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CrackedButter · Sep 27, 2003, 10:35 AM

How do you turn this off? Why do we need it?

I burn Cd's on windows as well but i don't need to verify anything why is this so on OSX.

Even YuBurner does this and i thought you could turn if off from there.

I burn cd's at x16 and it is s l o w, i don't know how you PB owners cope with it but what makes it longer if the verification. Can you turn if off?

Mediaman_12 · Sep 27, 2003, 10:59 AM

Verification is important, how else do you know wether the CD has burned correctly or not?

chabig · Sep 27, 2003, 11:05 AM

I thought verification after writing has been part of removeable media since the beginning of computers. Floppies did it, Zips did it, Bernoullis did it, and optical media does it.

Have you never had a CD fail to burn? It's so common there is even a name for them--coasters. Since there is a common name for this problem, don't you really think it's a good idea to verify the data after you burn it?

Chris

sanity assassin · Sep 27, 2003, 11:15 AM

You can turn it off if you're using disc copy. When it asks you to burn, just press the little arrow to reveal more options, and deselect verification. I think that's how you do it.

Hope that helps.

SMacTech · Sep 27, 2003, 02:53 PM

Any CD program that doesn't offer verification isn't worth using. Even on windows, the option to verify a burn is generally on by default. On my LaCie burner, I don't think I have ever had a verify fail, however, my other slower one often failed 10% of the time.

slow moe · Sep 27, 2003, 04:48 PM

If what I'm burning isn't mission critical, I always stop the verification process as soon as it starts, then eject the CD, wait a second or two, and then put the CD back in the drive. If it can read it, then I deem the CD good. Sorry, but it's 10 times faster that way. The only time I let it verify the CD is if it's a important backup of something.

>Even on windows, the option to verify a burn is generally on by default.

I'm pretty sure WinXP's built-in CD burning utility doesn't verify the CD after burning it.

CrackedButter · Sep 27, 2003, 06:43 PM

Yeah i could do that but never tried, i didn't think OSX would let you.

SMacTech · Sep 27, 2003, 06:52 PM

Originally posted by slow moe:

>Even on windows, the option to verify a burn is generally on by default.

I'm pretty sure WinXP's built-in CD burning utility doesn't verify the CD after burning it.

That very well could be true depending on the version of Windows you are using, or a program which you designate to burn a CD in Windows.
It really depends on how well your system, regardless of OS, CD burning app, and chosen media works for you.
When in doubt...

Mediaman_12 · Sep 27, 2003, 07:08 PM

Originally posted by slow moe:
If what I'm burning isn't mission critical, I always stop the verification process as soon as it starts, then eject the CD, wait a second or two, and then put the CD back in the drive. If it can read it, then I deem the CD good. Sorry, but it's 10 times faster that way. The only time I let it verify the CD is if it's a important backup of something.

I suppose it depends what you are burning. For an Audio CD from your Mp3's for in the Car, Verification is a bit OTT. But if it's a backup or something your sending someone, then I would not want the burning app to default to no verification (or to forget to put it back on).

mindwaves · Sep 27, 2003, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by slow moe:
If what I'm burning isn't mission critical, I always stop the verification process as soon as it starts, then eject the CD, wait a second or two, and then put the CD back in the drive. If it can read it, then I deem the CD good. Sorry, but it's 10 times faster that way. The only time I let it verify the CD is if it's a important backup of something.

>Even on windows, the option to verify a burn is generally on by default.

I'm pretty sure WinXP's built-in CD burning utility doesn't verify the CD after burning it.

That is what I do. Never failed for me.

tooki · Sep 28, 2003, 12:52 AM

Originally posted by slow moe:
[B]If what I'm burning isn't mission critical, I always stop the verification process as soon as it starts, then eject the CD, wait a second or two, and then put the CD back in the drive. If it can read it, then I deem the CD good. Sorry, but it's 10 times faster that way. The only time I let it verify the CD is if it's a important backup of something.

So all that you're testing is that the disc's TOC (table of contents) was properly burned. The rest of the disc could be blank, but with a full TOC, it would show up fine -- until you try to open a file.

Playing with fire. Incredibly foolish. Just to save 3 minutes.

tooki

ZackS · Sep 28, 2003, 10:24 AM

Eh, not really. I usually don't verify anything unless it's seriously important. Never been hit by this once. Actually, it's pretty stupid of me because my burner verifies a CD in under a minute but it also doesn't make coasters ever (if it does, Toast throws up an error before burning is complete, and even then it's sometimes fine).

Should I verify even though it only takes a minute or should I not because I've never run into any trouble? The choices, the choices...

slow moe · Sep 28, 2003, 03:28 PM

Originally posted by tooki:
So all that you're testing is that the disc's TOC (table of contents) was properly burned. The rest of the disc could be blank, but with a full TOC, it would show up fine -- until you try to open a file.

Playing with fire. Incredibly foolish. Just to save 3 minutes.

tooki

Using only one backup method would be incredibly foolish.