On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Andy Polyakov wrote: > > I'm pretty certain this disk is finalized. > ^^^^^^ This's not good enough:-) Complement your report with > dvd+rw-mediainfo output for media in question [preferably] in burner > unit.
Well, it says it's complete, but only has one session. Does that mean the drive can't recognize the extra sessions? Or just that the disk is burned in some weird format that only Windows XP can read? root:/usr/local/src/dvd+rw-tools-5.14.4.7.4# ./dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/scd0 INQUIRY: [CREATIVE][DVD-ROM DVD6240E][0101] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 10h, DVD-ROM READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: A1h, DVD+R book [revision 1] Legacy lead-out at: 2295104*2KB=4700372992 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: complete Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: complete Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: complete Track Start Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 0*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB FABRICATED TOC: Track#1 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Track#AA : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Multi-session Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From kernel of application viewpoint reading multi-session DVD+R is no > different from reading multi-session CD. Linux kernel is capable of > multi-session playback(*), but DVD unit has to explicitly support > multi-session DVD+R playback. > (*) well, there is a bug in ide-cd module limiting DVD multi-session > playback, but one can work it around by routing even player unit through > ide-scsi. That didn't work for me. > > I don't even know if I just need to replace my drive--I > > found one vague reference to DVD+R multisession disks only being readable in > > DVD+R burners, but that can't be right. > Why can't it be right? Because the Windows XP machine that could read it didn't have a burner. > > cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info says "CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.12 > > 2000/10/18" and tells me that the drive (a Creative 6X) can read > > multisession, > > but I suspect that refers to multisession CD. > Take for habit to include the exact output, not how you interpret it. A. CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.12 2000/10/18 drive name: sr1 sr0 drive speed: 48 24 drive # of slots: 1 1 Can close tray: 1 1 Can open tray: 1 1 Can lock tray: 1 1 Can change speed: 1 1 Can select disk: 0 0 Can read multisession: 1 1 Can read MCN: 1 1 Reports media changed: 1 1 Can play audio: 1 1 Can write CD-R: 1 0 Can write CD-RW: 1 0 Can read DVD: 0 1 Can write DVD-R: 0 0 Can write DVD-RAM: 0 0 (The DVD-ROM is 0. 1 is my CD burner. This is the same results as before, when I wasn't using ide-scsi for the DVD-ROM)
