[RESOLVED - MAYBE] Need help, please, with burning DVDs

[Basil Chupin]

On 30/03/2011 02:25, Richard wrote:
> On 03/29/2011 08:24 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>> I have been using k3b for years to burn video DVDs both 4.7GB and 8.5GB
>> without any problems - until this week:'( . I am using a Pioneer DVD-RW
>> DVR-110 burner which burns the full range of DVDs (except, of course,
>> BluRay).
>
> Basil, what version of K3b are you using?  I'm using 2.0.1

Ditto. The latest version is 2.0.2, with some bug fixes, but it is not 
available for Maverick, and when I tried to compile it from source the 
process collapsed with an error message.

> and it works fine on the same platform as yours.  I've had a similar 
> problem traceable to the permissions stuff found under Settings>Setup 
> System Permissions. sometimes an update diddles those things.
>
> At the K3bSetup page, my permissions are  660 on the device and 0755 
> on cdrdao and cdrecord  and growisof.  It recommends using 0666 on the 
> device and 4711 on the cdrstuff.   I left mine alone and it seems to 
> be working fine, so far.
>
> Of course, it could be something as simple as your Writer simply 
> crapped out.  Can you read cds and dvds?

Initially I was most happy because, as you and rikona suggested, the 
problem appeared to lie with the burner itself and disappeared when I 
installed another burner from another computer after which I was able to 
burn, in succession,  4 DVD -R DL discs without any problems.

But then the wheels fell off (well, almost) :-( .

When I went to burn discs #5 and #6 the burn went to the end but then I 
got the 'normal' error messages with the first being "Unable to fixate 
the disc" :-( . However, the drive did NOT lock up AND the DVDs actually 
play normally!

So, I don't know what the heck is going on and why.

I spent some time yesterday going around trying to find a new burner but 
had no luck so ordered one online from "my favourite shop" which is 
interstate. Installing this brand new unit tomorrow will show if it is 
the device or some fiddle in Ubuntu/k3b.


> One more question, are you still hanging out on the Suse list or did 
> you jump ship after all that KDE mess, like I did?

I did "jump ship". However, I still read the mail lists but very rarely 
post.


BC

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