Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

[Seth Kurtzberg <seth@cql.com>]

I think that it is a safe bet that if you have visible damage on the 
DVD, your hardware (drive) has problems.  Nothing is 100% certain, but 
that is close to 100% certain, especially as the same hardware used to work.

Seth


Torsten Römer wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Usually, burning DVDs worked pretty fine for me. But in the last time, 
> it fails more and more frequently.
>
> I can already hear when it is going to fail: On the beginning of the 
> burning process the drive speeds up, then slows down again and sounds 
> a click. Then burning either fails with an I/O error or continues. If 
> it continued, it is even possible to see the error on the disc: Some 
> very few "rings" are written, then nothing, then the rest. These discs 
> are then usually not playable. If I try to burn the same image again 
> it usually works after one or two more attempts.
>
> I use SuSE Linux 9.2 (Kernel 2.6.8) with dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8 and 
> an NEC1300 IDE drive with newest firmware 1.0B. The media used (Sony) 
> is in the list of recommended media for that drive. My harddisk is 
> quite fast and the system load is low.
>
> Is my DVD burner breaking down? Is one of my 
> Kernel/dvd+rw-tools/firmware version bad?
>
> Any hint is greatly appreciated.
>
> Torsten