Re: CD/DVD record

[Nigel Rantor <wiggly@wiggly.org>]

Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Hello all...
> Recording this stuff is basically sending some commands to
> a device and then keeping a FIFO full until done.

Lots of things that are easy to sum up on one sentence turn out the be 
hairy as a wookie, but yes, it does seem like a Simple(tm) problem.

> If `cdrecord` doesn't do it, one can hack together something
> that works in a day or so,... really good stuff in a week.

Hmm...not sure about that. Not if you do want device specific fixes in 
there too...

> Maybe it's time to ......  anyway ..... the device characteristics
> should be kept in an ASCII text file so the software doesn't have
> to be re-written everytime a new CD recorder becomes available.

Sounds good.

> Maybe the `cdrecord` author needs some competition. This sounds
> like a good beginner's project....

I'll admit to having some time on my hands but acquiring equipment to 
test with would be a stumbling block for me.

It would be nice if everyone could just put their egos aside and provide 
a united front wrt FOSS cd/dvd recording.

I was going to make some suggestions about how to do the above but then 
I have also been following the cdrecord thread and I'm not sure wading 
in on that makes sense...

   N