Cannot blank DVD-RW

[M.C. Botha]

Brasero does not recognise HP DVD+R RW and thus cannot blank it.
Fromthe commandline neither
          wodim dev=/dev/sr0 blank=all blank=fast
nor
          cdrecord dev=/dev/sr0 blank=fast
works.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: brasero 3.8.0-1ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-14.21-generic 3.11.7
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 29 10:39:32 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-12-16 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release i386 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: brasero
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[M.C. Botha (mcbotha)]

The issue seems to be with libburn and not Brasero

[Thomas Schmitt (scdbackup)]

Hi,

the drive tells libburn that the medium is not a DVD-RW
but a DVD+R. xorriso forwards this info:

> Media current: DVD+R
> Media status : is written , is closed

The perception of media type stems from "00 1b" in the reply
to the GET CONFIGURATION command

> GET CONFIGURATION
> 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 64 00
> From drive: 356b
> 00 00 01 60 00 00 00 1b [...]

The xorriso command -blank as_needed applies only to
erasable media and to overwritable media.
DVD+R is not among them.
Thus you get:

> xorriso : FAILURE : Media is not of erasable type

> HP DVD+R RW

Well, there are DVD+RW, DVD-RW, and DVD+R.

If you see printed on the disc a large "RW" in a square label,
and underneath smaller "DVD+R", then it is indeed a DVD+R
and not erasable.
The misleading "RW" is the label of the "DVD+RW Alliance"
which invented both DVD+R and DVD+RW media.

Have a nice day :)

Thomas