On Thursday 17 July 2003 02:12 am, Tom Nielsen wrote:
I just got through making copies of several CDs (yes RIAA, "copies"! Come and get me) and I could only burn at 14x when I use XCDroast (the others don't work for me...don't ask). My burner goes up to 24x. If I go 15x or above, my whole system locks up and I have to use the "bail-out button."
The strange part is that I record the CDs at 30x from my second CD and when I burn, it burns faster than when I record. I timed it.
Any thoughts? Could my burn speed, what XCDroast says I'm burning at, not be correct?
Thanks, Tom =================
Tom, The speed varies with any cdrw while burning a cd. Never will a burn run at 100% speed when burning, as is normal. Many things figure into that, like the data being burned, the source, how well the buffer is being fed, the drive itself, the position of the head on the platter, etc. I haven't tried xCDroast for doing an audio copy yet, but regular data copies did allow 24x on my drive. I suspect, if my reasoning is correct, an audio cd needs to be burnt at a lower speed in order to maintain compatibility with other players. I have noticed myself that burning at full speed can cause problems with car cd players as well as older stereo cd players. For that reason, I don't burn faster than 12x for audio whether for copies or mp3/ogg discs. So if other words, if you want it to work on most everything, slow down! Haven't you heard that speed kills? ;o) Pat -- --- KMail v1.5.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v8.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 On any other day, that might seem strange...