Re: [Dvdrtools-users] dvdrecord, "write track data: error"

[Robert M. Stockmann]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Arndt Schoenewald wrote:

> Hi Chris!
> 
> On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:35:12PM -0500, Chris Szilagyi wrote:
> > I was wondering if anybody knows of a solution to a problem when
> > dvdrecord reports errors such as "Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment
> > 0" and "write track data: error after 4176304128 bytes".  We are writing
> > data DVD's that have a high number of little files placed within 40
> > folders or so (120,000 total files) per disc.  All have worked fine
> > except for one disc where we get this error every time.  We are first
> > writing the ISO image, then burning that straight to disc on an external
> > USB burner (LaCie burner but is actually a Pioneer DVR-A04 drive).   The
> > entire output from dvdrecord on the problematic disc is included below.
> > Thanks for all help!
> 
> My guess is that your drive has problems writing to the "outer rim" of
> the discs, perhaps because your DVD-R media are of lesser quality.

Hi,

"perhaps because your DVD-R media are of lesser quality." Does that mean
they are not allowed to burn succesfully? Am i smelling something here?
Are all "lesser quality" DVD-R recordable company's goons, and suddenly
overnight sell crap??
Whats going on here?

> 
> I suggest you try a different brand of DVD-R media. You could also try
> to write the disk with a lower speed (I don't know whether dvdrecord
> honors the "speed" parameter, but cdrecord-prodvd certainly does).
> 
> Please let us know what you find out!
> 
> Good luck,
> Arndt
> 
> > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
> > trackno=0
> > BURN-Free is ON.
> > Performing OPC...
> > Sending CUE sheet...
> > dvdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150
> > Starting new track at sector: 0
> > Track 01: 3982 of 4292 MB written (fifo 100%).dvdrecord: Input/output
> > error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error
> > CDB:  2A 00 00 1F 1D AB 00 00 1F 00
> > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 04 00 1F 1A D0 0E 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00
> > Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0
> > Sense Code: 0x44 Qual 0x00 (internal target failure) Fru 0x0
> > Sense flags: Blk 2038480 (not valid)
> > cmd finished after 2.841s timeout 200s
> > write track data: error after 4176304128 bytes
> > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > Writing  time: 4698.980s
> > Fixating...
> > Fixating time:    0.011s
> > dvdrecord: fifo had 65845 puts and 65782 gets.
> > dvdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 65389 times full, min fill was
> > 70%.
> 
> 

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