Re: Speed of cdrom/dvd writing

[Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 10:03 +0200, Juraj Fedel wrote:
> I got my first dvd writer. It write both cdrom and dvd, something
> that bother me is that speed for dvd writing is never more than 2x
> (device and medium are able to do 6x speed) and with cdrom mostly 8x
> only sometimes it manage to get 16x speed (device is capable of 48x).

I agree that something is wrong, but when you get it working don't plan
on burning at maximum speeds.  I never burn CDs faster than 16x and DVDs
4x.  See for yourself (once this is fixed) by burning a CD at maximum
speed and then one at 16x, then running a quality scan with something
like dvdisaster.  Good drives can usually manage to read low quality
discs, but it takes longer.  And, of course, the quality of the media
you buy matters too.  Admittedly, I buy the cheapest I can find; if you
buy better media burning a bit faster is probably fine, although still
not maximum.