Andy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is formally impossible state, blank DVD-RW in Sequential mode > with lead-out at less than 4.7GB. Was it written before? If yes, then > you should know that Sequential mode requires blanking procedure to be > applied before you can re-use media. Alternative is to format for > Restricted Overwrite with dvd+rw-format -force in which case it will > act more like DVD+RW. If media wasn't written before that it's simply > not recognized by your firmware and you should either upgrade or > switch to another media brand.
It's possible that the media are faulty. cdrecord-pro and Nero don't like them much either. But I have the same problem with normal DVD-R's that cdrecord-pro and Nero write perfectly fine. black:/home/mal# dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hda INQUIRY: [TSSTcorp][CD/DVDW TS-H542A][TS03] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 11h, DVD-R Sequential Current Write Speed: 4.0x1385=5520KB/s Write Speed #0: 4.0x1385=5520KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 4.2x1385=5809KB/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -> 0] Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#10h]: Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] Legacy lead-out at: 16424665*2KB=33637713920 READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 25h, DVD-R book [revision 5] Last border-out at: 16424665*2KB=33637713920 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: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2298496*2KB Track Size: 2298496*2KB READ CAPACITY: 1*2048=2048 black:/home/mal# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hda=test.img Executing 'builtin_dd if=test.img of=/dev/hda obs=32k seek=0' :-[ PERFORM OPC failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=02h]: Wrong medium type > For the reference. I have received a problem report from another > TS-H542A/TS03 user claiming that growisofs fails to start DVD+R > recording with ":-( none Mode 1 track" error message. It's TSSTcorp > firmware glitch which will be worked around in upcoming dvd+rw-tools > update. A. I thought firmware might be part of it and I've flashed the drive to the latest version of the firmware available (TS03). -- An amateur practices until he gets it right, A professional practices until she can't get it wrong. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
