Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:18:40 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: sos@freebsd.org Subject: Re: burncd(8) usability: why `-s max' isn't default? Message-ID: <20040831111840.GA74510@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <xzpn00btwco.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <4133683A.3090201@portaone.com> <xzppt578zww.fsf@dwp.des.no> <4134530C.6020309@portaone.com> <xzpn00btwco.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 12:50:31PM +0200, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> writes: > > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > > > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> writes: > > > > I wonder if there are any compelling reasons why `-s max' is not > > > > default behaviour of burncd(8). IMHO, there is no point to have > > > > default of 4. Usually, today's drives are smart enough to select the > > > > maximum speed supported both by drive and by the medium. > > > Plenty of drives aren't, especially with cheap media. > > Do you have any evidence? >=20 > Yes. My laptop's DVD/CD-RW drive (Hitachi something-or-other) turns > out coasters if I try to use -s max with no-brand CD-R media. >=20 > > You will have big problems finding any CD-R media (even very > > cheap one) with rating < 32 on the market today, so that chances to > > "overspeed" the media with those ancient burners are quite theoretical. >=20 > What planet do you live on? Back here on Earth, the most widely > available CD-R media is 16x or 24x, and prices rise steeply once you > cross that boundary. For CD-RW media, that boundary is even lower (8x > or 12x). He probably lives on the same planet as I, while you seem to live on some alternate Earth. =20 Around here the most widely available CD-R media is labelled as 48x, and you do have to look around a bit to find slower media (and CD-R media slower than 24x is almost impossible to find), and the slower media is usually not noticably cheaper anyway.=20 For CD-RW media it is true that most widely available media seem to be in the 4x-10x range, but again the faster ones (labelled as 24x or 32x) tends to be only slightly more expensive than the slower ones. --=20 <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se
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