January 23, 2020 8:43 PM, "John Jason Jordan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 02:18:53 +0000
> [email protected] dijo:
> 
>> I have a burner that says MODISC on it and a 100 gig blank M disc.
>> Brasero says there is no media though.
>> 
>> How do I verify that my Blu ray burner can burn M discs let alone 100
>> gig media?
> 
> Not all Blu-ray burners are equal. Some can only burn 25G discs, some
> 50G and others full 100G media. The make and model number is a start,
> and sometimes you need the serial number to determine what it can do.
> you might be able to get those with sudo lshw.
> 
> Also, my favorite trick is to put the media in upside down and then
> wonder why the burner software says there is no media.
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           *-cdrom:1
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: BDDVDRW UH12NS30
                vendor: HL-DT-ST
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
                logical name: /dev/sr1
                version: 1.03
                capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready
              *-medium
                   physical id: 0
                   logical name: /dev/sr1

It's an LG brand burner and it says MODISC on the front, but it is older than 
my external drive.
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