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 burn the 1-4x at faster then 4x. You can not >> burn the 4x-4x+ CDs at slower the 4x. This has NOTHING to do with >> DVD burning speeds. >> >> Check your drive CD burning speeds and CD blank speeds. See if they >> are rated to burn at slower then 4x. If not, then regardless of the >> software, you are NOT doing to be able to burn CDs slower then 4x. >> Again, this is different then DVD burn speeds. >> >> You may want to do some research on burning CDs and DVDs so that you >> understand the difference. You will probably discover that your >> hardware will not burn CDs at slower then 4x. >> >> Mikkel >> > Thanx for the explanation. > So, I tried > $ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 speed=4 image6.iso > . . . . > Speed set to 1764 KB/s > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 10.0 in real force TAO mode for single session. > > I interrupted the burn, as it did not obey 4x speed. > > So, I tried 6X. > > Script started on Sun 26 Aug 2012 12:53:20 PM MDT > $ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 speed=6 image3.iso > . . . . > Speed set to 1764 KB/s > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 10.0 in real TAO mode for single session. > > When I add driveropts=forcespeed, it still says: > . > . > . > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 10.0 in real TAO mode for single session. > > I believe that wodim may be the source of the problem. I have cdrecord Fedora i686 RPM packages for F15/F16/F17 at: http://www.hanzlici.cz//fedoralinux/ALL/cdrecord/ or their SRPMS packages at: http://www.hanzlici.cz//fedoralinux/ALL/cdrtools/ You can try it or rebuild own packages. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org