Re: Speed of cdrom/dvd writing
On Fri, Sep 15, 2006 at 01:58:48PM +0000, Owen Heisler wrote:
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> 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.
Thanks everyone for your explanation. I have already switched back to
default kernel and will live with 8x cdrom writing speed.
bye
Juraj
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