Burning Multiple Dvds at the Same Time

[ScreamInVain187]

Hi,

I am looking into what options I have to burn multiple Dvds at the same time. I work at a law firm and I very frequently have to make exhibits and burn them to a disc at the last minute right before court because we just received new evidence or something similar. I typically also have to make several copies.

So, I am in the process of putting parts lists together to build a few office PCs. I'm hoping that it's as simple as just putting multiple DVD drives into the build to allow the capability of burning multiple discs at the same time, but I have a feeling it's more complicated than that.

I want to clarify that it would be more beneficial to be able to make different discs. Like Exhibit A, B, and C all burning at the same time rather than 3 copies of Exhibit A.

Is it at easy as just putting multiple DVD drives into the build? Is there something that I'm forgetting or haven't thought of? I just have this feeling that it's not that simple...

 

[jakjawagon]

The only potential problems that come to mind are:
Making sure the case has enough bays and the motherboard has enough SATA ports.
The software you're using to burn the DVDs (if it requires more than just copy+paste) allowing multiple instances.
Burning multiple discs at a time could get noisy.

 

[Houndsteeth]

Yes, it would actually be as easy as adding multiple DVD drives into a case, as long as you have enough SATA ports on the mainboard to support each drive. Or you could use multiple USB3 DVD drives as well. I would hesitate trying to drive multiple USB2 DVD drives since you would still be limited to an overall bus speed of 480 MBps. You would then build an ISO image of each DVD on your hard drive and then burn the same ISO image to multiple DVD drives, or use a different ISO image to each DVD drive. In most cases, you don't even need any additional software...you can do it right off the Windows desktop. Same if you are using Linux or Mac OS, since ISO images are universal. If you are imaging from an existing DVD, just insert the DVD and save it to your hard drive as an ISO image and burn away. If your hard drive is big enough, or if you have space on a network server or NAS, you can store the ISO images there for easy access in case you need to create a new disk, or if one of the lawyers wants to review the images from their laptop or workstation at the office without having to insert the DVD.

 

[why_wolf]

might make more sense to just get a DVD duplicator then. https://www.amazon.com/Bestduplicator-BD-SMG-5T-Target-Duplicator-Support/dp/B005Q4M1OI/ref=pd_day0_147_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GSC7BASVTWRJ46GS86DS