Race Guy Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 Hi guys! I just installed an LG GGW-H20L SATA BD burner. It's rated 6x/2x/6x. In the box is an LG 2x BD-RE. For some reason, the fastest write speed it'll do on that RE via ImgBurn is 1x. When it was blank, I did the "full format", then it did a "zeroing sectors" operation, then I burned my first test. The first burn, I had speed set to "MAX" & got 1x, I also tried Auto & fixed at 2x & still got 1x. Any ideas? The burns verified good & played good, they just take so DOG GONE LONG. My 'puter isn't an i7 rocketship, just an AMD 5000+ x2, but I'm SURE it can feed the 9KB/s which is "2x". See ya!
mmalves Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 You need to enable 'DVD-RAM / BD-RE FastWrite' in Tools -> Settings -> Write tab in order to get the full speed
Race Guy Posted May 29, 2009 Author Posted May 29, 2009 Now that you mention that Mr. M........., that option MAY have been presented to me AFTER IB completed the format. Not knowing what it was, I OBVIOUSLY selected "no"! What's a "safe" speed for BD-R writes for a standalone player? This burner goes 6x, the media is 4x, I might just go 2x on the first one to see what happens! THANKS!!
mmalves Posted May 29, 2009 Posted May 29, 2009 All the available write speeds (look in the Information box of ImgBurn) should work OK. Make sure your burner has the latest firmware available and you're good to go
LIGHTNING UK! Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Personally I wouldn't go down the 'fast write' route. Either enable spare areas on the bd-re or don't. If you format the disc without spare areas (which is the default in 2.4.4.0), you won't need fastwrite as it'll format at max speed anyway.
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