Hello Does anyone know why my Pionneer DVR-109 and my HP DVD writer report different speed for the same 8x DVD ??
Pionner reports 4x and 2x speeds whereas HP reports 8x and 4x. Here's dvd+rw-mediainfo (v 6.1-2) from the pioneer: $ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc INQUIRY: [PIONEER ][DVD-RW DVR-109 ][1.58] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R Media ID: DT-D03/004 Current Write Speed: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #0: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Write Speed #1: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1] Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 And from the HP drive: $ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRRW GWA-4166B][1.03] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R Media ID: DT-D03/004 Current Write Speed: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #0: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #1: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Speed Descriptor#0: 00/359999 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#1: 00/359999 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1] Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 Is my Pioneer drive (again) failing ? Thanks for any info. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
