DVD burn speeds borked?

[Brian Pack]

On Sunday 05 June 2005 02:20 pm, David M. Carney wrote:
> > I use K3B to burn my DVDs, and I cannot get a good burn out of 8x media @
> > 8x speeds with a 16x capable burner. I've tried different brands of
> > media, different burners, different distros, and even different
> > computers. The 8x discs I try to burn @ 8x come out as coasters. Their
> > viewable to a point but the burn is physically bad, with blank strips,
> > scorches, and other errors.
>
> Here's a thought....
>
> Perhaps enabling DMA for your burner would help.
>
> Add this to the end of your /etc/hdparm.conf
>
> /dev/cdrom {
>         dma = on
> }

<snip>

Doesn't help. DMA is actually on by default on my box, and when I have that 
line active, I get a 'no such file or directory' error.

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