On Monday 15 December 2003 05:53, Andy Polyakov wrote: > > These errors are typical of the burned DVD+RW from other drives > > as well. The media can be erased and then reused. I have > > confirmed that the media is usable in another drive. > > So it can't read media recorded in *other* recorders either, not > only own media. At the same time *other* units can read media > recorded in it. Isn't it a definition of broken unit?
The drive CAN read media from other recorders just fine. The messages are typical of the defective recorded media when read in other drives. > > One thing comes to mind. It's possible that Nero applies OPC, > Optimal Power Calibration procedure even to DVD+RW, which might > do the trick. Note that OPC is defined in DVD-dash context only, > but there is a chance that some firmwares support or even require > it even in DVD+context. To figure this one out try following: > > - save attached program in dvd+rw-tools source catalog; > - compile it with 'g++ -o opc opc.cpp'; > - execute './opc /dev/dvd' with DVD+RW media in; > - *without* reloading media, save output from 'dvd+rw-mediainfo > /dev/dvd verbose' and send it to me; > - *without* reloading media, perform a recording with growisofs; > > Do not treat attached program as an extra "tool," but as > disposable code snippet. A. I will try it tonight. I have to go to work at the present time. But OPC could be the problem when burning DVD+RW. The CDR that I burned as a test using cdrecord was actually burned OK. And cdrecord normally uses OPC at the start of a burn. Thank you, James -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
