K3B won't burn at 16X;

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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:20:53 -0700
John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:

> tlc wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-10-26 at 09:11 -0600, Robin Laing 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?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Thanks a lot.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Mirco
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>What do the log messages state?
> >>
> >>Is the media capable of burning at that speed?
> > 
> > nothing in the logs I have seen, no errors, I am using the correct
> > media, it just always burns at half speed.
> > 
> > 
> >>-- 
> >>Robin Laing
> >>
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> When you use 8X media, does it burn at 8X?
> 
> I only have 8X media and it always burns at 8X in auto mode. For some 
> crappy no-brand stuff I slow it down to 6X and this also works fine.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
John,

What type/model of dvd burner do you have?  I always have trouble
burning on a Sony DRU-530a.  I'm beginning to thing the problem is
with the VIA interface.

thanks,
-pete