Cd Burning Program

[ccskorn]

I need a new cd burning program, I have Nero Express that came with my burner, but it takes me 10 minutes to write a 13 song cd at 40x write. I want a program that has a lot of stuff. Audio/Data CD creating, Image Burning/Creating, VCDs, CD copying.

[AndrewBarker]

for general burning Nero IS the best :)

[cwctv]

It only takes me 6 mins at 16 speed !!!
Make sure you have your "dma" on for the Cd(Cdrw).
It might help if you let people know your machine spec's plus operating system and the version of Nero too.

[chinook_apache]

Originally posted by cwctv@3 January 2004 - 12:24
It only takes me 6 mins at 16 speed !!!
Make sure you have your "dma" on for the Cd(Cdrw).
It might help if you let people know your machine spec's plus operating system and the version of Nero too.
what happens if you dont have dma on ?

[cwctv]

Well for either h/drives or Cd(cdrw's) it will slow it down Direct Memory Access (dma).If I have mine off for cutting say disc to disc it takes 10 mins plus if "on" only 6 mins the same as for cutting files from the h/drive to cd,this is at 16 speed.

[Smurfette]

Nero. You can almost do it all with that... Alcohol 120% is a good 1:1 copier but with the latest protections it still don't cut it so your better off downloading cracked releases.

Don't bother with Roxio EasyCDCreator no matter how much you are tempted. Why? Consider this: WinXP has CD writing capability built-in, which was developed for them by Adaptec (now known to us all as Roxio), yet when the next version of EasyCDCreator was released after XP was on the shelves, it fucked the system totally, rendering it un-bootable. How the hell could they develop the XP CDR/W engine and then release something that just didn't work? Numpties!

[DWk]

Originally posted by cwctv@3 January 2004 - 06:48
Well for either h/drives or Cd(cdrw's) it will slow it down Direct Memory Access (dma).If I have mine off for cutting say disc to disc it takes 10 mins plus if "on" only 6 mins the same as for cutting files from the h/drive to cd,this is at 16 speed.
oh TRUST me u dont want dma off....

ur computer is MAJORLY slow...and i mean SLOW :angry:

dont even know why there's an option to use it or not :angry:

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by DWk@3 January 2004 - 14:26
dont even know why there's an option to use it or not :angry:
For compatibility. :-/

[DWk]

Originally posted by Smurfette+3 January 2004 - 07:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Smurfette @ 3 January 2004 - 07:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-DWk@3 January 2004 - 14:26
dont even know why there&#39;s an option to use it or not :angry:
For compatibility. :-/ [/b][/quote]
with?


well at least non-dma/pio isnt that much compatible with my computer.... they get a little frusty on each other :frusty: :frusty: :frusty: :frusty: :frusty:

haha

[cwctv]

DWk I nearly put a quote in to the problem you had not long back about dma just couldn&#39;t be arsed to find it,yep dma AS to be enabled its a must with todays drives (cd-rw).
As for compatibility that takes me back a few years its for old drives when bios&#39;s and chipsets had problems reading these fast things we now have today esp data transfer,they shouldn&#39;t be many around now even some of the early 2.1gigs ran with dma if the m/board and chipset allowed.

[h121589]

i b havin dat same problem my cd burner is 40x and my cd-r is also 40x and when i burn a cd wit about 18 songs it takes 13 min. abd when i burn VCD it takes about 2-3 hours

[sparsely]

I don&#39;t really think software is the problem...
but Nero sucks, generally speaking...

use Alcohol, or ECDC. ;)

have you checked your drive manufacturers website for any firmware updates that might help?

[cwctv]

Extract from a Mircosoft site:-

If you installed the Windows XP upgrade over Windows 95, 98, or Me, and your DVD-ROM (CD-RW or CD) was working fine before the upgrade, it may be that the drive is being treated as DMA (direct memory access).
Try changing the transfer mode settings to PIO (programmed input/output).
In Windows XP, you do not find the settings in the properties dialog box for the device. The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article describes the steps for changing the settings.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/defaul...aQry=Windows+XP (http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?InCC_hdn=True&Catalog=LCID%3D2057%26CDID%3DEN-US-KB%26PRODLISTSRC%3DON&Product=&KeywordType=ALL&Titles=false&numDays=&maxResults=25&Queryl=dma&Query=dma&QuerySource=gsfxSearchRt_Query&srchExtraQry=Windows+XP)

All the problems are at the above link.

[Illustrious]

Use Nero &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Xero Grid]

Nero Homepage (http://www.nero.com/)

Check out the latest Nero here. I&#39;m using Nero 6.3.0.2 Ultra and it does.. everything&#33;

Or if you want expensive bloatware, try Roxio 6 (http://www.roxio.com). :P

-- Xero Grid --

[Project E-01]

DWK - some older machines have problems using the DMA access mode, which is why there is the option. An O/S needs to cater to all target machines, that includes the museum peices that many offices still use.

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by Sparsely@3 January 2004 - 19:37
I don&#39;t really think software is the problem...
but Nero sucks, generally speaking...

use Alcohol, or ECDC. ;)How the fuck can you get that many stars with advice like that?

Oh yeah... chatter forums. ;)


Edit: just removing irrelevant part of quote :)