Thanks for the explanation.
It appears that I can change the bug's status to invalid, so I will do
that now.
** Changed in: dvd+rw-tools (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Hi,
yes, DVD-R and DVD+RW are treated quite differently by the drives.
The former is a sequential multi-session medium, the latter is a
random-access read-write medium. Firmware procedures inside the drive
differ. The laser used is the same, afaik. But the dye on the media is
quite surely not
Hi Thomas,
Thanks for your response. You were right, the problem was with my
hardware.
I plugged in the Sony to a Mac, and tried burning to the same media
there. It didn't work. I found an old Plextor PX 712SA and plugged it
into my Linux Mint box and retried the burn with the previously-failing
Hi,
this looks like a bad relationship between drive and medium.
OPC (Optimum Power Calibration) is preparation stage of burning were the
drive makes experiments about the laser settings. The media have an
especially reserved data area for that.
Those experiments did not yield a satisfying
