Has Default DVD/CD Burn Speed Been Altered In Tiger?

I upgraded to Tiger 6 months ago but have been burning most of my DVDs in Toast.
I have just used the Mac's burning application and the window that opened gave a default burn speed of half the DVD's capability.
In Panther etc. the default burn speed was always "Maximum".
Why has it been changed in Tiger?
Ian.

Leopard is required plus additional CD/DVD Sharing software from Apple. Not sure but you may also need an Intel Mac. This was a feature created for MacBook Air owners because the MBA does not have an optical drive of its own.

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DVD disc burn speed

Can a DVD-R disc be written faster than it's rated speed? If the disc says it's rated speed is 4X, can you burn it at 8X, etc? If you can, will the disc be readable later?
Also, does anyone have any reccomendations as to the most reliable media. I have been using TDK for about 3 years, but have been reading about Taiyo Yuden.
G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW 110D
G4 MDD Mac OS X (10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW 110D

Can a DVD-R disc be written faster than it's rated
speed? If the disc says it's rated speed is 4X, can
you burn it at 8X, etc? If you can, will the disc be
readable later?
Also, does anyone have any reccomendations as to the
most reliable media. I have been using TDK for about
3 years, but have been reading about Taiyo Yuden.
G4 MDD Mac OS X
(10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW 110D
G4 MDD
Mac OS X (10.3.9) I have a Pioneer DVD-RW
110D
Generally, no. While there may be firmware hacks to make a drive burn a disc faster than the disc's rated speed, you're just asking for problems down the road, assuming that you even get a "successful" burn. If you need to burn at 8X, get 8X discs, or just wait a bit longer for the 4X discs to burn at their rated speed.
The media that's generally regarded as the top rated are Maxell, TDK, Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim. Verbatim appears to be well regarded with DVD+R DL discs, and they're one of the few brands of DL discs that you can find without having to order online.
This page is a good reference for media quality: http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

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Hi Dave
Just updating this post.
Your suggestion was correct and I would like to change this post to the solved column, but once you mark a post as helpful you can't, so Dave would you just post back a message back to this thead, I would be more than willing to mark it as solved.
Thanks!

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i burned a dvd that came up as "unsupported" in my dvd player.
how do I burn a dvd so that I can watch it on TV?

Hi
How did You do the burn ?
• There are two flavours of DVDs - Data-DVD and Video-DVD
• Brand and type of DVD used
• Burn Speed
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Did You try Your DVD on
• Your Mac
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I am looking for a way to set a default dvd writer.
The system I am working on has multiple writers attached (one is a duplicator).
Unfortunately, the software or OS seems to latch on to the most recently added drive.
In one instance it defaulted to a removable backup drive we attached.
I have been getting around this by using the "build and burn" option then using the drop down box to select the proper DVD writer.
Is there a way to set a default and eliminate this step and the confusion that results when people instinctively click "burn" and the machine tries to write to improper locations?
Thanks for your help, this has been a thorn in my side for quite some time.
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Well not what I wanted to hear but thanks for confirming what I had found to be true. Would still like to hear if anyone has any creative workarounds.

DVD Burn Speed - should I go Fast or Slow?

Please help! I am getting conflicting advice regarding the best speed to burn a DVD Video (in DVDSP, iDVD, Disk Utility etc) that will be used as a duplication master. I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x. However, a technician assures me that you should slow the burn right down and that professional duplicators and production houses never burn a DVD at its rated speed! Who is correct? Any help or links appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Burning too slow is often just as bad as burning too fast.
It's possible this may apply to the latest / newest DVD Burners on the market but not necessarily to the Burners that have been on the market for some time now like the Pioneer 103 for example. I own three separate burners, all Pionneer (103, 107, and 110U). The newest S-Drive I own is a Pioneer 110U in an ext. FW Enclosure. Originally my G4 733 came with a Pioneer 103. It still works but it now lives in an older G4 PM as a backup ... Still works great (at SLOWER BURN SPEEDS)!
But slower is better on this particular early model /S-Drive. And the same applies to the Pioneer 107. However, it does not apply to the latest Pioneer burners like the 110U, 111, nor the 112.
As pointed out in the above article you mentioned media can and often does contribute /influence the actual write speed that the drive will default to when burning a DVD. Very good article btw and thanx for bringing it to our attention.
Contrary to what is written in the above article though .... "slower is better" provided your burner is also an earlier model (and perhaps not so if you have the latest/ newer burner/s).

DVD-R and CD-R Burn Speeds Slow after Tiger

Hi, I just installed Tiger a few weeks ago and noticed that when I am in the finder and record or burn a CD-R, it does so at 8X max, and a DVD-R data disc burns at 1X only, instead of the 2X its supposed to do it. Any help is welcomed.
Also having problems when inserting a DVD-R, it no longer askes what to open (IDVD, finder, DiskUtility) even if I never checked the always do this, it automatically opens IDVD everytime and doesnt let me open it in the finder. The solution for this is that I have to place the IDVD application on a External Harddrive and then insert the disk and I get the dialog box again, but once I pass the application back to the applications folder it always defaults into opening that.

Your burning speed isn't determined by your operating system, it's determined by your SuperDrive. So if you have an 8X max for CD-R and 1X for a DVD-R that's what you're stuck with.
You can however reflash your firmware to trick your drive into ripping and burning a little faster. Shoot me an e-mail at [email protected] and I'll e-mail you the info on how to do it. It's been a while, so I have to look up the file again. Also, be sure that's the SuperDrive you have because the new firmware is drive specific!
-Joe

DVD burn speed options?

I've been told conflicting things in regards to burning DVDs. I understand that the speed listed for the DVD is how FAST you can burn. What I'm looking to confirm is whether you can burn at slower speeds on a DVD regardless of how FAST it is listed as. For instance, can you burn at 1x speed with a DVD-R that is rated as 8x?

Other than timing the burn from the point it finishes the lead in to the point it starts the lead out, I'm not sure there is a way in Toast 6. Toast 8 shows the speed that the disc is currently burning at as it's going.
On Toast 6, if you check the burn speed pull-down menu after it's read the disc and indicated that there's a blank disc in the drive, do some of the burn speeds show in bold and others show in italics? The bold ones are the speeds that the disc officially supports - the italic ones are the speeds that Toast can "force".

DVD Burn Speed

Sorry if this is a stupid question. But I want to how do I find out what the burn speed/rate a dvd is burning? As I've read that lots of people are only getting 2x.
Thanks

I've had the same problems with burning speed and
found that you won't get more than 2 x with an 8 x
DVD-R. I was using 8 x TDK and they wouldn't burn at
more than 2 x. I then switched to 16 x discs and they
burn at 8 x with no problems at all. This applies to
both TDK and Verbatim disks.
20" Intel Imac Mac OS X
(10.4.7)
I've been using 8X TDK DVD-R discs (single layer) and always get the full 8X burn speed.

Max DVD burn speed 2x!?!

Hey all, is anyone else not getting full burn speed on their iMacs? Mine only gives me the option of 2x as the fastest. My external LaCie will let me burn at 4x with the same media. What gives?

Let me see if I can help out.
Just because your drive says it is capable of 8X doesn't mean it will burn at 8X.
Depending on what you are using to try to burn with in the way of software, I suggest you burn at a slower Speed. like 2X. Apples Software is entry level and it works but many users find harder to use than the top of the line in burning software like Roxio's Toast 7.
Here is the explination on the different DVD's.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
Just bear one thing in mind.
When it comes to DVD Players, Formats, and Burners, of the hundreds of different manufactures, All are opting to be the Industry Standard, and it appears they insert there little chinks that almost force users to use there products exclusively.
There is always a backlash from these marketing ploys.
In a perfect world you would think any DVD would work in any DVD Player and Computer but sorry it is not so there are so many things that come into play. Format, Speed, Brand, Software used. Any one or combination can affect the process.
The problem is multi-dimensional.
First check in your particular profiler on EXACTLY what type(FORMAT) of DISK's your burner will burn.
Next please do not just randomly go out and buy a spool of 30 50 or 100 disc's because they are on sale.
There is a HUGE difference in the type format disc's you buy
There is also a HUGE difference in the BRAND you choose, some are junk.
There is also a HUGE Difference in the SPEED of the media you choose.
If any one or a combination of any of the 3 mentioned above can cause burn error's or no burn at all or spit the disk out.
So it is a good idea to do a little homework on your Optical Drive and see just exactly what it is capable of and what it will use for media.
(ONE LAST NOTE)
Many of the Media Manufactures are becomming aware that many of the Apple Burners are having trouble with there Media. Maxell has just come out with a brand new one that is. Maxell 16X DVD-R.
The key is read the packaging. this new media tells you that it will burn at any speed from 1X through 16X, and it works very well on the older Optical Drives. I also opt to use the individual that include the cases there seems to be much better quality, not like that of the spools.
Remember Apples Drives to date are much pickier than those used in the PC community.
Cheers Don

How to set the default DVD Burner (output device) in DVDSP 4.2.2

For the life of me I can't find that click - default DVD Burner (output device) - but I can see where you can set it under both Build/Format and Format. Too bad it always goes back to the superdrive, which I never use. Thx!

ha! So I am not crazy on this one. The strange thing is that every once in a while when I open DVDSP, the external burner has become the default, and I can use the Burn click, but only until I do a reboot or shutdown. But obviously then there is nothing in the interface for setting a default. jvenzon, If you do a format and build you can choose, which is what I do each time, remembering to change the Destination to the external drive. Then say "reuse" when asked, and I think that does what the Burn click would do anyway. Cheers,
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How To Control DVD burn speed?

I want to burn the DVD at some speed lower than the default of 8X. How can it be controlled?

Hello Doc,
I want to burn the DVD at some speed lower than the default of 8X.
Wise decision
You'll need to create a disk image (File > Save as Disk Image) in iDVD. The resulting .img file can then be burned with either Disk Utility or, if you have, Toast.
hope this helps
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I just "upgraded" my iPhone with the new software. As a low vision person, your phone was always previously helpful. I now discover that I cannot use the phone easily. The font has been changed to a very narrow typeface and the greyscale has been altered

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Burn Speed for DVD mastering - fast or slow

Please help! I am getting conflicting advice regarding the best speed to burn a DVD Video (in DVDSP, iDVD, Disk Utility etc) that will be used as a duplication master. I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x. However, a technician assures me that you should slow the burn right down and that professional duplicators and production houses never burn a DVD at its rated speed! Who is correct? Any help or links appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Ian
I have read online that you should avoid slowing down the burn too much (I think because the disc dyes etc are 'optimised' for faster speeds) and that you will run into problems if you burn an 8x disc at 1 or 2x.
The general advice around here is burning at slow speeds to avoid playback problems. DVDSP will allways burn at max speed and that's one of the reasons for NOT using that burning workflow. I allways create a disc image of my project and burn it with Toast and/or Disk Utility, where you can select the burn speed.
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