NEW DVD burner and still only 5.9X !! anyone getting better

[ted leslie]

I had a older plextor model that was 8X and I have gotten almost 8x
burning of DVD at times but usually about 6x

just got a brand new plextor dual layer, etc,etc,
and its the same,
on a Maxell 16X i get 5.9X

i made sure the iso was on my sata controller drive and the DVD burner
is on my PATA/IDE. My vmware is off (as that really screws up the
burner, i.e. windows wants to get its fingers in on the process).

anyone getting DVD that burn at 10X or higher?
if so what burner (make model) and what  media (make and model)?

also i checked and everything is DMA on.

this new plextor is supposed to have some smart technology that analysis
the DVD (if it isnt in its internal table) and arrive at a best burning
strategy. I have tried with  philips, maxell pro and ridata,
all come in at 5.9x (or close to it).
I am wondering if this smart technology only works with the windows
drivers and for LINUX i am SOL for anything better then 5.9X

also anyone every tried burning a dual layer 8.5GB DVD+R DL on linux?

oh by the way i am using K3B for burning, it uses growisofs, not sure if
there is another base for DVD burning for Linux, i used to use cdrecord,
and I think it does DVD's now, but i found grow was better, at least
years ago. 

-tl



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