on 06/12/04 21:47, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Dec 6, 2004, at 6:40 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> on 06/12/04 19:42, Zoltan Batiz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Pismo user here. . . >>> >>> Since I've downloaded iTunes 4.7, I now have an average: for every 1 >>> CD I burn, 2 or 3 are ruined in the process. The error message: "The >>> Device drained it's buffer without burn underrun protection." What!? >>> This is getting on my nerves for obvious reasons. I'm tired of buying >>> more CD-R's only to end up throwing half of them away. What's going >>> here folks? Is this a 4.7 problem? I checked Apple's website, but >>> have found nothing relating to this message, only info on what >>> underrun >>> protection is. >>> >>> My system: >>> >>> Pismo 500, 1 gig RAM, OS X 10.3.6, external firewire powered >>> SmartDiskVST CD-R/W, external USB powered Zip 100 drive, USB powered >>> Canon Scanner, Epson printer, and an external 17" Apple Studio Display >>> (F.Y.I.: iTunes has always read my CDRW drive as "TEAC CD-W28E") >>> >>> Thanks for any help in this matter. . .I'm tired of wasting CD-R's!! >> >> If I understand the problem correctly, this error message means that >> the >> burner doesn't get the data from the computer fast enough, so the burn >> fails. >> >> You have to understand that you most likely patched iTunes with >> (PatchBurn >> or other) to make your CDRW drive recognized by iTunes. I would >> imagine that >> iTunes is somehow optimized for machines that had a built-in CDRW which >> means that they were faster than your Pismo. >> >> Of course, the last part is pure speculation on my part but the first >> part >> is still valid... >> >> -Laurent. >> > Speculation yes. . .but a good one at that. My CDRW drive is listed in > the Apple website as being built for iTunes from the ground up. I > didn't have to install any patch or anything. Just plugged it in, and > it worked. My new suspicion is that the media is incompatable with my > drive. I picked up these blank CD-R's that are labled 52x. My drive > only burns up to 8x. I've set the speed limit in iTunes to 8x and I'm > going to try to burn disks using my trusted brand for blank disks. it > everything is fine, then it was the media. Afterall, the media that > I've been having problems with came from the 99 cents store so maybe > it's the culprit.
FYI, even though I've never had overrun buffer problem, I found that if I was burning at the media max speed, sometimes the resulting CDs wouldn't always play well. At some point, I just decide to burn them slower and haven't had any problem since. Just a thought... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] card walloper n.: An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
