User:Derf/CD Burning Shenanigans

These are my futile attempts to burn patched/homebrew ISOs to CD-R to play on my Turbo Duo. Pressed discs read perfectly fine. I should open an Etsy that sells CD-R coasters.

Graphs made using Nero DiscSpeed (Disc Quality tab).

Media

• CMC Pro (Taiyo Yuden TCDR-ZZ-SB):
  • Manufacturer: Taiyo Yuden
  • Disc ID: 97m24s01f
  • Min speed 16x
  • Capacity 700MB
  • Supported Write Speeds: 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x, 48x
• Maxell Gold
  • Disc ID: 97m31s01f
  • Manufacturer: Ritek Co.
  • Capacity: 650MB / 74 min
  • Supported Write Speeds: 16x (disc packaging says 1x-8x; likely no Write Strategy available for my drives)
• TDK (?)

Pressed Disc: Rising Sun

Pressed disc

Space Ava 201

iHas 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, 16x speed

iHas 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, 8x speed

Blu-ray burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, max speed

Blu-ray burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, max speed

= Disc Quality Scan using Optiarc

Blu-ray burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, max speed

Blu-ray burner, Taiyo Yuden, Alcohol 120, PC Engine setting

Blu-ray burner, Taiyo Yuden, Alcohol 120, RAW DAO setting

Optiarc AD-7200S burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, max speed

= Disc Quality Scan using iHAS

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, Alcohol 120, PC Engine setting

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, 32x speed

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, 16x speed

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, 8x speed

iHAS 124B burner (AL0S firmware), Taiyo Yuden, Alcohol 120, PC Engine setting

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, Nero, 16x speed

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, max speed

iHAS 124B burner, Verbatim, ImgBurn, 8x speed

iHAS 124B burner, Taiyo Yuden, Alcohol 120, RAW DAO setting

iHAS 124B burner, Maxell Gold 650MB 74 min, ImgBurn, 16x speed

Lessons Learned

• Check what the minimum and maximum speed that the media reports, and burn at the minimum supported.