[G4] Slow DVD burner?

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On Apr 28, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Charles Cox wrote:

> Dear List Members,
>
> I think there is a problem with my DVD/CD burner.  It takes about  
> 37 minutes
> to burn a D5 disc of 3.2 GB file size.  The burner is a superburner  
> Matshita
> UJ 835S

That model has a max speed of 8x

> replacement for the original burner in my Titanium Powerbook G4. It
> has been a while since I've used the DVD burner, but it seems to me  
> that it
> was either an 8X or 16 X burner for DVD's and burned discs more  
> quickly than
> it is currently.  I'm using the same procedure used before - Disk  
> Utility.
> Looking at the console log report, it states "requested DVD
> burn speed was 47X, actual burn speed is 2X.

if you burned at 2x that might be about right speed wise.

Try an 8x burn

>   I'm using Verbatim blanks
> rated at up to 16X.  Have been using them for quite a while.  OS is  
> 10.3.9,
> with 1 GB of RAM. System disk has 14 GB of unused space.

Depending on the processor speed and RAM, also what else is running  
will effect burn.


> Permissions have been
> repaired. Source material is an .img file located on the system  
> drive. An
> alternative location is an external drive, Maxtor 250 GB, 7200 rpm  
> unit connected by FW
> 400.
>
> Are there any tests I can perform to determine if the drive is  
> burning more
> slowly than it should, or have I provided enough information for  
> someone to
> make a recommendation?
>    Many thanks,
>    Chuck Cox
>
>
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