Re: dvdrtools (dvdrecord) vs. dvd+rw-tools

I was able to use dvd+rw-tools (growisofs) to burn a DVD+R disc today,
and it seems to work fine, though I only got it to burn at 1x for some
reason - it may be that I burned a fairly short disc (~50 megs) so it
didn't have time to achieve the full 4x speed properly . In any case,
it seems to be a pretty good tool, if somewhat sparse on features.

I am getting on DVD-R discs to try out dvdrecord as well. I expect I
just need to do a little testing to find the best combination of
disc/format/method to use.

Anyway, thanks for the info, Greg.

Justin

Greg Madden wrote:
> On Thursday 29 July 2004 08:30 am, Justin Dieters wrote:
>
>>I just got a Sony DVD+/-RW+/-R drive that I am planning on installing
>>on a RedHat 9 system. I haven't installed it yet, but I'm hoping for
>>the smoothest path possible.
>>
>>My main question is this: I have seen dvdrtools
>>(http://machiel.generaal.net/index.php?subject=dvdrtools) before, but
>>in my searching I have also come across something called dvd+rw-tools
>>(http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/) and I'm not real clear
>>on what dvd+rw-tools would be used for that dvdrecord could not be
>>used for. I'm hoping someone with Linux DVD recording experience
>>could shed some light.
>>
>>All I need the DVD drive for is data storage - so, DVD video, audio,
>>etc is not a factor. I purchased DVD+R discs, though I can exchange
>>them for DVD-R if someone knows something I don't about the
>>differences (which is likely).
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Justin
>
>
> I use dvdrecord on my main workstation, only because it works, afaik, it
> is not supported anymore. The dvd+rw-tools is what k3b uses to record
> dvd's. K3B is a kde app and works very well if you like using a gui to
> burn. You can probably use dvd+rw-tools fro the command line but I
> haven't tried that. Dvd+rw-tools can use both +r &-r disks to record
> along with the newer hardware, like the Sony, makes for a flexable
> setup.
>

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Received on Fri Jul 30 14:12:24 2004