Hi, the drive tells libburn that the medium is not a DVD-RW but a DVD+R. xorriso forwards this info:
> Media current: DVD+R > Media status : is written , is closed The perception of media type stems from "00 1b" in the reply to the GET CONFIGURATION command > GET CONFIGURATION > 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 64 00 > From drive: 356b > 00 00 01 60 00 00 00 1b [...] The xorriso command -blank as_needed applies only to erasable media and to overwritable media. DVD+R is not among them. Thus you get: > xorriso : FAILURE : Media is not of erasable type > HP DVD+R RW Well, there are DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD+R. If you see printed on the disc a large "RW" in a square label, and underneath smaller "DVD+R", then it is indeed a DVD+R and not erasable. The misleading "RW" is the label of the "DVD+RW Alliance" which invented both DVD+R and DVD+RW media. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to brasero in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264804 Title: Cannot blank DVD-RW To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/1264804/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
