@ FreqNasty,
As stated above CDClone will only burn data to DVD media as fast as your DVD Burner’s firmware and the particular DVD media Manufacture ID and Media Code is rated at.
Two things determine how fast CD/DVD is burned. The first thing is what the DVD Burners firmware says it will burn CD/DVD media. The second thing is what the Manufacture ID and Media Code of the CD/DVD media says the speed of the media is.
If your DVD Burner firmware says it can burn DVD media at 16 speed but if the Manufacture ID and Media Code of the DVD media says the speed of the media is 8 speed the fastest the DVD media will burn is 8 speed.
If your DVD Burner firmware says it can burn DVD media at 8 speed and the Manufacture ID and Media Code of the DVD media says the speed of the media is 12 speed the fastest the DVD media will burn is 8 speed.
Determining what speed your DVD Burner firmware actually allows writing for DVD media is a little difficult. Depending on your particular manufacturer of your DVD Burner there some firmware readers that can read the firmware information data and display what the firmware supports.
Finding out what particular DVD media is rated at is quite simple to determine. Use a software utility program similar to DVDInfo Pro (http://www.dvdinfopro.com) to view the Manufacture ID and Media Code, which displays the rated speed of the DVD media. To do this place DVD media in your DVD Burner, active the DVDInfo Pro program and click on the first little CD Icon displayed on the far left top menu bar. DVDInfo Pro will read the Manufacture ID and Media Code and display the rated speed of the DVD Media.
It has been noted that Nero products do a poor job at stating the actual burning speed of CD/DVD media. I would not totally rely on the speed that is displayed in Nero.
Best Regards,
bjkg