[Bug 236491] Re: wodim refuses to recognise Pioneer DVR-A09 can write at speeds above 4x

[Thomas Hotz]

** Tags added: patch

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Title:
  wodim refuses to recognise Pioneer DVR-A09 can write at speeds above
  4x

Status in “cdrkit” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am using wodim 1.1.16 from hardy with a Pioneer DVR-A09 DVD writer
  (which I have updated to the latest firmware, v1.58). Due to (I think)
  a bug in the DVD writer's firmware, the drive reports that it can only
  do a maximum speed of 1x, when in fact it is able to write at 16x.
  Nero for Linux and windows-based burning utilities are able to burn at
  16x but wodim will only burn at 4x.

  The attached patch fixes this issue by reading the list of supported
  burning speeds which are provided and updating the max write speed
  information based on these if the drive reports that it is able to
  burn at a speed faster than its reported max speed. This allows me to
  burn DVDs at the correct speeds.

  I believe this issue may affect other similar-vintage Pioneer writers.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jun  1 11:56:52 2008
  Dependencies:
   libgcc1 1:4.2.3-2ubuntu7
   libcap1 1:1.10-14build1
   gcc-4.2-base 4.2.3-2ubuntu7
   libc6 2.7-10ubuntu3
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: wodim 9:1.1.6-1ubuntu6
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
  SourcePackage: cdrkit
  Uname: Linux 2.6.25.1 x86_64

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