Bug 261353

Summary:	k3b doesn't burn DVD DL because it use wrong parameters for growisofs
Product:	[Applications] k3b	Reporter:	Fathi Boudra <fabo>
Component:	general	Assignee:	k3b developers <k3b>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	modax, muziofg, trueg
Priority:	NOR
Version:	2.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description Fathi Boudra 2010-12-27 09:20:36 UTC

Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.4.5) 
OS:                Linux

This is a bug forwarded from Debian bug tracker:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607950

K3b stops burning at ~ 50% with the error "mkisofs crashed".

DVD writer - NEC ND-3540A
DVD disk - ACME DVD+R 2 layers, 2.4x
Burn options: default

According to http://support.necam.com/optical/ND3540A_specs.asp this DVD writer supports DL disks.


Reproducible: Didn't try

Comment 1 Fathi Boudra 2010-12-27 09:23:12 UTC

> k3b doesn't burn DVD DL because it use wrong parameters for growisofs (who work well from shell).
> 
> In the image error.png attached there is another common problem:
> k3b doesn't recognize the speed allowed (retrieved by dvd+rw-mediainfo, I suppose) and it set a a speed who is always higher than the chosen value (in some case limit I have saw things like 99x !).

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 06:28:27 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.