i have a CD-RW/DVD+RW drive... BUT I CAN'T BURN DVD'S?!?!?!? HELP!

[Ozzy0sbourne]

i have a CD-RW/DVD+RW drive...
and ubuntu also reads it exactly like that.
but all programs ive tried says i don't have a disc when i insert a blank disc.

any ideas on how to get it to work?

thanks in advance.

[zero777zero]

does the drive read regular discs (CDs, DVDs)?

[Ozzy0sbourne]

does the drive read regular discs (CDs, DVDs)?

yes.
it can play dvd's and can play cd's.

[zero777zero]

its probably having a problem with your brand of DVD-R. i'm assuming you tried to see if brasero (default burning app) works

[Ozzy0sbourne]

its probably having a problem with your brand of DVD-R. i'm assuming you tried to see if brasero (default burning app) works

yes.
ive tried nero... brasero... and a bunch of others...

i've tried all of the dvd+rw/dvd-r ETC.

it worked when i had windows.

[boof1988]

If you want to try using terminal commands to burn a disc, it may show some more information on what is the problem.

If you want to try cdrecord (it is installed by defualt with Ubuntu and Xubuntu IIRC). I have burnt DVDs using the following even though the device indicates /dev/cdrom...

cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrom file-to-burn.iso

You may need to change the device (though probably not). And you will need to use the real name for the file you want to burn (instead of the "file-to-burn.iso" above.

The following may give you some more information on using cdrecord...

man cdrecord

HTH

[bacchusmarsh]

i have the same problem burning to cd-r.
My drive works fine with playing cds and dvds, but this is the first time trying to burn with Ubuntu (default burner brasero. i looked at the manual and info in command line but not much help.)

The brand of cd-r is mag media