DVD Burning

[Byron Poland]

On 5/5/06, ben <ben at cvrse.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 06 May 2006 14:54, Byron Poland wrote:
> > they look fine
> >
> > $ ls -ln /dev/dvd*
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 3 2006-05-04 09:23 /dev/dvd -> hdc
> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 3 2006-05-04 09:23 /dev/dvdrw -> hdc
> >
> > growisofs gives me:
> >
> > /dev/dvd: "Current Write Speed" is 1.0x1385KBps.
> >
> > :-[ WRITE at LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type
> > :-( media is not formatted or unsupported.
> > :-( write failed: Wrong medium type
>
> have you changed media, upgraded firmware or anything since you last
> successfully used the drive? check the output of `dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd`
> to see if the disc is in a suitable state for what you want todo.
>
> --
> ben

Thanks for the help troubleshooting.

Back about 4-5 months ago I was having trouble, and upgraded the
firmware on the drive, and that got it working great.  I haven't done
anything since that.

I'll see if I can pick up another brand of media today.

Here's the output from dvd+rw-mediainfo:

INQUIRY:                [_NEC    ][DVD+-RW ND-6500A][2.24]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
 Mounted Media:         11h, DVD-R Sequential
 Media ID:              SONY16D1
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
 Write Performance:     1.0x1385=1352KB/s@[0 -> 2297888]
:-( empty GET PERFORMACE descriptor
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]:
 Media Book Type:       25h, DVD-R book [revision 5]
 Legacy lead-out at:    2298496*2KB=4707319808
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
 Media Book Type:       25h, DVD-R book [revision 5]
 Last border-out at:    2298496*2KB=4707319808
READ DISC INFORMATION:
 Disc status:           blank
 Number of Sessions:    1
 State of Last Session: empty
 Number of Tracks:      1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
 Track State:           invisible incremental
 Track Start Address:   0*2KB
 Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
 Free Blocks:           2297888*2KB
 Track Size:            2297888*2KB
READ CAPACITY:          1*2048=2048