Re: [slightly OT] dvdrecord 0.3.1 -- and yes, dev=/dev/cdrom works;)

[Jan Engelhardt]

>> > > I've just released dvdrtools 0.3.1
>> > > (http://www.arklinux.org/projects/dvdrtools/). It is a fork of cdrtools
>> > > that (as the name indicates) adds support for writing to DVD-R and
>> > > DVD-RW disks using purely Free Software,
>> >
>> > also DVD+R/RW/DL, I hope?
>>
>> And what about DVD-RAM drives? Any plans to support those?
>
>My [limited] understanding of DVD-RAM drives was that they are basically 
>removable block devices... you wouldn't need a recording program for that, 
>you'd use it like a floppy.
>
Same goes for DVD+RW. One may want to use it in conjunction with pktcdvd 
for aligning and command queueing/iosched reasons.


Jan Engelhardt
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