Burn Speed Selection

Hey, I was just doing a basic CD burn onto a blank cd. Of a MPEG 4 file onto a CD.
So I installed a blank CD and then opened the Finder window then clk and dragged the mp4 file onto the image of the CD. Then I clk the 'Burn' logo.
Dialog box says, select speed, so I try and their is only 'one' option. 8X.
Why?
I tried to click on the drop down menu , but to no avail, I could only get 8X.
what is up with that?
The file size is 590 mb. the CD is 650 mb.
So what is going on here? Anyone?
Thanks,

Some Discs only do a certain speed, what brand is it & what is it rated for?

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