Hi, > I want to understand exactly what writing modes are supported by different > types of DVD formats and how mutisession is implemented. > Where can I find decent information on this? > I did read ecma standards on all dvd types, and plenty of SFF standards.
The ECMA stuff is very physical and does not apply much to drive control and burn programming. This is rather documented in the SCSI standards. The CD/DVD/BD specific aspects are in sub section MMC. I use as reference http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/mmc5/mmc5r03c.pdf see especially the description of multi-session media models: 4.3.4 DVD-R/-RW 4.3.6 DVD+R There are newer documents in http://www.t10.org/ftp/t10/drafts/mmc6 My own view on MMC is documented in http://libburnia-project.org/browser/libburn/trunk/doc/cookbook.txt You might be interested in - Sequential DVD-R[W] Cookbook - DVD+R[/DL] Cookbook Another thing is emulated multi-session on overwriteable DVD/BD media: growisofs and xorriso learn about the current session size from the ISO superblock (ECMA-119 8.4 Primary Volume Descriptor), add a new session and patch the superblock so that it points to the new session. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
