for some odd reason it takes about 20 minutes just to read one damn cd, and only maybe 2.5 minutes to write.

here are my cd burner specs: 52x24x52 LITE-ON LTR-52246S

I am running Slack 10.0 with kernel 2.6.10 (freshly compiled kernel)

anyways, i have upgraded from my 2.4 kernel, hoping that it would fix the issue of slow reads.

however, nothing in that department has changed.

i am not sure if i have not configured k3b optimally, maybe i need some newer versions of cdrdao or cdrecord, maybe my lite-on drive is not all that well supported (i doubt that though as it has always run fast with other distros). any ideas or suggestions?

by the way i have k3b-0.11.18

Sorry to get your heartrate up, I don't have an answer but I also have the problem. Thought I'd lend my moral support.


Elomis

Maybe you are missing a command option in there somewhere that might help.

[I am having the exact opposite problem, but was able to get a fast read by reading --on-the-fly and --fast-toc with 'cdrdao'.

mb

Bob, Elomis, Initself,
Have you solved the problem?
I am experiencing exactly the same - LiteOn, slow read, fast write... I noticed that it reads slowly only music CDs. Data CDs are read and burnt quickly.

Help Please!

Perhaps I've been deluding myself, but I always thought that was normal. Reading an audio CD needs to be (or just is) done slowly and more carefully - to ensure a faithful reproduction.

Unfortunately, when I boot Win$ the same CD reads muuuch faster. There must be something simple...