From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267856AbUHTIV4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:21:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267827AbUHTIU6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:20:58 -0400 Received: from hermine.aitel.hist.no ([158.38.50.15]:50949 "HELO hermine.aitel.hist.no") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267810AbUHTIUd (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:20:33 -0400 Message-ID: <4125B539.6040402@hist.no> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:24:25 +0200 From: Helge Hafting User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040715) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nigel Rantor CC: Linux kernel Subject: Re: CD/DVD record References: <4124AD0B.6090908@wiggly.org> In-Reply-To: <4124AD0B.6090908@wiggly.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Nigel Rantor wrote: > 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... The question then becomes - how many percent of devices in use need fixes to work? A simple program with _no_ fixes, that works with correct devices only might not be that hard. After it becomes popular people simply take care to buy working burners. The old broken tend to get upgraded after a while, or they can be used with the old cdrecord. [...] > I'll admit to having some time on my hands but acquiring equipment to > test with would be a stumbling block for me. Take one thing at a time. If you want to try this, start writing a program that works well with your particular burner. Chances are it'll work with many others too. And then you get patches from people who have other equipment. You won't need to have everything yourself. > > It would be nice if everyone could just put their egos aside and > provide a united front wrt FOSS cd/dvd recording. :-) This goes for all open source. I don't think it'll happen though. :-/ Helge Hafting