[NTLUG:Discuss] DVD writing problems.

[terry]

On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Steve Baker <steve at sjbaker.org> wrote:

> david wrote:
> > When you installed the new burner did you install any software?
> > You might need to install dvd+rw-tools.
> >
> Well, I tried it first with whatever was installed by SuSE 9.3 - but
> when it didn't
> work, I upgraded K3b and cdrdao to the latest versions.   It didn't help.
>
> But I've now successfully burned DVD+R's and DVD+RW's - it's just the
> DVD-RW's
> that don't work.
>
> I'm just about 100% certain that the drive doesn't work as advertised.
> But I don't really
> care whether I use +RW or -RW media and it's really not worth the hassle
> of taking the
> thing back and struggling all over again with another drive.
>
>  -- Steve
>

I gave up on  +RW  CD's long time ago because I had trouble with them - I
found that +R CDs were more reliable and since their price got down to 30
cents or so, it was easier to just use one type of writable disk and not go
to the trouble to have both - or not worth the cost of buying the more
expensive CD+RW.  Now that I have a DVD burner, I've not even considered +RW
as an option. You've just confirmed that decision as a good one; Thanks.

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