[Gllug] cdrecord and atip/writing speed problems

[Jackson, Harry]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martyn Drake [mailto:martyn at drake.org.uk]
> 
> 
> Does anybody know if it's possible to persaude cdrecord to 
> ignore the ATIP
> region on a blank disc since I've got a 16x10x40x speed CD 
> rewriter in my
> machine and every time I want to go and burn a CD it takes 
> forever as the
> ATIP information returned from the blank CD-R is "indicated 
> writing speed:
> 4".  This happens on every single ruddy CD-R.  I've tried 
> specifying on
> the command line that the drive should use speed=16, but the ATIP info
> always seems to take priority.  The CD-Rs themselves indicate 
> that it's
> compatible with writers up to 16x writing speed, so there 
> shouldn't be a
> problem with that.


I have a 16x10x40 speed writer that is ok with cdr's but insists on writing
all cdrw at 8 speed. I though this was the writer being smart and telling me
that the media will not support 10 speed or that the sustainable rate will
not be sufficient. There goes that theory.

Harry


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