Re: DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-02-05 Thread Bill Davidsen
Michael Shell wrote: Thanks for the tips Volker, Greg and Bill. ;) Volker Kuhlmann wrote: DVDs are much more precise in finding the spot again from which to continue burning, especially DVD+ which I understand is similar to DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM effectively goes on nothing but underruns. You needn't

Re: DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-01-30 Thread Michael Shell
Thanks for the tips Volker, Greg and Bill. ;) Volker Kuhlmann wrote: DVDs are much more precise in finding the spot again from which to continue burning, especially DVD+ which I understand is similar to DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM effectively goes on nothing but underruns. You needn't be concerned

Re: DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-01-30 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
If it's write-once, it needs a simulation mode, IMHO. A while ago I would have unconditionally agreed. Now I ask whether an erasable would do the same trick. It's also a question of media cost - currently 4.7G media is cheap enough to not worry too much about a coaster. On the other hand,

Re: DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-01-29 Thread Bill Davidsen
Michael Shell wrote: Note also that I have always used -dao/sao mode with CDs to get an "faithful" reproduction of whatever image I wanted to burn. (Furthermore, I do not trust the "burnfree" approach - if I get an underrun during recording, I won't trust the disk.) I don't know why

DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-01-28 Thread Michael Shell
Greetings, I have a few questions concerning DVD+R[W] writing. IMHO, I think the issues brought up here are prime candidates to add to the existing sources of information on DVD writing software (such as the important FAQs and READMEs or the dvd+rw-tools and cdrecord-ProDVD applications).

Re: DVD+, buffer underrun, write speed and verification issues

2005-01-28 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
Wow, what a well-researched posting! Talk about putting fingers into all the sore spots... I am using a Toshiba SD-R5272 DVD+/-RW drive on an older K6-2 400Mhz Linux 2.6.8.1 system (which is even further slowed by the need to disable IDE DMA due to hardware issues). The maximum system