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On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 17:01:08 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> (1) which package is 'growisofs' in ? |
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app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools |
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> (2) is the actual writing speed faster with DVD's than CD's ? |
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> they hold a lot more data, but is writing-time proportional to |
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> content ? |
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Yes it is. 1X on a CD is 172KB/s, 1X on a DVD is 1385KB/s. So 8X DVD is |
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equivalent to around 64X CD writing. It still takes longer to write a DVD |
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than a CD on most drives, but nowhere near seven times as long. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Nymphomania-- an illness you hear about but never encounter. |
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