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[Dvdrtools-users] Re: NEC 2500-A -- Philips/NEC firmware
From: |
Bryan J. Smith |
Subject: |
[Dvdrtools-users] Re: NEC 2500-A -- Philips/NEC firmware |
Date: |
07 Apr 2004 06:58:49 -0400 |
On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 22:13, Justin T Wetherell wrote:
> *I am trying to burn an image file to a DVD, this is the error I get. I
> can burn to a CD with the same device. I don't know if the dvdrecord
> recognizes it correctly. At first it told me the file was too big,
> looked like it thinks my DVD-RW is a CD-RW.*
Correct.
There are three major sets of firmware out there.
- Matsushita/Panasonic
- Pioneer
- Philips/NEC
As some of you may have guessed, these map to DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and DVD+RW
drives, respectfully.
>From my understanding, only Pioneer drives are supported by DVDRTools.
Same deal with the DVD patch for CDRecord 2.0 (has that changed now?).
Even if one of these drives _support_ the other formats (e.g., a Sony
DVD+RW drive supports DVD-RW/R, etc...), the underlying firmware is the
key. If the software cannot support the firmware, it cannot burn.
The latest commercial (free for non-commercial use) CDRecord-ProDVD
should support all firmware and both DVD-R and DVD+R record formats.
I really need to update my page to reflect all this.
--
Bryan J. Smith, E.I. -- Engineer, Technologist, School Teacher
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