Force slow DVD burn speed question

[DennisCooper]

Hi guys,

 

 

I've tried searching and looking at the guide section but nothing mentions this specifically.

 

Is is possible to force burn a dvd at 1x? I'd like to do this however Imgburn is showing supported burning speeds: 4x 8x & 16x, yet a the same time I see I can select from AWS, MAX, 1x, 2x all the way up to 56x in the burn settings. If I select 1x here, what will happen? WIll it attempt writing at 1x, or will it burn at the slowest possible speed, or will it just burn at the default speed?

 

 

 

 

Also, I noticed it said the drive is on firmware D300, and D500 is available for it should I update to it, or should I not touch what isn't broken?

 

Thanks for your help!

Edited December 9, 2014 by DennisCooper

[DennisCooper]

TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653A D300 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD-R

Disc Information:
Status: Empty
State of Last Session: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 2,298,496
Free Space: 4,707,319,808 bytes
Free Time: 510:48:46 (MM:SS:FF)
Next Writable Address: 0
MID: TYG03
Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x

Pre-recorded Information:
Manufacturer ID: TYG03

Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: 0@P-!-00
Book Type: DVD-R
Part Version: 5
Disc Size: 120 mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 1
Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP)
Linear Density: 0.267 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 0
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 0

Performance (Write Speed):
Descriptor 1...
-> B0: 0x00, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2297887 (0x0023101F)
-> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 5,540 KB/s (4x)
Descriptor 2...
-> B0: 0x08, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2297887 (0x0023101F)
-> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 11,080 KB/s (8x)
Descriptor 3...
-> B0: 0x08, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2297887 (0x0023101F)
-> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 16,620 KB/s (12x)
Descriptor 4...
-> B0: 0x08, B1: 0x00, B2: 0x00, B3: 0x00
-> EL: 2297887 (0x0023101F)
-> RS: 16,620 KB/s (12x) - WS: 22,160 KB/s (16x)
 

[LIGHTNING UK!]

You can't force a drive to do something it's not programmed for (in its firmware).

 

Your drive will only burn at the supported speeds, regardless of what you make ImgBurn ask it to burn at.

[DennisCooper]

Thanks for the reply! Is it possible to load custom firmware?

 

There's no change log for D500 vs D300 so not sure if updating will give additional read speeds?