Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Bill Davidsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> cdrecord 2.01.01a35 (built from source), USB attached "litescribe" > >> drive, TDK 16x DVD-R media. Recording is refused with a message > >> DMA speed too slow (OK for 6x). Cannot write at speed 16x. > >> Since growisofs writes at 12x just fine (9.8x overall, 12x outer tracks) > >> clearly there is an issue of some kind with deciding which speed to use, > >> and speeds of >6x as working. > >> > > > > Just follow the instructions in the error message..... > > > > Since other software is able to write at higher speed than 6X I'll just > use the fastest program available. I thought you might be interested in
star is the fastest program... you are missinterpreting messages > why it underestimates the DMA capabilities by at least 2x, I wasn't > looking for hints on how to make burning take twice as long by running > at a lower speed. With a disk plugged into that port I can get sustained > write of 43MB/s, so it would appear that the hardware is capable of 16x > operation and something is making cdrecord believe otherwise. I cannot help if your DVD drive is slow or has other deficits that make the DMA speed test reporting too low numbers. This is not a cdrecord problem but a problem of your hardware or your OS. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]