Please Help??? Noisy Recordings

[JustJohnny]

I have a plextor 49/24/48a and I've d/l'ed all the newest aspi drivers as instructed here, recorded at 4x speed, d/l'ed directx 9, done everything you've said to do on this forum, but when I copy a cdg I get static on the soundtrack and glitches in the graphics. When I extract the tracks to the hard drive they play fine.

[admin]

1. Please post in this thread the manufacturer of your media. You can find it printed very small around the center hole.

2. I assume your Plextor drive is a 48/24/48a model? This should be a new drive. Have you used a lens cleaning disc recently? It is possible the writing laser lens has dirt or dust on it to cause it to mis-write.

3. Are you using the same CDR drive to read and to write with?

4. What Windows version (98SE, 2000, XP-home, etc.) are you running?

5. What is your processor type (Intel Pentium III, IV, or AMD Athelon, etc.) and clock speed (650MHz, 1GHz, 2.4GHz, etc.)?

Please answer these questions so we know your situation and equipment.

[JustJohnny]

The Media# is 80 PG8101

I am using a 48/24/48a drive and it's brand new, I guess I could try cleaning it though

I am reading and writing to the same drive

I'm using XP Pro with a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz

Thanks for any help you can give

[JustJohnny]

Ok I cleaned the drive but still the same result, glitches in audio and video

[admin]

Everything else looks great, and the fact that Microstudio IS running and reading and writing says your drivers are OK. You cleaned the CDR drive, so the media is the only thing left.

My recommendation is to buy our MTU Silver CDR media as it is the best in the world for duplicating CDG discs. However, there are some other threads in this forum that address other manufacturer brands that they have been successful with.

Since you didn't list a manufacturer, I STRONGLY suspect you have a "no-name" brand. My guess is you paid under $20 for 100 discs.

[JustJohnny]

They are Maxell CD-R Pro Discs - I will try different discs

[jim in ohio]

Another thing that most people forget is the orginal disc, cleaning the orginal disc will give you a better backup.
I use an old t-shirt that is clean but has no fabric softner on it, just like cleaning your glasses, use your breath to moisten a section, then wiping from the center out, repeat until all the way around the disc. When there is the pizza, or wing sauce that just won't come off that way, I use just tap water, and allow to air dry.

FYI, I have tried Maxell with no success, I get more junk on the discs than on the orginal. In the begining I tried the cheap discs from Sam's Club, but found that they just don't hold up to the five night a week playing, and had to make new backups on better media, I now use Fuji, but have not used them long enough to know how they will hold up over the long run. Hope this helps.

Jim

[JustJohnny]

Ok, I bought Mitsui discs from you and tried again, still the same problem.

[MTUSUPPORT]

Where did you purchase the Plextor drive from? Does it work when you try to burn just and Audio Disc using any program? Also, try this under Microstudio just using and Audio Disc and see what happens. Then make sure to try it under another program also, such as EZ CD Creator and let me know what it does. Could be a bad drive.

[JustJohnny]

I returned the Plextor for a new one and the same thing... I then contacted Plextor and was told to try placing a jumper across the DMA pins in the back of the recorder and that did the trick!!! Thanks to everyone here for all your help!!

[JustJohnny]

By the way, when I had the problem, you were correct, It had a problem burning a regular audio disc.

Thanks again....

[MTUSUPPORT]

Glad to hear this fixed it.