Different max speed on same DVD ????
Hello
Does anyone know why my Pionneer DVR-109 and my HP DVD writer report
different speed for the same 8x DVD ??
Pionner reports 4x and 2x speeds whereas HP reports 8x and 4x.
Here's dvd+rw-mediainfo (v 6.1-2) from the pioneer:
$ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc
INQUIRY: [PIONEER ][DVD-RW DVR-109 ][1.58]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R
Media ID: DT-D03/004
Current Write Speed: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Write Speed #0: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Write Speed #1: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 R@1.0x1385=1385KB/s W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 R@1.0x1385=1385KB/s W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1]
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0
And from the HP drive:
$ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc
INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRRW GWA-4166B][1.03]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R
Media ID: DT-D03/004
Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Write Speed #0: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Write Speed #1: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/359999 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s W@8.0x1385=11080KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/359999 R@8.0x1385=11080KB/s W@4.0x1385=5540KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1]
Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB
Track Size: 2295104*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0
Is my Pioneer drive (again) failing ?
Thanks for any info.
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