I have the internal DVD burner and an external HP dvd 940 burner also attached to my computer. I am burning multiple copies of the same slideshow and I was wondering of there was any way to burn copies on both DVD burners at the same time so that I could get them all burned faster.
2007-10-24 02:30:40 · 6 answers · asked by jj48bv25 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Your external burner is USB, right? If so, I really wouldn't bother. If you had a firewire one, I might say give it a try because the fluctuation of throughput is much lower on firewire.
Burning to multiple dvd's can be done via software (like Nero), but the bigger question is your hardware. Many people have been successful if the system is set up with 2 burners on separate and dedicated IDE channels, and harddrives on a separate RAID card.
That configuration obviously allows maximum transfer rate from HD to the burners, but the additional hassle and money involved might as well be spent toward a dedicated tower duplicator.
http://www.supermediastore.com/pioneer-dvd-duplicator-tower-dvd-duplicators-1-to-2.html
A 1-to-2 duplicator only runs $350 these days...
Good luck.
2007-10-24 02:48:49 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. Ed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, i suppose you could try opening your DVD burning software (whatever that may be) twice and just selecting the two different drives in each one.
Not sure if that will work, cant say as though i have ever needed to burn two dvd's at once. Just remember that DVD burning can hog the resources on a machine pretty well, so if it does work running the software twice your machine is going to slow to a crawl
2007-10-24 02:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you use nero, TRY it, but it might be as quick to do them singly on the iunternal.
IF the system can run both at 8x on 8x media OK without problems then away you go, if not you have to drop to 4x and burn slower, or use 1 at aq time.
I use 2 internal drives at same time no problemAS LONG as they do not share an IDE cable, if they do, they take longer than doing them individually . . . .
2007-10-24 03:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by stu_the_kilted_scot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nero (should you be using it) does have a 'multiple recorders' option for copying.
2007-10-24 02:43:10 · answer #4 · answered by Technerd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't even plan to do it becaus the files mght became corrupted end the process will became slow. You willnot going to do many processes.
2007-10-24 02:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's gona LAGGGGGG...
2007-10-24 02:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by ReignOfComputer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋