Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Rob Bogus
Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, What is it with desire to bypass defect management? I mean I can perfectly understand Thomas's curiosity, but why would end-user such as Giulio want it off? I can squeeze some scenarios out of my phantasy. Like: 1 hour 40 minutes is too long for a backup win

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > What is it with desire to bypass defect management? I mean I can > perfectly understand Thomas's curiosity, but why would end-user such as > Giulio want it off? I can squeeze some scenarios out of my phantasy. Like: 1 hour 40 minutes is too long for a backup window. Or: The media are perf

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Andy Polyakov
> (i.e. no spare area) by dvd+rw-format option > -ssa=none > > It might also be worth to check the impact of certification > on write error detection. I.e.: > -format=full > > I would propose to try both. It would be most economic to > do -ssa=none first, because i would expect it to be >

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > > [dvd+rw-format] -format=full > > I think my kernel is too old, it exit after just 1 second: > > $ dvd+rw-format -format=full /dev/cdrom > * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, version 7.1. > * 25.0GB BD media detected. > * formatting 0.0|:-[ FORMAT UNIT failed with SK

Re: Announcing cdrskin-0.4.4

2008-04-12 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i tested WRITE12 and Streaming bit on DVD-RAM. Up to the first bad spot on my test media writing runs with nearly nominal speed: Effective 1.8x with nominal 2x DVD-RAM. Without Streaming bit, WRITE12 and WRITE10 both perform at 0.8x effective speed. - To Giulio: Please get the newest c