Buffer underrun and DAO audio discs

[Mike]

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?


Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com

[Carey Carlan]

(Mike) wrote in
om:

> 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.

[Arny Krueger]

"Mike" > wrote in message
om
> 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.

[Laurence Payne]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 21:41:47 -0400, "Arny Krueger" >
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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