can burn cds but not dvds on F8

[Globe Trotter]

Hi,

I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8

I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter. So, I use the following:

cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
 
      which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. 

      However, the same command using 

cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso

     does not. Instead, it produces the following:



wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '/dev/scd1'
devname: '/dev/scd1'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.6
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identification : 'DVD RW DRU-510A '
Revision       : '1.0b'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x001B (DVD+R)
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) (current)
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) 
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) 
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) 
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) 
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) 
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 4718592 = 4608 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
Drive DMA Speed: 12430 kB/s 70x CD 8x DVD
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data  3414 MB        
Total size:     3921 MB (388:31.72) = 1748379 sectors
Lout start:     3922 MB (388:33/54) = 1748379 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction.
Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks remaining: 546725
Speed set to 5540 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real unknown mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd: retryable error
CDB:  53 00 00 00 00 00 1A AD 9B 00
status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS)
cmd finished after 41.461s timeout 40s
wodim: Cannot open new session.
Writing  time:   42.273s
wodim: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.



I have tried every possible blank DVD (including some bought new just today) and come with
the same thing over and over again.

Any suggestions please? By the way, here is the output for 

cdrecord --scanbus
scsibus1:
        1,0,0   100) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-ROM SC-148A  ' 'B403'
Removable CD-ROM
        1,1,0   101) *
        1,2,0   102) *
        1,3,0   103) *
        1,4,0   104) *
        1,5,0   105) *
        1,6,0   106) *
        1,7,0   107) *
scsibus3:
        3,0,0   300) 'SONY    ' 'DVD RW DRU-510A ' '1.0b'
Removable CD-ROM
        3,1,0   301) *
        3,2,0   302) *
        3,3,0   303) *
        3,4,0   304) *
        3,5,0   305) *
        3,6,0   306) *
        3,7,0   307) *




Many thanks and best wishes,
Trotter

[Robert]

Globe Trotter wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8
>  
>  I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter. So, I use the following:
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
>   
>        which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. 
>  
>        However, the same command using 
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  
>       does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>  
>  
>  
>  wodim: No write mode specified.
>  wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
>  wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
>  TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
>  scsidev: '/dev/scd1'
>  devname: '/dev/scd1'
>  scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
>  Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
>  Wodim version: 1.1.6
>  SCSI buffer size: 64512
>  Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>  Version        : 0
>  Response Format: 2
>  Capabilities   : 
>  Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
>  Identification : 'DVD RW DRU-510A '
>  Revision       : '1.0b'
>  Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>  Current: 0x001B (DVD+R)
>  Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) (current)
>  Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) 
>  Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) 
>  Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) 
>  Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) 
>  Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
>  Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) 
>  Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) 
>  Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
>  Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
>  Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
>  Supported modes: PACKET SAO
>  Drive buf size : 4718592 = 4608 KB
>  Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
>  communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
>  Drive DMA Speed: 12430 kB/s 70x CD 8x DVD
>  FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
>  Track 01: data  3414 MB        
>  Total size:     3921 MB (388:31.72) = 1748379 sectors
>  Lout start:     3922 MB (388:33/54) = 1748379 sectors
>  Current Secsize: 2048
>  HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction.
>  Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks remaining: 546725
>  Speed set to 5540 KB/s
>  Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real unknown mode for single session.
>  Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds. Operation starts.
>  Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
>  Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd: retryable error
>  CDB:  53 00 00 00 00 00 1A AD 9B 00
>  status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS)
>  cmd finished after 41.461s timeout 40s
>  wodim: Cannot open new session.
>  Writing  time:   42.273s
>  wodim: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
>  wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.
>  
>  
>  
>  I have tried every possible blank DVD (including some bought new just today) and come
> with the same thing over and over again.
>  
>  Any suggestions please? By the way, here is the output for 
>  
>  cdrecord --scanbus
>  scsibus1:
>          1,0,0   100) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-ROM SC-148A  ' 'B403'
> Removable CD-ROM
>          1,1,0   101) *
>          1,2,0   102) *
>          1,3,0   103) *
>          1,4,0   104) *
>          1,5,0   105) *
>          1,6,0   106) *
>          1,7,0   107) *
>  scsibus3:
>          3,0,0   300) 'SONY    ' 'DVD RW DRU-510A ' '1.0b'
> Removable CD-ROM
>          3,1,0   301) *
>          3,2,0   302) *
>          3,3,0   303) *
>          3,4,0   304) *
>          3,5,0   305) *
>          3,6,0   306) *
>          3,7,0   307) *
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Many thanks and best wishes,
>  Trotter
>  
>  
>        
>   
Try:

# growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd1=Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso

(man growisofs  look at the 4th example.)

Good luck.

[Antonio Olivares]

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Globe Trotter <itsme_410(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:

>  From: Globe Trotter <itsme_410(a)yahoo.com&gt;
>  Subject: can burn cds but not dvds on F8
>  To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 4:32 PM
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8
>  
>  I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter.
>  So, I use the following:
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1
>  Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
>   
>        which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. 
>  
>        However, the same command using 
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1
>  Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  
>       does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>  
>  
>  
>  wodim: No write mode specified.
>  wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
>  wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive
>  dependent defaults.
>  TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
>  scsidev: '/dev/scd1'
>  devname: '/dev/scd1'
>  scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
>  Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
>  Wodim version: 1.1.6
>  SCSI buffer size: 64512
>  Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>  Version        : 0
>  Response Format: 2
>  Capabilities   : 
>  Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
>  Identification : 'DVD RW DRU-510A '
>  Revision       : '1.0b'
>  Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>  Current: 0x001B (DVD+R)
>  Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) (current)
>  Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) 
>  Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) 
>  Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) 
>  Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) 
>  Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
>  Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) 
>  Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) 
>  Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
>  Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
>  Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
>  Supported modes: PACKET SAO
>  Drive buf size : 4718592 = 4608 KB
>  Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment
>  variable if device
>  communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
>  Drive DMA Speed: 12430 kB/s 70x CD 8x DVD
>  FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
>  Track 01: data  3414 MB        
>  Total size:     3921 MB (388:31.72) = 1748379 sectors
>  Lout start:     3922 MB (388:33/54) = 1748379 sectors
>  Current Secsize: 2048
>  HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for
>  information extraction.
>  Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks
>  remaining: 546725
>  Speed set to 5540 KB/s
>  Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real unknown
>  mode for single session.
>  Last chance to quit, starting real write in    0 seconds.
>  Operation starts.
>  Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input
>  buffer ready.
>  Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd:
>  retryable error
>  CDB:  53 00 00 00 00 00 1A AD 9B 00
>  status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS)
>  cmd finished after 41.461s timeout 40s
>  wodim: Cannot open new session.
>  Writing  time:   42.273s
>  wodim: fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
>  wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill
>  was 100%.
>  
>  
>  
>  I have tried every possible blank DVD (including some
>  bought new just today) and come with the same thing over
>  and over again.
>  
>  Any suggestions please? By the way, here is the output for 
>  
>  cdrecord --scanbus
>  scsibus1:
>          1,0,0   100) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-ROM SC-148A
>   ' 'B403' Removable CD-ROM
>          1,1,0   101) *
>          1,2,0   102) *
>          1,3,0   103) *
>          1,4,0   104) *
>          1,5,0   105) *
>          1,6,0   106) *
>          1,7,0   107) *
>  scsibus3:
>          3,0,0   300) 'SONY    ' 'DVD RW
>  DRU-510A ' '1.0b' Removable CD-ROM
>          3,1,0   301) *
>          3,2,0   302) *
>          3,3,0   303) *
>          3,4,0   304) *
>          3,5,0   305) *
>          3,6,0   306) *
>          3,7,0   307) *
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  Many thanks and best wishes,
>  Trotter
>  
>  
>        
>  
>  --  
If you want to burn DVD's with cdrecord, you need to download and compile
the real cdrecord.  

http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html

Get the latest one from here:

ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/

Otherwise, to burn dvd's in Fedora without the real cdrecord, you may use growisofs
which can also do the job  

/*****  straight from man page *****/
To use growisofs to write a pre-mastered ISO-image to a DVD:

            growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso

/*****  end from man page *****/

$ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso

should do the job that you want. :) 

Regards,

Antonio

[Frank Elsner]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:35 -0700 (PDT) Globe Trotter wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8
>  
>  I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter. So, I use the following:
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
>   
>        which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. 
>  
>        However, the same command using 
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso 
                   
                                         ^

Typo in mail? This should read              Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
                                                             ^


--Frank Elsner

[Bill Davidsen]

Globe Trotter wrote:
>  Hi,
>  
>  I am using cdrecord on F8, wodim:1.1.6-6.fc8
>  
>  I have been having a strange problem using my cd/dvdwriter. So, I use the following:
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso
>   
>        which works just fine when writing to a CD-R. 
>  
>        However, the same command using 
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  
>       does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>  
>  
>  
>  wodim: No write mode specified.
>  wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
>  wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
>   
First problem, note that although you requested cdrecord you actually 
got a forked and hacked version called "wodim," based on an old and 
obsolete version of cdrecord. It is linked as cdrecord to make you think 
you have the real thing, but you don't.

Your choices are these:
  (a) use growisofs
  (b) download and compile real cdrecord from
      ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/
  (c) use cdrskin

The (b) option will install in /opt/schily/bin, and requires running as 
root or setuid root, because the program uses vendor-specific commands 
where needed and the kernel blocks them. I install the real cdrecord as 
CDrecord, in /usr/local/bin, setuid root. That reminds me it's not the 
Fedora hack.

I find (a) easier to use in many cases, and (b) to work with a few more 
burners. I only put (c) last because I haven't used it much, since only 
cdrecord supports the features needed to burn SVCD video disks.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen(a)tmr.com&gt;
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot

[Globe Trotter]

 don't have it already.
>  
>  Or you could try cdrecord with '-dao' (disk-at-once
>  mode) since you're
>  recording an entire ISO image and hence don't need
>  multisession support. 
Thanks very much! This did it!!

Best,
Trotter

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 17:12 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
>  
>  
>  --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  > From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  > Subject: Re: can burn cds but not dvds on F8
>  > To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  > Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 7:53 PM
>  > On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 16:32 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
>  > > cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1
>  > Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  > > 
>  > >      does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>  > > 
>  > 
>  > Does your drive support 24x for DVDs?
>  
>  Thanks very much, Patrick!
>  
>  Yes, it does. Actually, looking through my logs, it appears that I have been successful
> in the past. The following worked a month ago:
>  
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-x86_64-Live.iso  
Just because it didn't fail doesn't mean it actually ran at 24x. From
your earlier message:

        Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
        communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
        Drive DMA Speed: 12430 kB/s 70x CD 8x DVD
        FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
        Track 01: data  3414 MB        
        Total size:     3921 MB (388:31.72) = 1748379 sectors
        Lout start:     3922 MB (388:33/54) = 1748379 sectors
        Current Secsize: 2048
        HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction.
        Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks remaining: 546725
        Speed set to 5540 KB/s
        Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real unknown mode for single session.

Of course it also depends on the brand of DVD blank. Anyway, that in
itself doesn't explain why it's not working now.

>  > Have you tried using k3b (or brasero)?
>  
>  No. I tried brasero earlier, but my buttons are pretty much not operable. Can't click
> despite it appearing that I should be able to....so decided to stick to my trusted command
> line cdrecord....I guess not.... 
I've had good results with k3b, but you'd need to install at least part
of KDE to get it if you don't have it already.

Or you could try cdrecord with '-dao' (disk-at-once mode) since you're
recording an entire ISO image and hence don't need multisession support.

poc

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 16:32 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
>  cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  
>       does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>   
Does your drive support 24x for DVDs?

Have you tried using k3b (or brasero)?

poc

[Globe Trotter]

--- On Mon, 6/30/08, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  From: Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan(a)gmail.com&gt;
>  Subject: Re: can burn cds but not dvds on F8
>  To: fedora-list(a)redhat.com
>  Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 7:53 PM
>  On Mon, 2008-06-30 at 16:32 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
>  > cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1
>  Fedora-9-i386-DVD-iso
>  > 
>  >      does not. Instead, it produces the following:
>  > 
>  
>  Does your drive support 24x for DVDs? 
Thanks very much, Patrick!

Yes, it does. Actually, looking through my logs, it appears that I have been successful in
the past. The following worked a month ago:

cdrecord -v -eject speed=24 dev=/dev/scd1 Fedora-9-x86_64-Live.iso 

>  Have you tried using k3b (or brasero)? 
No. I tried brasero earlier, but my buttons are pretty much not operable. Can't click
despite it appearing that I should be able to....so decided to stick to my trusted command
line cdrecord....I guess not....

Best,
Trotter