Re: [LAU] CDRDAO speed, CRC errors, blah

Excerpts from Ken Restivo's message of 2010-04-23 23:14:09 +0200:
> So I'm trying to burn this masterpeice to a CD.
>
> $ crdao write tofile.toc
>
> ... ok here we go. It works, but then when I try to read the disk back, i get tons of CRC errors.
>
> "5 Q sub-channels with CRC errors" .. etc etc.
>
> Someone On The Internet (tm) said thusly:
> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Debian/2005-04/1370.html
>
> OK, so I try to write at a lower speed.
>
> $ cdrdao write --speed 4 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
>
> No no no no, I said speed 4!
>
> $ cdrdao write --speed 2 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
>
> Arrgggh...
>
> $ cdrdao write --speed 1 tofile.toc
> Starting write at speed 8...
> Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
>
> Hey, cdrdao, are you even listening to me!??
>
> So, two questions:
> 1) Is there any reason to burn an audio CD at a speed < maximum, or is this the dreaded digital voodoo?
>
> 2) Why is cdrdao refusing to do what I tell it to do?
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> -ken

I'm not sure it helps anything but you could try to install cdrtools
instead of cdrkit.

Regards,
Philipp

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Received on Sat Apr 24 20:15:05 2010