How to increase Blu-ray burn speed?

Ted Kahn wrote on 7/7/2011, 6:28 PM
I'm using a 12x Blu-ray burner (Pioneer BDR-205) and 4x disks (Verbatim BD-R). When I use DVD Architect Studio 5.0 (Build 128) the only speed option I get for burning Blu-ray disks is 2x. Is there anything I can do to get an option to burn at 4x? By contrast, when I burn DVDs I get all the speed options up to the rated speed of the disks (Sony DVD-R 16x). Thanks for any advice.

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PeterDuke wrote on 7/8/2011, 5:25 AM
Yes, I have the same burner, but DVDA Pro 5.0 installed (5.2 not installed). A Verbatim 43668 disc rated at 4X only gives 2X (several times!) as the only burn speed option(s). Maybe a firmware upgrade, a later version of DVDA or another disc type would give a different result.
MozartMan wrote on 7/8/2011, 6:59 AM
Try ImgBurn, the best burning software in the world.
I have Memorex 25GB 4X BD-R disks and ImgBurn burns them at 8x with my LG BD burner. Of course, it may be issue with your Pioneer BD drive, but DVD Architect was never good in terms of burning.

Oh, I forgot to mention, ImgBurn is [b]free[b].
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/ImgBurn
Steve Mann wrote on 7/8/2011, 9:56 AM
"the only speed option I get for burning Blu-ray disks is 2x."

This also happens when the burner firmware does not recognize the disc identifier permanently encoded in the disc hub. The name on the box that the discs came in means nothing. Blank media is a commodity item and you never know who really made the disc. (Get the free utility DVDIdentifier).

It is exceedingly rare in CD burning, and occasionally pops up with DVD burning, and I am not surprised to see it occur often from BD-R discs. The problem is that when the disc burner was manufactured, the media you are trying to use probably didn't exist and the ID code and corresponding burn parameters are not known, so the burner falls back to a safe set of parameters that usually work.

Download the latest firmware for your burner and the problem *should* go away.
Ted Kahn wrote on 7/8/2011, 4:11 PM
"A Verbatim 43668 disc rated at 4X only gives 2X (several times!) as the only burn speed option(s). "

I see the same thing. There are 5 choices, but they are all 2.0x. I wonder if this might be a typo and if selecting one of those might actually give 4x burning? When I burn DVDs I also get 5 choices, which are 4x, 6x, 8x, 12x, and 16x.
Ted Kahn wrote on 7/8/2011, 4:14 PM
DVD Identifier says the disk was made by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, and the recording speeds are 1x, 2x, 4x.

I just updated the burner firmware, which was in fact quite old, but unfortunately that didn't make any difference. I still only get 2x as an option in DVD Architect.
PeterDuke wrote on 7/8/2011, 10:48 PM
"DVD Identifier says the disk was made by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media"

The discs would be labeled Verbatim, which has been owned by Mitsubishi Chemical since 1990.
Ted Kahn wrote on 7/11/2011, 3:58 AM
One more bit of information: in the Select Burn Parameters menu, if I click on Advanced, and look under the Drive Info tab, it says "Max write speed with current disc....10.0X". I'm not sure how to interpret that, since I can only choose 2x for the burn speed parameter.
john_dennis wrote on 7/17/2011, 10:09 PM
In DVD Architect, Make Blu-ray Disk, on the "Select Burn Parameters" dialog box, across from the Speed dropdown box is the Advanced tab.
The maximum write speed as reported by the drive from the media is shown. If DVD Achitect reports the possible burn speeds correctly but still offers only 2X, then try MozartMan's suggestion...

"Try ImgBurn, the best burning software in the world."

I have been using Sonic Foundry (Sony) authoring products since CD Architect but only rarely use them to actually burn a CD, DVD or BD-R.