>>>most likely means that your media is poorly supported by your firmware. >>>Then "3/11/05 L-EC UNCORRECTABLE ERROR" doesn't make much sense >>>either... What media is it anyway (see dvd+rw-mediainfo output for Media >>>ID)? Poor media support manifests itself in most bizarre ways. There >>>were reports that DVD-RW media acts as write-once, -twice or three >>>times. In other workds I'd really recommend to test other media brands, >>>preferably explicitly recommended by unit manufacturer, before drawing >>>final conclusions. A.
>> Ok. The media I bought are as follow: >> - TDK DVD-RW single-sided Data/Video 4.7GB 1-2x; >> - TDK DVD-R single-sided Data/Video 4.7GB 1-4x. >> >> Is there anything wrong whith these types of media? > Note that I didn't questioned media quality per se [just yet], but this > media support by your firmware. New media products are being introduced > to market all the time, some might *require* firmware update... Ok, I understand very well. >> Advices? > I still stand by "test other media brands before drawing final > conclusions." Ok, I'll test another media tomorrow or the day following tomorrow and will report the result to the list. >> Here are some informations about the report from "dvd+rw-mediainfo". >> >> 1/ Two new DVD-RW I tried to blank and which are now _not_usable_ says: >> /* First one */ >> Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential > no Media ID? No Media ID. >> :-[ READ TRACK INFORMATION failed with SK=3h/ASC=11h/ACQ=05h]: >> /* Second one */ >> Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential >> Media ID: TTG01 >> :-[ READ TRACK INFORMATION failed with SK=3h/ASC=11h/ACQ=05h]: > It's first time I observe READ TRACK INFORMATION failing and it's first > time I observe 3/11/05 code. TRACK INFORMATION is vital and > correspodning command is expected to work and so far was observed to > work under *any* circumstances. Failure most likely indicate that PMA, > Program Memory Area, is busted. Is it possible that it happened because > firmware picked inappropriate laser power for this media? Yes, it's > plausible. Note that laser power is purely firmware domain and is beyond > OS or application software control... Keep in mind that these 2 media are in these _states_ because I try to blank them with software: - one with "dvd+rw-format -blank=full /dev/cd0"; - the other using "./cdrecord-wrapper.sh -v -blank=all dev=3,0,0". >> 2/ A new DVD-RW I *never* used says: >> Mounted Media: 14h, DVD-RW Sequential >> Media ID: TDK502sakuM3 > Are these disks come from same pack? If you can confirm that they come > from same pack, then I don't know what to think. Media ID is not > supposed to change as result of recording... Yes, I buy 2 packs TDK: one contained 5 DVD-R, the other 5 DVD-RW. So, I can confirm... :( > As for Media ID not being reported for finalized DVD-R. Note that unit > reported it as DVD-ROM (see "Mounted Media"). Apparently > dvd+rw-mediainfo doesn't pull Media ID in such case (looks like bug, > I'll look into it). A. Ok, thanks, -- -jpeg.
