> Does cdrecord-ProDVD support the now available DVD+RW drives > (HP dvd100i, Ricoh MP5120A, Philips DVDRW208; all ATAPI, > 600-700 EUR street price)? > According to http://www.dvdplusrw.org/pc/dvdrw208.html they're > all quite similar and use the MMC command set. > > Are they expected to work with cdrecord-ProDVD? Has anyone > actually tested it?
Note that DVD+RW media is true random write access media meaning that it can house arbitrary file system (just like DVD-RAM). DVD+RW media has no notion of tracks, sessions, etc. so that cdrecord[-ProDVD] wouldn't know what's proper thing to do. What I've been working on for last few days is (linux) kernel support for DVD+RW media which makes it possible to use plain unix dd (or sdd if you prefer:-) to "burn" DVD+RW media (or mount it as read-write filesystem) as well as on utility to format DVD+RW media and a script to grow isofs (no sessions, remember). Note that I've avoided to write "DVD+RW drive" but used "DVD+RW media" every time instead. Those drives (well, I can speak for HP dvd100i only, but all three are surely same) changing their behaviour depending on which media is currently in. So that when you put a CD-R(W) disk in it becomes indistinguishable (well, when it comes to CD-R(W) burning) from generic MMC CD recorder and plain cdrecord would be the one to use. Andy. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
