Report that it still happens with 12.04. Burn speed starts off at 3.<something>, then rapidly drops to 0.8x.
PC is Toshiba Satellite Pro > uname -a Linux blackbox 3.2.0-32-generic-pae #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:54:23 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > lscpu Architecture: i686 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 4 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3 Thread(s) per core: 2 Core(s) per socket: 2 Socket(s): 1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 42 Stepping: 7 CPU MHz: 2300.000 BogoMIPS: 4589.55 Virtualisation: VT-x L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 256K L3 cache: 3072K -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/628710 Title: Brasero burns DVD-R very slow Status in “brasero” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: brasero Brasero in Lucid Lynx burns very slow. The DVD is Optiarc AD-7191S SATA drive and supports 16x writing. The inserted medium is Verbatim DVD-R that also supports 16x speed. The data is written only at 2.5/2.6x speed average, sometimes it also jumps between 3.0x and 2.0x. The data is correctly written (verified with md5 sums). My other specs are Dual Core Athlon X2 4850e, 2 GB RAM and 160GB sata HDD. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: brasero 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.41-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Sep 2 11:02:32 2010 ProcEnviron: LANG=sl_SI.utf8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: brasero To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/628710/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

