Optimize DVD Burning Tips

Here are ways you can optimize your DVD burner?

• Update the Firmware on your burner
• Clean the outside of your DVD Burner to reduce the risk of dusk getting into the lense when you open it.
• Burn using Disc-at-once for maximum performance. Burning using track-at-once has a greater chance of creating an error on the burnt disc.
• To optimize burning, let the burning program be the only program running. Try not to run backgroud programs or screen savers. If you get buffer underruns, try slower burning speeds.
• Defragment your hard disks before burning.
• Burning at slower speeds usually generates higher quality DVDs.
• Always finalize your disks, never leave the sessions open.
• Make sure your DVD player can play the formats that your DVD burns.
• DVD+R/+RW media can set its booktype to DVD-ROM on certain DVD burners (Check out our BookType, Bitsetting FAQ). This will yield higher playability on older DVD players. Why doesn't DVD-R be able to set its booktype to DVD-ROM you ask? It is because DVD-R media already has its booktype burned on from the manufacturer when made.
• Do not just buy media just because its cheap, they may not last as long as buying high quality discs.
• Once you find the right media that works for your burner and dvd players, stick with it and buy large quantities of them because DVD manufacturers always change their quality or change their Media ID.