[Tfug] Growisofs vs CDrecord-ProDVD

[Brian Masur]

growisofs is just for burning a data dvd, afaik...  You can use mkisofs just 
like you did for CDs to create a .iso file up to some 4.4 GB then use 
growisofs with a parameter to burn a .iso file directly to DVD or use it to 
call mkisofs to create it on the fly.  Not sure what you mean by 
commerically-protected.  If you mean a DVD movie then you ought to look into 
running something like DVDShrink/DVDDecrypter/DVDFab combo under WINE as I 
still have not seen anything like those for *n*x.  If you have, please let 
me know so I can stop saying it's one reason to maybe keep windows around.


>From: "Charles R. Kiss" <charles at kissbrothers.com>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: tfug at tfug.org
>Subject: [Tfug] Growisofs vs CDrecord-ProDVD
>Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:31:12 -0400
>
>I prefer the command line (K3B is nice looking, but I don't trust it
>completely for the same reason I didn't like XCDRoast), but for some
>reason, I haven't yet successfully burned a DVD (commercially protected
>or unprotected) using either growisofs or CDrecord-ProDVD.
>
>Could it be that I'm using single layer DVD's on a dual layer DVD
>player?  Is it a hardware issue?  According to the command below, the
>model is a SONY DVD RW DRU-810A.  My filesystem is ext3 (as far as I can
>remember) and I run Debian Sarge 3.0.
>
>Thanks for your input; I'll try to work with growisofs from now on.
>
>Charles
>
>
>*house:/home/charles# cdrecord dev=ATA:1,1,0 -prcap*
>
>Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
>Jörg Schilling
>NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
>cdrecord
>       and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
>       Please send bug reports and support requests to
><cdrtools at packages.debian.org>.
>       The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
>version.
>
>cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-3-k7
>cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
>cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
>cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes.
>cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root
>programs.
>cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account.
>scsidev: 'ATA:1,1,0'
>devname: 'ATA'
>scsibus: 1 target: 1 lun: 0
>Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
>Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
>Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
>Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
>Version        : 0
>Response Format: 3
>Capabilities   :
>Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
>Identifikation : 'DVD RW DRU-810A '
>Revision       : '1.0a'
>Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
>
>Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:
>
>   Does read CD-R media
>   Does write CD-R media
>   Does read CD-RW media
>   Does write CD-RW media
>   Does read DVD-ROM media
>   Does read DVD-R media
>   Does write DVD-R media
>   Does not read DVD-RAM media
>   Does not write DVD-RAM media
>   Does support test writing
>
>   Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
>   Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
>   Does read digital audio blocks
>   Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
>   Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
>   Does read multi-session CDs
>   Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
>   Does not read CD bar code
>   Does read R-W subcode information
>   Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
>   Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
>   Does return CD media catalog number
>   Does return CD ISRC information
>   Does not support C2 error pointers
>   Does not deliver composite A/V data
>
>   Does play audio CDs
>   Number of volume control levels: 2
>   Does not support individual volume control setting for each channel
>   Does not support independent mute setting for each channel
>   Does not support digital output on port 1
>   Does support digital output on port 2
>   Does not send digital data LSB-first
>   Does not set LRCK high for left-channel data
>   Does not have valid data on falling edge of clock
>   Length of data in BCLKs: 32
>
>   Loading mechanism type: tray
>   Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
>   Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
>   Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
>   Is not currently in a media-locked state
>   Does not support changing side of disk
>   Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
>   Does not support Individual Disk Present feature
>
>   Maximum read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
>   Current read  speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
>   Maximum write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
>   Current write speed:  7056 kB/s (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
>   Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
>   Buffer size in KB: 2048
>   Copy management revision supported: 1
>   Number of supported write speeds: 5
>   Write speed # 0:  7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  40x, DVD  5x)
>   Write speed # 1:  5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  32x, DVD  4x)
>   Write speed # 2:  4234 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  24x, DVD  3x)
>   Write speed # 3:  2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  16x, DVD  2x)
>   Write speed # 4:  2117 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD  12x, DVD  1x)
>house:/home/charles#
>
>
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