Wodim unable to write on DL DVD Drive

[JD]

On 03/30/2013 10:00 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 31/03/13 07:17, JD wrote:
>> Hi, I have a DL 16X DVD drive, loaded with
>> a Kodak DL DVD+R blank disk.
>> I have no problems burning 4.3GB media. ButWodim
>> chokes on DL media.
>
> [pruned]
>
> You don't mention how old the drive is nor how old your version of the 
> OS you have.
>
> Some time ago - a couple of years or so - I had absolutely zero chance 
> of burning a DL. I could burn a 4.3GB +R and -R discs but not a +R DL 
> disc. (BTW, I always use k3b to burn my discs.)
>
> It turned out that at that time k3b just did not like the DL+R discs. 
> No way jose would it burn a +R DL disc.
>
> However, when I inserted a -R DL disc it burnt it without a whimper.
>
> Have you tried burning a -R DL disc? You never know......
>
> (BTW, that problem with not burning +R DL discs has now been resolved 
> and I can burn +/- R dual and single layer discs.)
>
> BC
>
> PS You do have the correct codecs installed, right?
>
Ubuntu 12.10 - latest updates
K3b: 2.0.2 (it also failed)
Wodim 1.1.11
So, +R should work??
I will look for -R DL media locally.
Maybe a wodim or k3b developer will see this and offer some insight.