Hi there,

is it a commonly known bug that Brasero doesn't care about the write speed setting?

A few days ago I downloaded the ISO image of Linux Mint 12, which is almost exactly 1GB in size. I picked a DVD-R media where it said on the package "8X max". Since I often made the experience that CDs or DVDs written at maximum speed are more likely candidates for failures, I set the speed to 4X manually, and started the burn process.

After writing the lead-in, the first actual speed rating that Brasero displayed was "6.9X" - so it had ignored my 4X setting completely. Even worse, the speed rating gradually increased to almost 12X during the burn process, going beyond the limits of the disc.
After finishing, Brasero automatically made an MD5 checksum of the disc contents and verified that against the original ISO file (fine, but I hadn't asked for that). The disc seemed okay.

But as you may anticipate, when I tried to read it on a few different drives, none of them was able to read the disc. Some could at least read the TOC, others even reported "No media".

I'm using Brasero 2.32.0 on an Ubuntu 10.10 box, and an IDE DVD writer that reports as "Optiarc DVD RW AD5200A".

Any ideas? Suggestions for a really good and trustworthy CD/DVD writing software for GNOME would also be welcome.

[X] Doc CPU

I dont know that much about Brasero, so I cant say if that sort of problem is a 'known issue/bug'.

You could try xfburn. I havent run it with a *buntu, with debian its never given me any issue at all. I've run it with debian 5.0, 6.0, and sid/sidux/aptosid, and its always worked. I think I might even have used it with 3.1/4.0, but its been a while since I've used those releases...

K3B is in the Ubuntu repos. I have had it burn discs for me on Ubuntu when Brasero refused to burn the same files.

Hi there,

thank you so far for commenting. However, neither k3b nor xfburn really appeal to me. As the name suggests, k3b is apparently made for the KDE desktop and therefore pulls in a shitload of dependencies (about 20 additional packages), and xfburn would like to install half the Xfce desktop. I'm rather looking for a very lean solution.

I'm currently taking a peek a gnomebaker which seems more like the KISS principle, and I think I might also make friends with the command line tools like cdrecord & co. Whether I like it I'll know when I've burned the next CD/DVD.

[X] Doc CPU

If you want a minimalist approach, have a look at burn-cd - http://burn-cd.sourceforge.net/

It provides a simple menu driven interface, and allows you to set default values in a configuration file. Pretty reliable in my experience.

Paul.

My newer sata LG burners won't burn lower than 8x dvd-/+ in Mint or Windoze.

Try Gnome-baker. I always used that on Fedora.

Having had a massive wrestling match with Brasero this afternoon, I know how you feel! Unfortunately, CentOS has no Gnome-baker but I'm going to get it now, even if I have to compile.

I've been really happy with CDWrite. It imports cddb and writes cd-text. It seems to have no trouble with speed settings, but I use it with cdrecord, not wodim.

http://linux-bsd-unix.strefa.pl/index.en.html

Hi everybody.

Brasero hasn't a speed setting option offered/enabled at all. That makes me considering another burner. Earlier (in Hardy) I've used K3b, but now I dislike it, because it will install half of the KDE desktop as dependencies. This is a madness... Why isn't enough the kde libs and qt(x) libs, or why isn't it developed to natively compile also for GTK2...?

It seems that GnomeBaker brings the solution. Had anyone issues, or positive experiences with it, to write about?

You would have been much better starting a new thread, rather than tacking this onto the end of an existing thread, especially one marked 'solved'. Apart from being discouraged by the LinxuQuestions rules, there's a good chance no-one will notice your message....

As to your question. I can't comment on GnomeBaker. It used to be standard in Zenwalk (a long time ago), but was dropped due to reliability issues. I also seem to remember that, at that time, it looked as though it had been abandoned.

Also, unless you have a most peculiar version of Brassero, it does have speed setting capabilities. If you click on the properties box prior to starting a burn, it will allow you to set the burn speed. The version I'm currently running doesn't remember the speed selected - it always defaults back to maximum, so you need to remember to check it each time you want to burn a CD/DVD.

Paul.