Re: dvd+rw-tools on liteon drive
On 23. July 2004 at 8:11AM +1000,
Brad Plant <bplant@westnet.com.au> wrote:
> I have a liteon 812S dual format 8x dvd burner. I have found
> that when burning ritek 4x dvd-r, the discs get burnt at 8x
> resulting in errors. Also, the discs get burnt at 8x even when
> i specify to burn them at 2x, 4x or 8x. I use k3b, however I
> have also tested it on the command line.
>
> dvd+rw-format reports the following:
Shouldn't you be using dvd+rw-mediainfo?
> root : dvd+rw-format /dev/cdroms/cdrom1
> * DVD¿?RW/-RAM format utility by <appro@fy.chalmers.se>, version 4.10.
> :-( mounted media doesn't appear to be DVD¿?RW or DVD-RAM
$ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hdd
INQUIRY: [LITE-ON ][DVDRW LDW-851S ][GS08]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
:-( no media mounted, exiting...
> This is as of version 5.20.4.10.8, however version 5.13.4.7.4
> would report that the disc was an 8x disc.
>
> following is a list of what the disc would get burnt at given
> different speed parameters:
> specified actual
> 1x 4x
> 2x 8x
> 4x 8x
> 8x 8x
>
> This is my second batch of ritek dvd-r. The first batch all
> burnt at 4x without any hassles. I think that was because the
> last batch of dvd-r were detected as 4x, not 8x.
I have yet to test version 5.20.4.10.8 on -R media, but I've
successfully burnt a +R yesterday using speed=1, which burnt the
+R at 2.5x.
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