Buffer underrun and DAO audio discs

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mmeprod@mmeproductions.com (Mike) wrote in
news:934b3e2c.0408111358.4713d1e8@posting.google.com:

> I was wondering if anyone might have an answer to this question. I
> have always operated under the premise that you don't use buffer
> underrun protection when burning audio discs DAO the idea being that
> buffer underrun protection slows down the burner or maybe even stops
> it and you have what amounts to a run out. Does anyone know this to be
> so or am I wrong?

Buffer underrun protection works for me on DAO. The principle is that the
burner shuts off, then picks up where it left off when data is again
available. When I burn disks on my "busy" machine it frequently has
underruns and continues recording.

Caveat: Sometimes the restart point causes an error in some readers. As a
rule, for "professional" results use a machine with enough speed and buffer
space that underruns don't occur. I have a whole nuther computer for disks
I really care about burning right.

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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:41:47 -0400, "Arny Krueger" <arnyk@hotpop.com>
wrote:

>> I was wondering if anyone might have an answer to this question. I
>> have always operated under the premise that you don't use buffer
>> underrun protection when burning audio discs DAO the idea being that
>> buffer underrun protection slows down the burner or maybe even stops
>> it and you have what amounts to a run out. Does anyone know this to be
>> so or am I wrong?
>
>My understanding is that the burner's response to running out of data, DAO
>or not, is considerably different from a run out. I think its more like a
>blank area in the track that is short enough to not be reported as a C2
>error.

When I turned on the BURN-proof function for audio discs, I used to
get occasional returns complaining of clicks and dropouts. Now I
don't, and the problem seems to have gone away.

I don't burn such huge numbers of disks that I can draw firm
conclusions though.



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