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Re: Problems with dvd+rw-tools 6 and Pioneer drive



On Friday 27 January 2006 06:03, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I just did a DVD-R this morning with a Pioneer drive, as a test of the
> 6.0 version. The report is:
> INQUIRY:                [PIONEER ][DVD-RW  DVR-104 ][1.40]
> GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
>  Mounted Media:         11h, DVD-R Sequential
>  Media ID:              CMC MAG. AF1
>  Current Write Speed:   2.0x1385=2770KB/s
>  Write Speed #0:        2.0x1385=2770KB/s
>  Write Speed #1:        1.0x1385=1385KB/s
>  Speed Descriptor#0:    00/2298495 R@1.0x1385=1385KB/s W@2.0x1385=2770KB/s
>  Speed Descriptor#1:    00/2298495 R@1.0x1385=1385KB/s W@1.0x1385=1385KB/s
> READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
>  Media Book Type:       25h, DVD-R book [revision 5]
>  Legacy lead-out at:    0*2KB=0
> 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:           invisible incremental
>  Track Start Address:   0*2KB
>  Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
>  Free Blocks:           2297888*2KB
>  Track Size:            2297888*2KB
> READ CAPACITY:          0*2048=0
>
> and it worked perfectly. Media is some "whatever was cheapest no-name"
> from a computer show. They have been working fine in all my machines,
> and cost me $50 for 4x100 spindles. The name is "ValueDisk." I believe
> they will run up to 8x in a more modern burner, but my newest D/L unit
> is powered down for a drive install, so I am not motivated to test more
> tonight.
>
> growisofs 6.0 works fine for me here, with cheap or HP DVD-R, and with
> LITEON LDW-451S unit, although dvd+rw-mediainfo can't give me info on
> the liteon (2.6.15 kernel, old ones work).

But your drive - the Pioneer DVR-104 - has a minimal DVD writing speed of 1x 
(see 
http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/pna/article/0,,2076_4249_47473,00.html).  

So my guess about the problem with the speed-option of version 6.0 for drives 
with minimal burning speeds > 1x is still a possible explanation for the 
behaviour of growisofs with my drive.



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