wodim and speed setting

[JD]

  On 10/13/2010 09:05 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Wed October 13 2010, JD wrote:
>> Yeah... well, I do not have an old drive. It is only 3 years old.
>> (DVD+-R) 16X, RW-8X, CDR-24X. Output says it is MMC.
>> $ wodim -checkdrive dev=/dev/sr0
>> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>> Version        : 5
>> Response Format: 2
>> Capabilities   :
>> Vendor_info    : 'Slimtype'
>> Identification : 'DVD A  DS8A1P   '
>> Revision       : 'CX17'
>> Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
>> Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
>> Supported modes: PACKET SAO
> mine says:
> # wodim -checkdrive dev=/dev/sr0
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 5
> Response Format: 2
> Capabilities   :
> Vendor_info    : 'HL-DT-ST'
> Identification : 'DVD+-RW GSA-H31N'
> Revision       : 'B106'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
> Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
>
>
> and I normlly burn with speed=4. but I use:
> cdrecord -v speed=4  $1.iso
> when I do man cdrecord, it gives me the man page for wodim..
> # dpkg --list|grep cdrecord
> ii  cdrecord                                                9:1.1.10-1
> Dummy transition package for wodim
That's all fine and good.
Problem is that wodim is not complying with
the request to burn at 2x or 4x. It is jumping to 10x.