[X4U] DVD Burner

[Keith Whaley]

In Toast 6 Titanium, there's a Simulation Mode, where you can "...make 
sure the write speed and other factors that you have set up for your 
recorder are correctly in place before you start to record actual data."

[Manual, pg. 16]

keith whaley

Michael Winter wrote:

> 
> On Oct 31, 2004, at 7:28 PM, Mike Strawn wrote:
> 
>>  I’ve tried using Toast and the Apple burn software at 2x, 1x and 4x 
>> and nothing works with any consistency.
> 
> 
> When using Toast, set it to burn at 1x and increase the size of the 
> cache. Do you have enough RAM to keep enough data cached in RAM (not too 
> many other things running?). Also, I know Toast used to have a way to do 
> a "test" burn that didn't actually burn the disk but verified that your 
> system could keep pace. I don't know if the newer versions still do this 
> or not but it would be a good thing to try.
> 
> Also make sure things like Energy Saver and the screen saver are off 
> (screen saver always seemed to kill my burns).
> 
> -Mike