[X4U] DVD Burner

[Eugene]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 07:48:15AM -0800, Keith Whaley wrote:
: Eugene wrote:
: >On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 07:28:34PM -0600, Mike Strawn wrote:
: >: 
: >: I recently purchased a Pioneer DVD-R 105 drive from Other World
: >: Computing to burn DVD¹s on my G3. My problem is that I¹ve wasted 20
: >: disks with only 2 successful burns. The drive appears to function
: >: properly, but at various points in the process I get a ³Sense key
: >: error² and the burn fails. I¹m running Panther (10.3.5) using
: >: XpostFacto on a G3 that has a G4 500 Mhz ZIF chip. I¹ve tried using
: >: Toast and the Apple burn software at 2x, 1x and 4x and nothing
: >: works with any consistency. The Apple System Profiler recognizes
: >: the drive, so that¹s a mystery. I¹ve tried cheap and expensive media.
: >: Anybody had a similar problem? If so, please help!
: 
: >The drive may not like your brand of DVD-R media.  
: 
: He says he's tried cheap and expensive brands, and has had no success.

I've seen a few similar comments reporting the sense key error message,
and some people get around it by using different media.  He mentioned
"cheap and expensive", but never specified the speed rating or the type
of dye.

: >Try other brands and  see if the sense key errors stay consistent,
: >decrease, or even disappear.
: 
: I'm not convinced this "problem" is related to format, so I'd guess CDs 
: can have the same problem as you're experiencing.

I dunno.  He only mentioned DVDs.  But it would be good to ask if the
same errors crop up when burning CD-Rs as well.

: I have had that problem with my CDs, and have had the same suggestion 
: about "maybe it's the brand of CD I'm using," or, "perhaps it's the 
: color of the plastic film over the recording media, vs. the color of my 
: laser," or "maybe you're trying to record data on a music CD."
: 
: That last one makes no sense to me, because data is data, isn't it? What 
: you're trying to is take analog data in whatever form and translate it 
: into digital pulses, and record it on a disc that is designed to record 
: digital pulses. Not so?

Yeah, that last suggestion sounds bogus.  All burnable CDs are, with
exception of the dye and the reflective layer, pretty much the same and
act pretty much the same.  There's no difference between CD-Rs in
general and CD-Rs that are advertised as "rated for audio CD burning".


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Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/