Andy Polyakov wrote: >> i'm trying to burn a dvd iso (or copy a dvd on the fly) with growisofs >> and it bombs out saying it failed to change the write speed from 4x to >> 8x. >> >> "dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/cdrom1" reports 8x writing speed, but "cdrecord >> -prcap /dev/cdrom1" reports a max write speed of 4x. >> >> i have an nec 2500a and i'm using 8x media. >> >> any suggestions? thanks for the help. >> >> p.s. as for versions, i'm using what came standard with fedora core 2 >> (actually, they might be updated). > > Please, check the version explicitly with 'growisofs -version'. I [for > one] don't keep track on which version is shipped with any particular > distro or when updated. If it's less than 5.19 (as mentioned at > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/hcn.hml), then update. If not, > submit the actual dvd+rw-mediainfo output for the media in question. A.
ahh, thank you...i upgraded but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. as a temporary solution, i've been using k3b's "ignore speed" option. it seems to work well, but my max write speed seems to top out around 6x. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
