wodim and speed setting

[JD]

  On 10/13/2010 02:30 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:
> On Tue October 12 2010, JD wrote:
>> I read on a blog that setting speed=0 in /etc/wodim.conf
>> will make wodim burn at lowest possible speed.
>> 10X is hard;y lowest possible speed.
> try man wodim.. it says:
> If you use speed=0 with a MMC compliant
>                drive,  wodim will switch to the lowest possible speed for drive
>                and medium.  If you are using an old (non MMC)  drive  that  has
>                problems with speed=2 or speed=4, you should try speed=0.
>
> so the drive has to be MMC compliant for that to work..
>
>
>
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