Maxim Sobolev <sobomax_at_portaone.com> writes: > Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax_at_portaone.com> writes: > > > I wonder if there are any compelling reasons why `-s max' is not > > > default behaviour of burncd(8). IMHO, there is no point to have > > > default of 4. Usually, today's drives are smart enough to select the > > > maximum speed supported both by drive and by the medium. > > Plenty of drives aren't, especially with cheap media. > Do you have any evidence? Yes. My laptop's DVD/CD-RW drive (Hitachi something-or-other) turns out coasters if I try to use -s max with no-brand CD-R media. > You will have big problems finding any CD-R media (even very > cheap one) with rating < 32 on the market today, so that chances to > "overspeed" the media with those ancient burners are quite theoretical. What planet do you live on? Back here on Earth, the most widely available CD-R media is 16x or 24x, and prices rise steeply once you cross that boundary. For CD-RW media, that boundary is even lower (8x or 12x). DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des_at_des.noReceived on Tue Aug 31 2004 - 08:50:35 UTC
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