Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 13 March 2006 08:00, Paul Howarth wrote: > >> cdrecord -prcap > > Thanks for the cluex4 Paul. The response I get to that command, > confirms that my drive, a > > LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S > > does not do DVD+RW disks, and thats what I have on the shelf, bought for > a previous LITE-ON drive that did do them. So I have about 45 unusable > disks unless the poster who said he could use them by manually fixating > them can post his method to do so. > One thing about using "cdrecord -prcap" is that it does not list any of the +R capabilities of the drive. If it did, it would list that it does not support them. For example, here is part of the listing for a DVD-CDRW drive: 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 not write DVD-R media Does read DVD-RAM media Does not write DVD-RAM media Does support test writing as opposed to a Duel layer DVD-RW drive. 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 The drive specs say that it does write DVD+R and DVD_RW media, but that is not listed by cdrecord. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
