Confirmed on Natty. Speed setting is ignored. As a workaround you can use wodim(1) on the command-line, until this gets fixed. In this case the speed setting is acknowledged.
wodim dev=/dev/cdrw speed=4 -v image.iso See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CdDvd/Burning#Command Line (Terminal) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/656297 Title: Brasero always burns at max speed cd-rw To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/brasero/+bug/656297/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs