Storage Solutions what do low quality score on dvd burns indicate?

[filmguy]

i've recently bought some DL national type media.
till now i've been using SL dvds and even though my benq 1640 doesnt do a good job with -R dvds it does a good job with +R's. verbatim +r burns have given me quality score (analysed with nero) of 93/95 and work great.
but now out of 3 DL burns (using imgburn) 2 have completed (burnt at 4x) and 1 burnt at 2.4x has not. thats an ok ratio for these cheaper media but even though imgburn verified the data and they seem to play fine (have only scanned through the movies burnt, not played them fully) when i do a scan on nero they give very low quality scores of 9 & 33. is this usual with the kind of media or is it a problem with my benq? also if it seems to be working fine what do these low QS mean?? does it mean that after few years they wont work? i'm only burning rips and such so no imp. data but yet if its not going to last me then no point going thru the whole bother of buying/burning/checking/storing such media??

 

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i've recently bought some DL national type media.
till now i've been using SL dvds and even though my benq 1640 doesnt do a good job with -R dvds it does a good job with +R's. verbatim +r burns have given me quality score (analysed with nero) of 93/95 and work great.

The 1640 prefers to work with +R's and that's what you should use.

but now out of 3 DL burns (using imgburn) 2 have completed (burnt at 4x) and 1 burnt at 2.4x has not. thats an ok ratio for these cheaper media but even though imgburn verified the data and they seem to play fine (have only scanned through the movies burnt, not played them fully) when i do a scan on nero they give very low quality scores of 9 & 33.

Is the DL media +R or -R ?

Was overburning used or is the media maxed out for space ?

Filling the disc to the brim is usually what gets you lower scores.

is this usual with the kind of media or is it a problem with my benq?

If single layer +R gives you high scores, it points to the media.

also if it seems to be working fine what do these low QS mean?? does it mean that after few years they wont work?

The QS score is a combination of reader used + media + burn speed used.

Try experimenting with different speeds you will find some media give better scores that way.

But if the benq has problems with it today then it means chances are it will be harder to read in the future if the dyes used are not high quality.

i'm only burning rips and such so no imp. data but yet if its not going to last me then no point going thru the whole bother of buying/burning/checking/storing such media??

Use media that gives you the best score, for me its not a question of whether the data is important, of couse its important otherwise one would not be saving it to disk and the expectation is to be able to reproduce it, reliably with some degree of confidence, at a later date.

 

[filmguy]

hey
thanx for the reply

Is the DL media +R or -R ?

Was overburning used or is the media maxed out for space ?

Filling the disc to the brim is usually what gets you lower scores.

its a +R, i didnt use overburn and there was like 150mb free space

If single layer +R gives you high scores, it points to the media.

thats what i think too..its just that i've seen other people on this forum using the national type DL's and was wondering if they were getting a similar experience and QS's.

and i bought a 50 dvd pack of them :fear: