MHR wrote: > On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Chris Geldenhuis > <chris.gelden at iafrica.com> wrote: > >> Hi Bill, >> >> Thanks for the quick response - I did try to format with dvd+rw tools but >> also got a respnse that the media was not recordable. AFAIK it should not be >> required. >> >> > > I usually use K3B for all my CD and DVD recording needs - it works > nicely, even under GNOME (I don't use KDE). > > I've never had a problem like the one you describe, but I've upgraded > to each new CentOS release fairly quickly, so I'm on 5.2, and that > might be better. > > The one problem I did have with a "new" DVD burner was that it would > only write at 2.47x at the fastest, and it was supposed to be a 20x > drive. The manufacturer suggested I RMA it, which I will if I ever > get around to taking it out and putting in a (different, known good) > one. > > I also have mplayer/mencoder installed (and vobcopy and a few others), > so I don't know if any of them might be involved peripherally, > dragging in a more recent module from rpmforge, but I'm thinking you > could try K3B and not lose anything if it works. > > HTH > > mhr > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Hi Mark, I will try using the new drive in one of my 5.2 servers over the weekend - I do not have time during working hours today. I do not seem to have K3B on my system - where do I find it. Thanks for the response ChrisG