[ale] DVD media incompatibility

[Dow Hurst]

Do I need a later version of dvdrecord to use DVD-R 4x media in a LaCie Multi Drive DVD-R/RAM recorder?  It isn't a drive that needs a firmware upgrade to prevent damage such as a Pioneer drive.  Dvdrecord output the error message I am including below when I try to write to the media.  It isn't fair when the package label says compatible with 1X-4X but the drive won't write to it!  I wouldn't have bought it but the new DVD writer we just got is a 4X.  So, I thought I was buying a 50disc pack to feed both writers.  Be warned by my experience here that you have to test before assuming it'll work.  Googling the error condition from the output below gives just a few people asking for help with media problems on CD and DVD media.  Most thought the media was bad.  At $2/disc, I've tried two discs several times.  Each time the failure code is the same.  Thanks for your help,
Dow

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[root at knife-a root]# dvdrecord -v fs=32m speed=2 dev=0,0 -dao -force -isosize /dev/cdrom;
dvdrtools v0.1.3
Portions (c) 2002 Red Hat, Inc.
Based on:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 J?rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
dvdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily-RH-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.69-RH-O_EXCL '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c       1.69 02/01/18 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'MATSHITA'
Identifikation : 'DVD-RAM SW-9571 '
Revision       : 'A111'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1671168 = 1632 KB
FIFO size      : 33554432 = 32768 KB
Track 01: data  3406 MB         padsize:  30 KB
Total size:     3911 MB (387:33.74) = 1744031 sectors
Lout start:     3912 MB (387:35/56) = 1744031 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
  ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
Disk type:    unknown
Manuf. index: -1
Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 554465
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
trackno=0
BURN-Free is ON.
dvdrecord: Input/output error. reserve track: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  53 00 00 00 00 00 1A 9C 9F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 03 00 73 03 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s
dvdrecord: Cannot open new session.
dvdrecord: fifo had 511 puts and 0 gets.
dvdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.