on 06/12/04 19:42, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pismo user here. . . > > Since I've downloaded iTunes 4.7, I now have an average: for every 1 > CD I burn, 2 or 3 are ruined in the process. The error message: "The > Device drained it's buffer without burn underrun protection." What!? > This is getting on my nerves for obvious reasons. I'm tired of buying > more CD-R's only to end up throwing half of them away. What's going > here folks? Is this a 4.7 problem? I checked Apple's website, but > have found nothing relating to this message, only info on what underrun > protection is. > > My system: > > Pismo 500, 1 gig RAM, OS X 10.3.6, external firewire powered > SmartDiskVST CD-R/W, external USB powered Zip 100 drive, USB powered > Canon Scanner, Epson printer, and an external 17" Apple Studio Display > (F.Y.I.: iTunes has always read my CDRW drive as "TEAC CD-W28E") > > Thanks for any help in this matter. . .I'm tired of wasting CD-R's!!
If I understand the problem correctly, this error message means that the burner doesn't get the data from the computer fast enough, so the burn fails. You have to understand that you most likely patched iTunes with (PatchBurn or other) to make your CDRW drive recognized by iTunes. I would imagine that iTunes is somehow optimized for machines that had a built-in CDRW which means that they were faster than your Pismo. Of course, the last part is pure speculation on my part but the first part is still valid... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] firebottle n.obs.: A large, primitive, power-hungry active electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out of glass, metal, and vacuum. Characterized by high cost, low density, low reliability, high-temperature operation, and high power dissipation. Sometimes mistakenly called a `tube' in the U.S. or a `valve' in England; another hackish term is glassfet. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
