From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bradley Hook Subject: Re: DVD Writers Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:17:07 -0500 Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <412CD7A3.80402@kssb.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Cc: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Helge Pettersen wrote: >>>Has anybody used a DVD writer with linux, and if so what brand, and >>>software? I read the cdrecord page and it says I can get a binary version >>>for a DVD writer, but no source code. Also, has anyone used the sony >>>writer that holds 8+ Gig of data? >>> >>>Thanks, >>> >>>Dave Kirkwood >> >>- >>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in >>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > Yes, I use the NEC 2500A, and it works splendid! > You can use cdrecord for dvd-burning, yes. But the "original" choice > for that would be growisofs, although I use the k3b interface for > burning dvds. > The new NEC supports dual-layer, but I have not tried that, nor the Sony model. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > I didn't even know about growisofs (which was already on my machine, and I'll start playing with it now that I know it's here), but I have successfully burned DVD-R disks with the dvd capable cdrecord binary (true, no source code, but it works well, and I am able to use the free key since I work at a school). I am using a Sony external USB drive, model # DRX-510UL. ~Bradley