My experience with this has been mixed, but mostly related to media. Try with different brands and/or batches of media. Also ensure that your burn speed matches the maximum speed of the media, and/or try slowing it down. I am not surprised when I create two or three 'coasters' at the start of every new spindle, till I find the proper settings for that media. Mind you I buy my stuff by the 'spindle' and go for the cheapest media I can find. Have bought alot from MemoryExpress this way.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send clug-talk mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of clug-talk digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: CD burner not finalizing (Shawn Grover) > 2. Re: CD burner not finalizing (Ralph Boland) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:13:04 -0600 > From: Shawn Grover <[email protected]> > To: CLUG General <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] CD burner not finalizing > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > There is a particular Samsung model of DVD burner that has problems > with Ubuntu. I went through two brand new drives. After all the > troubleshooting and such, it was a link to the specific hardware. > Switched to an LG model and everything worked great. This was about 1 > or 2 years ago now though. > > On 11-08-03 08:21 AM, Gustin Johnson wrote: > > That DVD age is only valid for pressed DVDs. Burned CDs and DVDs last > > for much less. > > > > It might also be a bad batch of DVDs. I have had the occasional > > defective spindle. > > > > With the cost of DVD drives these days, I can't imagine that the > > quality is there. It would not surprise me if the drive itself has > > failed. > > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John Jardine<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have not had the same problems burning CD/DVDs you've been having. > >> I've burned "lots" using my laptop and "many" using my desktop, other > >> than the odd coaster I haven't had any issues. > >> > >> If you are burning disks for backups it may be cheaper& more effective > >> to buy 3 flash drives as backup media and just rotate your usage. > >> Walmart is pretty much giving away 4GB flash drives, they're pretty > >> cheap almost everywhere. > >> > >> Media lifetimes: > >> DVDs: Up to 100 years > >> Flash: 10 years > >> > >> References: > >> http://www.taperesources.com/dvd_media.html > >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/USB_flash_drive > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 23:41 -0600, Ralph Boland wrote: > >>> I recently tried to burn a DVD (this used to work). > >>> I first ran the simulator which indicated that burning > >>> was OK but finalizing failed (what is finalizing anyway?). > >>> > >>> I was running Ubuntu 10.10 at the time so I upgraded to > >>> Ubuntu 11.04 and tried again with a different DVD. > >>> Again the finalization failed during the simulation. > >>> > >>> So I tried burning for real hoping the problem was with the > >>> simulation but the real burn failed during finalization as > >>> predicted. > >>> > >>> I am guessing the problem is with the burner. > >>> I bought my desktop computer from Memory Express about a year > >>> and a half ago so the warranty has expired. I have only burned > >>> about half a dozen CDs/DVDs with the burner. > >>> The burner of my previous computer also failed after burning about > >>> half a dozen CDs a year for about 2 years. > >>> Do anybody else have problems with failing CD/DVD burners? > >>> > >>> I plan to bring my DVD burner, a couple of DVDs, and a flash drive > >>> with the data I want backed up. > >>> > >>> I am hoping > >>> a) Someone can burn my data onto a DVD. > >>> b) Someone can take my DVD burner (+ DVD) and install it in a > >>> different computer > >>> and verify that it doesn't work. There's no rush on this as I > >>> don't plan to burn > >>> another DVD for a few months (I backup onto a flash drive > >>> between DVD backups). > >>> > >>> If my burner is dead (again) then I think I will just buy a portable > >>> hard drive and use that > >>> for backups. Not as convenient to move off site though. > >>> > >>> Comments on my negative experiences with burners on Linux welcome > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> > >>> Ralph (Rocky) Boland > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > clug-talk mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 09:41:47 -0600 > From: Ralph Boland <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] CD burner not finalizing > Message-ID: > <CAPMV+mzu0w61ziaYMxXQCQgAN=sofokjgsi1hpxo-rvr7tn...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > That DVD age is only valid for pressed DVDs. Burned CDs and DVDs last > > for much less. > > > It might also be a bad batch of DVDs. I have had the occasional > > defective spindle. > > > With the cost of DVD drives these days, I can't imagine that the > > quality is there. It would not surprise me if the drive itself has > > failed. > > All the DVDs have been good until now so it is odd to have 3 fail in a row. > However the DVDS are several years old now. Can DVDs start to fail as > they age before they have been burned? I still mostly suspect the DVD > drive. > > Ralph (Rocky) Boland > > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:52 AM, John Jardine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have not had the same problems burning CD/DVDs you've been having. > > > I've burned "lots" using my laptop and "many" using my desktop, other > > > than the odd coaster I haven't had any issues. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > End of clug-talk Digest, Vol 81, Issue 3 > **************************************** >
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