on Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12RA

[Pablo Rodriguez <oinos@web.de>]

Hi there,

my DVD burner (Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12RA) seems to have some problems
when burning dvd-rw discs, although it burns CDs fine (my distribution 
is MDK 9.2 with kernel 2.4.22, scsi emulation, cdrecord-clone 
2.01a38-dvd, k3b 0.10.3 and dvd+rw-tools 5.18.4.8.6). Since I have 
burned dvd-rw discs sucessfully before, I'm even afraid that the unit is 
somehow physically damaged. Is it possible that dvd burning part is 
damaged and the cd burning part works perfect?

Searching the web for some information on this topic, I found the 
product specifications for my dvd-rw drive at the followiing address:
http://www.go-l.com/_pdfs/laptop_2xdvd_dual.pdf. Although the laptop 
manufacturer (Acer) claims that the Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12RA only burns 
DVD-R(s), reading the document it seems that this burner is able to burn 
DVD+R(W)s also, isn't it?

The k3b 0.11.4 version which comes with MDK 10.1 RC1 provides in the 
device info that my dvd drive can burn DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W) discs. I 
have also read in a German mailing list (for Windows users) that the 
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12RA is able to burn +R(W) discs.

Does the Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K12RA burn +R(W) discs?

Thanks for your help,


Pablo