Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i tested WRITE12 and Streaming bit on DVD-RAM. Up to the first bad spot on my test media writing runs with nearly nominal speed: Effective 1.8x with nominal 2x DVD-RAM. Without Streaming bit, WRITE12 and WRITE10 both perform at 0.8x effective speed. - To Giulio: Please get the newest

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, [dvd+rw-format] -format=full I think my kernel is too old, it exit after just 1 second: $ dvd+rw-format -format=full /dev/cdrom * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by [EMAIL PROTECTED], version 7.1. * 25.0GB BD media detected. * formatting 0.0|:-[ FORMAT UNIT failed with

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Andy Polyakov
(i.e. no spare area) by dvd+rw-format option -ssa=none It might also be worth to check the impact of certification on write error detection. I.e.: -format=full I would propose to try both. It would be most economic to do -ssa=none first, because i would expect it to be the most

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, What is it with desire to bypass defect management? I mean I can perfectly understand Thomas's curiosity, but why would end-user such as Giulio want it off? I can squeeze some scenarios out of my phantasy. Like: 1 hour 40 minutes is too long for a backup window. Or: The media are

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Rob Bogus
Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, What is it with desire to bypass defect management? I mean I can perfectly understand Thomas's curiosity, but why would end-user such as Giulio want it off? I can squeeze some scenarios out of my phantasy. Like: 1 hour 40 minutes is too long for a backup