I had an idea -- this thing happned also with a 1x to 4x CD-RW . Here is the command , and results:
gandalf# cdrecord -v -ignsize dev=/dev/rcd0d -audio -pad foo.wad cdrecord -v -ignsize dev=/dev/rcd0d -audio -pad foo.wad cdrecord: No write mode specified. cdrecord: Assuming -sao mode. cdrecord: If your drive does not accept -sao, try -tao. cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive dependent defaults. Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.02 2022/08/18 (amd64-unknown-netbsd10.0.) Copyright (C) 1995-2019 Joerg Schilling TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA scsidev: '/dev/rcd0d' devname: '/dev/rcd0d' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. SCSI buffer size: 61440 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'ASUS ' Identifikation : 'DRW-24F1ST d ' Revision : '1.00' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM. Current: CD-RW Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording Profile: DVD+R/DL Profile: DVD+R Profile: DVD+RW Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite Profile: DVD-RAM Profile: DVD-R sequential recording Profile: DVD-ROM Profile: CD-RW (current) Profile: CD-R Profile: CD-ROM (current) Profile: Removable Disk Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 362208 = 353 KB cdrecord: Warning: Cannot read drive buffer. cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped. FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open 'foo.wad'. gandalf# On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM Benny Siegert <bsieg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am using 'cdrecord' -- it didnt have this prob (about 1yr ago) . > > > > Then this happens -- why? > > Can you elaborate on the symptoms? Is there an error message? > > Many audio CD players do not like CD-RWs, so maybe that's the problem. > I would go with a plain CD-R. > > -- > Benny
