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The Dude

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Slow CD Burns
« on: February 27, 2004, 08:46:51 am »
I have an external firewire 52x CD-RW drive, and I can't get MC to burn at normal speeds. It starts out fine, when burning the write-in text (I can tell by hearing the burner spin at top speed), but then once it starts burning the songs it slows down to what seems like 1x or 2x because it takes about 10 minutes to burn one CD. I get normal speeds with other programs. I tried searching the forums for an answer but I couldn't find anything. Any help would be much appreciated.


Media Center Registered 10.0.79 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 1 (Build 2600)
Intel Unknown 1034 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 277 MB

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2800.1106 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82 (xpsp1.020828-1920) / Shlwapi.dll: 6.00.2800.1400 / Shell32.dll: 6.00.2800.1233 (xpsp2.030604-1804) / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Copy mode:Normal   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Drive E:   Copy mode:Normal   CD Type:Auto   Read speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: Yes /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: No /  Play sound after ripping: No  

Burning /  Drive E: LITE-ON  LTR-52327S         Addr: 2:0:0  Speed:48  MaxSpeed:52  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /  Normalization: None
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livingdead

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Re:Slow CD Burns
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2004, 08:23:14 pm »
I don't know if this is really relevant to your problem, but I was experiencing similar problems with Media Center and my burner.  Mine is an internal 24x drive, but also a Lite-On.  I flashed the firmware today and now it is working great again.  Like you, my problems were only in Media Center, so I was surprised that a firmware update fixed it.  Firmware for Lite-On drives is at http://www.liteonit.com it might be worth a try... it's pretty painless, a they have a Windows installer and it doesn't require a reboot.
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The Dude

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Re:Slow CD Burns
« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2004, 11:14:58 pm »
Thank you very much for your suggestion. I'm going to try it out now.
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