Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread David Hummel
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 04:03:05PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > btw, what is DVD-RAM format? seems to be distinct from DVD+/-R/RW. Here are a couple of on-the-surface explanations of the different DVD formats: http://www.dvdirect.com/TSS/charts/DVDFormats.htm http://www.webopedia.com/DidYou

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread Michael J Wenk
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 04:03:05PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue 16 Sep 03, 3:15 PM, Jan W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I have done a bit of burning of DVD+R and +RW media for work here. > > > > I use cdrecord-prodvd and xcdroast for the GUI. > > > > I have successfully recorded 4.7

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread Jonathan Stickel
Thanks for all the response about DVD burning. I'll have to try out cdrecord-prodvd. Pete: I actually used an external DVD+/-RW drive (and an external HD) connected to my laptop through a PMCMCIA USB2.0 card. As far as I could tell, no problems with byte transfer there at all, after I got it

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread Jan W
I have had my eyes on the exact same (708UF) drive for awhile now. Maybe my boss will pick one up soon (I hope). I have no idea what DVD-RAM format is, though. I think 2.0 motherboards are out there, and 2.0 support has been in the ehci driver for awhile now (since early versions of 2.4, I think

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 3:15 PM, Jan W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > I have done a bit of burning of DVD+R and +RW media for work here. > > I use cdrecord-prodvd and xcdroast for the GUI. > > I have successfully recorded 4.7 GB of data on +R media, but I have no > experience with -R media whatsoever. W

Re: [vox-tech] backing up DVDs (was Re: [vox] fair use / DVD questions)

2003-09-16 Thread Jan W
I have done a bit of burning of DVD+R and +RW media for work here. I use cdrecord-prodvd and xcdroast for the GUI. I have successfully recorded 4.7 GB of data on +R media, but I have no experience with -R media whatsoever. We use Plextor 504A. >From what I know of DVD, can't you use a block cop

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 01:09:59PM -0700, Michael J Wenk wrote: > > Maybe turn off shell globbing? FYI, it wasn't shell that was doing it. Firstly, quoting would've gotten around that, but didn't. Secondly, running ncftp in interactive mode, and using the "open" command with the same URL I was

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Michael J Wenk
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:21:43AM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > I'm noticing an apparent bug in NcFTP (3.1.3; Mar 27, 2002) > > This works: > > $ ftp ftp.server.com > Name: USERNAME > 331 User USERNAME okay, need password. > Password: PASSWORD > 230 Logged in > > And this works: >

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Ken Bloom
On 2003.09.16 11:35, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:21 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm noticing an apparent bug in NcFTP (3.1.3; Mar 27, 2002) > > This works: > > $ ftp ftp.server.com > Name: USERNAME > 331 User USERNAME okay, need password. > Password: PA

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread David Hummel
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:22:44PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:17:44PM -0700, Mitch Patenaude wrote: > > > > On Tuesday, Sep 16, 2003, at 11:55 US/Pacific, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > > > > > 6. strace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com > > > > > >A

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 12:17:44PM -0700, Mitch Patenaude wrote: > On Tuesday, Sep 16, 2003, at 11:55 US/Pacific, Bill Kendrick wrote: > > >>6. strace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com > > > >Ah-hah! Someone, somewhere, is using "%" as an escape character! > > That's part o

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Mitch Patenaude
On Tuesday, Sep 16, 2003, at 11:55 US/Pacific, Bill Kendrick wrote: 6. strace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com Ah-hah! Someone, somewhere, is using "%" as an escape character! That's part of the URL spec. %XX is used to encode a character that wouldn't be legal otherwise

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:55 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:35:54AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > < see web archived version at: > http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2003-09/msg00082.html > ditto. ;-) thanks for putting the url

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Bill Kendrick
On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 11:35:54AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > < see web archived version at: http://www.lugod.org/mailinglists/archives/vox-tech/2003-09/msg00082.html > > > > sure. this is off the top of my head: > > 1. http://bugs.debian.org $ cat /etc/issue.net Red Hat Linux releas

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:35 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 6. strace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com > 7. ltrace -o LOG ncftpget -R ftp://USER:"PASSWORD"@ftp.server.com throw in a -s99 for good measure and a -ff if you need to. ;) pete

Re: [vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread p
On Tue 16 Sep 03, 11:21 AM, Bill Kendrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I'm noticing an apparent bug in NcFTP (3.1.3; Mar 27, 2002) > > This works: > > $ ftp ftp.server.com > Name: USERNAME > 331 User USERNAME okay, need password. > Password: PASSWORD > 230 Logged in > > And this work

[vox-tech] Odd ncftp bug

2003-09-16 Thread Bill Kendrick
I'm noticing an apparent bug in NcFTP (3.1.3; Mar 27, 2002) This works: $ ftp ftp.server.com Name: USERNAME 331 User USERNAME okay, need password. Password: PASSWORD 230 Logged in And this works: $ ncftp ftp://USERNAME:@ftp.server.com Logging in... Password requested by ftp.ser