K3B won't burn at 16X;

[tlc]

On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 11:35 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> Mirco Scara wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> > I am having a strange problem using K3B on fedora core 3/4.
> > I have a Philips DVD writer 16X/8Xrw 40x for cd in my machine and
> > whenever I  burn dvds K3B won't recognize the full capabilities of my
> > burner.
> > Even if I choose auto mode for dvd writing speed k3b still writes at 8x
> > maximum and there is no mention in the speed section of the 16x choice.
> > Is there anyway I can I can hack k3b configuration in order to get this
> > feature enabled?
> 
> Umm, it takes longer to write than to read. The disc has to cool
> somewhat. This is especially true for rewritables. I have a stack
> of rewritables in my hand right now, which have ON THE DISCS THEMSELVES
> that they only write at 4x.
> 
yeah, my DVD+RW media only burns at 4x, so does my drive .. I know
this .. but K3B will only burn at 2x ..
> YMMV
> 
> Mike
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