Read

An important part of any copy process is the definition how the disc should be written.

 

Data Read Speed

Use this setting to set the speed at which data tracks are read.We suggest using the highest available speed, because the drives will automatically choose a lower speed in the case of read errors and the quality  does not deteriorate at lower speed. 

 

If you choose Automatic, then the data read speed will be set to "High".If you have already inserted a disc into the drive, the possible data read speeds for this medium will appear in the selection window.

 

Audio Read Speed

Use this setting to set the speed at which audio tracks are read. The optimum speed depends on your drive. For some drives the audio quality gets worse at higher speeds. For direct copying, the speed should be at least double your writing speed.

If you choose the Automatic option, the write speed will be set to "High". 

Software read retries

This value specifies how often the software will read a sector that was reported as defective from the drive until a read error is reported. A normal value is 10 times. For special uses like copying discs with known read errors you can decrease the value to speed up the process. Values below 3 normally make no sense.

Hardware read retries

This value specifies the number of times the hardware will read a sector until an error is reported to the hardware. A normal value is 10 times. For special uses like copying discs with read errors you can decrease the value to speed up the process. Values below 3 normally make no sense, but this setting depends on the drive.

Fixed gaps between tracks 

If you activate this check box, the pause between tracks on DVDs will be set to two seconds (instead of the original pause length). 

Repair Subchannel data 

Subchannel data are pieces of information in addition to the data on the disk.In the case of copy-protected disks these may intentionally be a disk ID, for example.In this case, you should deactivate this check box.