn at 2X... i dont know why, it just works for me.

ONLY BURN AT SPEEDS SUPPORTED BY YOUR MEDIA!

 

[-Unknown-]

we should let this thread die

+1

If a mod can close the thread, please do so.

 

[djdynamite123]

I agree, get rid of all these burning threads, we all know how to burn..

 

[Smuff]

I actually work with lasers (little bit bigger than those found in an optical drive mind you) and you cannot "strain" a laser - period

 

[leonhart83]

So what is damaging your laser over time. For example.

An average wii last 5 years if used 2 hours a day. A wii with not so good burns last 4years 11 months? Is there any sort of ballpark figure that we are talking about.

I done a few tests last night and most of my games read less than perfect (70-80percent some lower, none higher). I have had no issues with games not working and I have not noticed any loud drive sync noises.

Should I be worried?

Micky.

 

[kitt050383]

God let this stupid topic just DIE!!!!!!!!
Hell please if your a moderator remove all these posts and just make a sticky banning this discussion....
Please!

-Kitt050383

 

[leonhart83]

God let this stupid topic just DIE!!!!!!!!
Hell please if your a moderator remove all these posts and just make a sticky banning this discussion....
Please!

-Kitt050383

Answer my question first and then you can close it.

 

[kitt050383]

hey leonhart it's been answered by like a billion people over and over....
And the answer is: that there is no answer.....

Just trial and error to find what works....

topic should be closed and banned....

-kitt050383

 

[DaMummy]

I actually work with lasers (little bit bigger than those found in an optical drive mind you) and you cannot "strain" a laser - period

that is why nintendo had to adjust the POT for SSBB for some wiis, and that is why gamecubes stop reading discs only because the laser intensity(ohm) had gotten too high or too low, and was very easy to fix just by adjusting the ohm level, but no you cannot strain your laser, you can only let it die off and stop reading media