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Re: Writing DVDs on Sony DRU-500A



>From: Eric Webb <ttlchaos@randomc.com>

>Has anyone had any luck with the Sony DRU-500A under Linux?  I have one of 
>these and have been trying off and on for the last year or so to get it to 
>burn DVDs.  I am not having any luck right now -- it seems to talk to the 
>drive, but seems to think that it has incorrect media in it.  I have tried 
>Sony DVD+RW's, Memorex DVD+R's, Memorex DVD-R's and Sony DVD-R's... 



>If I run "cdrecord.prodvd -dev=0,0,0 -atip -driver mmc-dvd", the drive seems 
>to return an error that I have an incompatible medium in it.  I get this 
>error with Memorex 4X DVD-R's as well as Sony DVD-R's (speed unknown).  Just 
>for kicks, I also tried a Sony DVD+RW disk in it with the same results.

>Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?  I use this same drive  to burn CD's all the 
>time, so I think this is either an issue with prodvd or my command line.  The 
>media is brand spanking new.

>--------------------------------------------------
>bash-2.05a# cdrecord.prodvd -dev=0,0,0 -atip -driver mmc_dvd
>Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01a24 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg 
>Schilling
>Unlocked features:
>Limited  features:
>scsidev: '0,0,0'
>scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
>Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
>Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
>Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>Version        : 0
>Response Format: 2
>Capabilities   :
>Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
>Identifikation : 'DVD RW DRU-500A '
>Revision       : '2.0h'
>Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>cdrecord.prodvd: WARNING: Trying to use other driver on known device.

As you may easily see, you are using this command line at your own risk
because you know what you are doing. So please don't ask _us_ about problems.

Jörg

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