If I try using cdrecord i get the no DVD-R support error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/test.iso $ cdrecord dev=/dev/dvd -v -sao speed=8 -force test.iso Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. scsidev: '/dev/dvd' devname: '/dev/dvd' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : '_NEC ' Identifikation : 'DVD_RW ND-3540A ' Revision : '1.01' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0011 Profile: 0x002B Profile: 0x001B Profile: 0x001A Profile: 0x0015 Profile: 0x0014 Profile: 0x0013 Profile: 0x0011 (current) Profile: 0x0010 Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0008 cdrecord: Found DVD media but DVD-R/DVD-RW support code is missing. cdrecord: If you need DVD-R/DVD-RW support, ask the Author for cdrecord-ProDVD. cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code. cdrecord: If you need DVD-R/DVD-RW support, ask the Author for cdrecord-ProDVD. cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD/DVD driver (checks media) (mmc_cd_dvd). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1769472 = 1728 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 4203 MB Total size: 4826 MB (478:12.65) = 2151949 sectors Lout start: 4827 MB (478:14/49) = 2151949 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 cdrecord: Unspecified command not implemented for this drive. cdrecord: Data will not fit on any disk. cdrecord: Cannot write more than remaining DVD capacity.
------------------------ If I use cdrecord-prodvd, i get an alarm and it only seems to want to write at 6x anyways: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/ $ cdrecord-wrapper dev=/dev/dvd -v -sao speed=8 -force test.iso Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Unlocked features: ProDVD Clone Limited features: This copy of cdrecord is licensed for: private/research/educational_non-commercial_use cdrecord-ProDVD: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.14-gentoo-r5 cdrecord-ProDVD: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord-ProDVD: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM cdrecord-ProDVD: Cannot allocate memory. WARNING: Cannot do mlockall(2). cdrecord-ProDVD: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. cdrecord-ProDVD: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord-ProDVD: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord-ProDVD: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. scsidev: '/dev/dvd' devname: '/dev/dvd' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8' SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : '_NEC ' Identifikation : 'DVD_RW ND-3540A ' Revision : '1.01' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: DVD-R sequential recording Profile: DVD+RW/DL Profile: DVD+R Profile: DVD+RW Profile: 0x0015 Profile: DVD-RW sequential overwrite Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite Profile: DVD-R sequential recording (current) Profile: DVD-ROM Profile: CD-RW Profile: CD-R Profile: CD-ROM Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW driver (mmc_dvd). Driver flags : DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1769472 = 1728 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Track 01: data 4203 MB Total size: 4203 MB = 2151949 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 146547 cdrecord-ProDVD: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler cdrecord-ProDVD: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using setpriority(). cdrecord-ProDVD: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns. Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 6 in real force SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write 8 seconds.Alarm clock then eventually... cdrecord-ProDVD: faio_wait_on_buffer for writer timed out. Thanks for the reponses, George > "George P Nychis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I have an NEC 3540A along with Ritek Ridata 8x DVD-R's. If i burn a >> DVD iso in windows with nero I get true 8x speed. When I burn in linux >> with growisofs, my speeds vary from 1.5x-4x which is horrible. Is >> there no 8x support yet? > > Try > > cdrecord dev=... -v -sao speed=8 -force image.iso > > Once I put in a workaround for a NEC firmware problem, you will be able to > avoid the -force. > > > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/ > > Jörg > > -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 > Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: > http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ > ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily > > -- George Nychis INI MSIN Masters Student, Carnegie Mellon University http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/gnychis/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
