My dvd writer speed is more but writing in 4x only

[kuppi]

Hello,my dvd writer speed is 20x and my dvd is 8.5gb at 16x speed but when iam writing it is showing only 4x.and burning process failed at 4x.what should i do now to increase writing speed

 

[cmichael138]

What software program are you using.? Quite often, the burning speed is set from within the program.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Usually if it fails at 4x it will fail more at higher speeds.

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