Quick CD copy question

[Net Llama!]

On 04/29/03 03:32, Keith Antoine wrote:
> On Monday 28 April 2003 13:26, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:37:03 -0400 (EDT)
>>
>> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> > for starters, you
>> > can't use cdrecord to burn DVDs. i think the UDF filesystem (that DVDs
>> > use) is part of the reason.  see:
>> > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
>> > http://www.nongnu.org/dvdrtools/
>> > http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/linux/dvd/
>> > http://lists.suse.com/archive/packet-writing/2003-Jan/0001.html
>>
>> This part has been confusing me. What is all that about DVD recording in
>> the cdrecord DVD-Pro version? Or is that it: you need to buy the pro
>> version to get DVD burning? This has been my assumption. Of course, having
>> the cdrecord --help screen list DVDs does not clarify things:
>>
>> 		dev=target      SCSI target to use as CD/DVD-Recorder
>>
>> Or the DVD part is only refering to the fact that you CD recorder may also
>> play DVDs.
>>
>> Of course, as I do not have a DVD burner yet, this has all been academic.
> 
> Personally I would like to know the answer as I do have a Pioneer A4, which I 
> would like to use under linux. It still seems to be very iffy with linux at 
> the moment and not for the uninitiated.

it certainly doesn't seem trivial to me either, but from what i've read, 
its quite doable.  if someone wants to ship me their DVD burner, i'll be 
happy to give it a run, and write the SxS  :)

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