I have an optiarch CD/DVD/RW drive and Sony RW media.
I tried to blank the media:
# cdrecord -v blank=all dev=1,0,0 Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.01a15 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Joerg Schilling TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM scsidev: '1,0,0' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.36 Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'. SCSI buffer size: 64512 atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'Optiarc ' Identifikation : 'DVD+-RW AD-7930H' Revision : '100A' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM. Current: DVD-ROM Profile: DVD+R/DL Profile: DVD+R Profile: DVD+RW Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite Profile: DVD-RAM Profile: DVD-R sequential recording Profile: DVD-ROM (current) Profile: CD-RW Profile: CD-R Profile: CD-ROM Profile: Removable Disk Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM driver (mmc_dvd). Driver flags : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1802240 = 1760 KB cdrecord: Warning: Cannot read drive buffer. cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped. Current Secsize: 2048 WARNING: Phys disk size 857181 differs from rzone size 0! Prerecorded disk? WARNING: Phys start: 196608 Phys end 1053788 WARNING: Drive returns zero media size. Using media size from ADIP. Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 8 in real BLANK mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 seconds. Operation starts. This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
So, is the RW label on the Sony Media box lying?
On Fri, 2015-03-06 at 19:18 -0700, jd1008 wrote:
I have an optiarch CD/DVD/RW drive and Sony RW media.
I tried to blank the media: [snip] Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 8 in real BLANK mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write 0 seconds. Operation starts. This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
So, is the RW label on the Sony Media box lying?
I don't think it's lying, it's just that Sony isn't particularly known for high quality optical media. Check the country of origin. If it's India, Malaysia or China the problem is probably the media, particularly if it's been sitting around for awhile. If it was made in Japan or Taiwan, however, I'd continue troubleshooting.
Am 07.03.2015 um 03:18 schrieb jd1008:
This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
These lines say it all, see the BLANK command applies to CDs, not to DVD-rw's ("cdrecord --help"). Usually you *format* these media once, then, unlike CDs, you simply overwrite them.
On 03/07/15 19:52, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 07.03.2015 um 03:18 schrieb jd1008:
This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
These lines say it all, see the BLANK command applies to CDs, not to DVD-rw's ("cdrecord --help"). Usually you *format* these media once, then, unlike CDs, you simply overwrite them.
I hardly use optical media these days. But I happen to find an old Philips DVD+RW disk in a drawer. I used the cdrecord -v blank=all command on it and it worked just fine. I didn't save the output it created but there was a HINT telling me I really should be using the dvd+rw-format command.
Am 07.03.2015 um 15:15 schrieb Ed Greshko:
I hardly use optical media these days. But I happen to find an old Philips DVD+RW disk in a drawer. I used the cdrecord -v blank=all command on it and it worked just fine. I didn't save the output it created but there was a HINT telling me I really should be using the dvd+rw-format command.
Perhaps this depends on the types of drive or media. I used 'cdrecord -v blank=all' on two different DVD+RW brands and got error outputs similar to the op's, whereas the same command erased a CD-RW just fine.
On 03/08/15 01:29, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 07.03.2015 um 15:15 schrieb Ed Greshko:
I hardly use optical media these days. But I happen to find an old Philips DVD+RW disk in a drawer. I used the cdrecord -v blank=all command on it and it worked just fine. I didn't save the output it created but there was a HINT telling me I really should be using the dvd+rw-format command.
Perhaps this depends on the types of drive or media. I used 'cdrecord -v blank=all' on two different DVD+RW brands and got error outputs similar to the op's, whereas the same command erased a CD-RW just fine.
Yes, well the error was....
This drive *OR* media does not support the 'BLANK media' command
On 03/07/2015 04:49 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 01:29, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 07.03.2015 um 15:15 schrieb Ed Greshko:
I hardly use optical media these days. But I happen to find an old Philips DVD+RW disk in a drawer. I used the cdrecord -v blank=all command on it and it worked just fine. I didn't save the output it created but there was a HINT telling me I really should be using the dvd+rw-format command.
Perhaps this depends on the types of drive or media. I used 'cdrecord -v blank=all' on two different DVD+RW brands and got error outputs similar to the op's, whereas the same command erased a CD-RW just fine.
Yes, well the error was....
This drive *OR* media does not support the 'BLANK media' command
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
Use "format" instead. And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
On 03/07/2015 06:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
Use "format" instead. And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
+RW
On this drive, I have been able to burn both + and - RW/
On 03/08/15 09:22, jd1008 wrote:
On 03/07/2015 06:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
Use "format" instead. And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
+RW
On this drive, I have been able to burn both + and - RW/
So, try using dvd+rw-format command which is part of the dvd+rw-tools package.
On 03/07/2015 06:24 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 09:22, jd1008 wrote:
On 03/07/2015 06:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
Use "format" instead. And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
+RW
On this drive, I have been able to burn both + and - RW/
So, try using dvd+rw-format command which is part of the dvd+rw-tools package.
I have not tried the "format" command. Will get back to you on this.
On 03/07/2015 06:24 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 09:22, jd1008 wrote:
On 03/07/2015 06:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/08/15 07:58, jd1008 wrote:
Yes, that was cdrecord's output message. But as I said, the 100 DVD box of Sony dvd/rw media said loudly "RW".
So, I do not really know why cdrecord says what it does.
But, "RW" doesn't imply that the "blank" command is supported.
Use "format" instead. And, you also need to specify if it is -RW or +RW.
+RW
On this drive, I have been able to burn both + and - RW/
So, try using dvd+rw-format command which is part of the dvd+rw-tools package.
Same 'ting :) /usr/local/bin/dvd+rw-format -force=full /dev/sr0 * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by appro@fy.chalmers.se, version 7.1. :-( mounted media doesn't appear to be DVD±RW, DVD-RAM or Blu-ray
On 03/08/15 10:36, jd1008 wrote:
Same 'ting :) /usr/local/bin/dvd+rw-format -force=full /dev/sr0
- BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by appro@fy.chalmers.se, version 7.1.
:-( mounted media doesn't appear to be DVD±RW, DVD-RAM or Blu-ray
What does "dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0" return?
On 03/07/15 22:15, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 03/07/15 19:52, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
Am 07.03.2015 um 03:18 schrieb jd1008:
This drive or media does not support the 'BLANK media' command cdrecord: Cannot blank disk, aborting.
These lines say it all, see the BLANK command applies to CDs, not to DVD-rw's ("cdrecord --help"). Usually you *format* these media once, then, unlike CDs, you simply overwrite them.
I hardly use optical media these days. But I happen to find an old Philips DVD+RW disk in a drawer. I used the cdrecord -v blank=all command on it and it worked just fine. I didn't save the output it created but there was a HINT telling me I really should be using the dvd+rw-format command.
I err'd when I wrote the above as I actually found 2 DVD's in the drawer and the one I used was an off-brand from "Melody Group" here in Taiwan and blanking worked.
The Philips brand DVD+RW does *not* support the "blank" option when using the dvd+rw-format tool...
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dvd+rw-format -blank=full /dev/sr0 * BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by appro@fy.chalmers.se, version 7.1. * 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected. - illegal command-line option for this media. - you have the option to re-run dvd+rw-format with: -lead-out to elicit lead-out relocation for better DVD-ROM compatibility, data is not affected; -force to enforce new format (not recommended) and wipe the data.
But, if using cdrecord -v blank=all it will proceed....but I killed it before it started to wipe the disk since I found I wanted to keep the movie that was on it. :-) :-)
Am 08.03.2015 um 04:18 schrieb Ed Greshko:
I err'd when I wrote the above as I actually found 2 DVD's in the drawer and the one I used was an off-brand from "Melody Group" here in Taiwan and blanking worked.
The Philips brand DVD+RW does *not* support the "blank" option when using the dvd+rw-format tool...
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dvd+rw-format -blank=full /dev/sr0
- BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by appro@fy.chalmers.se, version 7.1.
- 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected.
- illegal command-line option for this media.
I found the dvd+rw-format man page quite readable (unlike some others) and helpful in explaining the difference between DVD-RW and DVD+RW media with respect to blanking/formatting:
<quote> To blank a DVD-RW and put in the incremental sequential mode, run: dvd+rw-format -blank=full /dev/dvd ...
-force[=full] Perform formatting even if the medium is formatted already. This is not recommended for BD-RE and DVD+RW media, since they need to be formatted only once. Use -format=full to perform full (lengthy) reformat in case of DVD-RAM ... ...
Note that DVD+RW re-formatting procedure does not substitute for blanking. If you want to nullify the media, e.g. for privacy reasons, do it explicitly with 'growisofs -Z /dev/dvd=/dev/zero'. </quote>
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