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Re: [OT] CD-R Requirements (or Giving Back To Windows Users)



* Bill Moseley (moseley@hank.org) [021117 16:11]:
> At 04:33 PM 11/17/02 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >I think Clemens said something to the effect that there is nothing
> >more annoying than the presence of an example.  Your best bet would be
> >to load up this old box (actually pretty nice hardware!) you have and
> >burn a CD while doing "other tasks" and watch the fifo while you are
> >doing that.  As long as the fifo does not drop below a comfortable
> >margin for safety you should be fine.
> 
> How do I watch the fifo?
> 
> The new IDE CD-R has "BurnProof" so I think that will indeed help.

Yes, you'll be fine.  This is the buffer underrun protection I was
talking about in my other post in this thread.  This is supported by
cdrecord and works very well.  Use the option 'driveropts=burnproof'
with cdrecord and you should be fine, no matter how loaded the box gets.

good times,
Vineet
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