Info: Panasonic DVR-A06 CD/DVD Writer with cdrecord / solaris 9

From: John Doe (john.doe_at_jasspa.com)
Date: 01/02/04 

Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2004 14:36:28 +0000

Information on the Panasonic DVR-A06 DVD/CD Writer
on a SunBlade 100. This ATAPI writer works OK
under Solaris 9 (Sparc).

Boots DVD - OK
Boots CD - OK
Burn DVD-R - OK (Not tested with other media)
Burn CD-R - OK

Works with cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12-sparc-sun-solaris2.6
the latest image 2.01a20 does not seem to work correctly.
The output from cdrecord for -prcap for each image
is below. I was amazed at the speed of a DVD-R write
of a 4.3GB disc, much faster than any DVD-R utility
I've seen running on Windows.

Many thanks Jörg Schilling, an excellent set of tools !

prcap OK with cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12
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blade% cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12-sparc-sun-solaris2.6 -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01a12 (sparc-sun-solaris2.6) Copyright (C)
1995-2003 Jörg Schilling
Unlocked features:
Limited features:
scsidev: '1,1,0'
scsibus: 1 target: 1 lun: 0
Warning: Using USCSI interface.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVD-RW DVR-106D'
Revision : '1.07'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

   Does read CD-R media
   Does write CD-R media
   Does read CD-RW media
   Does write CD-RW media
   Does read DVD-ROM media
   Does read DVD-R media
   Does write DVD-R media
   Does not read DVD-RAM media
   Does not write DVD-RAM media
   Does support test writing

   Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
   Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
   Does read digital audio blocks
   Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
   Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
   Does read multi-session CDs
   Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
   Does not read CD bar code
   Does not read R-W subcode information
   Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
   Does return CD media catalog number
   Does return CD ISRC information
   Does not support C2 error pointers
   Does not deliver composite A/V data

   Does play audio CDs
   Number of volume control levels: 256
   Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
   Does support independent mute setting for each channel
   Does not support digital output on port 1
   Does not support digital output on port 2

   Loading mechanism type: tray
   Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
   Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
   Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
   Is not currently in a media-locked state
   Does not support changing side of disk
   Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
   Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

   Maximum read speed: 5644 kB/s (CD 32x, DVD 4x)
   Current read speed: 5644 kB/s (CD 32x, DVD 4x)
   Maximum write speed: 2822 kB/s (CD 16x, DVD 2x)
   Current write speed: 2822 kB/s (CD 16x, DVD 2x)
   Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
   Buffer size in KB: 2000
   Copy management revision supported: 1
   Number of supported write speeds: 4
   Write speed # 0: 2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 16x, DVD 2x)
   Write speed # 1: 2116 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 12x, DVD 1x)
   Write speed # 2: 1411 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 8x, DVD 1x)
   Write speed # 3: 705 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 4x, DVD 0x)

prcap FAIL with cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a20
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blade% cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a20-sparc-sun-solaris2.7 -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01a20 (sparc-sun-solaris2.7) Copyright (C) 1995-2003
g Schilling
Unlocked features:
Limited features:
scsidev: '1,1,0'
scsibus: 1 target: 1 lun: 0
Warning: Using USCSI interface.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a20-sparc-sun-solaris2.7: Cannot do inquiry for CD/DVD-R
der.
cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a20-sparc-sun-solaris2.7: Not owner. test unit ready: sc
endcmd: no error
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS)
cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s
cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a20-sparc-sun-solaris2.7: The unit seems to be hung and
s power cycling.

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