From 6a818b514da47f89abcdc1ab56398402f10d0912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schmitt Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2007 12:54:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Some DVD-RW statements --- libburn/trunk/cdrskin/README | 7 ++----- libburn/trunk/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/README b/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/README index dce4e929..c097eae3 100644 --- a/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/README +++ b/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/README @@ -411,11 +411,8 @@ or written by cdrecord. dvd+rw-format -blank can also achieve this state. Formatting or first use of freshly formatted DVD-RW can produce unusual noises from the drive and last several minutes. Depending on mutual compatibility of -drive and media, formatting can yield unusable media. I finally always got -them revived again by help of: cdrecord-2.01.01a23 dev=... -v blank=fast -After some tries, they got converted into state "Sequential" from where a -new try could be made to get them reliably into state "Restricted Overwrite". -(A similar sequential blank feature with cdrskin is still to come.) +drive and media, formatting can yield unusable media. It seems that those die +too on blanking by cdrecord or dvd+rw-format. Perils of DVD-RW, i fear. Special compilation variations diff --git a/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt b/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt index 3b702b94..3a4b7284 100644 --- a/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt +++ b/libburn/trunk/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ The cdrecord-compatible options are listed in the output of cdrskin -help }}} where the option "help" has *one* dash. Online: [http://scdbackup.sourceforge.net/cdrskin_help_devel cdrskin -help] + For these options you may expect program behavior that is roughly the same as described in original man cdrecord . @@ -82,6 +83,22 @@ has to offer both, r- and w-permission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Non-cdrecord blank mode blank=format_overwrite is needed to bring a DVD-RW +disc from its initial profile "Sequential Recording" into profile state +"Restricted Overwrite". The latter is usable with cdrskin. +{{{ +cdrskin dev=/dev/sr0 -v blank=format_overwrite +}}} + +DVD-RW "Restricted Overwrite" and DVD+RW appear to cdrskin as blank media +which are capable of taking only a single track. This track may be positioned +on a 32KiB aligned address, though. +{{{ +cdrskin ... write_start_address=2412m ... +}}} + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- + fifo_start_at= is a throughput enhancer for unsteady data streams like they are produced by a compressing archiver program when piping to CD on-the-fly. It makes better use of the general property of a FIFO