Dvd-rw

yhus · 12-21-2006, 02:56 PM

Hi,

I have an LG DVD driver in FC5, I can use growisofs 7.0 to write DVD+RW and DVD+R, but had problems to write to DVD-RW. Does anyone know this issue and how to fix it?

Thank you.

Jim

pljvaldez · 12-21-2006, 03:00 PM

Is your DVD drive capable of writing DVD -R or DVD-RW (it's a different format than DVD+RW)?

yhus · 12-21-2006, 03:44 PM

I know DVD+RW is different with DVD-RW, but I don't know whether the driver only supports DVD+RW, not DVD-RW. Is there anyway I can test it with? Please see following my DVD driver details:

hdc: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4167B ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM driver

Thank you.

Jim

yhus · 12-21-2006, 03:49 PM

BTW, the driver is able to write to DVD-RW in MS window. Should I say it is capable of writing DVD -R or DVD-RW?

Thank you.

Jim

pljvaldez · 12-21-2006, 04:02 PM

Yeah, I would say it works (and looking on line it should work). Are there any firmware updates from the company's website? Are you using a speed that the drive can handle for DVD-RW (looks like anything less than 6x should work, but you can use 8x for DVD+RW)?

yhus · 12-21-2006, 04:11 PM

Well, I used -speed=1, it shouldn't be the problem. I haven't checked firmware update yet. The first thing waht I try to fiture out is whether this problem is a bug to FC5, or growisofs, or firmware, or if there is a way to work arount it.

Thank you.

Jim

Destro · 12-22-2006, 08:37 AM

Ive got the same burner, and same problem when im trying to burn the FC6 iso image in FC3...
and speed is only able to 6X and using k3b...

snecklifter · 12-22-2006, 05:12 PM

I have also had problems writing to DVD using k3b - my writer is fuzzy with some types of DVD. I recently flashed the BIOS on it however and this resolved the problem and I would recommend you try this route first.

Regards
Chris

yhus · 12-23-2006, 03:19 AM

Hi Chris,

Did you upgrade bios in linux or window? Could you point me the url?

Thank you.

Jim

snecklifter · 12-23-2006, 05:05 AM

Hi Jim,

I was able to do it in Linux using the bootable cd-rom iso. I'm afraid my DVD-RW is different to yours so the file I got would be of no use. I just used a bit of googling which for yours gives me:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIR...SA-4167B.shtml

but you will need to check this.
Regards
Chris