* Pigeon (jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk) [030514 21:43]: > On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 12:57:33AM -0700, Joris Huizer wrote: > > --- Pigeon <jah.pigeon@ukonline.co.uk> wrote: > > > What is the minimum fifo fill reported by cdrecord > > > when it finishes? > > > > > > > I'm not sure, but I think it was extremely low (only a > > few %) > > Not good... Really? Is it bad? My impression was that as long as it never hits zero, you're fine. My understanding was that if the buffer were empty, on a non-burnproof drive, the drive keeps burning garbage from the empty buffer and you get a coaster. On a burn-proof drive, the burn pauses until the buffer gets some more data. On any drive, so long as the fifo has any data, the drive can keep on burning it. As long as you see "fifo was 0 times empty", you should be all right. Is my understanding incorrect? good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all." --Noam Chomsky
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