#714941 wodim: Wodim fails to burn DVD-DL (dual layer)

Package:
wodim
Source:
cdrkit
Description:
command line CD/DVD writing tool
Submitter:
Paolo Saggese
Date:
2013-12-19 18:30:04 UTC
Severity:
important
#714941#5
Date:
2013-07-04 13:39:32 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

At least when using it from k3b interface (did not try doing that
directly from CLI), wodim fails to burn dual layer DVDs.

When the image to write is larger than single layer capacity, writing
starts and goes on until it have to switch layer, then fails with an
error (producing a coaster).

Using growisofs (with same hardware and image) works just fine.

Same problem as the one reported here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/1094796
#714941#10
Date:
2013-12-19 18:20:32 UTC
From:
To:
Wodim is a cdrecord version from September 2004, with
DVD support ripped off and with SCSI specific bugs from Debian
added.

There was no development in the project since May 2007.

I recommend you to upgrade to recent original software from:

	ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/

to get DVD and BluRay support.

Note that since the original software is under constant improvement,
the features available in "cdrkit" currently just cover 30-40% of the
features in the original software.

Jörg