[vox-tech] CDRW Buffer Memory

[Peter Jay Salzman]

rusty, i never used xcdroast, but IIRC, it's simply a frontend for
cdwrite and mkisofs.  if cdwrite can't do something, then xcdroast can't
do it either.

i like cdrecord because it has a lower thumbprint than the gui based
xcdroast.  not being an X program and not using the gtk+ widget set,
cdrecord is MUCH less of a drain on your system resources.  if you're
having trouble with coaster-burning, maybe you should give a command
line tool a try?

in addition, i would be surprised if double clicking your xcdroast icon
and doing your stuff with it is faster than typing:

mksofs -r blah/ > blah.iso
cdrecord -v -data dev=0,5,0 speed=12 blah.iso

i'm sure i can do that stuff faster than using xcdroast.  i'm guessing
that just typing all that stuff is even faster than clicking the icon
and waiting for xcdroast to come up.  :)

just a thought.

pete


begin Rusty Minden <clownsinc@attbi.com> 
> I have been using xcdroast (I like it). It has a setting were you set the 
> buffer size for your cdrw. It works fine at 2MB, but 4MB is the default. It 
> also allows me to set up some other features that I like. I will go on using 
> 2MB until I can get more 411.
> 
> So far I have sound, X, visor working I have the prointer to do next. I have 
> installed the packeages for apache and have plenty of space for woody (12GB 
> /home) I will be bringing my nephew tonight to LUGOD this should be 
> interesting.
> 
> Rusty
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 02 July 2002 12:35 pm, you wrote:
> > right, but that was my point -- using the fs argument sets the fifo
> > buffer.  but clearly you can't use more cdrw memory than the drive has.
> >
> > rusty, i'm pretty sure matt is correct here.  cdrecord probably queries
> > the drive for its internal memory.  or perhaps it doesn't even need to
> > know this information.  it just streams the data at the speed which you
> > specify (i *know* that the max drive speed can be queried).
> >
> > in any event, as matt pointed out, i think you want to set your fifo
> > buffer if anything.
> >
> > btw, the cdrecord man page talks about this very issue.  do man cdrecord
> > and look at the first occurance of the word "interal".
> >
> > pete
> >
> >
> > begin Matt Holland <mdholland@ucdavis.edu>
> >
> > > My understanding of CD burning under Linux is that cdrecord "just knows"
> > > how much internal buffer your drive has, as long as it's a known drive
> > > or conforms to the more recently defined standards.  You *can* set the
> > > size of the fifo buffer using the fs= argument (see man cdrecord).
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, July 2, 2002, at 11:51 AM, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > > >i didn't know that cdrw's have internal memory (i guess that makes
> > > >sense), but jooc, what do you need that info for?  i can't recall ever
> > > >having to use that kind of info before.
> > > >
> > > >pete
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >begin Rusty Minden <clownsinc@attbi.com>
> > > >
> > > >>I am not sure how much memory my MATSHITA UJDA720 DVD/CDRW has. I have
> > > >>done a
> > > >>google search, but it didn't come up with any links giving the info.
> > > >>The
> > > >>documentation that came with my computer does not have any details on
> > > >>this
> > > >>either. I am triing 2MB and it works, but if I have more I would
> > > >>rather use
> > > >>it all :-) Anyone know how to determine the memory of  a cdrw device?
> > > >>
> > > >>Rusty
> > > >
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