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Re: Fuji Film DVD's don't work with growisofs and sony dru500



> Having some problems burning a video DVD+R disk. The information
> is below on what happened. Is there anything else I can try
> before trying a different brand?

Hardly. Given the provided information there is a chance that your unit
is broken and you might have to ask for replacement. Point is that ... 

>  Media ID:              RICOHJPN/R00
                          ^^^^^^^^ ... this is a solid brand ...

> $ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
> INQUIRY:                [SONY    ][DVD RW DRU-500A ][2.0f]
> GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
> :-( no media mounted, exiting...

... and media is apparently just busted during recording.

> *********************************************************
> Using the same growisofs command below on dvd+rw media. This
> works fine.

As far as I understand DVD+R recording implies modified circuitry,
meaning that success with DVD+RW doesn't necessarily mean DVD+R
circuitry (an extra capacitor maybe?) is intact.

> *********************************************************
> $ dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd
> INQUIRY:                [SONY    ][DVD RW DRU-500A ][2.0f]
> GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
>  Mounted Media:         1Ah, DVD+RW
>  Speed Descriptor#0:    00/2295103 R@2.4x1385=3324KB/s W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
>  Speed Descriptor#1:    00/2295103 R@2.4x1385=3324KB/s W@2.0x1385=2770KB/s

The fact that it offers 2.0x (in last line) is rather strange too... It
should offer 2.4x alone... It *might* happen that it's nothing wrong
with optics and electronics per se, but firmware image is busted and
unit applies inappropriate laser power during DVD+R recording. One way
or another there is big chance that you have to ask for replacement
unit. A.



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