Unable to force wodim to write a CD at 2X speed

[JD]

On 08/27/2012 10:20 AM, Frantisek Hanzlik wrote:
> JD wrote:
>> On 08/26/2012 11:35 AM, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote
>>> DVD burn speed is not the same as CD burn speed. This is why you
>>> have both CD and DVD speed specs on drives. When it comes to CDs,
>>> there are two different blank formats. You have the 1x to 4x and the
>>> 4x to ?x. You can not burn the 1-4x at faster then 4x. You can not
>>> burn the 4x-4x+ CDs at slower the 4x. This has NOTHING to do with
>>> DVD burning speeds.
>>>
>>> Check your drive CD burning speeds and CD blank speeds. See if they
>>> are rated to burn at slower then 4x. If not, then regardless of the
>>> software, you are NOT doing to be able to burn CDs slower then 4x.
>>> Again, this is different then DVD burn speeds.
>>>
>>> You may want to do some research on burning CDs and DVDs so that you
>>> understand the difference. You will probably discover that your
>>> hardware will not burn CDs at slower then 4x.
>>>
>>> Mikkel
>>>
>> Thanx for the explanation.
>> So, I tried
>> $ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 speed=4 image6.iso
>> . . . .
>> Speed set to 1764 KB/s
>> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  10.0 in real force TAO mode for single session.
>>
>> I interrupted the burn, as it did not obey 4x speed.
>>
>> So, I tried 6X.
>>
>> Script started on Sun 26 Aug 2012 12:53:20 PM MDT
>> $ wodim -v dev=/dev/sr0 speed=6 image3.iso
>> . . . .
>> Speed set to 1764 KB/s
>> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  10.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
>>
>> When I add driveropts=forcespeed, it still says:
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed  10.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
>>
>> I believe that wodim may be the source of the problem.
> I have cdrecord Fedora i686 RPM packages for F15/F16/F17 at:
> http://www.hanzlici.cz//fedoralinux/ALL/cdrecord/
>
> or their SRPMS packages at:
> http://www.hanzlici.cz//fedoralinux/ALL/cdrtools/
> You can try it or rebuild own packages.
Thanx!
I was able to build cdrecord and it also kept insisting on recording at 10X.
I suspect it is the Sony CD-R media that may be the culprit as it may be
"coded" to support only 10X.
I know that my drive supports multiple speeds <= 24X
The drive is:
ata2.00: ATAPI: Slimtype DVD A  DS8A1P, CH71, max MWDMA2
scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Slimtype DVD A  DS8A1P    CH71 is: