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Re: growisofs and PX-716: impossible changing burning speed after the first burn.



On Thursday 08 June 2006 16:15, Andy Polyakov wrote:
> >> - reboot the system;
> >> - put 16x media in unit and collect 
'dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/cdrom 
> >> verbose' output;
> >> - perform 8x recording;
> >> - put another 16x media in unit and collect another 
> > 'dvd+rw-mediainfo 
> >> /dev/cdrom verbose' output;
> >>
> >> Send both to me.
> > 
> > Here attached there are the two outputs.
> > Hope they can be useful.
> 
> It sound like firmware bug...
> 
> > 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > INQUIRY:                [PLEXTOR ][DVDR   PX-716A  ][1.09]
> >  Current Write Speed:   16.0x1385=22160KB/s
> >  Write Speed #0:        16.0x1385=22160KB/s
> >  Write Speed #1:        12.0x1385=16620KB/s
> >  Write Speed #2:        8.0x1385=11080KB/s
> >  Write Speed #3:        6.0x1385=8310KB/s
> >  Write Speed #4:        4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> > GET CURRENT PERFORMANCE:
> >  Write Performance:     6.0x1385=8310KB/s@0 -> 
16.0x1385=22160KB/s@2295103
> > GET PERFORMANCE:
> >  Speed Descriptor#0:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@16.0x1385=22160KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#1:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@12.0x1385=16620KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#2:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#3:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@6.0x1385=8310KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#4:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> > 
> > 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > INQUIRY:                [PLEXTOR ][DVDR   PX-716A  ][1.09]
> >  Current Write Speed:   8.0x1385=11080KB/s
> >  Write Speed #0:        16.0x1385=22160KB/s
> >  Write Speed #1:        12.0x1385=16620KB/s
> >  Write Speed #2:        8.0x1385=11080KB/s
> >  Write Speed #3:        6.0x1385=8310KB/s
> >  Write Speed #4:        4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> > GET CURRENT PERFORMANCE:
> >  Write Performance:     6.0x1385=8310KB/s@0 -> 
16.0x1385=22160KB/s@2295103
> > GET PERFORMANCE:
> >  Speed Descriptor#0:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@16.0x1385=22160KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#1:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@12.0x1385=16620KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#2:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#3:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@6.0x1385=8310KB/s
> >  Speed Descriptor#4:    02/2295104 R@12.0x1385=16620KB/s 
W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> 
> Note that "GET CURRENT PERFORMANCE" returns 16x in both cases, 
while 
> "Current Write Speed" is 8x in second case. The value obtained by 
"GET 
> CURRENT PERFORMANCE," "Write Performance" is commonly controlled 
by "SET 
> STREAMING" command, while "Current Write Speed" [exposed through 
"page 
> 2A"] - by "SET CD SPEED" command. Now, specification says that DVD 
> recording speed shall be controlled by "SET STREAMING," while "SET 
CD 
> SPEED" [as well as "page 2A"] is retained for legacy CD recording 
[and 
> other] software. In other words new software is *expected* to use 
"SET 
> STREAMING" unit is *expected* to respect it. Some units even don't 
> expose DVD recording velocities through "page 2A," and any attempt 
to 
> change its values has *no* effect on DVD recordings. Nor should it 
have 
> according to specification! And your firmware seems to violate 
this 
> clause by favoring "Current Write Speed"... File bug report to 
Plextor...

Shame on Plextor...

> Try if attached snippet can reset "Current Write Speed" to 16x. 
Save it 
> to dvd+rw-tools source directory and compile with 'g++ 
resetspeed.cpp'. 
> What it does is send "restore all defaults" to unit, though 
through "SET 
> STREAMING" command. A.

Thanks for the snipped but unfortunately it doesn't work!
I've tried to launch resetspeed /dev/dvd ( with the inserted 
medium ) also from root but after a 8x burn, dvd+rw-mediainfo 
reports always:
Current Write Speed:   8.0x1385=11080KB/s

Regards.
Stefano



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