I know this is a basic question, however, I have just replaced an old CD-RW with a new one - a pioneer DVDR 111D, according to the box it reads/burns at different speeds as they all do.

Here is the problem according to the pioneer website you can't control the ripp speed on this drive it is automatic in the hardware, built in.  I have flashed the drive with the lastest firmware and still no choise in ripping speeds.  The ripp speed in myriad has no effect and neither does Nero Drive Speed with this drive.

Ripping across a network from CD at 40x is a bit much and audio is best ripped at a slower speed incase of damaged discs. 

So an answer i'm looking for is what new makes or models of recorders has myriad been tested on for ripping at different speeds?

LG..ect....LiteOn.... 

Many thanks.

Shane Carson c/o Hospital Radio Yare

Hi Shane,

 

According to the many articles I’ve just finished reading on pioneer DVDR drives it’s very likely that the drives read speed it ‘locked’ for certain types if media, or alternatively refuse’s software control. A firmware upgrade from pioneer themselves is unlikely to change this unless their policy on refusing this control has recently changed.

 

However, you may be able to find somewhere on the net an unofficial firmware revision that allows this control. This would however require a fair amount of research.

 

I looked on many CD/DVD forums to find the info about your drive and by far the best was http://www.cdfreaks.com I would start there if you decide to look for an unofficial firmware revision.

 

Hope this helps,

 

John-Micheal Sugden

P Squared Systems Engineer