problems recording DVD

[John Wendel]

Martin Marques wrote:
> Sorry for making the thread wait, but I was upgradeing my system to FC6.
> 
> Mark Knoop escribió:
>> On 20/01/07, Martin Marques <martin at bugs.unl.edu.ar> wrote:
>>> Hi all, I'm having some trouble trying to record DVDs -RW and +RW. CDs
>>> get burned OK, but not DVDs. All this on a FC3 system.
>>>
>>> Here's the info:
> 
> New info:
> 
> # uname -a
> Linux linus.marques 2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Jan 10 19:28:18 EST 
> 2007 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> # dmesg | grep DVD
> hdc: SONY DVD RW DW-G120A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdd: 50X CD-ROM, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(66)
> 
> # dvd+rw-format -lead-out /dev/hdc
> * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 7.0.
> * 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected.
> * formatting 0.0/:-[ CLOSE SESSION failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=06h]: 
> Wrong medium type
> 
> # dvd+rw-format -lead-out -force /dev/hdc
> * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 7.0.
> * 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected.
> * formatting 0.0|:-[ CLOSE SESSION failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=06h]: 
> Wrong medium type
> 
>> What do you get from:
>>
>> dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc
> 
> # dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdc
> INQUIRY:                [SONY    ][DVD RW DW-G120A ][MYS1]
> GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
>  Mounted Media:         1Ah, DVD+RW
>  Media ID:              OPTODISC/OP4
>  Current Write Speed:   4.0x1385=5540KB/s
>  Write Speed #0:        4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
>  Write Performance:     4.0x1385=5540KB/s@[0 -> 0]
>  Speed Descriptor#0:    00/0 R at 4.8x1385=6648KB/s W at 4.0x1385=5540KB/s
> READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
>  Media Book Type:       00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0]
>  Legacy lead-out at:    2295104*2KB=4700372992
> READ DISC INFORMATION:
>  Disc status:           blank
>  Number of Sessions:    1
>  State of Last Session: empty
>  "Next" Track:          1
>  Number of Tracks:      1
> READ FORMAT CAPACITIES:
>  unformatted:           2295104*2048=4700372992
>  26h(0):                2295104*2048=4700372992
> READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
>  Track State:           blank
>  Track Start Address:   0*2KB
>  Free Blocks:           2295104*2KB
>  Track Size:            2295104*2KB
> READ CAPACITY:          0*2048=0
> 
> Any ideas on why this is happening?
> 
> I can write normal CDs and DVD, but I can't use DVD that are re-writable 
> because I can't format them.
> 


I think your formatting software is broken!

I don't usually try to format DVD+RW media since it doesn't need to be 
formatted. DVD-RW needs to be formatted.

Have you tried K3B (the best DVD burning software for Linux)? It will 
do whatever formatting is required automagically.

Regards,

John Wendel