[Dvdrtools-users] Not able to Record in DVD-Writer (Pioneer External Drive)

[R Kiran]

HI

I have External DVD-RW . I am trying this first time on Linux 8.0
(Redhat). I am able to recognise DVD in my PC + read data on this.

I get teh following outout when I try to blank DVD-RW:-
dvdrecord -v -dao blank=fast speed=2 dev=0,0,0
dvdrtools v0.1.3
Portions (c) 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
Based on:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jrg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
atapi: 0
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : TERMIOP SYNC
Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVD-R   DVR-S201'
Revision       : '2.02'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
dvdrecord: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found
on this target.

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After this I downloaded cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt which is acutally a binary
file and tried to blank DVD-RW. This time I am getting Following error:-

/utils/scratch/cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt -v blank=fast speed=1 dev=0,0,0
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 1.11a13 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001
Jrg Schilling
Unlocked features:
Limited  features:
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
atapi: 0
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : TERMIOP SYNC
Vendor_info    : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVD-R   DVR-S201'
Revision       : '2.02'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
/utils/scratch/cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt: This version of cdrecord limits
DVD-R/DVD-RW support to -dummy or 1 GB real.
/utils/scratch/cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt: If you need full DVD-R/DVD-RW
support, ask the Author for cdrecord-ProDVD.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-2 DVD-R/DVD-RW driver (mmc_dvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO
Supported modes: PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R
/utils/scratch/cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt: Input/output error. test unit ready:
scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 30 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x00 (incompatible medium installed) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 100s
/utils/scratch/cdrecord-prodvd-1.txt: No disk / Wrong disk!

My DVD-Wrinter Shows Amber under disk indicator. It this the Problem with
Writer ? Or am I missing something here.

If some one give me TIPS on this .

Warm Regards
Kiran

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