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.
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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
> > >
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> > 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
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