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Re: Why does cdrecord turn burnfree off by default?



>From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>

>The manpage of cdrecord says:

>       The  default  is to turn BURN-Free off, regardless of the
>       defaults of the drive.

>What is the rationale for doing that? Shouldn't burn-free be turned on
>by default, or at least be let untouched by cdrecord to preserve the writer's
>default behaviour?

It"s the SCSI standard..... and CDs with Burnfree are of worse quality.

Leaving it untouched would cause cdrecord to behave unpredictable.

Jörg

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