Nero 6.3.1.17 Burning ROM veeeeery sloooow with iLink/FireWire

Burning Software Nero & InCD
#1

I’m currently burning UDF data dvds and i use Verbatim 4x DVD-R (nero recognizes them as 8x).

The computer is a Vaio 866 laptop with Windows XP Pro and the data is on a NTFS firewire hardisk (connected to the vaio with 4pin-ilink). The burner a NEC 2510a is connected to the firewire port of the harddisk.

It took 2 hours to burn one 4gb dvd. I think that’s not normal. What do you think! I’m thankful for every hint on how to improve speed. On my Apple PowerBook it took 15 minutes to burn a 4gb DVD with the same burner. (No, i can’t transfer the data to this computer!)

Both IDE Channels (Device Manager) show “Ultra DMA Mode”.

thank you in advance

#2

Sounds like a bottle neck problem having the burner hanging of the hard disk.

I guess you only have one firewire port on the laptop?

Perhaps get a PCMCIA firewire card so both hard disk and burner is not on the same firewire port.

Tried to swop them around, let the hard disk piggyback of the burner?

#3

there is something of an relation between the filesize and the burning speed. when i burn ogg-vorbis files to 2x medium it tooks 40 min. when i burn avi files to a 4x medium it tooks 4 hours.

i tried also to switch the hdd with the dvd burner. nothing changes.

any ideas?