Re: [Dvdrtools-users] Problem burning to LG DVDRAM GSA-4167B

[Samson Lee]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> The LG GSA-4167 is not only universally format compatible, but it is
> virtually supported by every single Linux method ...
>
> - Character (byte-by-byte) recording with cdrecord+DVDpatch (GPL) or
> cdrecord-ProDVD (commercial) to DVD-R
>
> - Block record/rewrite with the kernel block driver to DVD-R/+R
> (growisofs) and DVD+RW (direct mount), respectively
>
> - Block rewriting with verify with the kernel block driver to DVD-RAM
> (direct mount -- for optical archiving, not consumer usage, long story)

I tried cdrecord-prodvd from ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD 
and it seems to write to my lg gsa-4167 ..

However, a I noticed a few problems:

1. The software reports Drive buf size : 1114112 = 1088 KB, but the 
drive actually has 2MB buffer

2. When writing starts, the software says, "Starting to write CD/DVD at 
speed 8 ...", but during writing, the reported speed ranges between 1.0x 
and 2.1x - maybe this is because the drive buffer is too small and 
frequently drops below 10% full?

Thanks for all your help!

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