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17 Oct 00 - 06:46 PM (#321278) Subject: Recording CDs From: JTT Warning for all eejits out there, from another one: if you're recording a CD to play on your CD player, not your computer, don't use a rewritable CD. I wanted to make a compilation of favourite tunes, but thought it would be handy to record over it if I got bored and wanted a new compilation. After six tries I discovered that rewritables don't play on anything except a computer. Problem solved. Now if I could only work out how to network a PC and a Mac with only one monitor! I moved this message here from another thread on the same topic. The messages below are from a new thread. |
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02 Dec 00 - 04:51 AM (#350071) Subject: problems recording CDs From: GUEST,JTT CDs not burning. These are 650MB recordable CDs, and I'm using Nero, and here are the messages I'm getting when I try to copy a CD: -------- i 12:27:52 Read CD done i 12:31:59 Start of speed measurement i 12:31:59 Speed measurement done: 20x (3063KB/s) i 12:31:59 Start of simulation at 4x (600KB/s) x 12:35:10 Write error, loss of streaming x 12:35:10 Could not perform Write Audio x 12:35:10 >>>10:01:12<<< x 12:35:26 Simulation failed at 4x (600KB/s) ------- In this case the "i" is a little i in a circle, meaning, I assume, Information; the "x" is a warning-looking X in a circle. After these, a dialog box comes up saying: ---- Simulation failed at 4x (600KB/s) ---
What am I doing wrong, please? My son says that I may need to defrag my hard drives
Sorry if this is off topic - if anyone can help I'd be very grateful. I'm trying to make an interim copy of a CD. (Meanwhile I went to Rykodisk to order the same CD and got a "Warning: security certificate may not yet be cleared" type message; when I emailed them to ask to buy it I got no reply. Seems the gods don't want me to hear this singer.) |
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02 Dec 00 - 05:33 AM (#350073) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: Roger in Sheffield this might not be any help; I have adaptec software and haven't done much copying I do close all other running programs while I run it - antivirus, screensaver, anything else in the tray that might kick in and interupt the process. When I have had problems it has often been the first disc in the spindle of blank discs, as though it got damaged during delivery Otherwise I knock down the write speed to ensure I get a copy. Are you copying the whole disc at once or track by track? Good Luck roger |
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02 Dec 00 - 09:16 AM (#350117) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: MMario try reducing the speed. at 4x you would copy an hour CD in 15 minutes - at 2x in half an hour - at 1x an hour |
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02 Dec 00 - 09:18 AM (#350119) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: MMario try reducing the speed. at 4x you would copy an hour CD in 15 minutes - at 2x in half an hour - at 1x an hour |
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02 Dec 00 - 12:36 PM (#350188) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: Malcolm Douglas Defrag the drive you're using before recording; if it's audio, don't attempt to write at more than x2 speed (data can safely be written faster). Shut any programs that may try to write to disk; -everything but Explorer and Systray, if I remember right (use ctrl+alt+del). If you're copying a CD, copy it to your hard drive first, rather than trying to copy directly from a cd-reader. Malcolm |
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02 Dec 00 - 06:14 PM (#350377) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: GUEST,JTT Thanks. I'm using Nero; I'm not sure how to lower the speed, but I'll fish around and see if I can work it out. Funny thing is that they were recording fine before. |
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02 Dec 00 - 06:38 PM (#350387) Subject: RE: Help: problems recording CDs From: Margo There is a great site where you can get responses from other people using your same equipment at http://www.audioforums.com/ . You might find it helpful, Margo |