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2008-08-16 02:53:05 CT #1
Bart Mathias
From: United States
Registered: 2007-01-13
Posts: 320

Prior to registering Frying Pan last May, I had been able to record
something or other as a test. But when I wanted to record some
photos to a CD, I was forced back to MadeCD.

A couple of days ago on impulse I bought a DVD-RW, just to see if I
could record something to it. Frying Pan seems to recognize it for
what it is and be prepared to use it, but I can't figure out how to
record anything. A major problem is that what one sees when one
looks at the manual at Frying Pan's home page, it is just too
different from what actually opens up in Amiga OS4. And the most
important pages there all come up "Page Unavailable    I am sorry,
but this page is still not complete.    Please be patient; contents
will be available soon."

When I click on the "tracks" icon, I get a window with "Drive 1,"
"Create New Disc." Then two tabs: "ISO Builder" and "Data/Audio
Tracks."

ISO Builder has a "Dir Tree," and an icon labeled "Debian Recover."
Why in the world? I am able to Add files to it, whatever that
means, and Remove them, as well as Create Dir (named "New Directory")
and removed that. Build Image gets a file requester, but selecting
a file has no result. I cannot remove "Debian Recover," which makes
no sense at all.

Data/Audio Tracks also lets me Add files, but whatever I add, be it
mp3, wav, pps, pdf, text, Module Name says "RAW Audio Track" and a
line below the Add, Remove, Play buttons says "Bad track type for
this disc."

The "media" page is a mixed bag. It identifies Disc Type: DVD+RW.
Good. Disc Sub Type: Unknown. ? Disc State: Recordabel Formatable
Overwriteable. Sounds good. Contents: 1 Track(s) in 1 Session(s)
Huh? How could a new disc have content? Disc ID:, Bar Code:, and
Catalog Number: all --. Read Speeds: 12x, Write Speeds: 4x. That
agrees with the info on the case.


Lots of buttons. Update and Erase have no discernable effect. Quick
is an alternative to Complete. Format turns the drive light on for
a while. I avoid Close Session, Close Disc, and Close Tracks, but
test Repair Disc. "Assertion failed. Please report. Condition:
false Occurence: Drive.cpp, line 574 Message: unsupported command.


The "contents" selector gives a tree of Disc 0 B, Session 4.3 GB, and
Data Track 4.3 GB. I have no idea what that is all about. Target
Directory is RAM Disk: Why aim at RAMConfused An Update button does
nothing; Download Tracks pretends to be happy if I select Data Track
before clicking it, but Drive Progress reports "Repairing disc."


"drive" seems to say all is OK.

"settings" is a mystery so far, but I set Export Audio As: to WAV
Audio Track, put a wave file in "tracks" > Data/Audio Tracks, and go
to "write" where Drive Progress is "Ready" and click "Write."
Information: Track layout failed (-2Cool. Disc will not be written to.


What next?


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