Can´t burn DVD+R DL media with LG 4163B, media problem?

[spilker]

Hello,

i have some strange problem burning a DVD+R DL medium. I usually need to use a DL medium not very often. Probably i burned the last medium more than half a year ago. Burning was with Suse 10.0 and the LG was equipped with A104 firmware. Media was a no name brand. Everything fine at this time.

No i had to burn a DVD+R DL again (same no name brand), but now with SuSE 10.1. But it doesn´t work as expected.

> growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdg=k3b_image.iso
Executing 'builtin_dd if=k3b_image.iso of=/dev/hdg obs=32k seek=0'
/dev/hdg: splitting layers at 1540928 blocks
:-[ SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION failed with SK=3h/ASC=0Ch/ACQ=00h]: Input/output error

Ok, i tried with the old 10.0 again, no change. I updated to firmware A106, no change. I installed WindowsXP and Nero 7 on the machine, no change.

So, what now? Is the LG drive broken (burning DVD5 still works). Or are the DVD+R DL media i bought broken?

dvd+rw-mediainfo is reporting the following data:

GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
Mounted Media: 2Bh, DVD+R Double Layer
Current Write Speed: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s
Write Speed #0: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
Write Performance: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s@[0 -> 3081855]
Speed Descriptor#0: 02/3081855 R@3.3x1385=4568KB/s W@2.4x1385=3324KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
Media Book Type: E1h, DVD+R DL book [revision 1]
Media ID: CMC MAG/D04
Legacy lead-out at: 1540928*2KB=3155820544
DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER BOUNDARY INFORMATION:
L0 Data Zone Capacity: 1540928*2KB, can still be set
READ DISC INFORMATION:
Disc status: blank
Number of Sessions: 1
State of Last Session: empty
Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
Track State: blank
Track Start Address: 0*2KB
Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
Free Blocks: 3081856*2KB
Track Size: 3081856*2KB
ROM Compatibility LBA: 262144
READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0

[budz]

Use better DUAL LAYER MEDIA....CMC is crappy media period....Use VERBATIM DL MEDIA.