DVD writer

[Scott Prive]

This drive (Sony) currently is not 100% supported by the dvdrtools package. The DVD+R and +RW portion works, but not the -R -RW. The authors of dvdrtools have not yet added support or figured out the firmware (specs? what specs?)

The "dash" formats for this drive *may* burn from the non-free dvdrecord-pro package (same author as cdrecord). I saw one report of success.

If you're looking for a DVD recorder for Linux, the Pioneer DVR-XXX line is the best supported (I have a DVR-104 which is the OEM ver of DVR-A04). These are DVD-R/-RW burners, with the -105 model now supporting 4X DVD-R.

For backups you won't care about DVD-R's greater compatability with DVD-Video... but you might care about greater compatability with DVD-ROM readers (you wouldn't want to restore from the burner as the read speed won't match a speedy ROM drive like Pioneer DVD-117). 

The other benefit to -R/-RW is media price: the "dash" formats typically cost half what the "plus" formats. I pay 60 cents each for a 100-DVD spindle from Meritline.





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L Krawitz [mailto:rlk at alum.mit.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 9:23 PM
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> Subject: DVD writer
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> I'm thinking of getting a DVD writer.  My primary intention is to use
> it for system backups; CD's just don't cut it any more (with about 18
> GB and 11 GB respectively on my two systems).  The Sony DRU-500A looks
> like a rather interesting one, supporting a lot of formats.  Any
> comments on that vs. any of the others out there?  This is for a pure
> Linux system.
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