[LONG] Followup [ILUG] 2x[Q] Samsung DVD+/-R(W), and cleaning PC internals

[Brian Foster]

  | From: Declan Moriarty <junk_mail at iol.ie>
  | Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 08:52:06 +0100
  | 
  | Have skimmed this.
  | 
  | 1. Don't give up on dvd writing until you try at a very low speed, i.e.
  |    2x or 4x.

 whilst it's true I haven't the faintest idea
 at what speed the attempts to burn DVD+R DL
 were, I also said I needed to get some blank
 DVD+Rs and DVD-Rs (both non-DL).  so yes, I'm
 clearly attempting to give up burning DVDs.

  | 2. cdrecord gives very good info when asked to (man cdrecord) and will
  | tell you things like dao, tao, etc. it needs /dev/sg0 - read the docs.
  | The guy likes to pretend IDE is actually SCSI. For dvds try growisofs
  | (+r) or dvdrtools (-r). I would actually be surprised if a modern drive
  | does not do TAO.

 I hadn't realised this.  I did quote the SUSE
 cdrecord(1) man page, which clearly I wouldn't
 have done had I read it.  thanks for the tip.

  | 3. dvd-r and dvd+r are both available from Lidl (€3.99 for 5). The =
  |    dvd+r works for me at 8x. They also have dvd+rw

 yes, I shall fly to Ireland immediately to
 buy some.  again, thanks for the tip.

  | 4. A modern dvd-r only drive is possible but unlikely, especially from
  |    the Japanese.

 yes, yer right.  my stated intention to buy
 some blank DVD+R's --- and my attempt to use
 some DVD+R DL's --- are both clearly silly.
 thanks for the correction!

  | 	Declan Moriarty

 a 100% error rate after a skim suggests that
 either my writing abilities are lacking, yer
 skimming abilities are lacking, or possibly
 both.  opinions, please?

cheers!
	-blf-
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