>From: Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Do I need a later version of dvdrecord to use DVD-R 4x media in a LaCie >Multi Drive DVD-R/RAM recorder? It isn't a drive that needs a firmware >upgrade to prevent damage such as a Pioneer drive. Dvdrecord output the >error message I am including below when I try to write to the media. It >isn't fair when the package label says compatible with 1X-4X but the >drive won't write to it! I wouldn't have bought it but the new DVD >writer we just got is a 4X. So, I thought I was buying a 50disc pack to >feed both writers. Be warned by my experience here that you have to >test before assuming it'll work. Googling the error condition from the >output below gives just a few people asking for help with media problems >on CD and DVD media. Most thought the media was bad. At $2/disc, I've >tried two discs several times. Each time the failure code is the same.
> Thanks for your help, >PS. Watch for line wrapping from the webmail interface here. Sorry >about that. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dvdrecord -v fs=32m speed=2 dev=0,0 -dao -force >-isosize /dev/cdrom; >dvdrtools v0.1.3 This is an illegal program that violates GPL! It is definitely not a true cdrecord. If you have any problem with this illegal program, call the distributor... Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] (uni) If you don't have iso-8859-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) chars I am J"org Schilling URL: http://www.fokus.fraunhofer.de/usr/schilling ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]