On Sunday 03 December 2006 06:43, Ric Moore wrote:
On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 16:01 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 12:04 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > Sure, I could Google, but I don't trust "them" as much as I do
you. I'm
> > about to write an iso file to a double layer Dvd. I'd like to hear just
> > what is a good burn speed. The box sez no more than 8X. Well, what
> > would be better? 1X? 2X? 4X? I'd rather it not take the weekend to burn
> > 7.4 gigs. But, these darn disks are expensive. I really don't want to
> > make a $4 coaster. What say you?? Any caveats? Thanks, Ric
>
> run: cdrecord -prcap
>
> It tells you things like that.
Mine reported:
Maximum read speed: 8467 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Current read speed: 8467 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Maximum write speed: 8467 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Current write speed: 8467 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 2048
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 9
Write speed # 0: 8467 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 48x, DVD 6x)
Write speed # 1: 7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 40x, DVD 5x)
Write speed # 2: 5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 32x, DVD 4x)
Write speed # 3: 4234 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 24x, DVD 3x)
Write speed # 4: 2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 16x, DVD 2x)
Write speed # 5: 2112 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 12x, DVD 1x)
Write speed # 6: 1764 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 10x, DVD 1x)
Write speed # 7: 1411 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 8x, DVD 1x)
Write speed # 8: 706 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 4x, DVD 0x)
But I took Kurt's advice, burned at 2X and now am the proud Papa of a
brand new Dvd. From this list I could burn at 6X?? Ric
FWIW, Ric, I have always found that as a rule of thumb, half of the stated
maximum is the best for burn compatibility with all readers.
Anne