My attempts to burn data DVD's with k3b and dvd+rw-tools were not going well (I saw errors like :-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=30310h, retry in 47ms and got I/O errors when attempting to read the resulting disks.) See the thread at http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9528934&forum_id=1927 for details.
On the advice there, I upgraded my firmware and went to 6.0 of dvd+rw-tools (thanks to Andy Polyakov and the Debian package maintainer, Daniel Baumann). The result seems to work. However, there are a few remaining issues. First, although the drive and media supposedly can do 16x, and mediainfo says they can do 12x, and v 5 of dvd tools said 12x, this version says 6x is the speed. While slow and reliable is better than fast and unreliable, I'd prefer fast and reliable :) Also, it's not apparent to me where the decision to go with 6x is getting made. Second, one of the 2 successful burns showed this in the log 1605632/4079517696 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 804:15 RBU 100.0% :-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=310h, keep retrying in 94ms 1605632/4079517696 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 931:14 RBU 100.0% Both show a very slow startup, though I gather this may be normal. I see the code is littered with special cases for Pioneer drives. Are they defective, or just weird? Can anyone suggest where I could direct the suggestion to Pioneer to cooperate with open source developers, i.e., Andy? Also, k3b verification fails, but I think that's a k3b issue since when I diff the dvd against the original things are OK. I'm running on a Debian system with a mix of testing and unstable. Some more specifics appear below: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.10 KDE Version: 3.5.0 QT Version: 3.3.5 Kernel: 2.6.14 Devices ----------------------- PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D 1.37 (/dev/hda, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Jump; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite; Layer Jump] K3b ----------------------- Size of filesystem calculated: 2028169 Used versions ----------------------- growisofs: 6.0 growisofs ----------------------- Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hda obs=32k seek=0' /dev/hda: "Current Write Speed" is 6.1x1385KBps. 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 301:41 RBU 100.0% 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 430:59 RBU 100.0% 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 603:23 RBU 100.0% 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 732:41 RBU 100.0% :-? the LUN appears to be stuck writing LBA=310h, keep retrying in 94ms 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 861:59 RBU 100.0% 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 1034:22 RBU 100.0% 1605632/4153690112 ( 0.0%) @0.0x, remaining 1163:40 RBU 100.0% .... 4138926080/4153690112 (99.6%) @5.2x, remaining 0:01 RBU 44.0% /dev/hda: flushing cache /dev/hda: closing track /dev/hda: closing disc growisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hda=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2028169 -dvd-compat -speed=12 mkisofs ----------------------- 2028169 INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings. Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem, use -input-charset to override. 0.03% done, estimate finish Sun Jan 22 16:15:02 2006 0.05% done, estimate finish Sun Jan 22 16:15:02 2006 99.97% done, estimate finish Sun Jan 22 16:23:53 2006 .... 99.99% done, estimate finish Sun Jan 22 16:23:53 2006 Total translation table size: 0 Total rockridge attributes bytes: 1653 Total directory bytes: 0 Path table size(bytes): 10 Max brk space used 21000 2028169 extents written (3961 MB) mkisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid 2005-12-03_2005-12-30 -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2005 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-root/k3b4bBOWa.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-root/k3bkDe4Nb.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-root/k3bY9OfIa.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-root/k3brIXOPa.tmp -------------------------------------------- # dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/hda INQUIRY: [PIONEER ][DVD-RW DVR-110D][1.37] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 1Bh, DVD+R Media ID: RICOHJPN/R03 Current Write Speed: 12.0x1385=16620KB/s Write Speed #0: 12.0x1385=16620KB/s Write Speed #1: 8.0x1385=11080KB/s Write Speed #2: 6.0x1385=8310KB/s Write Speed #3: 4.0x1385=5540KB/s Speed Descriptor#0: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#1: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#2: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s Speed Descriptor#3: 00/2295103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s [EMAIL PROTECTED]/s 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: 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: 2295104*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 ----------------------------- Media are Memorex DVD+R 16x, which are not on Pioneer's compatibility list for high speed with this drive. However, I think Ricoh is, and I notice the ID reported above has Ricoh in it (?!). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
