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[zeepoint]

I am a photographer and need to produce archival quality backup DVDs  and am doing some research. In the PC world Plextor and Nero have software that tests your newly burnt DVDs for recording errors via quality tests and I was hoping that the Mac world might have something comprable maybe with Toast? I haven't bought a dvd burner yet (Plextor PX-740A maybe?) as some of the drives don't have the ability to test directly with the software. I understand higher quality DVDs are important and slower speeds are important also, I just don't want to backup and try to retrive it a couple years later and the DVD fail. TIA

[freqsound]

zeepoint, on Aug 8 2006, 09:37 AM, said:

I am a photographer and need to produce archival quality backup DVDs  and am doing some research. In the PC world Plextor and Nero have software that tests your newly burnt DVDs for recording errors via quality tests and I was hoping that the Mac world might have something comprable maybe with Toast? I haven't bought a dvd burner yet (Plextor PX-740A maybe?) as some of the drives don't have the ability to test directly with the software. I understand higher quality DVDs are important and slower speeds are important also, I just don't want to backup and try to retrive it a couple years later and the DVD fail. TIA

When is disc is finished burning (either CD or DVD) the software can perform an automatic "Verify" operation to check the disc for errors. There is also a "Compare" function that will allow you to compare files/folders with older/newer versions whether both are on your hard drives or mounted CDs/DVDs. Hope that helps.