[Dvd-devel] REQUEST: Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes

[MAL]

This is about an issue I originally encountered and have had seen 3
similar cases since.

If you try and write data to a DVD-R or DVD-RW which already has some
(unrecognised, possibly also recognisable), data on, dvdrecord reports
this error as:

dvdrecord: Data will not fit on any disk.
dvdrecord: Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes.

This is just plain incorrect and has confused myself and others into
spending time trying to diagnose what was wrong, when all that was
required was to erase the DVD-RW or use another DVD-R.

So I am letting everyone know about this and asking that this be fixed
in dvdrtools, see below for an example and comments regarding it.

Cheers,
MAL


-----Forwarded Message-----

From: kunchanl <address@hidden>
To: MAL <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Question:  Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes
Date: 04 Sep 2002 07:51:45 -0700

thanks for your reply!

yes, I just found out that if I blank my CD-RW first then it wroks
fine.

Regards,
Kun-chan

On 4 Sep 2002, MAL wrote:

> Turned out it was because I had a tiny amount already burned to the
> dvd-r.  So little I couldn't see it... the error message is garbage and
> totally fails to report what was actually wrong.
>
> Used a new DVD-R and tada.
>
> Someone else mailed me with the same question as you, and it was the
> same cause for them too.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> MAL
>
>
> On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 14:51, kunchanl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >   I found your posting in Dvdrtools-users list and
> > I'm wondering if you've found a solution for your
> > problem because I've also encountered the
> > exact same problem.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > Kun-chan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > MAL address@hidden
> > 02 Aug 2002 14:05:04 +0100
> >
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> >
> > I created an iso of 5 .mpg files, with the following command:
> >
> > mkisofs -R -J -V "Test videos" -o test.iso /var/tmp/200*.mpg
> >
> > This produces:
> >
> > -rw-r--r--    1 root     root     4391436288 Aug  1 17:25 test.iso
> >
> > To burn this to a Datasafe 4.7GB 'general purpose' DVD-R, via my Pioneer
> > 104 DVD Recorder, (same as the A04), I do:
> >
> > dvdrecord -v -dao speed=3D2 dev=3D1,2,0 test.iso
> >
> > This however produces the odd output below:
> > _______
> >
> > dvdrtools - based on:
> > Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J=F6rg
> > Schilling
> > TOC Type: 1 =3D CD-ROM
> > scsidev: '1,2,0'
> > scsibus: 1 target: 2 lun: 0
> > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
> > Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
> > atapi: 1
> > Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> > Version        : 0
> > Response Format: 2
> > Capabilities   :=20
> > Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
> > Identifikation : 'DVD-RW  DVR-104 '
> > Revision       : '1.20'
> > Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
> > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
> > Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE=20
> > Supported modes: PACKET SAO
> > Drive buf size : 1638400 =3D 1600 KB
> > FIFO size      : 4194304 =3D 4096 KB
> > Track 01: data  4188 MB       =20
> > Total size:     4809 MB (476:30.08) =3D 2144256 sectors
> > Lout start:     4809 MB (476:32/06) =3D 2144256 sectors
> > Current Secsize: 2048
> > Trying to clear drive status.
> > dvdrecord: Drive needs to reload the media to return to proper status.
> >   ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
> > Disk type:    unknown
> > Manuf. index: -1
> > Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
> > dvdrecord: Data will not fit on any disk.
> > dvdrecord: Cannot write CD's >=3D 100 minutes.
> > _______
> >
> > I have tried passing the -overburn flag to dvdrecord, but it makes no
> > difference, what am I doing wrong? :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > MAL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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