Finalizing the disc

[Sliztzan]

Is it normal for IB to take 5 min to finalize a DL disk? What does finalization actually do?

 

I've seen a couple posts here mentioning finalize problems with Samsung burners (203B). I just bought mine which is the 203N. I wish I had know that before I bought it. Maybe I should get a LiteOn?

 

; //****************************************\\

; ImgBurn Version 2.4.0.0 - Log

; Monday, 17 March 2008, 16:49:49

; \\****************************************//

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I 16:00:17 ImgBurn Version 2.4.0.0 started!

I 16:00:17 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)

I 16:00:17 Total Physical Memory: 3,143,404 KB - Available: 2,291,256 KB

I 16:00:17 Initialising SPTI...

I 16:00:17 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 16:00:17 Found 1 DVD-ROM, 1 DVD

Edited March 17, 2008 by Sliztzan

[LIGHTNING UK!]

If the drive decides it wants to even up the layers, yes.

 

All it does is send the command and then poll the drive every second to find out if it's finished.

 

As soon as the drive says 'yes', ImgBurn will move onto the next thing.

 

So if it's taking a while it's because of your drive.

 

btw, use 4x on that drive, it produces much better burns than 2.4x

 

Try scanning a couple in cdspeed and you'll see what I mean.

[Sliztzan]

Thanks, but disc quality doesn't work with this drive.

Edited March 17, 2008 by Sliztzan

[mmalves]

Mini-FAQ for Samsung DVD writers <- you'll like what this says

[Sliztzan]

I see that regedit. Thanks for that . Why the heck do they block it?

BTW I ran the scan with DVDInfo and quality was just a bit higher with a 2.4x burn than a 4x burn on my media.

93.2 at 4x and 95.6 with 2.4x.

 

But those reports are much better reports than I was getting with the older Plextor 755sa

Edited March 18, 2008 by Sliztzan

[Sliztzan]

With CDSpeed they both got the same rating of 77.

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Ah, I guess they fixed whatever was wrong with the S203B then when they made the S203N.

 

When using an S203B, I'm lucky if it even burns MKM-001-00 at 2.4x without erroring out!

[blutach]

No problems here on the 203B at 2.4x (though I must admit I run them at 4x normally)

 

Regards

[dontasciime]

Why the heck do they block it?

 

Co's they were not scanning very well.

 

check out cdfreaks.

[Sliztzan]

Ah, I guess they fixed whatever was wrong with the S203B then when they made the S203N.

 

When using an S203B, I'm lucky if it even burns MKM-001-00 at 2.4x without erroring out!

 

I had one coaster yesterday at 2.4x with verify error at vts #1

 

Burned the replacement at same speed (no change) with no errors.

 

So I'm just burning at 4x from now on since thats what you guys works.