If someone was to copy a two hour document as a divx file on a compact disc and play it back on a cd-rom. Would playing back a cd for two hours ruin the cd-rom drive?
It seems like when a cd is being played, the CD-rom drive is spinning at a very fast speed. I have a good feeling that it is ruining the CD-rom drive.
Has anybody out there thought about this concern? I have reason to believe that my previous CD-rom drive broke due to "wear and tear" from playing back so many DVDs and Divx documents.
If this is true, is there a method to minimize the damage done to the CD-rom drive?
Some procedures I had in mind:
- If I wanted to watch a 2 hour document divx format, I would copy it to the harddrive and play back from the hard drive . Copying the file may take 8 minutes of spinning the CD-rom, opposed to 2 hours of spinning the CD-rom.
- Check the CDrom properties in my operating system, make sure the caching for the CDrom is not at a maximum speed. I will try the lowest speed, and see if that buffers the data . If not, try a higher speed. This method may lower the RPM speed of the CDrom playback.
I hope this gives you guys a good idea of what "wear and tear" may happen to your CD-rom if it is played back for 2 hours.
Please reply with any solutions to eliminating , or atleast reducing the ammount of damage done to a CD-rom drive.
It seems like when a cd is being played, the CD-rom drive is spinning at a very fast speed. I have a good feeling that it is ruining the CD-rom drive.
Has anybody out there thought about this concern? I have reason to believe that my previous CD-rom drive broke due to "wear and tear" from playing back so many DVDs and Divx documents.
If this is true, is there a method to minimize the damage done to the CD-rom drive?
Some procedures I had in mind:
- If I wanted to watch a 2 hour document divx format, I would copy it to the harddrive and play back from the hard drive . Copying the file may take 8 minutes of spinning the CD-rom, opposed to 2 hours of spinning the CD-rom.
- Check the CDrom properties in my operating system, make sure the caching for the CDrom is not at a maximum speed. I will try the lowest speed, and see if that buffers the data . If not, try a higher speed. This method may lower the RPM speed of the CDrom playback.
I hope this gives you guys a good idea of what "wear and tear" may happen to your CD-rom if it is played back for 2 hours.
Please reply with any solutions to eliminating , or atleast reducing the ammount of damage done to a CD-rom drive.
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