Can't burn DVDs. Kit too old?
by tekra from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5AS8B)
It's years since I burned a CD or DVD, but the occasion has arisen, so I bought a 50 pack of Kodak DVD+R and dug out my old USB burner. No go. Both the drive and the software struggled valiantly to recognize them, but couldn't. The drives buzz and search ... pause ... buzz and search ... pause ... buzz etc. Xfburn simply reports "Drive empty".
Mystified, I dusted off the old laptop on which I'd burned many a DVD still in use. Same result. Went back to the shop and explained: they generously swapped the package I'd bought for another. Same result.
Got online and found this:
https://club.myce.com/t/discontinued...acement/167665
... which explains why Kodak is krap and recommends Verbatim. Tracked down a 25 pack and carried it home triumphantly. Result? The same.
So what's going on, sez I to meself? Both drives are recognized by the system (dmesg and all) and still playback OK. The only thing I can think of is that they're both at least a decade old.
Have things changed this much, that modern media can't be recognized or used by older kit?
Mystified, I dusted off the old laptop on which I'd burned many a DVD still in use. Same result. Went back to the shop and explained: they generously swapped the package I'd bought for another. Same result.
Got online and found this:
https://club.myce.com/t/discontinued...acement/167665
... which explains why Kodak is krap and recommends Verbatim. Tracked down a 25 pack and carried it home triumphantly. Result? The same.
So what's going on, sez I to meself? Both drives are recognized by the system (dmesg and all) and still playback OK. The only thing I can think of is that they're both at least a decade old.
Have things changed this much, that modern media can't be recognized or used by older kit?