From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266137AbUHSNhe (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:37:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266141AbUHSNhd (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:37:33 -0400 Received: from vhost12.digitarus.com ([194.242.150.12]:32210 "EHLO vhost12.digitarus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266137AbUHSNhN (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:37:13 -0400 X-ClientAddr: 212.126.40.83 Message-ID: <4124AD0B.6090908@wiggly.org> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:37:15 +0100 From: Nigel Rantor User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: root@chaos.analogic.com CC: Linux kernel Subject: Re: CD/DVD record References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Digitarus-vhost12-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Digitarus for more information X-Digitarus-vhost12-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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