i have a 2510a with the 2A5C firmware, but i only seem to be able to burn at 4x. mostly i use cdburnerxp pro on win2k. i’ve tried 8x and 16x DVD-Rs, but after overriding the automatic detection and setting the speed to 8x manually, the disc can’t be read by my set top player after burning (philips dvp642). can anyone tell me what i might be doing wrong?
8x media should be ok for 8x burning.
But as your drive is an 8x generation one it doesn’t know 16x media, so 8x media is the better choice.
Try other 8x media, or try a firmware upgrade or a new drive…
hence my question. why does it only detect and burn at 4x?
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What is the Media ID of the disks? Nero’s CD-DVD Speed , disc info tab , will give this.
disc info for these generic 8x says:
Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
Disc type: : DVD-R
Book Type : DVD-R
Manufacturer: : CMC
MID : CMC MAG. AE1
Write speeds: : 2 X - 4 X - 6 X - 8 X
Blank Capacity : 4.38 GB
: 4488 MB
: 4706076672 bytes
Extended Information
Layers : 1
Usage : General
Copyright protection : n/a
Recorder information
Disc Status : Empty
Raw Data
Pre-recorded Information in Lead-in (0Eh)
0000 - 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 55 0D 0E 88 9A 80 00 - .@....R..U......
0010 - 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 20 41 45 31 00 - .CMC.MA..G..AE1.
0020 - 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 A8 DB 15 00 FF FF FF FF - ................
0030 - A8 DB 15 00 00 00 00 00 F8 59 7B 00 46 00 00 00 - .........Y{.F...
0040 - 00 00 00 00 33 B2 E3 77 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - ....3..w........
0050 - 1C 00 00 00 C0 0B 11 00 7C 0C 11 00 00 00 00 00 - ........|.......
0060 - B4 0B 11 00 30 00 00 00 F8 59 7B 00 46 00 00 00 - ....0....Y{.F...
verbatim 16x says:
Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
Disc type: : DVD-R
Book Type : DVD-R
Manufacturer: : Verbatim
MID : MCC 03RG20
Write speeds: : 2 X - 4 X - 6 X - 8 X
Blank Capacity : 4.38 GB
: 4489 MB
: 4707319808 bytes
Extended Information
Layers : 1
Usage : General
Copyright protection : n/a
Recorder information : recorded with _NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A
Disc Status : Closed
Raw Data
Pre-recorded Information in Lead-in (0Eh)
0000 - 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 85 0D 0E 88 9A 80 00 - .@....R.........
0010 - 03 4D 43 43 20 30 33 00 04 52 47 32 30 20 20 00 - .MCC.03..RG20...
0020 - 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 FF FF FF FF A8 DB 15 00 - ................
0030 - 00 00 00 00 F8 59 7B 00 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - .....Y{.F.......
0040 - 33 B2 E3 77 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1C 00 00 00 - 3..w............
0050 - 74 12 11 00 30 13 11 00 00 00 00 00 68 12 11 00 - t...0.......h...
0060 - 30 00 00 00 F8 59 7B 00 46 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 - 0....Y{.F.......