topic Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP in PCs & Accessories

slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

esdc — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:08:03 GMT

Hello,
I have enjoyed my VGNA497XP for 2 months now and I must say that I am very happy with it.
The only problem is about the DVD burner that works but can never achieve writing speeds higher than 1.8 (that's shown in the RecordNow window).
I have used several type of DVDs (+R / -R / +RW, x2.4, x4, x8) without ever achieving total burning time lower than 50 min (for 4.7 GB of data).
The drive (DW56A) seems to be loaded with latest firmware (PSF3 I think it's called).
Is that burning speed kind of normal performance or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for the attention.

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

jumpsuit — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:09:09 GMT

What program do you use for burning?

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

esdc — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:10:15 GMT

The RecordNow program that was supplied with the machine.

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

Twisted-Rizla — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:14:22 GMT

Contact Sony.

The DW56A is a batch of moody drives - well, judging by the numerous complaints about it on this forum it seems to be.

There is a firmware update available from Vaio-Link which might fix the problem or, as some have discovered, make it worse.

Good luck

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

jumpsuit — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:16:34 GMT

Would it be something as simple as checking burning options on that program?

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

esdc — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:47:56 GMT

Checked the options:
- RecordNow does not load at startup
- Burn speed is set to max
- I just increased cache to max (75 MB) but made no change

It is recording a x8 DVD+R (recognised as x4 by the program!) at 1.4.

Do I have to try to put RecordNow into Startup?

Thanks

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

jumpsuit — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:06:37 GMT

I don't think startup will make any difference.

I'd go with Mr Rizla (not literally:smileygrin: ) and look into your drive.

Alternatively try another prog eg Nero.

I have a couple of progs that depending on what you're doing sometimes burn below max speed.

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

kee-lo_ — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:11:10 GMT

The GRX's CD-RW drive had a similar problem, when I wrote at 16x it really didn't go over 8x

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

wheresmybeaver — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:45:20 GMT

Nero burning rom is pretty good for burning, it gives more feedback and more burning options than recordnow. Different burning methods could mean faster speed.

Was your drive always that slow at burning? Because just before my D56A drive broke completely it got pretty slow at burning (between 1 and 2 speed) on media that had previously burned at 4 speed... hopefully not the case for you though.

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

esdc — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:45:04 GMT

Yes,
Machine is fairly new (came at beginning of August) and the drive was always that slow.
I shall try Nero soon.

Thanks

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

kee-lo_ — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 14:53:40 GMT

7 is out now, and it's pretty good

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

jumpsuit — Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:28:31 GMT

I don't know, these Irish turn up and steal all the thanks for technical advice:smileygrin:

Re: slow DVD burning on VGN-A497XP

wheresmybeaver — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:00:57 GMT

Oy!