Re: [Dvdrtools-users] DVD-R writer speeds/reliabilities

[Richard Scobie]

Colin Aspin wrote:
> Can anyone comment on the writing speeds of DVD-R units and what we might
> expect in the next few years?  We use Pioneer A-03/04 units for archiving
> data from our facility instrument and use cdrecord-prodvd-1.11 on a RH 7.2
> Linux PC.  Even though I've heards though the group that the A-04 can
> write at 2x (the A-3 presumably at only 1x) we can't get the software to
> anything other than 1x on even the A-04.  We would like to speed up the
> process of archiving data to DVD-R so faster speeds would be really
> useful.  However, we don't want to lose reliability and data integrity.
>
> What can we expect in the near future on speed and reliability/integrity?
>
> Is cdrecord-prodvd the best software to use?
>
> thanks,
> Colin Aspin


Hi Colin,

Using dvdrecord from the dvdrtools package 
http://www.nongnu.org/dvdrtools/, I am recording 2x on DVD-R media with 
A03 and A04 drives without any problems.

In fact as noted by a few posts yesterday, we have a slight problem that 
if 2x media is used, the -speed= parameter seems to be ignored and we 
cannot burn at 1x, only 2x.

As I only use it to burn images prepared elsewhere and am unfamiliar 
with  cdrecord-prodvd, I can't comment if dvdrecord will suit you.

Regards,

Richard Scobie