[Tfug] Growisofs vs CDrecord-ProDVD

[Charles R. Kiss]

I prefer the command line (K3B is nice looking, but I don't trust it 
completely for the same reason I didn't like XCDRoast), but for some 
reason, I haven't yet successfully burned a DVD (commercially protected 
or unprotected) using either growisofs or CDrecord-ProDVD.

Could it be that I'm using single layer DVD's on a dual layer DVD 
player?  Is it a hardware issue?  According to the command below, the 
model is a SONY DVD RW DRU-810A.  My filesystem is ext3 (as far as I can 
remember) and I run Debian Sarge 3.0.

Thanks for your input; I'll try to work with growisofs from now on.

Charles


*house:/home/charles# cdrecord dev=ATA:1,1,0 -prcap*

Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 
Jörg Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of 
cdrecord
      and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
      Please send bug reports and support requests to 
<cdrtools at packages.debian.org>.
      The original author should not be bothered with problems of this 
version.

cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-3-k7
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes.
cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root 
programs.
cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account.
scsidev: 'ATA:1,1,0'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: 1 target: 1 lun: 0
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 3
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identifikation : 'DVD RW DRU-810A '
Revision       : '1.0a'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does read DVD-ROM media
  Does read DVD-R media
  Does write DVD-R media
  Does not read DVD-RAM media
  Does not write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

  Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
  Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
  Does read digital audio blocks
  Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
  Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
  Does read multi-session CDs
  Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
  Does not read CD bar code
  Does read R-W subcode information
  Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
  Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
  Does return CD media catalog number
  Does return CD ISRC information
  Does not support C2 error pointers
  Does not deliver composite A/V data

  Does play audio CDs
  Number of volume control levels: 2
  Does not support individual volume control setting for each channel
  Does not support independent mute setting for each channel
  Does not support digital output on port 1
  Does support digital output on port 2
  Does not send digital data LSB-first
  Does not set LRCK high for left-channel data
  Does not have valid data on falling edge of clock
  Length of data in BCLKs: 32

  Loading mechanism type: tray
  Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
  Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
  Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
  Is not currently in a media-locked state
  Does not support changing side of disk
  Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
  Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

  Maximum read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Current read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Maximum write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Current write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
  Buffer size in KB: 2048
  Copy management revision supported: 1
  Number of supported write speeds: 5
  Write speed # 0:  7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
  Write speed # 1:  5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  32x, DVD  4x)
  Write speed # 2:  4234 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
  Write speed # 3:  2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  16x, DVD  2x)
  Write speed # 4:  2117 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  12x, DVD  1x)
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