My set up: B&W G3/300 448MB RAM External SKYDATA Firewire CD-Burner (it's actually a Sony burner converted to Firewire) functioning at : 8X4X24
> Eugene Gierson wrote: > >> On your 9600 , with the SCSI CDRW: >> >> How long does the mac require to see a blank CD-R? >> (i.e: When you put in a blank cdr, how long till you can start burning?) > It depends on the speed of the model of your burner as well as your OS & Mac. I've seen some IDE & SCSI burners pick up a disc in a few seconds, others took about 20 seconds. OS 9.1 and up (incl. X) try to pick up the blank disc, "prepare" it and mount it due to the disc burning extensions in the OS. I myself don't use the built-in burning feature. I like using Toast Titanium (I feel I get more control) so I turn off the Mac OS disc burning extensions and only use Toast to burn CD's. My burner doesn't try to mount the blank disc but it does try to register it and this takes about 7 seconds. I just pop it in and it's ready to burn. >> How long does it take to burn a CDR? > It depends on what you're doing, the model of your burner, and the speed of your burner. If you noticed above I listed my burner as being 8X4X24. It burns a disc on the first time at 8x speed (ie. If I wanted to burn a whole program CD -- about 650MB -- it would take roughly 8-9 minutes). However if I wanted to RE-WRITE the disc (erase and burn over the existing program using special CD-RW discs, it would take double the time including the re-formatting of the disc). This being said, the model of your burner will also dictate how fast you're going to burn a CD. My firewire is fast and I love it but I've heard great stuff about SCSIs and IDE burners --BTW stay away from USB burners they're unstable and sloooooww. I have noticed that burning AUDIO cds (ie. mp3s converted to CD audio format) seem to take a bit longer than program cds. > >> >> After the burn is finished, how long does it take for the verifying >> process to occur? > This depends on the size of the file you just burned though I find verifying slow. I don't really bother with verifying since I've noticed that even though the verification failed or showed an error, the disc still works fine! In Toast I don't think you can verify an audio cd; I've only noticed this option after burning a program/data cd. Then again it's up to you. If you feel you need the verification so you can sleep at night then by all means verify the disc. Toast gives you the option to eject the disc or verify it after burning. Remember when you burn a disc in Toast, unless it's an audio cd, burn it as a session. In this way you can use the disc again to burn more stuff (basically you're burning a partition of the disc -- not the whole disc in session mode). If you really want to feel safe about a burn then choose the simulation option. This will allow you to simulate the burn so if there are any errors on the burn you'll know without wasting a disc. Also Toast in OS 9.1 seems more stable than in X IMHO. I've had too many buffer under-run errors in X but it burned fine in OS 9.1. Hope this helps. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
