Re: CD/DVD record

[Nigel Rantor <wiggly@wiggly.org>]

Helge Hafting wrote:
>> 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.
> [...]

Good point. Agreed.

>> 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.

Another good point. Agreed.

>> 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. :-/

Hat trick on the Good Point(tm) front. Agreed!

Well then I may go and look into cd recording then...hmm...

Cheers,

   Nige