On Sun, 2006-01-01 at 10:48 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Pioneer A106. I.e. not Ricoh.
Pioneer is _not_ a DVD+RW firmware drive. It is a DVD-RW firmware drive. And Pioneer produces very _poor_ DVD+R media as a result. I think we've been through this. It wouldn't surprise me if your A106 is recording to the DVD+R in an _improper_ way, using the DVD-R approach -- which is why Anand (under Windows no less) had such poor results in his review of the 06 series a few months back with DVD+R in Pioneer DVD-RW drives. > Yes. Very. Then the Pioneer must be putting the DVD+RW in DVD-R emulation mode, something Sony/Philips _never_ supported. DVD-RAM and DVD-RW can do such. > And look, here, the software agrees with me too: > Current: DVD+RW > Profile: DVD+R > Profile: DVD+RW (current) > Profile: DVD-RW sequential overwrite > Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite > Profile: DVD-R sequential recording > Profile: DVD-ROM > Profile: CD-RW > Profile: CD-R > Profile: CD-ROM That's just the software reporting what the _drive_ says it supports, *NOT* whether or not these formats can be written to. > Jörg writes about -prodvd in the README dated Aug 2004 (and Oct 05): > only. This is the reason why support for DVD+R/RW did appear first > at 14.4.2003 in cdrecord-ProDVD. These drives use a completely > different command set and completely different usage paradigmas. > As I received the DVD+R/RW drive samples too late for the 2.0 release > (although developer samples have been available more than 6 months > earlier) DVD+ support is only available in release 2.01. > The way I read that is that the software is expected to burn DVD+R(W) > media in those drives capable of doing so. So my advice that it's > expected to work was correct (whether I've read the -prodvd manual or > not). You keep mixing concepts. I have tried to educate you on this, and how drive support is rather varied. Once again, even Jorg gives it to you ... "These drives use a completely different command set and completely different usage paradigmas." CD-R/DVD-R is recorded in byte-by-byte, impossible for DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW. So the Pioneer must be putting the DVD+RW in DVD-R emulation mode. Good luck with cross drive compatibility -- especially earlier DVD players! > Typical for people with an I-know-it-all attitude problem to not admit > when they've been wrong. Especially when they've just let off a personal > tirade on false grounds. I'm not "all knowing." You keep giving repeatedly *BAD* advise to new users based on your *LIMITED* drive experience. I have just about _every_ LG GSA-408x/416x model _ever_ produced. I know what these things can do. -- Bryan J. Smith mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------ Some things (or athletes) money can't buy. For everything else there's "ManningCard." _______________________________________________ Dvdrtools-users mailing list Dvdrtools-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/dvdrtools-users
