From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267872AbUHTIzO (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:55:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268121AbUHTIwE (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:52:04 -0400 Received: from vhost12.digitarus.com ([194.242.150.12]:51677 "EHLO vhost12.digitarus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268043AbUHTIq2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Aug 2004 04:46:28 -0400 X-ClientAddr: 212.126.40.83 Message-ID: <4125BA56.1060307@wiggly.org> Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 09:46:14 +0100 From: Nigel Rantor User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Helge Hafting CC: Linux kernel Subject: Re: CD/DVD record References: <4124AD0B.6090908@wiggly.org> <4125B539.6040402@hist.no> In-Reply-To: <4125B539.6040402@hist.no> 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 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