iTunes CD burning weirdness

[ElDiabloConCaca]

So I just installed Panther, and I'm loving it... then my girl makes a request for the new 3 Door Down CD, which I happily oblige to burn for her. I have a 16x burner, but I set the burning speed at 8x in the iTunes preferences just to make sure I have a good, clean burn.

I hit "Burn CD," and the CD burns just fine all the way through -- except the menu of iTunes telling you the amount of time left in the burn starts ridiculously high -- at about an hour (60:00) and as the burn progresses, the time counts down about three to four times faster than normal. In essence, the CD is done burning in about 6 to 8 minutes, which is about average for 8x, but the time reported by iTunes 4.1 under Mac OS X 10.3 reads, as I said, WAAAAY too high and counts down very fast... so it's not giving me an accurate estimation of completion.

I didn't burn a CD with iTunes 4.1 under OS X 10.2.8 before I upgraded so I have no clue as to whether it's a 10.3 problem or an iTunes problem. Just strange... else?

 

[Arden]

So what's the problem? Simply divide the length of the CD (like 40 minutes) by the speed you're burning at (8x, in this case) and you'll have the time it should take (5 minutes, in this case). Sure, it's annoying, but it's not a big deal I think.

You're not illegally burning CD's, are you?

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

So what's the problem? Simply divide the length of the CD (like 40 minutes) by the speed you're burning at (8x, in this case) and you'll have the time it should take (5 minutes, in this case). Sure, it's annoying, but it's not a big deal I think.

You're not illegally burning CD's, are you?

Hehe... illegally burning CDs in what sense? Nope, just burning some music I purchased from the iTMS so we can listen to it in the car... that's fully within the license agreement!

Anyways, the problem really isn't a problem at all, just something I noticed that never happened before. iTunes would always (pre-10.3) report the correct estimated time of completion, but now it starts high and counts down super-fast. No problems with the burned CD, no problems otherwise, just a weird occurrence.

Just wondering if anyone else has this same phenomenon.

Or, and I may check this later today, maybe iTunes is displaying the total track length of the CD instead of the estimated time to complete the burn, and the counting down from there... although I doubt it.