cdrecord's speed option

[Jeepsta]

I have a 12x writer and if I understand correctly I should pass "speed=12" to cdrecord when I want to write a CD at 12x. Is this the right context or did I fsck it up? I tried it and it still wanted to write at 2x. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/mad.gif What gives?

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[mdwatts]

Perhaps cdrecord needs to be updated to a newer version. The author may not have put the support in for the faster speed drives in the older version. Just a guess...

Or you 'fsck'd up'.

[Jeepsta]

Even when i pass "speed=4" it wants to write at 2x. I will try upgrading and see if that will help.

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[klamath]

Try the latest stable cdrecord, and getting any firmware updates for your drive if they're available. Run in ultra verbose mode (lots of '-v' options) to see what cdrecord is doing. Try setting the CDR_SPEED environmental variable to the value you want.

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[Jeepsta]

How do I set that varible?

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[klamath]

In a Bourne-compatible shell, do: export CDR_SPEED=x , where x is an integer.

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[Jeepsta]

Still no can do...anyone got any sites I could check out or any other ideas??

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[Strike]

I set mine to 8x automatically by putting

CDR_SPEED=8

in /etc/default/cdrecord (had to create it, there wasn't one there).

And that worked for me, though supposedly setting the environment variables and passing speed=12 to the program on the command-line should both work. Did you try upgrading, like mdwatts suggested? I'm using 1.9:

[ddipaolo@half-life ~]$ cdrecord --version
Cdrecord 1.9 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling

[Jeepsta]

Arghhh http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/mad.gif

I dont think it likes me. I upgraded to 1.9 and then set the CDR_SPEED to 12 and still no luck. Well at least I can burn at 2x instead of nothing. Anyone got any other ideas for me? I am open to suggestion. http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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[mdwatts]

How about using a GUI frontend? I use xcdroast at work and can record at the max speed of the drive. 4x or whatever it is for the HP-8250i. And I'm still using the cdrecord that came with eDesktop 2.4, which is not the latest. Version 1.8 I believe.

[Jeepsta]

I will give that a shot here in a minute. Thanks for all the help.

Zach

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[mdwatts]

My pleasure. Good luck.

[cs25x]

who makes your cd burner? in my hp 9100 i just use a script with speed=8 and when it burns a cd-rw it drops to 4, but it burns at 8 for cd-r.
What does your command line look like?

If there is nothing wrong with that, your problem sounds like a bug, i would think about reporting it to the software authors, along with the blurb that it gives you before it starts. Kill it as it does the final countdown and paste that into an email.

If it is not a bug, maybe your burner hates your blanks, try a different brand?


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[Jeepsta]

Burner is a HP 9500i and I have been trying on a CD-RW. I will put a CD-R in and see what it does for that. Otherwise I will just burn in Windows http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

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[Strike]

Originally posted by Jeepsta:
Burner is a HP 9500i and I have been trying on a CD-RW. I will put a CD-R in and see what it does for that. Otherwise I will just burn in Windows http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/frown.gif

I don't think there are any 12x CD-RW burners out there. I think the fastest CD-RW burning you can do is at 8x. Yours burns CD-RW at 8x: http://www.hpcdwriter.com/products/9500i/index.asp

The numbers (in 12x8x32) mean: CD-R Burn speed x CD-RW burn speed x CD Read speed

Of course, you also tried 4x and it didn't work ...

[Jeepsta]

I guess you are right on that note but it still didnt work with speed=4. I am gonna try a CD-R later when I boot into Linux and play with it some more.

Zach

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[Jeepsta]

Just wanted to thank all that helped me with my CD Burner. It turns out that it doesnt like the CD-RW. It will burn a CD-R at 12x no problem but wont go over 2x on a CD-RW. Thanks again to all.

Zach

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