Slow DVD burning on Tecra A9

I have found that when burning DVD's my burner is running at about 1X. I have checked this out on the web and found other forums suggesting to check to make sure that I am set to DMA if available on transfer mode.
I have done this on the "primary IDE channel" the transfer mode on device 0 is set at DMA if available but below it in the "current transfer mode" box it says PIO mode.
on device 1 the transfer mode is set at DMA if available but in the current transfer modeit says not available.
Please help.

Another thing is, that it often depends on what DVD/CD medium you are using. Some brands are only supported to be built at different speed settings, like blank double layer DVDs.
I always create my DVDs/CDs at low speed to help keeping up compatibility with other devices like DVD/CD-Players or lowering the risk of errors during creation process.

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I have a DVD burner plugged into an ide card and it only burns DVD-R at 2x. If I plug it straight into the board it burns at normal speed (12-16x). How do I configure the board to accept the ide card so that the drive burns at the proper speed?
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Quote from: Leroy_2000 on 13-November-07, 13:49:11
Hence what a forum is all about.
Sorry that I only now found this thread but glad to see you worked it all out. I have the same promise controller card laying in a drawer collecting dust right now for the same reason. I did get it to work but it was very unreliable on my K8N board. Because of this, I now only use 2 of my burners so that each can be a master connected to independent channels on the motherboard. I did away with all other IDE drives on this system and now have 4 SATA drives running happily. I may look into purchasing one of those controllers like yours, and reconfigure. I have having my 4 300GB PATA drives collecting dust.

Very slow DVD burning & any monitoring software?

Although I've owned my iMac for months I've only just tried burning some data DVDs from Finder and the speed is unbelievably slow - though successful. I'd estimate its running at 1x or 2x
I'm using 8x Ritek -R media which burns at 8x in other PC drives.
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Painfully slow DVD burning process with Toast .Tips welcome.

Just new to Mac,, and I am going crazy trying to burn/copy a DVD (legally). I do see that it is burning anywhere from 1-3 times rate (no wonder).I give instructions to do it on auto. And if I bring in a file to burn, which is the best type to import to Toast to burn(and less loss of quality)? Should I, or can I replace (upgrade) my 8 X drive (Matshutita?). Any programs (besides Toast)that will handle burning process faster? I used to grab an mpeg file on my PC, and have it burned within 25 minutes tops with TMPGenc for example. I don't think I can handle the slowness.

Even if you have a fully comliant MPEG-2 source, say EYE TV or a VOB file you still have to "author" the DVD with Toast (or DVD Studio Pro for $1000) to build the final DVD in the right format with VIDEO_TS folder, IFO and BUP files that guide the player. Use Toast. Most of the time a compliant MPEG-2 will not re-encode so the process is quite fast. Set the encoding option to "Never". If it needs to be re-encoded it will do that despite the "Never".
Waste of time paying anything to put a new DVD drive in an iMac. Leave it alone and get an external LaCie firewire as I advised already. The authoring time has zero to do with the drive since all the encoding is done by the mac and then you burn the final image to a DVD. A 1X or 20X won't affect the speed.
I just think the internal drives , iMac, MacBook Pro are slow and pokey and a hassle to use and $100-$150 is worth the expense. The D2 drives come with a full version of Toast as well or they did when I bought mine.

Slow DVD burning - how to reach maximum speed?

I've been trying to burn DVDs at the maximum speed that seems to be supported by my new MBP (8x).
However, the burn speeds seem to fluctuate around 4x-7x.
It seems that my system is fast enough to support 8x, and I'm burning large files that aren't fragmented (so no chance of the hard drive being the bottleneck imo).
Any ideas what may be slowing things down and for any workarounds?
Thanks!

I doubt it has to do with the media - I'm using quality Verbatim 16x certified DVD+R media.
Also, I'm not doing anything at the same time when it is maxing at 4-7x, but on the other hand when I am doing many things in parallel to burning (playing an mp3, decompressing a large zip, doing massive downloads, all at the same time), this maximum speed doesn't seem to be adversely affected.
Again, seems like the MBP is handling this 7x burn speed with complete leisure, so why not 8x?

Slow DVD burn speed.

I'm having an issue, burning DVDs with K3b or most other software is slow. My LG DVD drive is capable of 16X speeds, I would have no problem burning at this speed under Windows XP. Under Arch I'm only burning at around 4X, you can imagine that it's quite slow. For comparison say a 4.3GB DVD takes me 3 times as long to burn, roughly 13-15min. I haven't tried burning CDs because I haven't bought them for a few years.
If this is of any help:
hdparm -I /dev/dvd | grep -i dma
DMA: sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 *udma2 udma3 udma4
Thanks for any help, I really need to resolve this because I burn DVDs quite often.
Last edited by PrimoTurbo (2008-07-22 11:53:29)

Same brand. Also I've tried at least 3 good quality brands with the same results.
Last edited by PrimoTurbo (2008-07-22 23:03:13)

Slow DVD burn

I saw one posting complaining of slow burning in XP mode. I'm getting slow burning using iDVD - several hours to burn a 1-hr DVD. What's wrong?

Same brand. Also I've tried at least 3 good quality brands with the same results.
Last edited by PrimoTurbo (2008-07-22 23:03:13)

Slow DVD burns & monitoring software?

Although I've owned my iMac for months I've only just tried burning some data DVDs from Finder and the speed is unbelievably slow - though successful. I'd estimate its running at 1x or 2x
I'm using 8x Ritek -R media which burns at 8x in other PC drives.
Any ideas on how to
1. speed it up
2. turn off verification
3. monitor/check the speed it's actually burning at?
Thanks

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Most users are under the impression that there media is the best, when in fact more times than not it can be the root cause of there burning issues.
As you can see from the media guide above your media is not the top of the line media.
Many Apple computers just do not like poor media, there are many reaasons for this, Firmware, Software, the Media you use. the Speed of that Media, as well as the Format of that media.
The most widely recognised and overall compaible across the board is DVD-R
Yes many of the newer Mac's will burn and play DVD+R and RW media as well as DL. The problem is that many older computers and players can't.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
There have been occasions when changing media up to 3 times before you find the best high quality media for your Optical Drive. All are a little different. Your better higher quality media appears to have much better quality control than the lower priced bargin basement variety.
This should help, and remember when you burn it is best not to try running other applications and mail and surfing the web while burning.
If you are going to burn then just BURN and thats all.
Hope this helps
Don

Excruciatingly Slow DVD Burning...MS-7142 ( K8mm-V )

I have two DVD burners one is IDE and the other is Sata. Either one takes forever to try to burn a disk.
When I go to "My Computer and right-click, it is about 3 minutes before the pop-up menu comes up, and then
another 5 minutes after I click format or whatever.
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DD
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Try diminishing DMA for the burning devices, to for example DMA2. Also check if there are firmware updates for the burners.
Speculating in the memory you got are two sticks of very different origins, but maybe one shouldn't speculate.
Please mention your PSU.

Slow DVD burns -- Solution!

I don't know how I missed this issue, but during the edit of this independent feature film, I popped in a TDK DVD-R to burn some footage for an actress, and BOOM -- it will only burn at 2x speed.
Under the serious deadline crunch (that's why we use macs, of course!), I scoured through some blank media in my briefcase, and low and behold, the VERBATIM INKJET PRINTABLE 94854 8x DVD-R showed up at the full speed.
I had purchased these from Newegg.com maybe a year ago...
... but I'm shocked to say the least about this, since the recent firmware update probably just removed the speed capabilities of the superdrive. Very odd move by Apple. Odd, the likes of which I haven't seen since the Lombard Powerbook graphics driver issue back when OS X was released -- they were a year old yet no longer supported, until a lawsuit, that is...
Well, I just purchased my parents an Intel iMac, and at least they are enjoying that. Hope the superdrive works fully on it!
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http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Most users are under the impression that there media is the best, when in fact more times than not it can be the root cause of there burning issues.
As you can see from the media guide above your media is not the top of the line media.
Many Apple computers just do not like poor media, there are many reaasons for this, Firmware, Software, the Media you use. the Speed of that Media, as well as the Format of that media.
The most widely recognised and overall compaible across the board is DVD-R
Yes many of the newer Mac's will burn and play DVD+R and RW media as well as DL. The problem is that many older computers and players can't.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvd
There have been occasions when changing media up to 3 times before you find the best high quality media for your Optical Drive. All are a little different. Your better higher quality media appears to have much better quality control than the lower priced bargin basement variety.
This should help, and remember when you burn it is best not to try running other applications and mail and surfing the web while burning.
If you are going to burn then just BURN and thats all.
Hope this helps
Don

Prebuy Ques: External DVD - Burner Burn Time?

I have a ton of files on CDs & ZIP disks. They take up a LOT of physical space. I want to categorize and burn them to DVD's so I can discard the ZIP disks, wipe most off my external LaCie HD and regain some storage space.
I've read several comments here about oh-so-slow DVD burning times.
So I have several related questions. I have a LaCie Burner on Order.
It comes with Toast.
Must a DVD be burnt in one session?
Or is multi-session burning possible?
Hopw much free space do I need when burning DVDs?
How long does it take to burn a DVD given my system's configuration?
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1. If you buy DVD-R or DVD-RW media, yes. DVD-R media doesn't support multisession burning.
3. If you're using the Finder, you may need up to 9.4GB available on your hard disk to burn a DVD. Toast has a lower requirement.
4. As long as the DVD burner is connected through FireWire and you're burning a data DVD, you can burn a DVD in approximately one or two hours. Burning a DVD over the USB port on your machine will take much longer(and may not be possible at all), and trying to burn a video DVD will take several hours or days on a G3-based system.
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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).

CD/DVD burning SLOW

Hi,
I have this problem with my Asus A6JC laptop. It's CD/DVD burner is really, really slow. I mean, it says it can write 24x CD speed (4234kb/s) but it usually does at about 10x using k3b. It says it can do 8x DVD (11080 kB/s) but its doing at about but it's at it's best at around 0.9x
I've found this information in k3b faq http://k3b.plainblack.com/faq, but it didn't help as I have DMA enabled (both according to hdparm and dmesg output).
If I run cdrecord dev=/dev/hdb -prcap I get all the nice information about the device capabilities. Check this out:
cdrecord dev=/dev/hdb -prcap
WARNING ! Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability !
: Operation not permitted
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a06 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jg Schilling
NOTE: this is OSS DVD extensions for cdrtools and thus may have bugs
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cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.17-ARCH
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
WARNING ! Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability !
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scsidev: '/dev/hdb'
devname: '/dev/hdb'
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Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
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WARNING ! Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability !
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Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
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Identifikation : 'DVDRAM GMA-4082N'
Revision : 'HJ02'
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Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does read DVD-ROM media
Does read DVD-R media
Does write DVD-R media
Does read DVD-RAM media
Does write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing
Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does not read R-W subcode information
Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data
Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2
Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature
Maximum read speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Current read speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Maximum write speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Current write speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 2048
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 2
Write speed # 0: 11080 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Write speed # 1: 5540 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 31x, DVD 4x)
Supported CD-RW media types according to MMC-4 feature 0x37:
Does write multi speed CD-RW media
Does write high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed+ CD-RW media
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I'm actually worried worried about "WARNING ! Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability !". I haven't tried burning in Windows, since I haven't installed it yet Anyone could help, please?

I have the same problem, plus i can assert that EVEN the usb burner il slow and the system seems slowed itself (like as having dma disabled).

Qosmio G20 CD/DVD burning is very slow at 4x max

i have used philips CDs and DVDs but they are slow, the DVDs burn but the CDs don't. should i use a different brand of disks like TDK. i cannot increase the recording speed either.
Is my MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-845S DAMAGED, do i need to replace it? i have looked on the internet and many people have the same problem with the same drive.

Hi
Wait you can burn DVDs but its not possible to burn the CDs?
Ok it sounds like an hardware malfunction but before you will replace the device you should try to burn different CD. Test the CDs form different manufacturers.
You have suggested using TDK?
I use the TDK CD and DVD and my drive burns everything successfully.
Anyway, if you still be not able to burn CDs I assume the lens cannot calibrates and therefore the drive cannot write on the CD.
In such case the drive must be replaced ;(

Upgraded memory but still running slow and DVD burner ?

Hi guys.
I just got the new iBook g4 12' laptop in August with 512 MB. I just added another 512 MB today and system profiler recognizes it. However, I don't see any improvements in my speed. In fact, start up is slower since I added the memory and I have seen the beach ball numerous times.
Is there something I need to do?
Also, I just got an external DVD burner (a Pioneer R-110 Dual Layer burner and is recognized by my system. I have Toast (6.1.1.) however, I cannot seem to burn Dual Layer DVDs on it. Do I need to upgrade to the 7.0 version or is there a better software I should get for burning Dual Layer DVDs?
Thanks for your help.

Hello,
Although the profiler recognizes the memory, it may not still agree with the system. Have you tried removing the ram and see if there is a speed increase?
If not, memory is a user serviceable repair and you may do it without voiding your applecare coverage. Now, here are instructions from Apple on how to do it. Please be sure you touch some metal surface before touching the memory. Do not touch any of the metal in the computer unless instructed to do so. Touching the metal will omit any static electricity in your body. Here is the link:
Click Here
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Good Luck,
Grant

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