[SATLUG] K3B and Burning Data DVDs

[Geoff]

Ed Coates wrote:
> On 1/1/07, james <jtiner at satx.rr.com> wrote:
>> what settings are you using when burning?
>> DAO, TAO?
>>
>>
> K3B is set to auto, but there's no listing for TAO, only DAO,
> overwrite, and incremental.
>
> Here is what the debug output says:
>
> System
> -----------------------
> K3b Version: 0.12.17
>
> KDE Version: 3.5.5
> QT Version:  3.3.6
> Kernel:      2.6.16-gentoo-r7
> Devices
> -----------------------
> LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S PS08 (/dev/hdc, ) at  [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM;
> DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM;
> DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Jump;
> DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R
> Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R;
> RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite; Layer Jump]

Looks as if it's doing Track-at-once (as opposed to Disk-at-once).  I 
don't know what SAO means.

Ever notice how sometimes when you burn a regular CD as fast as you can, 
that it won't play in just any CD player?  If you slow down the burn 
process to 2x it -will- play in any player.

I wonder if you slowed down the DVD burn speed to something 
substantially less than -MAX-, if that'd make a difference?

DVD's are written like CD's are, correct?  From the inside out? the 
further out the disc you go, the more apparent the variations speed 
occur.. 

If your Writer is within the +/- 5% tolerance at a -3% and your player 
is within +/-5% tolerance at +2%, the very edge of 5% is realized, and 
it might not always work.

It's like the old days, of writing floppies.. some drives would read a 
floppy you formatted on a different machine - some wouldn't.  Somtimes 
you could get away with formatting a floppy on the original machine, 
writing files to it from the machine you wanted to copy files FROM, and 
then stick it back in the machine you wanted to copy files -to-.  
Sometimes, that would work.  All of these work-arounds only server to 
remind us that not all machines are created equal.  There's going to be 
differences.  But, I think in the case of your DVE, if you slow down the 
burn process, you might have better results.

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