I'm having a bit of a problem with a new dvd recorder - supposedly it
does double layer (8.5gb/disc) using dvd-r dl (or r+). And having
tried the drive on a windoze system, it actually works.
However on Linux (I bought the drive to put on my linux box, not my
wife's windze box), it records normal dvd-r with no problems - the dvds
read just fine on every platform I've tried. BUT dvd dl records but
comes out as an expensive coaster - total junk. No system I've tried
can read it.
When recording - no underruns, etc. - ideal conditions and no problems.
The only clue I'm getting is that when I start the burn process with a
DVD-R DL (not DVD+R DL) blank, the system hangs forever before printing
the line "Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW." and then
again hangs for quite a while before starting the burn.
I even tried making up a disk with about 200 K of files on it - same
exact situation.
Strangely if I use k3b - I can't record anything on a dvd-r dl blank.
(I only had 2 dvd+r dl blanks to try and have not bought any more for
the k3b test...)
Anybody have a clue? I'm running on FC3 with kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3,
cdrecord-2.01.1-5, and all of the most recent patches. I've done web
searches but haven't found anything about this problem (I'm assuming
for now that it is a local problem).
Any suggestions/clues/URL's etc. on this one would be *greatly*
appreciated. (If there has already been a discussion about this on the
list, I have missed it and couldn't find it in my mail archives ...
sorry.)
Thanks,
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william w austin waustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Life is just another phase I'm going through. this time, anyway ..."
