On 2/27/06, D. Hazelton <[email protected]> wrote:
> This value is also reported by the drive. I don't know about DVD drives, but
> for CD drives it is a multiplier. 1x == 256K/sec transfer off the disc [...]
For CDs, 1x is actually 150 KByte/sec.
> I haven't had time to look into the DVD specification, but I'm guessing that
> the DVD speed is about 3x what the CDROM speed is.
According to WikiPedia, the DVD speed rating is almost 9 times that of
CD speeds. I.e., 1x DVD is about 1.32 MByte/sec.
Just to make sure that we're all on the same page. :)
~~Peter
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[Index of Archives]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Stuff]
[Gimp]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux for the blind]
[Linux Resources]
