k3b Burn Speed

[James Wilkinson]

Jonathan Allen wrote:
> Why does k3b have the annoying habit of burning CDs at 2/3rd or less of
> the drive speed ?  gtoast and xcdroast didn't seem to have this problem,
> but k3b does.  My drive is 52x24x52 and gtoast used to drive it happily
> at 26x or 27x burn speed.  k3b resolutely refuses to burn any faster
> than 16x on exactly the same hardware.

Stupid question, probably, but your CD-Rs are rated for 28x, aren't
they?

I understand that the blank can indicate to the drive and the software
how fast it's happy to go. Then the software can use that as a maximum
so you don't waste CDs.

Many cheap CDs don't support high burn rates, yet don't call attention
to the fact.

James.

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