Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am using a Philips DVD writer for backup purposes under Gentoo with good results. -- Timur Aydin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
On Friday 19 August 2005 21:42, Sean Johnson wrote: I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. it has to, because all tests I read said, that Plextor burns a lot of errors onto the dvds... so they have to have a good error-correction, or they would not be able to read their own stuff. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Can anyone point me to a howto for doing packet writing with a DVD+RW? I have a DVD+RW drive and it works fine with the pktcdvd kernel interface, but when I try to use cdrwtool -q -d /dev/hdd with a DVD+RW, it gives me this: Initiating quick disc blank wait_cmd: Input/output error Command failed: a1 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - sense 05.30.05 blank disc: Illegal seek Any clues? Thanks! AMD Athlon 1.2GHz VIA KT7 chipset Memorex 8x ATAPI DVD+-RW/CD-RW, DMA interface at UDMA2 Memorex 4x DVD+RW media, writing at 1x cdrecord-ProDVD fails with the same error, except it reads, write_track: Illegal seek. On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 21:11 -0700, Ted Ozolins wrote: Edward A Mihalow Jr wrote: Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on newegg.com for 89.00. I'm running a Sony dual layer here ($89.00Ca at futureshop.ca) works just fine. -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that I can criticise is that the drives do get a bit fussy when it comes to cheaper, lesser-known-brand disks - which my CD writer refuses to even start a write on. Other than that, I've never had a bad write on my LG CD writer. I have a Lite-On DVD writer which is also very good. It writes on just about anything except used toilet paper - which is what impressed me. Plus it was quite a bit cheaper than the LG equivalent. Email Disclaimer http://www.aplitec.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Mark Humphrey wrote: Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I also agree with the LG comments. They really are good. Only thing that I can criticise is that the drives do get a bit fussy when it comes to cheaper, lesser-known-brand disks - which my CD writer refuses to even start a write on. Other than that, I've never had a bad write on my LG CD writer. I have a Lite-On DVD writer which is also very good. It writes on just about anything except used toilet paper - which is what impressed me. Plus it was quite a bit cheaper than the LG equivalent. Email Disclaimer http://www.aplitec.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm Hi, Could recommend LiteON too for a DVD-writer (also had very good Nec CD-RW). Rumen smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. Just my 2c. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on newegg.com for 89.00. -- Edward A Mihalow Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux! Registered Linux User#225662 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Sean Johnson wrote: I'm pretty stuck on Plextor drives. I've found them to all be very reliable, and will tend to read damaged disks that other drives choke on. Just my 2c. I could have bought another brand for less, but my Plextor has yet to meet a brand of disc that it couldn't burn. I haven't had any bad burns yet either. One thing you might do is check http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters to read up on whichever models you are thinking about buying. This site lists reviews and blank media compatibility reports for nearly every drive under the sun. Check to see how picky the drives you like are and read the reviews. If you find one that will burn perfectly on every type of media that has been tried in it, that's a major plus. Many drives have trouble writing to inexpensive discs. When you find a promising drive or two, look to see if any of the reportedly compatible media can be bought at your local shop. Better yet, look for some you can buy in bulk on the cheap through a shopping engine (I like pricewatch.com). Be sure to verify that the media you intend to use will play in your set-top DVD player too. Find your DVD player at http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers and look at the player's media compatibility reports to do this. The compatibility lists for the players aren't always as complete as they are for the burners--especially for older players--but it is better to have looked than not to have. It's a lot of leg-work, but it beats buying a drive that will only burn expensive media, or that won't burn any of the brands of discs that work in your set-top box. When you find a drive/cheap-media/player combination that works, you can save a lot of money by buying the discs in bulk, even if you have to pay a premium for a more capable burner. When you find a good deal on a DVD burner, and that burner will record a wide variety of brands of discs, and among those varieties of discs are some that you can get cheap, and those cheap discs will play in your set-top DVD player... well, then start digging out your credit card already! What more do you want?! Just my 13 cents. P.S.: Seemingly identical blank discs can be made by different manufacturers even if they are the same brand/speed/model-number. Don't buy bulk media unless you're ABSOLUTELY sure that it is going to work for you. You might ask the vendor if they will sell you a sample disc to test first. Who knows? It could happen. -- Pluralitas non est ponenda sine necessitate - W. of O. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Edward A Mihalow Jr wrote: Mark wrote: I have a TDK indi DVD. It works perfectly. I would also add that I have excellent results with LG products as others have mentioned. I have had a TDK and now a SONY dual-layer. Both work excellent. Sony on newegg.com for 89.00. I'm running a Sony dual layer here ($89.00Ca at futureshop.ca) works just fine. -- Ted Ozolins(VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
It's time for me to get a DVD recorder for this system, so I went to Best Buy, and started reading the boxes. Every single one states that Windows in some form is a requirement. Surely this is FUD, right? Nevertheless, with memories of winmodems and winprinters, I fear to take the leap. What's the real state of things? Can I use any of them? All of them? What? ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:23:38 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Every single one states that Windows in some form is a requirement. Surely this is FUD, right? yes absolutely. However be aware that to update firmware windows may be required. Like CD writers they are fundamentally ATAPI devices that plug straight into the ide bus and the power supply. I recently bought an LG and it works fine. -- Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
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yes absolutely. However be aware that to update firmware windows may be required. Like CD writers they are fundamentally ATAPI devices that plug straight into the ide bus and the power supply. I recently bought an LG and it works fine. I too would heartily recommend LG drives, I have 2 of them and have never had any issues apart from the odd low quality disc that will only write at 8x ;-) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] DVD recorder recommendations
Nick Rout schreef: On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:23:38 -0700 Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Every single one states that Windows in some form is a requirement. Surely this is FUD, right? yes absolutely. To add to this, I think that what is really meant by this typical marketing-speak is that Windows is necessary to run the included software bundle. It's not actually needed for the drive itself, but obviously you're paying for the software bundle, so the fact that Linux users (all two of us ;) ) are just going to toss these CDs aside (because they can't use them) would be a consideration for the type of manufacturers that are going to put their products on display at a chain like BestBuy, and the information is 'simplified' for the market segment that shops at Best Buy for computer parts (no offence; there are exceptions to every rule). You might consider getting a 'whitebox' (OEM) product from a real computer store instead (for whatever product you decide on)-- the 'white box' means that you don't pay for the fancy packaging, or the included retail package (which is useless to you anyway), but the Original Equipment Manufacturer package which usually just has the drive and the driver disk (probably with WinDVD as well, but it's still less wastage than with the full retail monty). Holly -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
