Some noob questions about CD-R/RW...

2005-12-09 19:05:30

1. How to decrease C2 errors? i have bought some cheap 99mins CD-R(brand name is Melody, www.melodygroup.com).
Is there any software can test the blank CD-R/RW quality?
Currently im using cdspeed2000.
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This is the 2nd disc i burned, i wonder i should continue to use them...

2. i have tired to over-burn my CD-R(same brand), about 861MB, with the nero(version 5).
i have tested several times with cdspeed2000 overburning-test.
in the test, this 2 app didnt produce any error.
however i burn my video file to this CD-R,
burn process finished without any error, but my CD-writer couldnt read the last file correctly, tested with ISObuster, cdspeed2000, CD-check and copy the file to harddsik....
all apps above will stop copying the file when reach 80%...
Why i can overburn my CD-R but my CD-Writer couldnt read it correctly?

Some noob questions about CD-R/RW...

Reply #1 – 2005-12-09 20:36:25

I'm not sure I understand all that you wrote, so I don't know if my information is relevant. I have a package of Philips CD-RW disks that are rated 4-12X. Most of them just won't work at more than 4X, however. Some other brands I have work fine at full speed, so I don't think my Plextor drive is at fault. So, you might try some lower writing speeds and see if anything improves. At least with RW you have nothing to lose but the time it takes to experiment.

Some noob questions about CD-R/RW...

Reply #2 – 2005-12-09 21:37:00

I'm afraid you just discovered what your burner's limits are in terms of overburning/overreading.

Anything above 80min (700MB) is, if I'm not mistaken, violating the standard.

Take a look here.

Sergio

Some noob questions about CD-R/RW...

Reply #3 – 2005-12-10 02:01:28

I'm sure there are exceptions but every one of the various brands of CD-RW I have are 650 meg. Sometimes, for any particular disk, that is overly optimistic.