At 10:00 PM 23/06/03 -0400, Len Gerstel wrote: > >On Monday, June 23, 2003, at 09:51 PM, Leon Sargent wrote: > >> Not that I have ever done this but from what I would gather wouldn't >> you copy the DVD data to the harddrive. Place a blank DVD into the >> drive and burn? > >You can do this, but it is so much easier, with less chance of coasters >to use 2 optical drives.
Slightly more convenient, but not safer. Unless you have a really fragmented drive it should stream more reliably from the hard disk (helps to have a partition the size of a CDR or DVD to use as a scratch space). Also, if you have a scratched or dirty original (which may be the reason you're duping it), you might need to slow down the reading speed, or make several attempts to get the data off clean. The most common cause of coasters is too slow data rate, though decent drives have a large buffer to help that. And if you are making multiple copies, it goes faster to do them all from an image file. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
