DVD-R/-RW
The original DVD writers were all of type dvd-r/-rw.
Major vendors were Pioneer and Ricoh.
Pioneer models include A03/A04/104/105.
Hard to find new as combo drives, both – and +,
have mostly taken over
dvdrecord
fork of cdrecord
only for -r/-rw drives
similar syntax to cdrecord
included in Fermi Linux 7.3.x, 9.0.x and LTS3x
syntax
dvdrecord -dev=0,0,0 -speed=2 -v -dao <file to
burn>
cdrecord-ProDVD
First dvd writter program available for Linux
available from the author of cdrecord
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
It is licensed but has a free license for most
users. Since it is licensed we cannot include it in our release.
DVD+R/+RW
Used first time on a dvd+rw or dvd+r(1 time only) to make initial session
growisofs -Z /dev/scd0 -R /some/mount/point
Will put /some/mount/point files on root of dvd+rw in -R(rockridge format)
Used to add files to a dvd+rw or dvd+r(until it is full)
growisofs -M /dev/scd0 -R /some/other/mount/point
Adds /some/other/mount/point files to root of dvd+rw in -R format
Used to burn a existing iso image
growisofs -Z /dev/scd0=something.iso
before first use only
newer versions of growisofs will do automatcally
dvd+rw-format <devide name>
dvd+rw-format /dev/scd0
To switch between sequential and incremental mode
dvd+rw-format <device name>
to switch to incremental
dvd+rw-format -blank <device name>
to switch to sequential
Dvdrecord does NOT work with +r/+rw drives.
dvd+rw-tools
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW
advertised to work with the -r/-rw drives too.
Support is rather recent for this feature so beware.
included in LTS30rolling.
rpm from LTS30rolling also works on Fermi Linux 90x.
I am planning on putting it in the next version of
90rolling
commands
growisofs
This is used to actually burn dvd's.
Frontend to mkisofs so no need to make iso images
first, can if needed
growisofs -Z <device name> <mkisofs
commands>
growisofs -M <device name> <mkisofs
commands>
growisofs -Z <device name>=<some iso
image>
dvd+rw-format
This is needed to format +-rw media
dvd+rw
dvd-rw
If you want to just use cp and standard linux commands
put in kernel patch described in url above for
dvd+rw-tools
note that this really needs the udf file system too.
May have to add udf wrtting patched too.
cdrecord-ProDVD
alpha support for +R/+RW drives
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdrecord.html
It is licensed but has a free license for most
users. Since it is licensed we cannot include it in our release.