I did a little research before I got an Ikebana external usb2. DVD +R +RW seems to be the better technology however which is better under linux is a totally separate question- then followed shortly after by the transport USB2 or Firewire or internal unit ?. I have not yet tried to get the external DVD we got at work to function under Linux, sorry I can't be of more help, it was purchased for a Windows boxen. In the last few weeks I think I remember a Sony or an HP unit that did both, I'm not sure. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Ruskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dvd+r or dvd-r
> On Sunday 23 Mar 2003 19:37, Ryan Eberhart wrote: > > From: "gabor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [gentoo-user] dvd+r or dvd-r > > > > > hi, > > > > > > > > > i'm kind of thinking about buying a dvd burner... > > > > > > what is better? dvd+r or dvd-r? i know it's a stupid question but i > > > want to hear opinions. > > > which has a more bright future? both? which is a better technology? > > > can be dvd+r's burned with higher speed than 2.4x ? > > > please share your thought/experiences with me. > > > > > > for example i've read that you can use a dvd+rw as a normal disk, > > > that means you can format it for ext2/3 and normally copy/delete data > > > to/from it. did anyone try that? > > > > > > thanks, > > > gabor > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > -- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > I'd say if you have a little extra cash get the Sony burner that can do > > both DVD+R and DVD-R... that way you'll have both. It's only an extra > > $100 I think. > > > I was aiming to get the Sony DRU-500A. They are rare as rocking horse > shit here in the UK. I was advised by my local dealer to give it a miss: > they are in short supply because they have to go straight back to Sony > for a firmware fix. > > After searching around the net I came to the conclusion that there's > probably not much future in DVD+R/+RW anyway and the DVD-R/-RW standard > is more compatible. I ended up buying a Pioneer DVD-R/-RW burner and am > very pleased with the results. > > You can buils UDF file system support (including write) in your linux > kernel and treat a DVD-RW just like any other dis{c,k}. Here's a start > for reading: > > http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/dvdrtools-users/2003-01/msg00007.html > http://www.burnworld.com/cdr/hardware/sony/dru500a.htm > http://www.itreviews.co.uk/hardware/h310.htm > http://www.nongnu.org/dvdrtools/ > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ > http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-udf/ > http://www.dvdplusrw.org/resources/bitsettings.html > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/linux-2.4.patch > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/tools/ > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/#tutorial > http://www.linuxvideo.org/docs/Linux-DVD-HOWTO/en/Linux-DVD-HOWTO-en.html > > Peter > -- > Gentoo-1.4.3.4 Unstable. KDE: 3.1.1 Qt: 3.1.2 > AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1900+ 768MB. Kernel: 2.4.20-xfs. GCC 3.2.2 > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list