051026 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:08 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: >> (1) which package is 'growisofs' in ? > app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools >> (2) is the actual writing speed faster with DVD's than CD's ? >> they hold a lot more data, but is writing-time proportional to content ? > Yes it is. 1X on a CD is 172KB/s, 1X on a DVD is 1385KB/s. > So 8X DVD is equivalent to around 64X CD writing. > It still takes longer to write a DVD than a CD on most drives, > but nowhere near seven times as long.
Thanks: that's very useful & will be archived for when I get a DVD drive. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- [email protected] mailing list
