LITE-ON 48161H File Burning Problem

I have a CD-R/DVD-ROM Combo drive LITE-ON 48161H, with Roxio software and
Windows XP.

When I burn, for example, a 100K picture to a CD-R it takes up a good 14-18
MB of space on the disc. I've tried Memorex and Fuji CD-Rs and I get the
same results.

Obviously, at this pace I would go through CD-Rs faster than my wallet could
keep up.

Any suggestions out there?

Randy

Randy wrote:
I have a CD-R/DVD-ROM Combo drive LITE-ON 48161H, with Roxio software and
Windows XP.

When I burn, for example, a 100K picture to a CD-R it takes up a good 14-18
MB of space on the disc. I've tried Memorex and Fuji CD-Rs and I get the
same results.

Obviously, at this pace I would go through CD-Rs faster than my wallet could
keep up.

Any suggestions out there?

Please see one of the usual references for information on multisession
(and on packet writing if you wish): the CD-R FAQ or the primer at my
WWW site.

Each session except the first that you write to a CD carries overhead of
about 13 MB. You have two choices: do not close the session (which in
practice means writing packets with Direct CD or equivalent), or
accumulate enough before writing to make the overhead acceptable.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...mindspring.com
(Messages 10, 12 -- 34, 54 -- 69)

( No pipsqueaks have been able to prove ANY of the above is a libel )
( -- despite Mikey's supposed to have proof of misquotes!!! )


Randy wrote:

I have a CD-R/DVD-ROM Combo drive LITE-ON 48161H, with Roxio software and
Windows XP.

When I burn, for example, a 100K picture to a CD-R it takes up a good 14-18
MB of space on the disc. I've tried Memorex and Fuji CD-Rs and I get the
same results.

Obviously, at this pace I would go through CD-Rs faster than my wallet could
keep up.

The first session takes up as overhead (for lead-in and -out) about 23M,
and subsequent sessions take up about 14M each. (I usually burn 100M -
150M per session for about 10% overhead.)

[2-5] What's a multisession disc?
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-5

[7-6] How much data can they hold? 650MB? 680MB?
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-6

Turn out the lights
and hop in your bed
Let visions of Mike Richter
dance all night in your head!

You'll toss and you'll turn
no CD's will you burn
Like the princess and the pea
may sweet Roxio be to thee!

Daddy just sang you a nice lullaby...
Now GO TO BED and I don't want to hear a peep out of you!

Tim K

"smh" wrote in message
ws.com...
. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...mindspring.com
(Messages 10, 12 -- 34, 54 -- 69)

( No pipsqueaks have been able to prove ANY of the above is a libel )
( -- despite Mikey's supposed to have proof of misquotes!!! )


Randy wrote:

I have a CD-R/DVD-ROM Combo drive LITE-ON 48161H, with Roxio
software and
Windows XP.

When I burn, for example, a 100K picture to a CD-R it takes up a
good 14-18
MB of space on the disc. I've tried Memorex and Fuji CD-Rs and I get
the
same results.

Obviously, at this pace I would go through CD-Rs faster than my
wallet could
keep up.

The first session takes up as overhead (for lead-in and -out) about
23M,
and subsequent sessions take up about 14M each. (I usually burn
100M -
150M per session for about 10% overhead.)

[2-5] What's a multisession disc?
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-5

[7-6] How much data can they hold? 650MB? 680MB?
http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq07.html#S7-6

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

(Isn't it a shame Timmy cannot post in comp.* cdr groups?)

Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") "Ummmmmm"-ed:

snip moaning

Stop that moaning you sicko!

=======================================
Timmy Kroesen (Pipsqueak) "Ummmmmm"-ed:

...OOOOOhhhhhhh.....g - Idiot's perpetual silly grin

...OOOOOhhhhhhh......

OOOOOhhhhhhhh.....

OOOOOhhhhhhh....

Stop that moaning you sicko. ;-)

=======================================
(by DaveJohnson12)

.. --------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

(Isn't it a shame Timmy cannot post in comp.* cdr groups?)

Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") "Ummmmmm"-ed:

snip moaning

Stop that moaning you sicko!

Did you get ecstatic seeing these Mikey's words, sicko?


Howard Kaikow wrote:
Clive (Pipsqueak) squeaked:

Why the hell cant anyone produce reliable packet writing software (and I
dont mean the flaws in the format) but the software itself?

The problem is not the format, it is the inept implementation of the
standards.

=========================================
Mike Richter on Packet Writing Format (v)
=========================================

"the fault is not with the software but with the format"

=================================================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum)
Date: 2/5/02

The faults of fixed-length packets are in the format,
not in the specific software which implements UDF.
=================================================

After blaming all the DirectCD bugs on the faulty "format", the Slimball
spewed these:

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' ****)
Subject: Keeping Old Data Disks Readable
Date: 2/28/04

Fixed-length packets create the least reliable, most fragile
format available for writing CDs.

However, they can still be read
if written to the standard (as DCD always has).
======================

The faulty "format" is no problem after all! Beyond me then why the
Slimeball keeps on harping about the faulty format.

---------------------------
Wow! What a Friggin' ****!
---------------------------

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

"Mike Richter" wrote in message
...
Randy wrote:
I have a CD-R/DVD-ROM Combo drive LITE-ON 48161H, with Roxio software
and
Windows XP.

When I burn, for example, a 100K picture to a CD-R it takes up a good
14-18
MB of space on the disc. I've tried Memorex and Fuji CD-Rs and I get the
same results.

Obviously, at this pace I would go through CD-Rs faster than my wallet
could
keep up.

Any suggestions out there?

Please see one of the usual references for information on multisession
(and on packet writing if you wish): the CD-R FAQ or the primer at my
WWW site.

Each session except the first that you write to a CD carries overhead of
about 13 MB. You have two choices: do not close the session (which in
practice means writing packets with Direct CD or equivalent), or
accumulate enough before writing to make the overhead acceptable.

Mike
--

http://www.mrichter.com/


Thanks for the reply.

Although I am not sure what to make of the follow-up responses...?

Randy

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

(Isn't it a shame Timmy cannot post in comp.* cdr groups?)

Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") "Ummmmmm"-ed:

snip moaning

Stop that moaning you sicko!

Did you get ecstatic seeing these Mikey's words, sicko?


Howard Kaikow wrote:
Clive (Pipsqueak) squeaked:

Why the hell cant anyone produce reliable packet writing software
(and I dont mean the flaws in the format) but the software itself?

The problem is not the format, it is the inept implementation of the
standards.

=========================================
Mike Richter on Packet Writing Format (v)
=========================================

"the fault is not with the software but with the format"

=================================================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum)
Date: 2/5/02

The faults of fixed-length packets are in the format,
not in the specific software which implements UDF.
=================================================

After blaming all the DirectCD bugs on the faulty "format", the Slimball
spewed these:

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' ****)
Date: 2/28/04

Fixed-length packets create the least reliable, most fragile
format available for writing CDs.

However, they can still be read
if written to the standard (as DCD always has).
======================

The faulty "format" is no problem after all! Beyond me then why the
Slimeball keeps on harping about the faulty format.

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum)
Date: 3/29/04

Fixed-length packets are the least reliable and most fragile
format for writing to CD-R.

Use that mode at your own substantial risk.
======================

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
(Mike Richter, any Material Connection w/ Roxio?)

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

(Isn't it a shame Timmy cannot post in comp.* cdr groups?)

Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") "Ummmmmm"-ed:

snip moaning

Stop that moaning you sicko!

Did you get ecstatic seeing these Mikey's words, sicko?


Howard Kaikow wrote:
Clive (Pipsqueak) squeaked:

Why the hell cant anyone produce reliable packet writing software
(and I dont mean the flaws in the format) but the software itself?

The problem is not the format, it is the inept implementation of the
standards.

=========================================
Mike Richter on Packet Writing Format (v)
=========================================

"the fault is not with the software but with the format"

=================================================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum)
Date: 2/5/02

The faults of fixed-length packets are in the format,
not in the specific software which implements UDF.
=================================================

After blaming all the DirectCD bugs on the faulty "format", the Slimball
spewed these:

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' ****)
Date: 2/28/04

Fixed-length packets create the least reliable, most fragile
format available for writing CDs.

However, they can still be read
if written to the standard (as DCD always has).
======================

---------------------------
Wow! What a Friggin' ****!
---------------------------

The faulty "format" is no problem after all!

Wonder whatever happened to all those DirectCD bugs Mikey weaseled out
with "the least reliable and most fragile format" cockamamie, like this
one:

==============================
From: Mike Richter
Date: 12/15/01
Subject: Files Disappeared From CDRW DIsc.......

Suddenly i find myself among those who are having BIG problems
with Roxios crappy software, after a reasonable amount of small
problems with it, i insert a cdrw with files on it (jpegs) and
tried to burn a few more onto it only to find Roxio software
thinks it is either, corrupted, unrecognized data or need
formatting(?)

only one file remains on the disc, the others are GONE.

My guess is that you used DCD and you have now joined
the crowd of users who have learned that

fixed-length packets are the least reliable and
most fragile format you can write to CD.

Incidentally, the fault is not with the software but with
the format and the medium.
==============================

-------------------------------
Mikey, you are a Friggin' ****!
-------------------------------

--------------------------------------
Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
--------------------------------------
( Reduced to living off the trash? )
( ... my thanks to Tim ... )

(Isn't it a shame Timmy cannot post in comp.* cdr groups?)

Timmy Kroesen ("Net-Trash") "Ummmmmm"-ed:

snip moaning

Stop that moaning you sicko!

Did you get ecstatic seeing these Mikey's words, sicko?


Howard Kaikow wrote:
Clive (Pipsqueak) squeaked:

Why the hell cant anyone produce reliable packet writing software
(and I dont mean the flaws in the format) but the software itself?

The problem is not the format, it is the inept implementation of the
standards.

=========================================
Mike Richter on Packet Writing Format (v)
=========================================

"the fault is not with the software but with the format"

( An MS MVP not only swallowed the above cockamamie hook, )
( line and sinker, but actively spreads the garbage! )

=================================================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' Scum)
Date: 2/5/02

The faults of fixed-length packets are in the format,
not in the specific software which implements UDF.
=================================================

After blaming all the DirectCD bugs on the faulty "format", the Slimball
spewed these:

======================
From: Mike Richter (Friggin' ****)
Subject: Keeping Old Data Disks Readable
Date: 2/28/04

Fixed-length packets create the least reliable, most fragile
format available for writing CDs.

However, they can still be read
if written to the standard (as DCD always has).
======================

---------------------------
Wow! What a Friggin' ****!
---------------------------

The faulty "format" is no problem after all!

Wonder whatever happened to all those DirectCD bugs Mikey weaseled out
with "the least reliable and most fragile format" cockamamie, like this
one:

======================
From: Mike Richter
Subject: Recover files from a CDRW disc?
Date: 10/27/00

I burned a CDRW using DirectCD, everything burned without any
errors and i erased the files from my computer, then i tried
to read some of the files but about 80% of the files cannot be
read

2. Fixed-length packet writing is the least reliable format
available.
======================

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Mikey, you are a Friggin' ****!
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