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

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:14:10AM -0500, ted leslie wrote:
> 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. 

Make absolutely sure you are using an 80wire cable for the DVD writer.
I had amazing problems with my 16x drive until I realized I should have
changed the cable when I replaced my DVD-ROM drive with the DVD-writer.
After putting in the 80wire IDE cable, it works perfectly.  Without it,
the drive has to drop to a much lower transfer speed, which many fast
DVD-writers don't support properly (since they can't do full speed at
that point).

My retail PX760 came with an 80wire cable in the box.  OEM drives of
course do not include a cable and it is up to you to get the right kind.

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Len Sorensen
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