Re: [Dvdrtools-users] can't burn at 1x!

[Jay Berkenbilt]

>   I've mentioned this before on this list, but it's really starting to be
>   a pain:
>
>   For some reason best known to itself, my Pioneer A04 with dvdrtools
>   refuses to burn discs at 1x. It will quite happily burn them at 2x -
>   even 1x-rated discs! Naturally, this produces instant coasters that even
>   the A04 can't read. It seems to ignore the speed= option whatever media
>   I use, and I've even tried editing the source, adding "speed=1;" in
>   cdrecord.c just before burning starts (I know, I know, blindly editing
>   source code is bad). All to no avail. It still burns at 2x. 
>
>   Surely there's a way round this? 2x-rated discs are much more expensive
>   than 1x ones, and I imagine even 2x discs are likely to be more readable
>   when burnt at 1x.
>
>   Am I the only one experiencing this problem? 
>
>   Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>   Matthew.

I had the same problem with the evaluation license for cdrecord-prodvd
and my Sony DRU-500A (which doesn't work with dvdrtools yet).  I've
also cdrtools 1.10 try to burn a 16x disc at 24x but it seems to heed
the speed option.

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