Maybe it's time to open that wallet and invest a new drive or you could try the "auto" setting and see where it will do. Good luck.
<span id="INSERTION_MARKER">For me 16x CD write speed is okay.
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<span>Fresh installed ub 10.4 over 8.04
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<span>I have old hardware which was able to write DVDs at 1x.
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<span>I dont get speed of less than 4x.Tested k3b, xfburn, and brasero. But all start at 4x.
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<span>How can I do it?
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<span>Thanks in advance......

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