Digital BW, The Print

Unless you're like me and it takes 45 minutes to burn 1 cd.

Denise


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Frost" <bobfrost@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Image Burning: Buffer Underrun
Reason/technique?


> Hi Steadman,
>
> The cause of buffer under-runs is quite simple; the info is not
being sent
> from your hard disk to the CD fast enough, so that the CD-writer
memory
> buffer runs out of info.
>
> The solutions are various: buying a CD writer with a bigger memory
buffer,
> using a faster hard disk, using a slower write speed, etc, etc,
>
> Windows XP tries to avoid these problems by always copying the files
to be
> burnt to a new directory, and then copying them from this new
directory to
> the CD. This helps to avoid the problems with the hard-disk head
moving all
> over the place locating the files and their fragments for copying.
>
> If you have two hard disks, copy all the files to the non-system
disk before
> burning them from that location. The hard-disk heads on that disk
can then
> devote all their attention to reading the unfragmented files to be
burnt,
> without having to update windows swap files etc.
>
> Some burning software claims to prevent buffer underruns, perhaps by
caching
> larger chunks of the info before starting the burn, or other means.
>
> I solved the problem on my CD writer by simply reducing the write
speed from
> it's max of 10x to 4x. This seems to be the simplest solution; it's
free and
> simply means you drink a whole cup of coffee while it burns instead
of half
> a cup!
>
> Bob Frost.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
> >
> > I selected about 600mb of data image files and clicked burn....and
waited
> and watched as the burn software showed progress to about 93% or so
and then
> the CD would report "ERRORS REPORTED."
> >
> > The error?  "Buffer Underrun."
> >
> > This is the first time I have encountered this problem.  It
created
> Coasters as the  images would not open in Photoshop.   I have not
had this
> problem before (I used to use Kodak and Maxell CDs).   What gets me
is that
> I went through this several times (wasted time each time) waiting to
backup
> the disc so I could use my CF card.   The delay was "costly" in this
case. I
> want to avoid that.
>
>
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