Burn Quality... What's The Best Test? PIE/PIF or File Readability?

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  • NightTran
    King of Digital Video
    King of Digital Video
    • Aug 2005
    • 4224

    #16
    I would say mark it then scan and play it again in another six month and see I bet it would be diff
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    • Chewy
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 18971

      #17
      why aren't you using good media? scan at 4x with that burner

      some good verbatim, you could just scan a few and be pretty safe

      I bought some fuji's that burned like that, glad when they were gone

      any large areas of read(not a single fluke spike) can spell trouble

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      • Dan
        Digital Video Master
        Digital Video Master
        • Dec 2005
        • 1029

        #18
        Originally Posted by ulTRAX
        For the past 2 years I've been doing Nero PIE/PIF tests on all my burns.
        You might want to try the new version of CD/DVD Speed

        Buy some Verbatim or TY, you don't want burns like this.
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        Last edited by Dan; 1 Feb 2007, 01:49 PM.

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        • ulTRAX
          Digital Video Enthusiast
          Digital Video Enthusiast
          • Jan 2005
          • 338

          #19
          Originally Posted by Chewy
          why aren't you using good media? scan at 4x with that burner
          I decided to try a 50 pack of Fuji +R and all the disks were fine. I then bought 100 pack and it's more problematic. I used to test at 4x then I read here that disk quality could decay. I decided then to keep copies of all the PIF tests so I could test disks in the years to come. I did some comparison tests between 1X 2X 4X etc and 1X seemed to provide the best chance of reproducing results.

          any large areas of read(not a single fluke spike) can spell trouble
          Not sure what you're saying. Are you referring to the enclosed PIF test? Or to a file read test? I'm assuming in the latter ANY read error means the disk is trash.

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          • ulTRAX
            Digital Video Enthusiast
            Digital Video Enthusiast
            • Jan 2005
            • 338

            #20
            [QUOTE=Dan;503301]You might want to try the new version of CD/DVD Speed

            I do have the version that came with Nero 7 Ultra.

            Buy some Verbatim or TY, you don't want burns like this.
            I did come accross some rebranded TY disks once. They were OK as I recall but tests weren’t spectacular. I keep hearing about Verbatim... so maybe I'll track some down before I start transfering my home videos to DVD. Right now all I've started to do is transfer documentaries I once recorded off TV.

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            • Dan
              Digital Video Master
              Digital Video Master
              • Dec 2005
              • 1029

              #21
              They likely weren't true TY if they tested poor.

              This is a normal test result for my Verbatim and Sony YUDEN02 (MIJ)
              Burn and scan with NEC 3550
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