[cdvdburn] Re: Lite-On SOHW-1693S DVDRW
- From: Gary Locock <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cdvdburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:30:46 +0000 (GMT)
In article <3b7af6e24d.SoftInfo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Brayshaw
<jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4de1163158gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Gary Locock <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Second, there seems to be a problem with recognising the discs. After
> > burning the first disc successfully, I had several failures. The
> > software would go through all the motions, counting down the % indicator,
> > and eventually the 'disc successfully written' banner would come up. The
> > only difference from normal was that the drawer was not ejected when the
> > banner appeared, and when extracted the disc was completely blank. It
> > appears that the hardware had also 'gone through the motions', but
> > hardware or software had forgotten to switch on the laser!
> I've experienced the symptoms you describe, but I tracked it down to the
> ISO image file being just a bit too big for the DVD disc.
[Snip]
Thanks for the suggestion Jeremy, but it cannot be exactly that, because the
image file is only 1265MB, while the disc capacity is 4GB IIRC. However I
agree with the similarity of the symptoms, and agree that it does /seem/ to
point towards how CDVDB recognises the disc, or not.
> My solution is to take a file or two out of the original list, then
> re-build the ISO image.
Here's a bit of serendipity I wasn't expecting. We are using !CDROMFS now,
and I was surprised to discover (by accident) that by double-clicking the
ISOImage file, the contents are readable! I vaguely STR reading about this
somewhere, but I had forgotten. A useful feature (if only they could be
writeable as well!). As well as checking image contents, it is possible to
verify image contents in this way by dragging them to a null device window,
though whether this is useful or not I don't know. (I always do this for
burned discs in any case)
Steffen seems to be away ATM, but a happy New Year to you and him when he
comes back
Gary
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