k3b WOULD be cool, but it NEVER works right

mrchaos · 05-02-2005, 08:54 PM

I have the weirdest problem in K3b right now. I just upgraded to the 2.6.11.8 kernel, the weirdest thing happens when I burn DVDs. The DVD burn starts at 8x, completes exactly 50%, then immediately drops to 1x. EVERY TIME. I know that k3b is just a frontend for growisofs when burning DVDs, but..... argh, it's annoying. Does anyone have a clue what's going on?

mrchaos · 05-02-2005, 09:24 PM

I discovered a few things: it appears that the speed will drop down to 1x when the memory is entirely consumed. Suppose I start at 400 MB of used memory, the burn speed drops right as the consumed memory reaches 998 MB. Also, in the burn window, the buffer status says "info not available." Could it be that the burner isn't buffering properly?

JLTB · 05-02-2005, 10:07 PM

Hi mrchaos,

I'm no k3b expert, but maybe you don't have enough RAM and/or HD space to burn the DVD. It may be either hitting swap memory, or having to do strange things to work around low memory on your hard disk.

Just a stab in the dark.

mrchaos · 05-02-2005, 10:12 PM

Thanks for your response, JLTB

no worries there. I have 1024 MB of RAM and 240 GB of HD, and swap isn't being used.... but the burns seem so tempermental. Just a few minutes ago, I was able to burn a DVD at 8x the entire way through. After trying it again (after restart), the same problem occurred.