Brasero problems

[James Freer]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2012, Basil Chupin wrote:

> On 04/08/12 00:04, squareyes wrote:
>> On 03/08/12 22:05, Colin Law wrote:
>>> On 3 August 2012 13:18, squareyes <squareyes at internode.on.net> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>> am having problems with Brasero on 12.04. Writes CDs and dvd's
>>>> that aren't recognised by anything. Have tried with both the drives in
>>>> my tower, and an external usb powered drive , same result.
>>>> Have tried on another machine with Mint, again same result, tried 
>>>> different
>>>> variety of both CD's and DVD's, same results.
>>> Does Brasero think it has succeeded in burning ok?
>>> 
>>> Are you ticking the box to say "burn directly to disk" or something
>>> similar?  I have had problems with that option.  Try it without (I
>>> believe it then makes an image before burning, rather than building
>>> the image on the fly).  I presume you have already tried burning at
>>> much slower speed than the maximum supported, which is the most common
>>> fix for this.  Try at the minimum speed to see if that is the issue.
>>> 
>>> 
>> Hi Colin,
>> have tried to burn at slowest speed, but it takes no notice and decides 
>> itself anyway.
>> On completion it says it has done the job successfully, but it's idea and 
>> everything else are
>> not the same. I have tried both "burn directly" and without, same result. 
>> Now have 12 coasters.
>> Thanks anyway.
>> 
>> Winton
> I wonder if it is the old wodim VS cdrkit problem?
>
> I don't use brasero always k3b so don't know.
>
> BC

I also had a problem with Brasero trying to select minimum speed the last time i 
used it having used it for about four years faultlessly. I used k3b and it seems 
to be a better app and i'll continue to use it from now on.

james