Re: wodim records at 4x with a 32x capable recorder
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> No matter if I run it as root or as normal user, and no matter which
> speed parameter I set to wodim, when recording a CD-RW it is always
> defaulting to 4x, even altough my recorder reports being able to do
> CD-RW at 32x.
>
> (...)
> Speed set to 706 KB/s
> (...)
>
> Recorder is a BENQ DW1650, connected as slave to IDE second
> channel. hdparm's been set in this channel to -X71 returning no error
> so DMA mode is set. I am calling genisoimage and wodim like this.
>
> : [ video ] $; genisoimage -r -J --joliet-long record/ | wodim -eject -v
> : [ dev=/dev/cdrw1 speed=32 -
>
> Any ideas welcome.
>
> Cordially, Ismael
Hi Ismael,
If you're talking about burning CD's and not DVD's then it's not normal.
Have you tried using k3b. You get quite useful debugging information even
if it still only burns at 4x.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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