Backup disc freezing, should I burn at a different speed?

[BundyBear]

Hey, I've backed up my Guitar Hero and Rock band games for 360 and occasionally the game will freeze in a song and then continue on.

 

I'm here to ask this question because I can't afford to risk testing burning heaps of discs cos they're real expensive.

 

What discs I have is verbatim DVD+R DL 2.4x (PN 95123). I've been burning them at 4x speed as a reputable forum member here told me so, every other game works flawlessly its just my guitar hero and rock band games.

 

As I have read newer burners can record faster than the specified speed on the discs, the burner I have is a HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 upgraded with the newest firmware available.

 

I understand that my burner may have stuffed up the burn in the first place, but I dont think the odds of that are very high because all my other games are okay.

 

But really, I just want to know if I should burn again at 4x and hope for the best, or take it down to 2.4x, but I'm not sure if that will do any better.

 

Hope someone can help! Cheers.

Edited September 28, 2010 by BundyBear

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Post the log of your latest burn+verify with these discs.

[BundyBear]

Heres my latest one, I didn't get any on screen errors with any.

 

I 13:10:47 ImgBurn Version 2.5.2.0 started!

I 13:10:47 Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7600)

I 13:10:47 Total Physical Memory: 3,144,952 KB - Available: 1,998,128 KB

W 13:10:47 Duplex Secure's SPTD driver can have a detrimental effect on drive performance.

I 13:10:47 Initialising SPTI...

I 13:10:47 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 13:10:47 -> Drive 1 - Info: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02 (F:) (ATA)

I 13:10:47 -> Drive 2 - Info: JWVKF 3092Z8T6V0T 1.03 (G:) (SCSI)

I 13:10:47 Found 1 DVD±RW/RAM and 1 BD-ROM/HD DVD-ROM!

I 13:11:04 Operation Started!

I 13:11:04 Source File: C:\Users\Stevo\Desktop\Guitar Hero Warriors Of Rock\IMAGE.dvd

I 13:11:04 Source File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048)

I 13:11:04 Source File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes

I 13:11:04 Source File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM

I 13:11:04 Source File Volume Set Identifier: ec67c000MS UDFBridge

I 13:11:04 Source File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM)

I 13:11:04 Source File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF

I 13:11:04 Source File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50)

I 13:11:04 Destination Device: [2:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02 (F:) (ATA)

I 13:11:04 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 13:11:04 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824

I 13:11:04 Write Mode: DVD

I 13:11:04 Write Type: DAO

I 13:11:04 Write Speed: 4x

I 13:11:04 Link Size: Auto

I 13:11:04 Lock Volume: Yes

I 13:11:04 Test Mode: No

I 13:11:04 OPC: No

I 13:11:04 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 13:11:04 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 5,540 KB/s (4x)

I 13:11:04 Book Type Setting: DVD-ROM

I 13:11:04 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1,913,760

I 13:11:04 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc

I 13:11:40 Set L0 Data Zone Capacity Succeeded!

I 13:11:40 Filling Buffer... (40 MB)

I 13:11:41 Writing LeadIn...

I 13:11:44 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3827487)

I 13:11:44 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3827487)

I 13:11:44 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1913759)

I 13:23:41 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 1913760 - 3827487)

I 13:35:39 Synchronising Cache...

I 13:35:40 Closing Track...

I 13:35:48 Finalising Disc...

I 13:36:41 Exporting Graph Data...

I 13:36:41 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Stevo\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS50_TN02_FRIDAY-24-SEPTEMBER-2010_1-11_PM_MKM-001-00_4x.ibg

I 13:36:41 Export Successfully Completed!

I 13:36:41 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:25:36

I 13:36:41 Average Write Rate: 5,334 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,572 KB/s (4.0x)

I 13:36:41 Cycling Tray before Verify...

W 13:36:50 Waiting for device to become ready...

I 13:37:07 Device Ready!

I 13:37:10 Operation Started!

I 13:37:10 Source Device: [2:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02 (F:) (ATA)

I 13:37:10 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x)

I 13:37:10 Image File: C:\Users\Stevo\Desktop\Guitar Hero Warriors Of Rock\IMAGE.dvd

I 13:37:10 Image File Sectors: 3,827,488 (MODE1/2048)

I 13:37:10 Image File Size: 7,838,695,424 bytes

I 13:37:10 Image File Volume Identifier: DVD_ROM

I 13:37:10 Image File Volume Set Identifier: ec67c000MS UDFBridge

I 13:37:10 Image File Application Identifier: CDIMAGE 2.45 (12/06/2000 TM)

I 13:37:10 Image File Implementation Identifier: Microsoft CDIMAGE UDF

I 13:37:10 Image File File System(s): ISO9660, UDF (1.50)

I 13:37:10 Read Speed (Data/Audio): MAX / MAX

I 13:37:10 Verifying Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 3827487)

I 13:37:10 Verifying Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 3827487)

I 13:37:10 Verifying Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 1913759)

I 13:42:49 Verifying Layer 1... (LBA: 1913760 - 3827487)

I 13:48:24 Exporting Graph Data...

I 13:48:24 Graph Data File: C:\Users\Stevo\AppData\Roaming\ImgBurn\Graph Data Files\HL-DT-ST_DVDRAM_GH22NS50_TN02_FRIDAY-24-SEPTEMBER-2010_1-11_PM_MKM-001-00_4x.ibg

I 13:48:24 Export Successfully Completed!

I 13:48:24 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:14

I 13:48:24 Average Verify Rate: 11,357 KB/s (8.2x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 16,481 KB/s (11.9x)

I 13:49:15 Close Request Acknowledged

I 13:49:15 Closing Down...

I 13:49:15 Shutting down SPTI...

I 13:49:15 ImgBurn closed!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

There's a TN03 firmware for your drive now.

 

http://www.firmwarehq.com/LG/GH22NS50/files.html

 

As it burnt and verified ok, we know the disc is 100% readable in the drive that burnt it.

 

That doesn't mean it was a great quality burn, it just means its readable. You'd need something like a LiteOn drive to perform the disc quality scans.

 

After that it's down to how well the playback device can read it.

[BundyBear]

Thanks for the reply and I've updated my burner and I've burnt again at 4x speed and its working great now. =]

 

Could have been the update or could have been a bad quality I'll never know. But thanks again.

 

I will have to get a LiteOn drive next time I need to buy one, I didn't know that there was such a thing as quality scans!