Posted by Lars-Erik �sterud on 05/05/06 14:32

Bob:

> >But on both the work laptop AND my home PC :-)
>
> I am talking about CD-DVD Speed.

Mee too :-) Plextools (of course) won't work on the laptop as it
doesn't have a Plextor drive. But CD-DVD speed still won't work.

> I am beginning to think that your DVD burner is not fully compatible
> with CD-DVD Speed. The scans require looking inside the drive for
> statistical information, and if your burner does not allow that, then

But then it is strange that Plextor's own tool allows that info.
Those scans (that are same type as CD-DVD) allows for PI/PI data.
For the laptop that might be a cheap drive (never heard the name)

> If you want to chase this down just for your own edification, go to
> CDFreaks and enter the appropriate hardware forum for your make of
> drive. Then ask about compatibility with CD-DVD Speed.

Have a discussion there as well :-)

> to your original question, namely, that bad discs or burns or both is
> what is causing the bad read for that one model player.

Yep, that IS true. And since 12x and 8x disks worked OK (and those
don't have that PIE rate raise at the) end, that points to the same

> There is another possibility, namely that you are burning +Rs with the
> latest spec and it is incompatible with the older spec in the player.

Possible, it's a very cheap player :-) Works on all other players.

But anyway. I don't like that PIE error rate at the end at 16x, so
I'll burn at 12x (or even 8x for backup of important data) I think.
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