Re: ADV: Re: growisofs problem with non +RW media on Samsung TS-542A
Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se> writes:
> This is formally impossible state, blank DVD-RW in Sequential mode
> with lead-out at less than 4.7GB. Was it written before? If yes, then
> you should know that Sequential mode requires blanking procedure to be
> applied before you can re-use media. Alternative is to format for
> Restricted Overwrite with dvd+rw-format -force in which case it will
> act more like DVD+RW. If media wasn't written before that it's simply
> not recognized by your firmware and you should either upgrade or
> switch to another media brand.
It's possible that the media are faulty. cdrecord-pro and Nero don't
like them much either. But I have the same problem with normal DVD-R's
that cdrecord-pro and Nero write perfectly fine.
black:/home/mal# dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hda
INQUIRY: [TSSTcorp][CD/DVDW TS-H542A][TS03]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential
Current Write Speed: 4.0x1385=5520KB/s
Write Speed #0: 4.0x1385=5520KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 4.2x1385=5809KB/s@[0 -> 0]
Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11040KB/s W@4.0x1385=5520KB/s
Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 R@8.0x1385=11040KB/s W@2.0x1385=2760KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]:
Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5]
Legacy lead-out at: 16424665*2KB=33637713920
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5]
Last border-out at: 16424665*2KB=33637713920
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 2298496*2KB
Track Size: 2298496*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048
black:/home/mal# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hda=test.img
Executing 'builtin_dd if=test.img of=/dev/hda obs=32k seek=0'
:-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=02h]: Wrong medium type
> For the reference. I have received a problem report from another
> TS-H542A/TS03 user claiming that growisofs fails to start DVD+R
> recording with ":-( none Mode 1 track" error message. It's TSSTcorp
> firmware glitch which will be worked around in upcoming dvd+rw-tools
> update. A.
I thought firmware might be part of it and I've flashed the drive to
the latest version of the firmware available (TS03).
--
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A professional practices until she can't get it wrong.
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