[Debburn-devel] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A not properly recognised

[Nenad ANTONIC]

Hello!

I have the latest wodim form debian testing (5:1.0~pre4-1.1), as well
as the rest of
cdrkit. I am trying to use the above Plextor DVD+/- writer to write DVD+R media
(I used to do that with cdrecord ProDVD :-)

With CD media I have no problems. Usually I use xcdroast, but I had no luck with
command-line wodim usage.

I shall be happy to run some tests in order to get the problem fixed.

Thanking you in advance
- Nenad

It looks like wodim does not recognise the device as DVD+R/RW capable:
# wodim -checkdrive
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info    : 'PLEXTOR '
Identification : 'DVDR   PX-708A  '
Revision       : '1.06'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE VARIREC FORCESPEED
SINGLESESSION HIDECDR
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R

Output from hdparm:
/dev/hdc:

 Model=PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A, FwRev=1.06, SerialNo=603347
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:180,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  sdma0 sdma1 sdma2 mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 *udma2
 AdvancedPM=no