Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-28 Thread Tim
Tim: >> If you really do want slow media, such as you're burning discs for a >> mastering plant to replicate, then buy media that's made for it. JD: > Right. Easier said than "found" in neighbourhood stores :) :) Depends on the store. Some do sell those more costly made for "audio" blank CDs. T

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-27 Thread JD
On 08/27/2012 07:43 PM, Tim wrote: On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 12:08 -0600, JD wrote: I suspect it is the Sony CD-R media that may be the culprit as it may be "coded" to support only 10X. In which case, don't try to circumvent it. Consider that they've listed the speeds that are going to work, on p

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-27 Thread Tim
On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 12:08 -0600, JD wrote: > I suspect it is the Sony CD-R media that may be the culprit as it may > be "coded" to support only 10X. In which case, don't try to circumvent it. Consider that they've listed the speeds that are going to work, on purpose. If you really do want slow

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-27 Thread JD
On 08/27/2012 10:20 AM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote: JD wrote: On 08/26/2012 11:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote DVD burn speed is not the same as CD burn speed. This is why you have both CD and DVD speed specs on drives. When it comes to CDs, there are two different blank formats. You have the 1x

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-27 Thread Frantisek Hanzlik
JD wrote: > > On 08/26/2012 11:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote >> DVD burn speed is not the same as CD burn speed. This is why you >> have both CD and DVD speed specs on drives. When it comes to CDs, >> there are two different blank formats. You have the 1x to 4x and the >> 4x to ?x. You can not

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-26 Thread JD
On 08/26/2012 11:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote DVD burn speed is not the same as CD burn speed. This is why you have both CD and DVD speed specs on drives. When it comes to CDs, there are two different blank formats. You have the 1x to 4x and the 4x to ?x. You can not burn the 1-4x at faster

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/26/2012 12:05 PM, JD wrote: > On 08/26/2012 10:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > On 08/25/2012 09:49 PM, JD wrote: > >>> using driveropts=forcespeed speed=2 .etc does not work > >>> using ... speed=2 . does not work > >>> > >>> wodim a

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-26 Thread JD
On 08/26/2012 10:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/25/2012 09:49 PM, JD wrote: using driveropts=forcespeed speed=2 .etc does not work using ... speed=2 . does not work wodim always writes at the medium's encoded speed, which ranges fr

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-26 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/25/2012 09:49 PM, JD wrote: > using driveropts=forcespeed speed=2 .etc does not work > using ... speed=2 . does not work > > wodim always writes at the medium's encoded speed, which > ranges from 10X to 24x. > > However, using speed=2 on

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-26 Thread Tim
On Sat, 2012-08-25 at 20:49 -0600, JD wrote: > using driveropts=forcespeed speed=2 .etc does not work > using ... speed=2 . does not work > > wodim always writes at the medium's encoded speed, which > ranges from 10X to 24x. > > However, using speed=2 on DVD media DOES work. It coul

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread JD
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 08/26/2012 12:30 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:06:02 -0600 > > JD wrote: > > > >> Here is the output of make and gmake > > I see that same junk, but the gmake keeps going anyway > > and builds everything. (At least on my

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread Ed Greshko
On 08/26/2012 12:30 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:06:02 -0600 > JD wrote: > >> Here is the output of make and gmake > I see that same junk, but the gmake keeps going anyway > and builds everything. (At least on my system - I just > tried it with a new copy of the cdrtools-beta.tar

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread Tom Horsley
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:06:02 -0600 JD wrote: > Here is the output of make and gmake I see that same junk, but the gmake keeps going anyway and builds everything. (At least on my system - I just tried it with a new copy of the cdrtools-beta.tar.gz I downloaded from the "Download Latest" link which

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread JD
On 08/25/2012 08:58 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: wodim is an utter pile of rubbish. Only the true cdrecord actually works well. Download the one true cdrecord from: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html and build it from source. Try to ignore the fact that the author is a supreme ass wh

Re: Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread Tom Horsley
wodim is an utter pile of rubbish. Only the true cdrecord actually works well. Download the one true cdrecord from: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html and build it from source. Try to ignore the fact that the author is a supreme ass who rubs everyone the wrong way. Focus on the fa

Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

2012-08-25 Thread JD
using driveropts=forcespeed speed=2 .etc does not work using ... speed=2 . does not work wodim always writes at the medium's encoded speed, which ranges from 10X to 24x. However, using speed=2 on DVD media DOES work. Here is the content of /etc/wodim.conf which I gleaned from the web