copying cds On-The-Fly

[Double L]

I was considering reconfiguring my system so that I can copy and write cds "on-the-fly."

I haven't determined exactly how I will go about it, but before I invest any money to do so, I was wondering:

Does anyone know how much speed, if any, I stand to gain in the copying process if I'm able to copy and write on the fly?

[NDD]

I really wouldn't advice "on-fly" copying unless you have CD-ROM of very good DAE quality in case of music discs.
Programs like Nero CDSpeed (http://www.cdspeed2000.com/files/NeroCDSpeed_083.zip) will test your CD-ROM drive and tell you if it good enough for "on-fly" burning.

Best Regards ...

[Double L]

Actually,

I have the Nero software.

And in its current state, my drives are not fit to copy "on-the-fly."

It wouldn't be too much, though, to make the necessary adjustments.

Before I did, I just wanted to know what the advantage is of copying "on-the-fly."

Anyone know if there is one? Is it faster?

BTW:

I'd be doing so strictly with audio cds as that is what I've found myself copying a high volume of and for which any improved performance will be time-saving.

[otheos]

If what you're doing now is:

-DAE from audio CD to disk (either to individual wavs of CD image)

-burn image to CD

then it will be.... half the time (if not better).

When you rip (= copying audio tracks from audio cd to disk) your CDrom will NOT read at the rated X speed (like 40x) but at it's DAE speed (usually less).

If you burn at say 8x and your CDROM cannot keep up to burn on the fly, it means your cdrom is slower than 8x DAE. If you use this cdrom to make the image and burn to CDR from that image, this part of the process will take longer than burning the image at 8x (obcviously) so the improvement is more than 100% (i.e from 20+ minutes now = 10burn, 10+ rip, you go to 10mins only i.e the burn time).

Maybe your burner can rip faster than your CDROM and you're making the image at a faster pace than you burn it (i.e. higher than 8x).

In any event, on the fly copying takes as long as the burning process ONLY so you save the ripping time.

The DAE speed of a CDROM cannot change, so I do not understand what you mean by:


It wouldn't be too much, though, to make the necessary adjustments.


since you need a new CDROM that can feed audio data at at least the buruning speed.

Here's a link for your for a more complete idea: click me (http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=102&FORUM_ID=17&CAT_ID=5&Topic_Title=Practical+CD%2DROM+info%2E&Forum_Title=Data+Storage+Devices)

[Double L]

Otheos:

Thanks a lot for the info, and for the info on more info.

I could be wrong, because I'm far from having anything like a thorough understanding of the CD-writing process, but my understanding of the difficulty I'm currently experiencing is that it isn't related to the DAE of my CD-ROM(although that may be the case), but rather with the controller(s) of both my source drive and my writer(at least according to Nero).

BTW: My source drive is a DVD drive, is that a problem? (I'll reference the info you provided).

Thanks again.

[This message has been edited by Double L (edited 08-10-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Double L (edited 08-10-2001).]

[otheos]

Why don't you tell us your system setup to see what we can do.

motherboard (chipset), OS,
HD, DVD, CDRW brands and how they are connected (primary/sec, mas/slave) etc