> > > I'm pretty certain this disk is finalized. > > ^^^^^^ This's not good enough:-) Complement your report with > > dvd+rw-mediainfo output for media in question [preferably] in burner > > unit. > > Well, it says it's complete, but only has one session.
You can't rely upon "Disc status" or "Number of Sessions" values returned by DVD-ROM unit. > Does that mean the > drive can't recognize the extra sessions? But you can tell if DVD-ROM unit managed to recognize extra session by examining "FABRICATED TOC." > Or just that the disk is burned in > some weird format that only Windows XP can read? Once again. It's not OS which does most magic, but the unit it [OS] talks to. > FABRICATED TOC: > Track#1 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Track#AA : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Multi-session Info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Most notably "Multi-session Info" would be different if your unit supported DVD+R multi-sessioning. You would also see at least one extra track. > > > I don't even know if I just need to replace my drive--I > > > found one vague reference to DVD+R multisession disks only being readable > > > in > > > DVD+R burners, but that can't be right. > > Why can't it be right? > > Because the Windows XP machine that could read it didn't have a burner. Well, by the time I wrote "DVD+R burners will be the only ones capable to access the files added at different occasions" on my page, there were no DVD-ROM players available capable of multi-session playback. Now you indeed can ran into one, so I've modified the statement as "your DVD burner might be the only one capable..." > > > cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info says "CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.12 > > > 2000/10/18" and tells me that the drive (a Creative 6X) can read > > > multisession, > > > but I suspect that refers to multisession CD. > > Take for habit to include the exact output, not how you interpret it. A. > > CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.12 2000/10/18 > > drive name: sr1 sr0 > Can read multisession: 1 1 Yes, this flag refers to CD multi-sessioning capability and it does not imply DVD multi-session capability. Bottom line. DVD-ROM unit in question is simply not capable of DVD+R multi-session playback. A.
