Re: Force write speed

On 7/31/07, Marcos Topa <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>  Hi. I'm using Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.06 amd64, kernel version
> 2.6.20-16-generic, and k3b version 1.0.2 .
>
> k3b always burns my DVD-R discs at a maximum of 4x, never allowing me to
> choose speeds above this one, even though the recording media supports
> speeds of up to 16x. In fact, I can burn at those speeds in Windows, but not
> in Linux with k3b.
>
> I'd like to know how to fix this, or if there's a way to manually select a
> write speed, and/or force one.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>


It is really strange that you can burn faster in windows. AFAIK it is the
firmware of the writer who tell which speeds are available to each media.
And in case it does not know the media manufacturer it chooses a default
speed. [Normally the safest]



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