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Posted by laird on Apr-18-2002 21:04:

Burning MP3s at High Speed.

If you burn mp3s at x32 speed is the audio of a lower quality than if you burn at slower speeds?
I've been told that to get the best quality audio sound from an mp3 you should burn at x1 speed.

Posted by KilldaDJ on Apr-18-2002 21:14:

they'll be more dodgy...

Posted by Flec on Apr-18-2002 21:15:

the speed u burn it at shouldnt matter as long as your computer can handle it

Posted by davinox on Apr-18-2002 21:24:

if your computer is ghetto and you burn at high speeds, there will be clicks and stops and shit.

(trust me, I would know.... )

make sure you aren't running anything when you burn, like Audiogalaxy.

Posted by ingentis on Apr-18-2002 22:46:

Posted by davinox on Apr-18-2002 22:49:

don't roll yer eyes at me....

Posted by drizzt81 on Apr-19-2002 02:13:

Re: Burning MP3s at High Speed.

quote:
Originally posted by laird
If you burn mp3s at x32 speed is the audio of a lower quality than if you burn at slower speeds?
I've been told that to get the best quality audio sound from an mp3 you should burn at x1 speed.

the correct answer is:

It depends

yes, as one can imagine, the quality of a burnt CD depends on many factors. I had a review once -back in the 16x era- where some CD-R drives burnt better audio at 16x than at 1x. The major contributers to how good the audio will be is:
1. the CD-R drive
2. the media
3. how the rest of your system stacks up.. if you cannot decode mp3 at 32x with your pentium-s 60 then i think you should not try and burn at 32x lolz

Posted by whiskers on Apr-19-2002 03:42:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox
if your computer is ghetto and you burn at high speeds, there will be clicks and stops and shit.

(trust me, I would know.... )

make sure you aren't running anything when you burn, like Audiogalaxy.

have you ever tried downloading tunes with gozilla, surfing TA, listening to winamp, chatting with people on AIM, and burning a cd at the same time? i have! and no coasters @ max 4x

Posted by Barf on Apr-19-2002 09:03:

Burn as fast as the CD can take.
Burning at 1x is the worst advice ever. Anyone who tells you to do it cleary doesn't have a clue how modern CD burners work. It would actually surprise me if your burner has an option for 1x burning. The min will probably be 2x or 4x......depending on when it was made.

Posted by phatdelt on Apr-19-2002 09:38:

"Burn as fast as the CD can take."

mainly it's how fast your computer can process the information, send it to the (perhaps through the USB / Serial port) to the CD burner.

If you have a fast processor and alot of RAM then burning at 4*600 (like me) won't affect quality at all.

Posted by eXos on Apr-19-2002 09:55:

quote:
Originally posted by Flec
the speed u burn it at shouldnt matter as long as your computer can handle it

Whehehe, if only...

The best speed to burn a Audio CD is 1x to 4x speed

For Data it doens't matter so much.

Posted by CLuver? on Apr-19-2002 10:27:

I heard once that burners have a life span in the order of 1000 burns or something. And @ high speeds you are pushing the burner and decreasing its life span. Is this true?

Posted by ingentis on Apr-19-2002 14:42:

quote:
Originally posted by davinox
don't roll yer eyes at me....

its all good

quote:
Originally posted by CLuver?
I heard once that burners have a life span in the order of 1000 burns or something. And @ high speeds you are pushing the burner and decreasing its life span. Is this true?

im pretty sure that isnt true..

Posted by flystyler on Apr-19-2002 15:44:

Well i burn at 24x which is fine for me, that is the max my burner does. Although my comp can easily take it

If you do have a crap comp you could get buffer under run and shit, so i would advise a lower speed burn, but i imagine if you have a 32x burner, probably plextor, it should b fine, coz you prob have the comp to go with it