> I also tried to burn a disc with dvd+rw-tools (version 5.7.4.4.4), but
> this fails to (see output below).
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools-5.7.4.4.4]# ./growisofs -Z
> /dev/dvdrw=/mydocs/forcdr/za_image.iso
> Executing 'builtin_dd if=/mydocs/forcdr/za_image.iso of=/dev/dvdrw
> obs=32k seek=0'
> 0/4695205888 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:??
> 0/4695205888 ( 0.0%) @0x, remaining ??:??
> :-[ LBA=0h, SENSE KEY=5h/ASC=64h/ASCQ=00h ]
> :-[ attempt -blank=full ]
^^^^^^^^^^^ It means every word of it. The catch with
DVD-RW is that it has to be fully blanked before it can be re-user to
Incremental Sequential recording. It's the way DVD-RW is. But of course
full blanking is just dead boring and you don't actually want to seat
and wait in vain. Good news are that there're couple of alternative
ways:
1. Try to reload media, growisofs should engage DAO mode instead (reload
shouldn't be necessary, it must be a firmware bug). Keep in might that
DAO recordings come out none appendable.
2. Format your media for Restricted Overwrite with 'dvd+rw-format -force
/dev/dvdrw'. It should take less than a minute and has to be perfomed
only one time (I mean there is no need for re-format, if you want to
re-use that disc for another recording). One can argue that media
recorded in Restricted Overwrite is less compatible that one recorded in
DAO. From feedback I get it doesn't seem to be a problem in practice.
Reportedly all legacy units that could play DVD-RW media at all, could
play one recorded in Restricted Overwrite *as well.*
A.
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