Posted by def456 on 08/26/07 13:59

"Linea Recta" <mccm.vos@abc.invalid> wrote in message
news:46d16686$0$231$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...
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> Well, thats nice. But to be honest I'm not in the least interested in
> gaining a few secs. speed. After all it ain't a speed contest. I think
> things like burning realiable, error free and durable results are much
> more
> important.

If I understand correctly, the MCSE patch doesn't affect burn speed or
quality, only the read speed with video discs.

And it's more than a few seconds difference... My LG GSA-H55N (firmware
version 1.02, patched with MCSE) rips & decodes (with DVD Shrink 3.2 or DVD
Fab HD Decrypter, for example) a DVD SL 4.7G movie in less than 5 minutes
and a DL 8.5G movie in about 10-12 minutes. There's a comparable speedup
during the verify stage after a burn. How does that compare with the speeds
you're getting? It makes the LG about the same speed as a Lite-On, overall.
Apparently Lite-On's don't have riplock, although there's a MCSE patch
available for them too.

The MCSE patch does more than remove riplock. It also allows you modify the
burn strategy for a particular brand of disc. For example the H55N will only
burn Verbatim 2.4x-6x DVD+R DL discs (#95310) at 4x speed. If you want to
try a burn at 2.4x or 6x (or 1x, or 8x, or whatever), you can modify the
firmware accordingly with MCSE.

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