Can burn CD but not DVD in Ubuntu 8.04

al2 · 02-19-2009, 02:36 PM

Hi!
I´m using Ubuntu 8.04 on a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M1425. I´ve tried Brasero and K3b with the same result. I can read CD:s and DVD:s but I can only burn CD:s. Trying to burn DVD:s makes Brasero crash and K3b to stop with a message: "This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize". I`ve seen that many have encountered this problem but i haven't seen any solution to it. I don´t think it´s a hardware problem. I can burn DVD:s when I use Windows. Does anyone have a solution to this?

AuroraCA · 02-19-2009, 02:55 PM

Are you trying to burn the CD image to a DVD? You need to download the CD iso and burn it to a CD and download a DVD iso to burn to DVD.

al2 · 02-20-2009, 03:28 PM

No. It doesn´t matter what I try to burn. DVD iso image, DVD data disc etc. The results are the same.

anurag_bhd · 02-20-2009, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by al2

No. It doesn´t matter what I try to burn. DVD iso image, DVD data disc etc. The results are the same.

And can you burn a DVD in Windows? Or any other Linux distro?

Junior Hacker · 02-20-2009, 04:44 PM

I ran into that issue many years ago using K3b. I had to install DVDrip or something, can't remember exactly. Open up Synaptic and write 'DVD' in the search field. Make sure DVD+rw-tools and stuff are installed, maybe dvdrtools also. Browse the list that shows up, there's tons of stuff.

al2 · 02-21-2009, 03:37 AM

Yes, I can burn DVD in Windows. As far as I can see every dvdrtools etc is already installed.

The configuration in fstab is:

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda2
UUID=b670b06d-2bb2-4b1a-86b2-1ffa7cd6bbd6 /               ext3    relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda3
UUID=62a2ee2f-9999-48a8-bf58-bf8e1c071cb3 /home           ext3    relatime        0       2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=28f76ca1-9e95-48a9-8a10-4e9c77655b55 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0       0

jdkaye · 02-21-2009, 07:48 AM

1. Open K3b (no need to have a disk in the cd drive)
2. Settings->Configure K3b...->Devices
3. In the devices panel scroll down to "Writer Drivers" and see what K3b thinks your drive is capable of. If it says "no" for all the DVD types then you probably need to install some packages to enable it.
It's as easy as 1, 2, 3

cheers,
jdk

al2 · 02-21-2009, 02:10 PM

All types of DVDs are supported, both reading and burning, except double layer DVD-R, which I'm not trying to burn. I've tried both single layer DVD+R and DVD-R with the same result.

jdkaye · 02-21-2009, 10:41 PM

If I'm not mistaken you get an error log with k3b if something fails. Have you checked that after attmepting to burn a DVD? Alternatively, you could try burning from a command line and you might get more information about what the problem is.
cheers
jdk

jdkaye · 02-21-2009, 10:41 PM

If I'm not mistaken you get an error log with k3b if something fails. Have you checked that after attmepting to burn a DVD? Alternatively, you could try burning from a command line and you might get more information about what the problem is.
cheers
jdk

al2 · 02-22-2009, 06:39 AM

When trying to burn in terminal I get this output:

Code:

of=/dev/scd0 obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/scd0: "Current Write Speed" is 1.0x1352KBps.
:-[ WRITE@LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=30h/ACQ=05h]: Wrong medium type
:-( media is not formatted or unsupported.
:-( write failed: Wrong medium type

Junior Hacker · 02-22-2009, 02:11 PM

Maybe you should read documentation for your burner.
Have you searched for updated firmware for it?
In the past, operating systems got their information regarding hardware from the bios, nowadays, more often they go through the firmware of the hardware.

Based on all other posts over the past 5 years regarding that error, the conclusion I've arrived at is hardware incompatibility. I have more than one DVD burner as I have many computers, if it were me, I would replace it temporarily with another brand to attempt to pinpoint the root of the problem.