My new NEC 3520a 16X DVD ReWriter reports only a maximum 8X writing
speed when running a "drive capabilities" check under Nero
6.2, Alcohol 1.9.2, and the latest version of DVD Identifer, but I
don't have any rated for 16X media to test with.  My TDK 4X DVD+R

 After making a "data disc", I would like to make another 'data disc" using
the same file-directory selections that I used the first time. In other words,
I want to make backups on a regular basis of just the specific files and
directories specified the first time (with minor ...

I'm just curious, what is the best audio format?  I'm ready to rip my
entire CD collection to MP3, WMA, MP3 Pro, or MP4 (or "other")?  Which
yields the best audio quality vs. compression?  Which regardless of
compression?

strange one. We have a slimline ps2 as well as other dvd devices. my
son got a new dvd burner and burned a disc with some old stuff from
his hard drive to test. The disc works fine on dvd players and pcs,
yet on my ps2 there is no sound. any ideas why that should be? (I have

I am having a slight problem when I copy music CDs using Roxio Easy CD
Creator 5 under Windows XP.  When I create a music CD using the copy
function, the created CD has a slight but irritating volume drop-off
just a split second into the first track - the song starts fine, but at

I got this error msg when burning a DVD-R...
"Burn process started at 6x (8,310KB/s)
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-108
Power calibration error

Is this a known problem and is there a cure.....
I have Nero Incd 4311 and Liteon 16x10x40x writer and and optowrite
writer...
Using window XP SP2

Please , can anyone tell me why I am not able to burn CD's any more on
my sony CD burner . It was working fine , out of sudden , it stopped
burning. Thanks for your help. Below is the output file I get from Nero
after burning failes.

They are $34/100 and there is no speed rating. I'm wondering if they could be
old stock that's been sitting there for years. Since there's no speed rating,
they could be very old. What does "80m" mean? I've never seen that before.
The next best price I see for TY's on that site is ...

I may not be understanding this right, but IIRC ripping degrades sound
quality, then re-burning to CD more so (depending on compression & codec).
Is there any way to burn the exact digital image of what was on the 1st CD
to a 2nd?  How bout to the HDD and be able to play it from ...

Can anyone please direct to the NEC site that deals with firmware.I tried
all the main sites and ended up going round in circles.
                                        TIA.

Just to follow up on my previous post regarding the variable extraction
speed I am getting on my ASUS CRW-5232AS.  The suggested solution was
that I install the Nero APSI layer.  I have done that and there is no
apparent difference with the behaviour ...

Firstly, hi to the newsgoup. I think I have navigated to an appropriate
group for my question. If not, apologies. Let me know. Recently bought a new
computer with DVD writer, winxp home, trying to burn dvds with nero
startsmart which came with the system. I am having a problem ...

I have a Pioneer DVR-109 installed, I'm using NERO 6 suite (6.3.1.25)
Burning of CDRs & CDRWs is fine, no problems but whenever I go to burn a
DVD and select my burn speed, irrespective of which speed media I'm using,
Nero always chooses a burn speed the next one up in the list of ...

I'm wondering if a virus could somehow be on a CDR without it having been
copied to the disc like any other file using software like Nero. I want to
know if I can be sure there are no viruses on my CDRs.
Thank you.