Bug 243549 - k3b: Media info reports seemingly random capacity for 25GB BD-R
Summary: k3b: Media info reports seemingly random capacity for 25GB BD-R
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 268307
Alias: None
Product: k3b
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 2.0.0
Platform: Debian unstable Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michał Małek
URL:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2010-07-04 04:31 UTC by Mark Purcell
Modified: 2014-09-28 00:16 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit:
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Attachments
patch for LG BH10 (544 bytes, patch)
2010-09-23 12:35 UTC, Piotr Filiciak
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Description Mark Purcell 2010-07-04 04:31:26 UTC
Version:           2.0.0 (using KDE 4.4.4) 
OS:                Linux

http://bugs.debian.org/587966

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Subject: [Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#587996: k3b: Media info reports seemingly random capacity for 25GB BD-R
Date: Sunday 04 July 2010, 04:18:57
From: Peter Karbaliotis <peter.karbaliotis@gmail.com>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Package: k3b
Version: 2.0.0-1
Severity: normal

The drive is an LG BH10.  It would be nice if k3b can be patched so that the
actual disc capacity is 3.5 TiB.  I won't hold my breath though.  :-)

K3b's media info reports:

Type:   BD-R Sequential (SRM)
Capacity:       419013:46:20 min (3.5 TiB)
Rewritable:     no
Appendable:     no
Empty:  yes
Layers: 1
Sessions:       0
Supported writing speeds:       2.0x (8991 KB/s)
4.0x (17982 KB/s)
6.0x (26973 KB/s)
8.0x (35964 KB/s)

Repeatedly closing and relaunching k3b also gives:

Capacity:       123032:55:03 min (1.0 TiB)
Capacity:       00:00:00 min (0 B)
Capacity:       123848:28:48 min (1.0 TiB)
Capacity:       183500:48:04 min (1.5 TiB)
Capacity:       198413:52:68 min (1.7 TiB)
Capacity:       182685:14:34 min (1.5 TiB)
Capacity:       243225:56:40 min (2.0 TiB)
Capacity:       363098:36:08 min (3.0 TiB)
Capacity:       19471:28:36 min (167.1 GiB)
Capacity:       422110:05:53 min (3.5 TiB)

Output from "dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0"

INQUIRY:                [HL-DT-ST][BD-RE  BH10LS30 ][1.00]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
 Mounted Media:         41h, BD-R SRM
 Current Write Speed:   10.0x4495=44955KB/s
 Write Speed #0:        10.0x4495=44955KB/s
 Write Speed #1:        8.0x4495=35964KB/s
 Write Speed #2:        6.0x4495=26973KB/s
 Write Speed #3:        4.0x4495=17982KB/s
 Write Speed #4:        2.0x4495=8991KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
 Write Performance:     5.0x4495=22321KB/s@0 -> 10.0x4495=44955KB/s@12219391
 Speed Descriptor#0:    02/12219391 R@4.1x4495=18601KB/s W@10.0x4495=44955KB/s
 Speed Descriptor#1:    02/12219391 R@4.1x4495=18601KB/s W@8.0x4495=35964KB/s
 Speed Descriptor#2:    02/12219391 R@4.1x4495=18601KB/s W@6.0x4495=26973KB/s
 Speed Descriptor#3:    02/12219391 R@4.1x4495=18601KB/s W@4.0x4495=17982KB/s
 Speed Descriptor#4:    02/12219391 R@4.1x4495=18601KB/s W@2.0x4495=8991KB/s
READ DISC INFORMATION:
 Disc status:           blank
 Number of Sessions:    1
 State of Last Session: empty
 "Next" Track:          1
 Number of Tracks:      1
READ FORMAT CAPACITIES:
 unformatted:           12219392*2048=25025314816
 00h(3000):             11826176*2048=24220008448
 32h(3000):             11826176*2048=24220008448
 32h(25000):            7369728*2048=15093202944
 32h(1000):             12088320*2048=24756879360
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
 Track State:           invisible incremental
 Track Start Address:   0*2KB
 Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
 Free Blocks:           12219392*2KB
 Track Size:            12219392*2KB
READ CAPACITY:          0*2048=0

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages k3b depends on:
ii  cdparanoia               3.10.2+debian-9 audio extraction tool for sampling
ii  cdrdao                   1:1.2.2-18.2    records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) 
ii  genisoimage              9:1.1.10-1      Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
ii  hal                      0.5.14-2        Hardware Abstraction Layer
ii  k3b-data                 2.0.0-1         A sophisticated CD/DVD burning app
ii  kdebase-runtime          4:4.4.4-1       runtime components from the offici
ii  libc6                    2.11.2-2        Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libgcc1                  1:4.4.4-6       GCC support library
ii  libk3b6                  2.0.0-1         The KDE CD/DVD burning application
ii  libkcddb4                4:4.4.4-1       CDDB library for KDE (runtime)
ii  libkde3support4          4:4.4.4-2       the KDE 3 Support Library for the 
ii  libkdecore5              4:4.4.4-2       the KDE Platform Core Library
ii  libkdeui5                4:4.4.4-2       the KDE Platform User Interface Li
ii  libkfile4                4:4.4.4-2       the File Selection Dialog Library 
ii  libkio5                  4:4.4.4-2       the Network-enabled File Managemen
ii  libknotifyconfig4        4:4.4.4-2       library for configuring KDE Notifi
ii  libkparts4               4:4.4.4-2       the Framework for the KDE Platform
ii  libkutils4               4:4.4.4-2       various utility classes for the KD
ii  libmusicbrainz4c2a       2.1.5-4         Second generation incarnation of t
ii  libqt4-dbus              4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-network           4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 network module
ii  libqt4-qt3support        4:4.6.3-1       Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 
ii  libqt4-svg               4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqt4-webkit            4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 WebKit module
ii  libqt4-xml               4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4               4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4                4:4.6.3-1       Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsolid4                4:4.4.4-2       Solid Library for KDE Platform
ii  libstdc++6               4.4.4-6         The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  wodim                    9:1.1.10-1      command line CD/DVD writing tool

Versions of packages k3b recommends:
ii  dvd+rw-tools                 7.1-6       DVD+-RW/R tools
pn  libk3b6-extracodecs          <none>      (no description available)
ii  vcdimager                    0.7.23-4+b2 A VideoCD (VCD) image mastering an

Versions of packages k3b suggests:
pn  k3b-extrathemes              <none>      (no description available)
pn  k3b-i18n                     <none>      (no description available)
pn  movixmaker-2                 <none>      (no description available)
pn  normalize-audio              <none>      (no description available)
ii  sox                          14.3.1-1+b1 Swiss army knife of sound processi

-- no debconf information


Reproducible: Didn't try

Steps to Reproduce:
Hardware dependant



OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.32-5-amd64
Compiler: cc
Comment 1 Mark Purcell 2010-07-04 04:42:43 UTC
forwarded 587996 https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=243549
tags 587996 upstream
thanks


On Sunday 04 July 2010 04:18:57 Peter Karbaliotis wrote:
> The drive is an LG BH10.  It would be nice if k3b can be patched so that the
> actual disc capacity is 3.5 TiB.  I won't hold my breath though.  :-)

Peter,

Thanks for your report, this is an upstream issue as there is little Debian can do to patch.  I have forwarded your report upstream, but please feel free to include any further comments with the upstream report.

Thanks,
Mark


The Debian team values users reports, but we are busy, and so we
kindly ask you to access the upstream support facilities:

There is a user mailing list which maybe used to get support:
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/k3b-user

To post a message to all the list members, send email to 
k3b-user@lists.sourceforge.net.


If you know that the bug you want to report is in the "upstream"
code then please check/ file against the KDE Bug tracking system:
https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=k3b

You can also report bugs directly upstream using the K3b Help:Report Bug
menu entry.


If you feel that the bug is one that other Debian users should
know about then you are welcome to file a report in the Debian BTS
as well.  Please keep in mind, however, that managing bug reports
is part of the maintainers' workload.

As a minimum we ask that you Cc: k3b-user@lists.sourceforge.net any
reports you file in the Debian Bug Tracking system so that upstream
are aware of the issue you are reporting.
Comment 2 Martin Horsley 2010-07-07 19:30:30 UTC
Hi,

I have the exact same drive as described above, exhibiting similar random size reports. Output from "dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr0" is as above. 

I am using openSuSE 11.3 RC2 x86_64 (KDE 4.4.4). I've tried the packman K3b (2.0.0-0.pm.1.9-x96_64) package and SVN 1147231.

If there is any further information I can provide please let me know. 

Thanks, Martin.
Comment 3 Piotr Filiciak 2010-09-23 12:35:49 UTC
Created attachment 51896 [details]
patch for LG BH10

LG BH10 has probably buggy firmware - try this patch k3b_lgbh10.patch (this is patch for svn sources but it should work also in 'release' version 2.0.1)
Comment 4 Peter Karbaliotis 2010-10-24 03:44:03 UTC
The patch above worked for me.
Comment 5 Ar 2011-01-21 21:34:03 UTC
Exact same issue found in a different model from the same manufacturer - LG WH10LS30 - updated to the latest available firmware.
Hoping the patch can be incorporated to the next stable or bug-fix K3b release.

The bluray burn seems to be working OK though, even if the reported disk capacity is useless.
Comment 6 Ar 2011-01-21 21:36:08 UTC
ps. not sure it matters, but this is with memorex BD-R 4X media (BTW - k3b also seems to wrongly report the media speed, which shows up as 8X capable in "Media Info")
Comment 7 Johannes Obermayr 2014-09-28 00:16:50 UTC
and fixed:
http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=k3b.git&a=commit&h=94bfeeb

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 268307 ***