[mythtv-users] MythArchive error

Tony Baca cfr131 at gmail.com
Thu Mar 15 20:41:40 UTC 2007


On 3/15/07, Al <al210 at hamster.foxhollow.ca> wrote:
> Just a guess here.
> Do you have blank media in the drive?
>
> With my first attempt at mytharchive I forgot to insert a blank first and
> received similar errors at the same point in the process.
> I can't remember if mine were the same though.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Baca
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 11:30 AM
> Subject: [mythtv-users] MythArchive error
>
>
> I am trying to archive some shows to DVD.  When I run Mytharchive, I keep
> getting the following error:
>
>
> Finished  dvdauthor
> Burning ISO image to /dev/hdc
> :-[ READ FORMAT CAPACITIES failed with SK=5h/ASC=2Ch/ACQ=00h]: Input/output
> error
> ERROR: Retrying to start growisofs after reload.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", line 3600, in ?
>    processJob(job)
>  File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", line 3442, in
> processJob
>    BurnDVDISO()
>  File "/usr/share/mythtv/mytharchive/scripts/mythburn.py", line 1480, in
> BurnDVDISO
>    r = ioctl(f,CDROMEJECT, 0)
> IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
Yes and no.  This attempt I used a DVD +/- RW and I made sure the
"Force Overwrite of DVD-RW Media" was checked.


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