Then have the drive bit set it to DVD Rom if your drive supports it.īelow a Verbatim +R DL Disc in a Plextor 716AĪvailable Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBpsĪvailable Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBpsĠ0000000 01 02 00 00 E1 0F 32 10 00 03 00 00 00 FC FF FF. The last single layer Fuji I scanned were Pro Disc another not so good media.įor Dual Layer most use Verbatim +R. Ritek disc's haven't been any good since the GO4's. Buy a drive made by someone who makes drives and provides good firmware. They buy OEM drives for 2 cents less and provide the trash firmware. It is a combination of drive firmware and the disc!ĭell will never have good firmware. All disks should be 2.4x is just higher speeds that need to be restricted. If I were writting EMC8, I would allow the speed from the max Available Write Descriptor and then allow any lower speed. Is the answer to find a disk that has Available Write Descriptors for 2.4x, 4.0x, etc? I can't imagine that trying to write a 2.4x disk at 4x is a good thing. Since EMC8 is using the Available Write Descriptor to determine speed, I imagine that I will always have a problem when there is a difference. As you can see in the DVDInfo Pro report for some reason (I have no idea why) both Memorex and Fuji disks have different data between the Manu Suggested Speed and the Available Write Descriptor. I have been using FujiFilm SL disks for a long time and always have success, so I assumed that I would be safe on the DL disks.Īfter looking at many different types of disks, both SL and DL, I have determined that EMC8 uses the Available Write Descriptors from the disk to populate the speed drop downs.

I agree that the memorex disks were a long shot. Layer Track Path direction (OTP) Opposite track path

These disks are clearly labeled as 2.4x disks.Īvailable Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps I am confused by the Available Write Desc. Here is information I get out of DVDInfo on the disk. All of the memorex disks are now coasters. I tried Memorex DVD +R DL 2.4x and now I am trying FujiFilm DVD +R DL 2.4x. HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GWA4164B DVD Drive - Firmware D108 (Dell has not issued new firmware for this drive yet.) Win XP Home - SP2 (All updates available applied) How do I get 2.4x speed to be available in the drop down? When I try to burn a DVD, the only burn speed available to me is 4x. This was a clean install without any other dvd burning software on the machine. I have installed the retail version of EMC8 and then installed the update on top of the installation.

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