improve DVD writing speed?

[amb_lew]

Hi All:
I'm wondering if I can do anything to speed up DVD writing.
I'm using "Roxio MyDVD" software to burn CDs.
My system is 2.0G P4 PC with 512MB of RAM running Windows XP Pro. My DVD writer is a USB2.0 external unit.
Would more memory help? Or am I constrained by CPU? I/O?
THANKS!!!
amb

[greg_burns]

The best thing you can do is use a method that doesn't involve transcoding the audio and video.

VideoRedo + DVDStyler + ImgBurn

Read about it here...
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=300614

[reh523]

Get a faster "write speed" burner.......

[amb_lew]

Thanks for the quick feedback
amb

[dlfl]

The versions of MyDVD vary but you might find this post (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=4448340&&#post4448340) interesting.

[amb_lew]

thanks anyway, looks like i'm out of luck for a while...
i find that i can't transfer many of the programs i'd most like to burn thanks to an issue with the "fall update"
drat
see this post for the full saga and the hop-on-one-foot-while-humming-your-stuck-until-next-release suggestions:
thread=328106 , titled "Transferring programs to TiVo desktop"
(direct link can't be provided since i don't have 5 posts)
amb

(here is my config if anybody cares: tivo series 2 box running 8.1-01-2-540 and tivo wireless g network adapter talking [hypothetically] to a linksys wap, pc running xp pro, and tivo desktop 2.3a 239826)