Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2003-03-18 Thread Rob Bogus
On Monday 04 November 2002 13:49, Frank Hage wrote: On 2002.11.04, Joerg Schilling wrote: : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. One advantage I find is the ability to burn directly from NFS mounted partitions. It's slow but it works well. I've got gobs and

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-12 Thread Joerg Schilling
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Nov 8 15:52:46 2002 High frequency wobbling does not help to make the DVD recording better in case of buffer underruns. You always use the pre-groove only to find the course place where to resume recording. The exact position is found by reading the already

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-12 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On Sun, Nov 10, 2002 at 04:49:55PM +0100, Andy Polyakov wrote: The page in question was updated with following two paragraphs: Updated write-up is online and reads now as following: Snip Again. Even if DVD+RW is superior. What does it REALLY buy you? Excluding the 0.01% of the person

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Matthias Schniedermeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] A few month ago i even read an articel in our Linux Magazin about the 2GB Barrier (The Topic was DVD-Recording). I felt like beeing warped back into the stoneage. :-) Well, this is Linux :-( Most OS did support large files in 1995. Linux ignored

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-08 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Andy Polyakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] The write speed does not matter if you use BUrnProof or packet writing. Of course DVD+RW _only_ supports packet writing... The page in question was updated with following two paragraphs: What does plus stand for in DVD+RW/+R? The key feature of DVD+RW/+R

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-08 Thread Andy Polyakov
The only reason I'm answering is that I have reasons to believe that I indeed failed to find up-to-date or accurate enough information about DVD- formats. The only specification *publicly* available is 3.95GB DVD-R ECMA specification which describes certain Linking scheme that applies in

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-06 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Frank Hage [EMAIL PROTECTED] : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. One advantage I find is the ability to burn directly from NFS mounted partitions. It's slow but it works well. I've got gobs and gobs of data spread across many machines, many filled to

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-06 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Matthias Schniedermeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. Other advantages are the ability to completely fill the disks ( 4 GB iso files are a problem on 32 bit systems) and not needing free space for the disk images. When you

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-06 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 02:26:21PM +0100, Joerg Schilling wrote: From: Matthias Schniedermeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. Other advantages are the ability to completely fill the disks ( 4 GB iso files are a problem on 32

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-06 Thread Matthias Schniedermeyer
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 01:22:17PM -0700, Frank Hage wrote: On 2002.11.06, Joerg Schilling wrote: : : : From: Matthias Schniedermeyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. : : Other advantages are the ability to completely

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-04 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Andy Polyakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Slightly off-topic in this list context. http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ was updated this weekend. Major news are support for SONY DRU500 unit and improved compatibility control (see new Compatibility caveat lector paragraph on the page in

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-04 Thread Andy Polyakov
From reports I got for Cdrecord-ProDVD, cdrecord does not need an update for the Sony drive, it just works Not when it comes to burning DVD+RW/+R media. cdrecord-ProDVD works only with DVD-RW/-R media. A. But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. I

Re: DVD+RW/+R for Linux update

2002-11-04 Thread Frank Hage
On 2002.11.04, Joerg Schilling wrote: : : : But DVD-* media is cheaper and I see no advantage in using DVD+ media. One advantage I find is the ability to burn directly from NFS mounted partitions. It's slow but it works well. I've got gobs and gobs of data spread across many machines, many