User:Derf/CD Burning Shenanigans
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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.
Media
Info from Nero DiscSpeed (Disc Info tab).
- 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)
- Verbatim
- Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics
- Disc ID: 97m26s66f
- Supported write speeds: 16x, 24x, 32x, 40x, 48x
- Capacity: 700MB
Media Reflectivity
Note the strength of contrast between the burnt vs unburn areas on the disc.
Burn Quality
Information pulled from Nero DiscSpeed (Disc Quality tab) sorted from best to worst burns.
Pressed Disc: Rising Sun
Space Ava 201
Rondo of Blood (English Patch)
Disc Quality Scan using Optiarc
Verdict: This drive resulted in many more errors than the iHAS even when using the same disc, so it likely has a dying laser.
Disc Quality Scan using iHAS
Lessons Learned
- Check what the minimum and maximum speed that the media (disc) reports, and burn at the minimum the media (NOT DRIVE) supports.
- Cross-check Disc Quality scans with multiple drives to make sure the drive isn't the issue. The optiarc here appears to be bad.