Trying to understand input/output error seen while reading newly burned dvd+r

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Tue Jul 20 14:31:11 UTC 2010


On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 23:29 -0700, JD wrote:
> What I also do to reduce the likelihood of a bad burn, is I reduce
> the burn speed to 2x. Burning at 52X (cdr) or 22X (dvdr) will have
> a higher likelihood of a bad burn. Some will say this is bunk. I say
> I have proven it in practice.

Seconded!  A slower burn is more reliable.  Though I've found medium
speeds good enough, I don't have the patience for the slowest speeds.
And some drives/discs exclude them from the supported burning speed
list, anyway.

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