Re: [Dvdrtools-users] Questions about dvdrecording

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, David M.Rodal wrote:

> If I run redhat linux 7.2 and install the RPM
> and buy a pioneer DVR-AO3 and plug it in.
> 
> will I be able to burn my (backup) data onto DVD'S without too much 
> problems.

Probably.
This is exactly the combination I used when developing dvdrtools.

> (I ask this because in the readme they say writing data is on the todo 
> list..)

Huh? No, writing data has worked from the beginning. Writing films is on 
the todo list, but requires some reverse engineering I don't have time 
for.

> Will I be able to read that data from ANY dvd capable machine (like a 
> apple G4 power book that comes with a dvd player)

Almost any dvd capable machine. It's pretty much the same situation as 
with CD-RWs, some very old CD players can't read them, but other than that 
you're ok.

> The Pioneer DVR-AO3 appears to be an IDE-EIDE device,
> the dvdrecord manpage seem to talk a lot about scsi, am I missing 
> something or is that just for supporting other type of DVD burners.

dvdrecord addresses IDE devices using the ide-scsi emulatiion layer in 
Linux, that's why you have to specify stuff like SCSI device IDs.

> What about media, will this thing burn those disks like I rent movies on.

The rewritable ones that look just like the disks you rent movies on, yes.

> Or will it burn those funny closed box (like a giant floppy disk) 
> DVD-RAM disks that my wife has in her old Apple G4 tower.

You need different tools for DVD-RAM.

> Hardware, I heard something about the pioneer only being able to burn 
> 4.7 Gig of data,

This is the normal amount of data for all DVD-R/DVD-RW drives.

> What hardware has been used a lot by people on the group. Any 
> suggestions?

I'm using a Pioneer DVR-A03 simply because it was the first affordable 
DVD-RW drive.

> I would very much like to avoid giving any money to M$ and
> just use linux in our company.

Good choice. :)

> Do I just install the hardware, on Redhat LInux 7.2, load the dvdrecord 
> rpm, learn the manpage and go, or will I have to build a kernel.

You just install the rpm.
If you know how to handle cdrecord, you don't even need to read the man 
page because the syntax is the same (dvdrecord is a fork of cdrecord).

> Also, We have a MP box that gave us a little problems when we first 
> installed linux.
> Does this thing work with MP machines? Anyone have any experiance using 
> MP's?

I don't have any MP machines to try on, but I don't see why it wouldn't 
work.
It's supposed to.

> How about the AMD MP's (our is just that, two 1.9 GHZ processors).

I'm using the same CPU, but only one of them, so the CPU in itself won't 
cause problems.

LLaP
bero

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