#1 Burning Software

Hello there,

I am new to the StarBurn SDK and I have to say that it offers exceptional value for money . But I have a question about burning DAO_RAW_PW discs. This seems to use a lot more memory than other modes (in particular, TAO) and this is a concern.

I am currently passing a cache size of 32MB to StarBurn_CdvdBurnerGrabber_Create. The StarBurn MSVC Audio Burner sample then uses about 70MB of RAM to burn a DAO CD, whereas it only uses about 20MB to burn a TAO CD. Why is this, and can anything be done to reduce that 70MB?

I am using StarBurn SDK 7.2.20 (free version - with intent to buy!) and I'm burning from MP3 files if that makes any difference.

Many thanks,

Regards,

32MB is not enough for burning (just a small remark).

DAO has to re-buffer everything as it exands cooked streams into raw streams. That's why...

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me so promptly. Do you have any recommendations for the cache size that should be passed to StarBurn_CdvdBurnerGrabber_Create? With the default size of 160MB, your Audio Burner sample uses over 230 MB of RAM while burning the disc, and this is simply too high for users with low-end machines.

I have looked into this a little bit and I thought I might do some kind of calculation based on the current write speed, setting the cache size to buffer (say) 8 seconds-worth of data. I would then reduce the write speed on machines with a (relatively!) small amount of physical memory installed so that I can run with a smaller cache and keep my 8 second 'window'. Does this sound reasonable to you, and is 8 seconds enough (or too much), would you say?

Many thanks,

Regards,

Sorry! I don't blame you for not answering that. I will do what I think is best.

Regards,

Good idea is to cut off 1/3 of the free RAM capacity. For low-performance machines 64MB for CD burning should be still OK.

OK, thank you.

Regards,

You're welcomed