My Dvd Burner Is Incredibly Slow

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  1. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:19 AM #1
    Rahvin

    Rahvin Well-Known Member

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    Ok, well i dabble a bit in Video Editing. Anyways... I am using Adobe Primere Elements 3 and i made a short 17 minute video. When i go to burn it to dvd it takes about 4-5 hours... isnt that rediculasly slow for a 100 mb video?

    I can burn DVD copies in about 40 minutes..

    Anybody know a way to make it faster?

    I checked on the Net and found that a big problem was if my Transfer mode was set to PIO, however i checked and it is set to DMA when available.

    I also seen that people could burn dvd's in about 7-10 minutes with a 12X dvd burner. which is what i have. It is just a Generic 12X dvd burner.. and i also checked to see if any new Drivers were available, and it said it couldnt find any.

    Anyways.. any help would be apprechiated
     
  2. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:22 AM #2
    I BLZZRD I

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    I'm not too sure, but generally in order to speed things up make sure your running as few other things as possible.
     
  3. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:24 AM #3
    Rahvin

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    yeah.. that 4-5 hours is done when i have nothing but the actual program going, and i walk away from my computer. But i am getting tired of it.. A DvD is about 7.5 gigs.. and it burns in 40 mins, and a 100 mb video takes 4-5 hours..
     
  4. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:30 AM #4
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    make sure your using 12X dvdr's
     
  5. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:35 AM #5
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    a few questions are you burning the video as a data file or as a video file so that it can be later watched on a stand alone DVD? What program are you using to burn?
     
  6. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:43 AM #6
    Rahvin

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    I am using Adobe Premier Elements. And im not sure what the file is exactly, but the program burns it to dvd.. My only options are DVD Dobly widescreen or non widescreen.
     
  7. Mar 3, 2007 at 12:53 AM #7
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    when converting a video file so that it will be DVD complaint which im assuming it is doing it has to convert the audio and video then burn the speed is dependent on how fast your computer is. I have never used Adobe Premier Elements so im unsure how fast it is. Converting and video to DVD is very time consuming and can take a few hours. One last thing do want to watch the video on a home DVD player or just on your computer? You may want to just burn it as a data file and it wont take that long with a program similiar to nero
     
  8. Mar 3, 2007 at 1:06 AM #8
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    it likely sets it to burn slow as to ensure optimal quality.

    also, DVDs when encoded for video take up the ENTIRE disc, so you've essentially got 7.5GB worth of data being written.

    if you have a 12x burner, and it's writing at 2x that would take around 4-5hours.
     

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