My burn quality - please help how to interpret result

e268 2005-01-25 19:22:21 UTC #1

I am pretty new to burning dvd's. This is about my 3rd burn and have a question regarding the quality of the burn.

I don' know how to paste the picture, so I have attached a file saved from the quality test after the burn (so this is how to attach the file):

The burn has 99% but it has 172 po failures. How do I interpret these numbers? Thanks in advance for your explanations.

Edit: BTW, I also burned a few more, some are 95/97 score, but no po failures. Is it better to have no po failure or is it better to have higher score? I burned with DVD Shrink-DVDDecryptor at max speed which is 12x.

drpino 2005-01-25 19:32:20 UTC #2

PO failures indicate a coaster in most all instances. your PIE and PIF look good, but i wouldn't settle for any PO errors at all - even if your stand-alones can play the disc (which i doubt they can without issues).

JDaMan 2005-01-25 19:43:59 UTC #3

Hey, did you try rescanning that same disc with all the PO Failures? See if you get the same results of all the failures.

One time i scanned a disc without removing it from the drive right after i burned it, and it said there were a couple hundred PO Failures. I took it out, put it back in and rescanned it and the disc ended up being fine.

drpino 2005-01-25 19:53:39 UTC #4

true, and if you have another error-checking capable drive, try scanning it in that one too just to confirm.

e268 2005-01-25 20:03:24 UTC #5

JD: your are DaMan indeed. I rescanned, got a score of 98 and no PO failures. I am so happy, since I got 50 of these cheap blanks. Thanks.

JDaMan 2005-01-25 22:56:20 UTC #6

Thats good to hear. Now as long as it plays fine in your standalone, you are golden

e268 2005-01-26 07:25:33 UTC #7

How inpolite of me! Thank you for your help. Now I understand what po failure means.

drpino 2005-01-26 07:29:10 UTC #8

no worries, glad you got it all sorted in the end. :iagree:

d.lu 2005-01-26 08:38:39 UTC #9

where do you get those ritek dvds for cheap in toronto?

e268 2005-01-26 09:29:57 UTC #10

These are RiData DVD+r 8x. I purchase 50 for $22 plus tax back at Christmas time in Mississauga when it was on sale. But normally you can find them selling for about $25 in Canadacomputers for a 50 spindle.