[Dorset] New DVD writing error

2012-06-14 Thread Peter Merchant
Hi I have just replaced my old IDE DVD writer with a new Samsung SH-222BB from Novatech. This new one is a SATA drive. At that price I bought 2. I am using K3b to try and write a DVD data disc of photo's, and it fails. the error output is below. Can anyone point me at somewhere to look to

Re: [Dorset] New DVD writing error

2012-06-14 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Peter, :-[ CLOSE SESSION failed with SK=5h/CANNOT FORMAT MEDIUM - INCOMPATIBLE MEDIUM]: Wrong medium type Is this a blank disk from old stock that you've had a while? Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2012-06-12 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ...

Re: [Dorset] New DVD writing error

2012-06-14 Thread Victor Parr
Hi just wondered if you had tried uninstalling your burning software and reinsatalling so the setup had a chance to point to the sata channel rather than the ide channel. just a thought and have you checked that the burner can write the disk type your using (plus or minus) almost every burner

Re: [Dorset] New DVD writing error

2012-06-14 Thread Andrew Morgan
On 14/06/2012 20:36, Peter Merchant wrote: Devices --- TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-222BB SB00 (/dev/sr0, 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-RAM, DVD-RW