DVD Writer is so slow in burning discs

[Dalamar]

I have an LG Internal Super Multi DVD Rewriter. It says on the box that it has 22x DVD Write Speed. But as you can see from the included screenshot, it's less than 1x speed. Also, notice that the progress bar does not seem to function. It took me around 15 mins to burn around 3GB of data. I used Brasero.

I used this drive when I was using Kubuntu 9.04 to burn Linux Mint 7 ISO but did not encounter the same problem.

What can I do to speed up the burning process? Thanks!

[markcynt]

Brasero seems to have problems making data discs.

K3b is a much better application. It's in the repos.

[Dalamar]

I tried k3b but it hangs. Incidentally, Emerald manager also hangs.

[markcynt]

Other apps to try (all in the repos) are gnomebaker, nautilus-cd-burner, and xfburn.

The Emerald problem may be related, maybe not. It might be a good idea to start a thread about that and mention the DVD problem.

[DrHu]

I have an LG Internal Super Multi DVD Rewriter. It says on the box that it has 22x DVD Write Speed. But as you can see from the included screenshot, it's less than 1x speed.

I looked at your screenshot, why is it showing as 0% done ?, when do you determine the speed of writing for the device

Also, notice that the progress bar does not seem to function. It took me around 15 mins to burn around 3GB of data. I used Brasero.

Ok, so have you tried a reinstall of brasero, if the progress bar doesn't work, something is incorrect with the application or its install..
--synaptic mint menu>System>Package Manager, is the easiest way to do that..

Which version of Brasero

• apt show brasero
  State: installed
  Automatically installed: no
  Version: 2.26.1-0ubuntu1

--This is the version that Linux mint 7 -gloria uses..

You can always try something like xfburn (liburnia), it uses a different underlying library than either k3b or Brasero (Wodim)
http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfburn

• hwinfo --cdrom
  21: SCSI 100.0: 10602 CD-ROM (DVD)
  ...
  Hardware Class: cdrom
  Model: "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B"
  Vendor: "HL-DT-ST"
  Device: "DVDRAM GSA-4163B"
  Revision: "A102"

hwinfo is a package available in repository..
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews ... leId=12429
Media speed , quality is good ?

Using Imation cheaper type dvd-R media, Getting 4x speed approx for Sl dvd media, max speed for that type..
Ran at normal max speed for that media..

Screenshot attached Brasero (nautilus right-click>Open with Disk Burner