Failed to burn DVD+RW

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Wed May 3 18:24:39 UTC 2006


On 5/3/06, John Wendel <john.wendel at metnet.navy.mil> wrote:
> > FC3
> >
> > NEC_DVD Writer MD-3570A
> > TDK DVD+RW 4x
> > k3b-0.11.14-2
> >
> > Writing Mode - DAO
> > Speed - Auto
> > DVD+RW - already in the tray
> >
> >
> > Failed to burn DVD+RW with following warning;
> >
> > DVD Multisession - k3b
> > It is not possible to write multisession DVDs in DAO mode.Multisession
> > has been disabled.  --> [OK]
> >
> >
> > Waiting for disk -K3b
> > found media: DVD+RW (complete)
> > Please insert an empty medium
> > ((DVD+/-R(RW)) into drive
> >
> > _NEC DVD_RW ND-3570A
> > (/dev/hdd).
> > [Load] [Eject] [Force] [Cancel]
> >
> >
> > Clicked [Load] - no response, LED continued to glow.
> > Clicked [Eject] - the tray/DVD ejected.
> >
> > Returned the tray to the DVD Writer again and pressed [Force].  It
> > seemed starting but "Overall progress" has no indication, only 0%, for
> > prolonged time compelling me to click [Cancel] ejecting the tray
> > finally.
> >
> >
> > Debugging Output - K3b
> > System
> > -----------------------
> > K3b Version:0.11.14
> > KDE Version: 3.4.2-0.fc3.2 Red Hat
> > QT Version: 3.3.4
> >
> > growisofs
> > -----------------------
> > Warning: creating filesystem that does not conform to ISO-9660.
> > Warning: ISO-9660 filenames longer than 31 may cause buffer overflows
> > in the OS.
> > INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
> >  Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
> >  use -input-charset to override.
> >
> > growisofs comand:
> > -----------------------
> > /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdd -use-the-force-luke=notray
> > -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -speed=6
> > -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset  -appid K3B THE CD
> > KREATOR VERSION 0.11.14 (C) 2003 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM
> > -publisher  -preparer K3b - Version 0.11.14 -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1
> > -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-satimis/k3bH0ARVb.tmp -rational-rock
> > -hide-list /tmp/kde-satimis/k3bLUAwFb.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames
> > -max-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list
> > /tmp/kde-satimis/k3bWcPrqc.tmp
> > * * * END * * *
> >
> >
> > Burning on TDK DVD-RW with the same set of data, the DVD Writer started
> > to work by just clicking [BURN].  All data were bunred on DVD-RW.
> >
> >
> > Please advise how to fix this problem.  TIA
> >
> > B.R.
> > SL
>
> Try getting a newer version of K3B, I'm running 0.12.15 here. K3B has
> had a lot of bug fixes. And don't force DAO writing mode, I just set
> it to AUTO.

It happens often here too, as k3b does not frequently erase/write over
the contents already in the disk. Maybe, you should try to use
growisofs directly. I have never experienced any problem with
growisofs. Look at:

http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialCDBurn.html

Paul




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