Plextor px-708a and k3b

[Mick Mearns]

--- Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 16:43 -0700, Mick Mearns wrote:
> > Hello;
> >   When I fire up k3b and go to:
> > settings->Configure k3b->Devices
> > 
> > It says that the drive will not write DVD+R(RW)S
> > That is not correct, it does and works under XP.
> > I upgraded the BIOS to 1.10 with the same result.
> 
> What does "cdrecord -prcap" say?
> 
> That reports what the drive says it's capable of doing.
> 
> Paul.
> -- 
Hello Paul
 cdrecord -prcap


Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
Jörg Schilling
Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support
Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original.
Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in
this version.
scsidev: '/dev/cdrom'
devname: '/dev/cdrom'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version
(schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c       
1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identifikation : 'DVDR   PX-708A  '
Revision       : '1.10'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does read DVD-ROM media
  Does read DVD-R media
  Does write DVD-R media
  Does not read DVD-RAM media
  Does not write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

  Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
  Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
  Does read digital audio blocks
  Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
  Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
  Does read multi-session CDs
  Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
  Does not read CD bar code
  Does read R-W subcode information
  Does return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
  Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
  Does return CD media catalog number
  Does return CD ISRC information
  Does support C2 error pointers
  Does deliver composite A/V data

  Does play audio CDs
  Number of volume control levels: 256
  Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
  Does support independent mute setting for each channel
  Does not support digital output on port 1
  Does not support digital output on port 2

  Loading mechanism type: tray
  Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
  Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
  Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
  Is not currently in a media-locked state
  Does not support changing side of disk
  Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
  Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

  Maximum read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Current read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Maximum write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Current write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
  Buffer size in KB: 2048
  Copy management revision supported: 0
  Number of supported write speeds: 5
  Write speed # 0:  7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Write speed # 1:  5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  32x, DVD  4x)
  Write speed # 2:  2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  16x, DVD  2x)
  Write speed # 3:  1411 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD   8x, DVD  1x)
  Write speed # 4:   706 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD   4x, DVD  0x)



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