4163 - Burn time too slow

[lazyguy]

hey all, didn't want my first post to be a problem but, o well
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with my previous dvds that i burnt, i got burn times of full dvds from anywhere from 7:30 to 8:15 mins max if i remember correctly
now, the dvds that i burn with burn from a 9:00 min to a 10:30 max

i narrowed it down to:
-it's the media's fault cuz it started happening after i started using it
-i noticed that lead-in and lead-out takes around 30 secs each (but probably less), which means a total of around 1 min, but if u take that into account, it's still a bit slower than my usual time with my old dvds
also, i never noticed lead-in and out with my old dvds cuz it was instant

media code:

Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
Disc Type: : DVD+R
Book Type : DVD+R
Manufacturer: : Ritek
MID : RITEK R03 (002)
Write speeds: : 4 X - 8 X
Blank Capacity : 4.38 GB
: 4482 MB
: 4700375040 bytes
Extended Information
Layers : 1
Write strategies : 4 X - 8 X
Disc Status : Empty
Raw Data
Physical Format Information (00h)
0000 - A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F 00 00 00 00 - .........&.?....
0010 - 00 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 00 00 00 52 30 33 02 38 - ...RITEK...R03.8
0020 - 23 54 37 20 00 5D 6C 00 B2 67 15 15 0B 0B 08 08 - #T7..]l..g......
0030 - 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - ................
0040 - 01 00 38 38 00 31 66 1C 06 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 - ..88.1f...#.....
0050 - 00 00 00 31 66 1C 06 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 00 00 - ...1f...#.......
0060 - 02 00 54 70 00 33 67 64 1F 10 0A 0A 00 20 00 00 - ..Tp.3gd........
0070 - 00 00 00 43 62 75 1F 10 0A 07 00 20 00 00 00 2A - ...Cbu.........*

it's from fujifilms

i have a 4163b firmwire A104

example of previous media:

i don't have the code but it's

RiDATA (RiTEK) 8x 4.7GB DVD-R Spindle 50-pack

RiDATA (RiTEK) 8x 4.7GB DVD+R Spindle 50-pack

another question : are the dvds that i'm buying good?

[SaBoCD]

Make a test burn using Nero CD/DVD-Speed and post the resulting graph here.
Perhaps the burner has to slow down because of bad media quality.
You can also make a test burn of an existing ISO file if you do not want to waste a media.

Sascha

[lazyguy]

hmmm, very slow

edit

so i couldn't believe how slow the transfer was so i took another of the same media and did another transfer test

[zigzag]

hmmm, very slow

edit

so i couldn't believe how slow the transfer was so i took another of the same media and did another transfer test

same here...first 1 was so slow but second got better...but still slow
but hey at least the DVD-R burned out ok

did u fix the problem?

i think the ScanDisc is much more important than the speed test...

[lazyguy]

the problem was most likely the media itself, i bought the brand that i use to use and the burn times are around 7:40-8:10 for full disc

~too bad, i bought 100 of those bad discs and don't no that to do with them

[FactFinder]

Quality of Ritek discs are known to vary. The Ridata that you got previously may be a good batch. The Fuji one can be a bad batch. Since you still have quite a number of discs, you can try different fw and see which one will give you the best result. Another alternative is to experiment with MCSE.

[lui_gough]

That readtest don't look too good for the first one, - i don't think a writetest would prove anything - must be poor media. I hate the RITEKR03 - got a bad spindle by my feet
try 4x ... only sol-n for me