How to Burn at 1X Speed
The creation of digital video and audio using home and office computers has grown easier and faster with each year. However, many producers of video and audio media will sometimes prefer to eschew the ultra-high speeds offered by today's disc burning devices in favor of the reliability of creating disc media at real-time 1X speed. This setting, typically the lowest speed setting available on burning programs, virtually guarantees that a disc will be produced without error from the burning process itself, and is an excellent choice when producing any high-detail project that can be left to burn overnight or in a situation with no time constraints.
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Instructions
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Insert a blank disc into the disc-burning drive. Open the disc-burning software and determine which data will be transferred to the disc. Load as much data as you would like onto the disc through the software, keeping track of the overall data capacity for your particular media. Most CDs can store up to 750MB of data, while single-layer DVDs can store 4.7GB, and double-layer DVDs can store 8.5GB. Most disc-burning software has an on-screen indicator that will let you know how much of the disc is filled.
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Open the disc burning settings or preferences menu and adjust the various specifics to fit your particular project. Under the "Burn Speed" setting, change the speed to "1X - Most Reliable." The program may ask you if you really wish to burn at this speed, as it will take the longest possible time. Reply in the affirmative to its automatically generated question, should it ask you.
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Close all other programs that are open or running in the background. This will channel all of the computer's available processing resources to your disc burning, ensuring it operates at maximum reliability and encounters no errors during the process. Initiate the burning sequence, making sure the burn is proceeding at 1X speed.
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Wait until the disc media has completed its burning process before using any other applications. Eject the disc after it has been completed and insert it into another device to check that the burn was successful. Label the front of the disc according to its contents.
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Tips & Warnings
Running other programs while burning the disc, including basic programs running in the background, can seriously affect the performance of the disc burning process, and can result in skipped tracks, data errors and burn malfunctions. These problems can occur even at the slowest burning setting and can be avoided by closing all other programs before initializing the burn.
Do not mark on the reflective underside of the disc, as this can interfere with the reading of the disk.
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