DVD drive longevity

**magnethead** · 07-26-2007, 10:12 PM

ok, so i'm making DVD's for my church. I'm having to make 35 DVD's, and would like to just burn one and use a duplicator from there, but chances of having access to a duplicator are next to nill. So how much would it kill my DVD burner to burn 35 copies of the same file, which looks like it will come out to 750-800 MB/10-12 minutes according to studio? It is a lightscribe drive but I have no intention of using the lightscribe function.

**Terrister** · 07-27-2007, 08:42 AM

Should not be a problem for the burner. It will take a long time to do this.

**magnethead** · 07-30-2007, 04:08 PM

how long is a long time? The movie is right now 1.30 GB and 20 minutes according to studio and i'm still adding stuff. Drive is a Samsung/TSSTcorp SH-S182M.

I've got a lead on somebody that might have a duplicator but haven't made any contact yet since im still working on the movie. I'll be using single layer DVD+R's so looks like 18x speed.

DVD+R DL Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-R DL Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-RAM Speed: 12 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-RW Speed: 6 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD+RW Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD+R Speed: 18 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-R Speed: 18 X (DVD, DVD-R)
DVD-ROM Read Speed: 16 X (DVD, DVD-R)

07-26-2007, 10:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	DVD drive longevity ok, so i'm making DVD's for my church. I'm having to make 35 DVD's, and would like to just burn one and use a duplicator from there, but chances of having access to a duplicator are next to nill. So how much would it kill my DVD burner to burn 35 copies of the same file, which looks like it will come out to 750-800 MB/10-12 minutes according to studio? It is a lightscribe drive but I have no intention of using the lightscribe function. __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

07-27-2007, 08:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
Terrister Moderator Hardware Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: West Georgia, USA Posts: 7,098 OS: Xp	Re: DVD drive longevity Should not be a problem for the burner. It will take a long time to do this. __________________

07-30-2007, 04:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: DVD drive longevity how long is a long time? The movie is right now 1.30 GB and 20 minutes according to studio and i'm still adding stuff. Drive is a Samsung/TSSTcorp SH-S182M. I've got a lead on somebody that might have a duplicator but haven't made any contact yet since im still working on the movie. I'll be using single layer DVD+R's so looks like 18x speed. DVD+R DL Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-R DL Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-RAM Speed: 12 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-RW Speed: 6 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD+RW Speed: 8 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD+R Speed: 18 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-R Speed: 18 X (DVD, DVD-R) DVD-ROM Read Speed: 16 X (DVD, DVD-R) __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System Last edited by magnethead; 07-30-2007 at 04:09 PM.