a7mag3ddon Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Hi, when i ask IMG burn to burn verbatim dual layer disks at 2x it says could not do it and insists on burning at 2.4x ! I have upgraded to the latest IMGburn, my dvd drive is a sata pioneer 215D with the original firmware which is 1.22. Any know if theres a setting to force this in software or do i need a dvd drive update to allow this? dont want to upgrade the FW if its not needed as otherwise the drive has worked flawlessy for the last 2 years.
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 This is perfectly normal. The supported write speeds are written in the box on the right (along with all the other disc info). The software can't force a speed that isn't supported.
a7mag3ddon Posted February 16, 2011 Author Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Ahh i see so the restriction is set by the disk itself. Not very good :-( Thanks for the advice :-) Edited February 16, 2011 by a7mag3ddon
LIGHTNING UK! Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 No, it's set by the firmware in the drive. 2.4x is typically the lowest speed the DVD+ (plus) format has ever supported though. So whatever reason you have for wanting to burn at 2x, just forget about it - it's probably a myth anyway. A drive could be built (hardware and firmware) to produce its best quality burns at any speed. There's nothing to say it's the slowest one or it must be at such and such a speed.
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