RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Questions about dvdrecording

[Scott Prive]

>Personally, I think the $1.50 per 4.7GB DVD-R is the way to go.


Personally, I think .89 per 4.7GB DVD-R is the way to go. ;-)

For those that are interested, supermediastore.com has DVDPro media at hat 
price in a 90-pack. That's *too* many DVD-R's at once for me - especially with 
daily price drops - so I split the order with some workmates. 



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From: Sean [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:09 AM
To: David M. Rodal
Cc: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [Dvdrtools-users] Questions about dvdrecording


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On Thursday 08 August 2002 05:13 pm, David M. Rodal wrote:
> I found this in the nick of time.
> We want to start doing remote backup of customers and burn the data
> onto dvd's. I want to know how usable is the software.
>
> 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.
> (I ask this because in the readme they say writing data is on the todo
> list..)

I recently purchased the A04, and I can write data to it just fine.

>
> 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)

You should, but I've never tried it with an Apple.

>
> 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.

You need scsi-emulation support in your kernel. There is a good deal of 
documentation on the Internet for how to do this.

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

DVD-R/RW drives will not burn DVD-RAM media or DVD+R/RW media.

>
> Hardware, I heard something about the pioneer only being able to burn
> 4.7 Gig of data,
> Do newer devices burn slightly more? If so what hardware should I buy? I
> want
> to have as painless an experience as possible, so what hardware has been
> used a lot by people on the group. Any suggestions?

DVD-R/RW burns 4.7GB, if you want to burn more than that, you need to look to 
see what the other writable DVD formats have to offer and at what additional 
cost. Personally, I think the $1.50 per 4.7GB DVD-R is the way to go.

>
> I would very much like to avoid giving any money to M$ and
> just use linux in our company. But I need to know how
> much trouble this will involve.
>
> 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.

Just on general principal you should learn how to build a kernel; personally I 
think it is the very first thing a person should learn how to do when using 
Linux. That said, whether you will have to rebuild your kernel depends on 
what support has been included in the one you're running. You will definately 
need scsi emulation support, as mentioned above.

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

I'm running a Tyan Tiger MP w/ 2x1800+'s, and can burn just fine. I do have to 
set some IDE flags on the drive, but it seems that most others don't, so this 
may just be something specific to my setup.

>
> Sorry if these have all been asked in other places, I just want to run
> out and get the
> burner as I type. Cause I don't want to have to <gag> relearn Win2k

There's a ton of information out there on the web, I would strongly suggest 
hitting Google, and finding out everything you can.

Sean

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