Wonder if Joerg and/or Andy will comment on this? Like using get_performance instead of mode_sense would work all devices? Does it have any drawbacks? Maybe a link to RTFM? :)
Regards, ismail On Saturday 19 March 2005 17:09, Rodney Gordon II wrote: > On Saturday 19 March 2005 07:17 am, Alexander Noe' wrote: > > Rodney Gordon II wrote: > > > I recently picked up a NEC ND-3520A and I am having speed problems with > > > this drive under linux. A quick "just to make sure" test in WinXP shows > > > that these errors are indeed specific to cdrecord-prodvd and growisofs. > > > > NEC 35x0 drives report crap answers on mode_sense page 2A when DVD media > > is mounted. The available write speeds on DVDs can only be requested > > using get_performance. > > OK, good to know. Any way around this? > > > cdrecord-prodvd relies on mode_sense at the moment, meaning that it > > cannot work with this drive, and growisofs seems to be untested... > > cdrecord-prodvd only tries to burn at 6x, which means it's basically > useless. > > growisofs is a _little_ more compatible. With some discs, it'll let me > choose a speed, and it'll actually work -- others, I can only choose > certain speeds. See my thread on cdfreaks for more information about this > problem: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?p=917047 > > > > GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: > > > Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R > > > Media ID: PRODISC/R03 > > > Current Write Speed: 6.1x1385=8467KB/s > > > Write Speed #0: 6.1x1385=8467KB/s > > > Write Speed #1: 5.1x1385=7056KB/s > > > Write Speed #2: 4.1x1385=5645KB/s > > > Write Speed #3: 3.1x1385=4234KB/s > > > Write Speed #4: 2.0x1385=2822KB/s > > > Write Speed #5: 1.0x1385=1411KB/s > > > > get_configuration is not a command to obtain available write > > speeds with... which feature number is that supposed to be? > > Hahaha, feature? I have no clue.. all I know is that this is what the drive > reports... > > Thanks for the reply. > > -r > > -- > Rodney Gordon II (meff) | meff <at> pobox <dot> com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
