I use Nero 6 and Nero Vision 3 for all my jobs on a Benq 1640. How does Nero perform with hardware like the new 20x LiteOn and what do I need to know about setup besides plugging it in and having Windows 2000 Pro discover the hardware? Firmware? The board is a MachSpeed X-caliber and the cpu is a Celeron D. Mem is 512. The LiteOn is sold OEM so no software that I know of with that. The LiteOn is a Lightscribe but I have no need of that and so also wish to know if that technology interferes with performance.
If you mean the Lite-On LH-20A1H it works well with Nero 6, at least under Windows XP. If not, as long as your system meets or exceeds the recommended system requirements, you shouldn't have a problem. The Lightscribe technology doesn't interfere with the performance of the drive, at least I haven't experienced it. I have 3 Lightscribe drives, 2 Lite-On LH-20A1Hs and a Benq 1655.
ok thanks. If there were no answers here, I was going to repost it on the Yaiyo Yuden (2) thread. ;-)
I'll probably have a more specific answer for you on Thursday or Friday (I finally read the entire header of this thread). I have a Lite-On SATA burner in transit right now which I will be installing in a XP machine which already has Nero 6. Got a LITE-ON LH-20A1S SATA on its way from Newegg.
I hope you can respond to this thread and keep in mind I'm using the older Windows 2000 pro. I intended to commence a new build with August rebates, but there doesn't seem to be much this year.
Which SATA drive from Lite-On were you looking at? If you were looking at the LH-20A1L-05 and don't need/want the Lightscribe, the LH-20A1S OEM BK is $3.00 cheaper and free shipping also(Newegg).
I was looking at the the $36 w free shipping I guess. It was a featured item and I was looking at price only. But a second standard one would give me more flexibility. My understanding was the SATA ones are faster. But the big deal for me is the plug change. I have quite a few ribbon cable spares at the moment, but constant replugging is rough on them. The SATA redesign seems to be more durable.
I don't think the SATA drives are necessarily faster than the IDE ones, they are rated the same. Anyway, I generally find the "sweet spot" where the media burns best anyway, which usually isn't at full speed. But I do think the SATA drives, because of the SATA connection, would have a more consistant burn because of a faster feed of data. I'm looking forward to finding out! Don;t know about the durability as I haven't inspected the SATA connector that closely, but it does seem it should make a more secure and well seated connection than the ide.
Don't know what you mean really. Here's a screen shot of a part of our thread. I don't see anything with little arrows on them.
ion i have sata drives here a burn log. about 7-10 min avg burn time for me. and ripping depend on movie and if i do complete dvd or not is about 7 -15 mins. this is way faster then my old pc. but there other thing that help with those times.. my questions is ;are they normal times for dvdfab,shrink and nero 8.8.2007 NeroAPI 5:43:33 PM #1 Phase 112 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 DVD-Video files reallocation started 5:43:33 PM #2 Phase 114 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 DVD-Video files reallocation completed (no file modified) 5:43:33 PM #3 Phase 111 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 DVD-Video files sorted 5:43:33 PM #4 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 411 LockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL 5:43:33 PM #5 Text 0 File AudioCompilationImpl.cpp, Line 838 DRM: StartDrmRecording(RealRec:1, ImageRec:0, Copies:1) DRM: Beginning burn process. 5:43:33 PM #6 ISO9660GEN -11 File Geniso.cpp, Line 3343 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 5:43:33 PM #7 ISO9660GEN -11 File Geniso.cpp, Line 3343 First writeable address = 0 (0x00000000) 5:43:33 PM #8 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 3499 Turn on Disc-At-Once, using DVD media 5:43:33 PM #9 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 307 Last possible write address on media: 2295103 (510:01.28, 4482MB) Last address to be written: 2286143 (508:01.68, 4465MB) 5:43:33 PM #10 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 319 Write in overburning mode: NO 5:43:33 PM #11 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 2949 Recorder: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N, Media type: DVD+R Disc Manufacturer ID: MCC, Media Type ID: 004, Product revision number: 0 Disc Application Code: 0, Extended Information Indicators: 7 5:43:33 PM #12 Text 0 File DlgWaitCD.cpp, Line 493 >>> Protocol of DlgWaitCD activities: <<< ========================================= 5:43:33 PM #13 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 793 Setup items (after recorder preparation) 0: TRM_DATA_MODE1 () 2 indices, index0 (150) not provided original disc pos #0 + 2286144 (2286144) = #2286144/508:1.69 relocatable, disc pos for caching/writing not required/ required -> TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048, config 0, wanted index0 0 blocks, length 2286144 blocks [E: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N] -------------------------------------------------------------- 5:43:33 PM #14 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 995 Prepare [E: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N] for write in CUE-sheet-DAO DAO infos: ========== MCN: "" TOCType: 0x00; Session Closed, disc fixated Tracks 1 to 1: Idx 0 Idx 1 Next Trk 1: TRM_DATA_MODE1, 2048/0x00, FilePos 0 0 4682022912, ISRC "" DAO layout: =========== ___Start_|____Track_|_Idx_|_CtrlAdr_|_____Size_|______NWA_|_RecDep__________ 0 | lead-in | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 0 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 0 | 1 | 1 | 0x41 | 2286144 | 0 | 0x00 2286144 | lead-out | 1 | 0x41 | 0 | 0 | 0x00 5:43:33 PM #15 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 209 SPTILockVolume - completed successfully for FCTL_LOCK_VOLUME 5:43:33 PM #16 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4278 Caching options: cache CDRom or Network-No, small files-Yes (<32KB) 5:43:33 PM #17 Phase 24 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 Caching of files started 5:43:34 PM #18 Text 0 File Burncd.cpp, Line 4397 Cache writing successful. 5:43:34 PM #19 Phase 25 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 Caching of files completed 5:43:34 PM #20 Phase 36 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 Burn process started at 8x (11,080 KB/s) 5:43:34 PM #21 Text 0 File ThreadedTransferInterface.cpp, Line 2721 Verifying disc position of item 0 (relocatable, disc pos, no patch infos, orig at #0): write at #0 5:43:34 PM #22 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 9856 ---- Disc Structure: Physical Format Information (00h) ---- Media Type: 0, Layer: 0, Address: 0 (0 h), AGID: 0; Length: 2050 Book Type: DVD+R (10), Part Version: 1.0x (1) Disc Size: 120 mm, Maximum Rate: <not specified> (F h) Number of Layers: 1, Track Path: Parallel Track Path (PTP), Layer Type: recordable Linear Density: 0,267 um/bit, Track Density: 0,74 um/track Starting Physical Sector Number of Data Area: 30000 h (DVD-ROM, DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW) End Sector Number in Layer 0: 0 h (LBN: FFFD0000 h, 4193920 MB) Data in Burst Cutting Area (BCA) does not exist Disc Application Code: 0 / 0 h Extended Information indicators: 7 h Disc Manufacturer ID: MCC..... Media type ID: 004 Product revision number: 0 Number of Physical format information bytes in use in ADIP up to byte 63: 56 Media Specific [16..63]: 00 00 07 4D 43 43 00 00 - 00 00 00 30 30 34 00 38 ...MCC.....004.8 23 54 37 12 02 54 6C 02 - 92 5F 15 15 0B 0B 08 08 #T7..Tl.._...... 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 5:43:34 PM #23 SPTI -1066 File SCSIPassThrough.cpp, Line 179 CdRom1: SCSIStatus(x02) WinError(0) NeroError(-1066) Sense Key: 0x05 (KEY_ILLEGAL_REQUEST) Sense Code: 0x24 Sense Qual: 0x00 CDB Data: 0xAC 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 64 00 00 Sense Area: 0x70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 24 Buffer x00d55fc0: Len x648 5:43:34 PM #24 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 674 Start write address at LBA 0 DVD high compatibility mode: Yes 5:43:34 PM #25 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 269 Pipe memory size 83836800 5:52:11 PM #26 Text 0 File WriterStatus.cpp, Line 113 <E: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GSA-H31N> start writing Lead-Out at LBA 2286144 (22E240h), length 0 blocks 5:52:50 PM #27 Text 0 File DVDPlusRW.cpp, Line 934 EndDAO: Last written address 2286144 5:52:50 PM #28 Phase 37 File APIProgress.cpp, Line 285 Burn process completed successfully at 8x (11,080 KB/s) 5:52:51 PM #29 Text 0 File AudioCompilationImpl.cpp, Line 863 DRM: DRM burn session terminated. 5:52:51 PM #30 Text 0 File AudioCompilationImpl.cpp, Line 892 DRM: Closing entire DRM handling. Bye. 5:52:51 PM #31 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 254 SPTIDismountVolume - completed successfully for FSCTL_DISMOUNT_VOLUME 5:52:58 PM #32 Text 0 File Cdrdrv.cpp, Line 11214 DriveLocker: UnLockVolume completed 5:52:58 PM #33 Text 0 File SCSIPTICommands.cpp, Line 411 UnLockMCN - completed sucessfully for IOCTL_STORAGE_MCN_CONTROL Existing drivers: File 'Drivers\ADPU160M.SYS': Ver=v3.60a (Lab01_N(johnstra).010529-2218), size=101888 bytes, created 8/17/2001 3:07:32 PM File 'Drivers\PXHELP20.SYS': Ver=2.03.27a, size=20576 bytes, created 1/26/2005 3:03:00 AM (Prassi/Veritas driver for win 2K)
Got my SATA burner, drive & controller today & installed. Here is the first burn & scan. It's a Verb 8X DL burned @ 6X with Nero 6, with disk image stored on SATA hard drive before burning. Not too bad for a first burn if I say so myself. I think I'm going to love this burner! (Edited to correct bad English!)
Last bunch of Verbs i had i got 95's and 96's all the time. So when the rebate deal came I got some more. Can yours do booktype okay?
Booktyping is sweet, just set it for your +Rs and forget it. BTW, the graphed Verb is one of the new DL ones, rated @ 8x, not the 2.4x ones. I have burned these @ 8x but not on this drive (might give it a shot though!)
