what is a usual burn time

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  • n62976
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Jan 2005
    • 2

    what is a usual burn time

    I am just starting to burn my dvds i own.Can anybody please tell me what are some usual burn times.I have Burn Decrypter and Dvd Shrink and they seem to work fine.When i was trying to burn my Dawn of the Dead it gave me a eta of 8hrs and it took me 30min to have 10% burned.Is this normal and is there anything that could help speed up the burn??
  • jmet
    Super Moderator
    • Nov 2002
    • 8697

    #2
    Originally Posted By: n62976
    "I am just starting to burn my dvds i own.Can anybody please tell me what are some usual burn times.I have Burn Decrypter and Dvd Shrink and they seem to work fine.When i was trying to burn my Dawn of the Dead it gave me a eta of 8hrs and it took me 30min to have 10% burned.Is this normal and is there anything that could help speed up the burn??"


    Everyones computer is different, there is no "set" time to encode and burn. What might take me 40 minutes to encode, might take you 15 minutes on the same DVD depending on several critical factors & vise versa. Some critical factors may be, but not limited to CPU speed, Memory, RAM, What other programs are running in the background, what else you are doing on the computer while is encoding and burning( that is also called "multi-tasking"), there honestly is far too many to list.

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    • n62976
      Junior Member
      Junior Member
      • Jan 2005
      • 2

      #3
      Thanks for your answer i was just trying to get a general idea and i pretty much figured there were a lot of variables but wasn't sure.

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      • jmet
        Super Moderator
        • Nov 2002
        • 8697

        #4
        Like I said every DVD is different, therefore the analyzing and encoding times will differ. Just a ballpark number for me is, hour to hour and a half to analyze and encode using DVD Shrink, and 15 to 25 min to burn using Nero Burning ROM. Keep in mind those, are usually DVD-9 disc's or higher therefore requiring much compression to fit on a DVD+R Disc-5 and I use Deep Analysis on every disk that needs compression.

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        • cynthia
          Super Moderatress
          • Jan 2004
          • 14278

          #5
          Sounds to long time - you don't give any clue to how fast PC you have? Check out your DMA settings.

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          • b_ron007
            Junior Member
            Junior Member
            • Jan 2005
            • 6

            #6
            on my dell inspiron1100 it averages me 35-45mins. but i only burn the main movie. thats to encode and to burn. this was on my 4x burner, i now have a 8x burner that replaced my 4x burner......what i dont get is that it still takes the same amount of time as it did with my 4x. wtf! i have shrink to maxium burn can someone please enlighten me on this subject?

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            • cynthia
              Super Moderatress
              • Jan 2004
              • 14278

              #7
              The only thing that can change if you replace your burner is the burning time.

              Burn time 4x = 14 min
              Burn time 8x = 8 min

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