Eric C Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 Hello all, I've written a similar post on various forums in the past and received a couple of replies, but thought I'd try again in case there is any more information available these days - and if this is even anything I should be worried about. When burning BD-Rs, I seemingly have no errors..a spot check of the finished product on our BR player seems fine, the verification process of ImgBurn shows no issues...everything seems perfect - until I look at the back of the disc. Sometimes there will be just a line that goes around in a circle (like a "spacer" on a vinyl album) and other times there will be just clearly different shades of the dye (?) on various parts of the disc. I'll attach a pic that is probably hard to see, but if viewed at the right angle might show what I'm talking about. I've read that it is just buffer overruns and the BURN-proof working, but it just looks odd to me. Again, I can't prove that it's a "problem", but part of me just wants a cleaner looking burn. I do make sure no other programs/processes are running, and sometimes it seems that rebooting the machine often helps (but not always). One other concern I have is longevity of the burn, and if the different shades of writing indicate any weakness, etc. Does this sound like anything to worry about at all?
LIGHTNING UK! Posted November 10, 2011 Posted November 10, 2011 The different shades are usually caused by the drive changing write speeds during the burn and/or just adjusting the laser power (in order to achieve better burn quality). What burner do you actually have? Is the firmware up-to-date?
Eric C Posted November 10, 2011 Author Posted November 10, 2011 It is a LG WH10LS30K...I haven't checked recently, but last time I did the FW was good to go. Good idea, though - will check that now.
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