Bug#374518: nautilus-cd-burner: cannot select proper burn speed for DVD+R media

[Andre Heynatz]

Package: nautilus-cd-burner
Version: 2.14.2-1
Severity: important

Use case:

I want to burn a data DVD on Verbatim DVD+R media. The media supports
upto 16x burn speed. The burner is capable of that as well.
Unfortunately, at 16x, the media cannot be read back by the burner (CRC
error), so I have to use 8x speed. Lower speeds are not recommended as
well (discussion at cdfreaks, cdrlabs).

Error description:

I have inserted an empty media and want to burn at 8x speed. After
selecting the burner, the speed 16x is offered, next to 12x, 24x, 32x,
40x, 48x. The burn program k3b offers 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x which is wrong as
well. But there is a button next to the speed chooser list, titled
"Determine supported writing speeds". After pressing it, the following
speeds are offered: 2.4x, 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x. This is correct. I would
like to see this functionality in nautilus-cd-burner as well, it is
crucial for burning DVDs (it still is an art to burn error free DVDs
unfortunately). The button is not needed, the function should be carried
out automatically every time a new media is inserted, and after boot of the
system if the user has already put in a blank DVD.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.9
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages nautilus-cd-burner depends on:
ii  cdrdao                    1:1.2.1-6      records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO)
ii  cdrecord                  4:2.01+01a03-5 command line CD writing tool
ii  gconf2                    2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libart-2.0-2              2.3.17-1       Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii  libatk1.0-0               1.11.4-2       The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbonobo2-0              2.14.0-1       Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii  libbonoboui2-0            2.14.0-2       The Bonobo UI library
ii  libc6                     2.3.6-15       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcairo2                 1.0.4-2        The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libeel2-2                 2.14.1-2       Eazel Extensions Library (for GNOM
ii  libfontconfig1            2.3.2-7        generic font configuration library
ii  libgail-common            1.8.11-2       GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgail17                 1.8.11-2       GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4               2.14.0-1       GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglade2-0               1:2.5.1-2      library to load .glade files at ru
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.10.3-1       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgnome-keyring0         0.4.9-1        GNOME keyring services library
ii  libgnome2-0               2.14.1-2       The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii  libgnomecanvas2-0         2.14.0-2       A powerful object-oriented display
ii  libgnomeui-0              2.14.1-2       The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii  libgnomevfs2-0            2.14.2-1       GNOME virtual file-system (runtime
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.8.18-1       The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii  libice6                   1:1.0.0-3      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-burn3         2.14.2-1       Nautilus Burn Library - runtime ve
ii  libnautilus-extension1    2.14.1-5       libraries for nautilus components
ii  liborbit2                 1:2.14.0-1.1   libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.12.3-1       Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libpopt0                  1.10-1         lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii  libsm6                    1:1.0.0-4      X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.0-6      X11 client-side library
ii  libxcursor1               1.1.5.2-5      X cursor management library
ii  libxext6                  1:1.0.0-4      X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfixes3                1:3.0.1.2-4    X11 miscellaneous 'fixes' extensio
ii  libxi6                    1:1.0.0-5      X11 Input extension library
ii  libxinerama1              1:1.0.1-4      X11 Xinerama extension library
ii  libxml2                   2.6.26.dfsg-1  GNOME XML library
ii  libxrandr2                2:1.1.0.2-4    X11 RandR extension library
ii  libxrender1               1:0.9.0.2-4    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  mkisofs                   4:2.01+01a03-5 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
ii  nautilus                  2.14.1-5       file manager and graphical shell f
ii  zlib1g                    1:1.2.3-11     compression library - runtime

Versions of packages nautilus-cd-burner recommends:
ii  dvd+rw-tools                  6.1-2      DVD+-RW/R tools

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