[mythtv] Burning dvd problem

Paul Harrison mythtv at dsl.pipex.com
Sun Jul 6 17:04:57 UTC 2008


Peter Blackburn wrote:
> I am running mythtv on ubuntu 8.04 updated to 6 July 2008
> I have found that archiving to DVD has a fault.
>
> Below is the log after dvdauthor finished
>
> Finished  dvdauthor
> Burning ISO image to /dev/scd0
>
> growisofs -dvd-compat  -use-the-force-luke -Z /dev/scd0 -dvd-video -V 
> Castle of Cagliostro /var/lib/mythtv/mytharchivetemp/work/dvd
>
> Running growisofs to burn DVD
>
> Executing 'genisoimage -dvd-video -V Castle of Cagliostro 
> /var/lib/mythtv/mytharchivetemp/work/dvd | builtin_dd of=/dev/scd0 
> obs=32k seek=0'
>
> I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
>
> genisoimage: No such file or directory. Invalid node - 'of'.
>
> :-( write failed: Input/output error
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> ERROR: Failed while running growisofs.
>
> Result 133, Command was: growisofs -dvd-compat  -use-the-force-luke -Z 
> /dev/scd0 -dvd-video -V Castle of Cagliostro 
> /var/lib/mythtv/mytharchivetemp/work/dvd
>
> Please check the troubleshooting section of the README for ways to fix 
> this error
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> The problem is the growisofs command, the -V paremeter need quotes if 
> there are spaces in the title.
> If I copy this command and correct it as so
>
> growisofs -dvd-compat  -use-the-force-luke -Z /dev/scd0 -dvd-video -V 
> "Castle of Cagliostro" /var/lib/mythtv/mytharchivetemp/work/dvd
>
> then it works fine.
>
> It would be nice if someone could indicate whereabouts in mythtv this 
> code is generated or even better if it could be fixed permanently.
>
>

This is already fixed in svn trunk and 0.21-fixes branch.

Paul H.



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