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k3b dvd video writing problem


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it seems i keep on having problems with moving to linux. this time, i was trying to burn a home video dvd using k3b, and i end up with these messages:

 

- could not write temporary file

- error while creating iso image

- :-( write failed: Input/output error

- Fatal error at startup: Input/output error

 

here's a part of the debugging output:

growisofs

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Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdb obs=32k seek=0'

:-( write failed: Input/output error

 

growisofs comand:

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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdb=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -dvd-compat -speed=8

 

i've tried googling these info, but it seems it's only me who's having this problem, along with some other people who posted their gripes in a language other than english, so i can't follow their solutions.

 

i really need to get this dvd video done. any help would be much appreciated. this is one of the issues i have that makes me hesitate to dump my windows partition altogether. thanks for your time.

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How did you create the home video? Did you use dvdauthor? If you did you just need to copy the files in the VIDEO_TS volder to the VIDEO_TS folder in k3b when you select create video dvd. So there should be no need to create an iso.

 

(Tip: try qdvdauthor. A graphical fronted for dvdauthor)

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Could you play the dvd with Xine before you burned it? (just point Xine to the folder in which you created the dvd.)

 

- could not write temporary file

 

Do you have enough free diskspace? Check the temp display in k3b.

 

To test making an iso: mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o /<path>/dvd.iso /<path to dvd folder>// (you can find this command in qdvdauthor, when you check burn dvd)

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Hello Devries. You make a very good point about the availibility of disc space for the cache for K3B.

Since vinzer is burning a DVD it is likely in the 3 to 4Gbs size and it is very likely that he does not have enough space in /home/<name>/temp which k3b selects as default.

I recognised the problem long ago even back to Xcdroast days, before k3b, and have always created a folder titled k3b-cache which I locate on a partition which has at least 5Gbs of free space. I use that as the user selected default in k3b.

I hope this advice helps vinzer and others as well.

 

Cheers. John.

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