Possible to burn 2 separate discs at one time?
 

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!
_____________________
Regards, Paul Soderman

I'm also on AOL as Kidpocono

Paul Soderman wrote:

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!

I googled for "two burners" "in one machine", and a few articles (for PC)
indicate problems with 2 burners & the source harddrive sharing IDE
controllers. Otherwise, I dunno.

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!
_____________________
Regards, Paul Soderman

I'm also on AOL as Kidpocono

I have Nero and two identical writers and have yet to be able to figure out how
to write to both from the same time. It is said Nero supports that but they
certainly don't make it easy for you to find such a feature.

The message
from xnxnxnx (FOR7b) contains these words:

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I have Nero and two identical writers and have yet to be able to
figure out how
to write to both from the same time. It is said Nero supports that but they
certainly don't make it easy for you to find such a feature.


The option to burn using both recorders,which don't have to be
identical,is on the 'Burn' tab in the 'compilation' properties.
I think it's only available in the retail version of Nero.

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Cheers,
Derek,

"75% of statistics are made up on the spur of the moment"

On 22 Oct 2003 05:46:14 GMT, xnxnxnx (FOR7b) wrote:

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!
_____________________
Regards, Paul Soderman

I'm also on AOL as Kidpocono

I have Nero and two identical writers and have yet to be able to figure out how
to write to both from the same time. It is said Nero supports that but they
certainly don't make it easy for you to find such a feature.




Nero allows you to select the recorder to use so at least in theory it
should work. I get a choice of the DVD burner or CD burner. You can
try to have two separate installs of Nero and that might even preserve
your settings for the two separate installs, depending on how much is
saved in the registry and not the individual config files.

I think you would have issues with having both burners on the same IDE
channel though. Maybe DMA would be a problem. Copying on the fly would
likely be problematic even if you have an extra CD installed. But a
hard drive should be able to keep up with the demands of both burners
for normal use.

Paul Soderman wrote:
I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!

There is software designed explicitly for burning concurrently to
several identical drives; the one I've seen (sorry, I don't remember
which) was a premium version of a common program, designed for a
duplication installation.

Other programs will let you do as you ask, using two instances of the
program writing to different drives from different source files. In that
case, the drives do not have to be identical. At one time, I
experimented successfully with that using CDRWin; both drives were on
the same SCSI card.

Mike
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http://www.mrichter.com/

Only retail Nero allows this option, and only to 2 drives at once. They do
have to be "very similar" drives, and must both be burning at the same speed
and write strategy to avoid buffer issues. They can be on the same IDE
channel, or separate, doesn't matter with most IDE controllers.
Burning to 2 drives from different programs ( or 2 instances of Nero) is no
problem either as long as the drives are on separate channels and your
HD/system is up to doing the 2 tasks at once.


"Derek MacKeddie" wrote in message
...
The message
from xnxnxnx (FOR7b) contains these words:

snip

I have Nero and two identical writers and have yet to be able to
figure out how
to write to both from the same time. It is said Nero supports that but
they
certainly don't make it easy for you to find such a feature.


The option to burn using both recorders,which don't have to be
identical,is on the 'Burn' tab in the 'compilation' properties.
I think it's only available in the retail version of Nero.

--
Cheers,
Derek,

"75% of statistics are made up on the spur of the moment"

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"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Paul Soderman wrote:

I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!

In the Burn tab of New Compilation or Write CD window, check "Use
Multiple Recorders".

Ideally you want the drives with the same model and firmware version,
but all Nero requires is there should be common write speed.

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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote:

Paul Soderman wrote:
I seem to recall reading somewhere that if 2 separate burners are hooked up,
it is possible to record different discs at the same time. I think that it
involved duplicating the software used to burn the CDR and choosing the
appropriate burner/drive for the respective disc being burned.

Of course, in trying to find a Usenet article concerning this, I found
nothing! Did I imagine this? Much thanks for any help!

There is software designed explicitly for burning concurrently to
several identical drives; the one I've seen (sorry, I don't remember
which) was a premium version of a common program, designed for a
duplication installation.

( Why doesn't Easy CD Cremator do simultaneous burn? Is it because it
"violates standards", Mikey? )

Prassi PrimoCD Plus and PrimoCD Pro64 simultaneously burn to 2 and 64
burners, respectively. Click'N Burn and RecordNow MAX simultaneously
burn to 64 burners. Nero simultaneously burns to 2 burners.

Other programs will let you do as you ask, using two instances of the
program writing to different drives from different source files.

None of the programs cited above require multiple instances.

In that
case, the drives do not have to be identical.

None of the programs cited above require identical drives (with only one
instance).

At one time, I
experimented successfully with that using CDRWin; both drives were on
the same SCSI card.

Save your two bit experience, and breath.

( Why doesn't Easy CD Cremator do simultaneous burn? Is it because it
"violates standards", Mikey? )

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Mikey, you are a Scum!
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smh wrote:

In the Burn tab of New Compilation or Write CD window, check "Use
Multiple Recorders".

Ideally you want the drives with the same model and firmware version,
but all Nero requires is there should be common write speed.

Please turn the volume down on the venom. Mike's answer seemed perfectly helpful
to me. Most people for home use aren't going to need to burn 2 copies of the
same disc at once, so Mike & I both assumed Paul wanted to run 2 *different*
burns at once.