Hey guys,

I have a new DVD writer (NEC ND-3500a), its supposed to write 16X but i can't get it to write this fast with Nero. I have the full retail version of Nero which is fully updated. For some reason it will only let me write at a maximum of 8X. Any help would be much appreciated.

Ok, really simple question - and don't take this the wrong way.... :smile:

...is your media (the blank DVD) capable of burning at 16x ?

BTW - there was a bit of a problem with the avatars last week-end :-( could you please re-do your avatar - thanks.

Hi Hengis.

I have got some 16X dvd+R's. When I try to use one, Nero only gives me the option of recording up to 8X. In the help files in Nero it says that sometimes Nero may not pick up the attributes of a DVD RW drive correctly. It says that you can get Nero to re-recognise the drive and see if it picks up any differences then. The problem is that you need the Nero cd-rom to access the file that starts the process. Unfortunately I no longer have the Nero disc. Do you think this could be the problem? If so, is there any other way of getting Nero to recognise the full speed of the drive.

I also have another problem. Nero will let me copy data files etc to DVD+R, however when I try to do a direct copy of another DVD from my other DVD-rom drive, Nero always gives an error message after creating the image to burn, and then says that the read process failed, and then kicks out the disc. Could this be a problem with the other older DVD drive, i.e. is it too old to read the discs properly.

Any help would be much appreciated.

hmmm....

It might be worth you downloading DVDinfo just to check that your DVD drive is operating within the correct parameters.

I ran the programme and the drive seems to be working properly. I think I have found out what could be the problem. According to the programme my old DVD drive does support read capabilities for DVD+RW media. I have been attempting to copy content on DVD+RW's using the old drive as a source drive.

Do you think this could be the problem even though the drive will play the movie contained on the DVD+RW through WinDVD.

I will obtain some DVD+R's today with data on to further test the drive.

Still can't get it to write at 16X though.

Cheers for the link, thats a pretty cool programme.