On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 10:22 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 03 December 2006 06:43, Ric Moore wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 16:01 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 12:04 -0500, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > Sure, I could Google, but I don't trust "them" as much as I do you. I'm > > > > about to write an iso file to a double layer Dvd. I'd like to hear just > > > > what is a good burn speed. The box sez no more than 8X. Well, what > > > > would be better? 1X? 2X? 4X? I'd rather it not take the weekend to burn > > > > 7.4 gigs. But, these darn disks are expensive. I really don't want to > > > > make a $4 coaster. What say you?? Any caveats? Thanks, Ric > > > > > > run: cdrecord -prcap > > > > > > It tells you things like that. <snippage> > > But I took Kurt's advice, burned at 2X and now am the proud Papa of a > > brand new Dvd. From this list I could burn at 6X?? Ric > > FWIW, Ric, I have always found that as a rule of thumb, half of the stated > maximum is the best for burn compatibility with all readers. > > Anne Thanks to everyone, now a major hurdle has been passed... and I've embarked on my backup project of favorite DvD's <wink wink> to coin a phrase, Life is Good! Ric -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
