diff --git a/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html b/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html index b171155..0646360 100644 --- a/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html +++ b/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html @@ -230,11 +230,11 @@ directly from a disk file
Enhancements towards stable version 0.3.0:
 
diff --git a/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt b/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt index 461553f..ce165b7 100644 --- a/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt +++ b/cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt @@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ Schilling's cdrtools. cdrskin strives to be a second source for the services traditionally provided by cdrecord. Currently it does CD-R and CD-RW this way. Overwriteable media DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and DVD-RW are handled differently than with cdrecord-ProDVD in order to offer TAO-like single track recording. -The current development version handles sequential DVD-RW like CD-RW with TAO -and multi-session. +The current development version handles sequential DVD-R[W] like CD-R[W] +with TAO and multi-session. Additionally it offers cdrecord-like mode DAO with +DVD-R[W]. cdrskin does not contain any bytes copied from cdrecord's sources. Many bytes have been copied from the message output of cdrecord @@ -22,13 +23,13 @@ About libburn API for burning CD: http://libburnia-api.pykix.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Appending sessions to an unclosed CD is restricted to write mode TAO. -(Users who have a burner which succeeds with a follow-up session via +Appending sessions to an unclosed CD or DVD-R[W] is restricted to write mode +TAO. (Users who have a burner which succeeds with a follow-up session on CD via cdrecord -sao : please contact us.) -For DVD types other than DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW and for appending sessions -to ISO filesystems on DVD other than DVD-RW see the advise to use dvd+rw-tools -at the end of this text. +For DVD types other than DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R and for appending +sessions to ISO filesystems on DVD other than DVD-RW, DVD-R see the advise +to use dvd+rw-tools at the end of this text. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -85,9 +86,15 @@ has to offer both, r- and w-permission. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Non-cdrecord blank mode blank=format_overwrite is needed to bring a DVD-RW +The DVD capabilities of cdrskin differ from those of cdrecord-ProDVD. cdrskin +lacks of support for DVD+R and for dual layer DVD media. On the other hand it +offers TAO-like multi-session with DVD-R[W] and TAO-like single session with +overwriteable DVD media. It also offers DAO on DVD-R[W] which is probably the +same as the traditional cdrecord-ProDVD write mode. + +Non-cdrecord blank mode blank=format_overwrite brings a DVD-RW disc from its initial profile "Sequential Recording" into profile state -"Restricted Overwrite". The latter is usable with cdrskin. +"Restricted Overwrite". {{{ cdrskin dev=/dev/sr0 -v blank=format_overwrite }}} @@ -99,6 +106,22 @@ on a 32KiB aligned address, though. cdrskin ... write_start_address=2412m ... }}} +Non-cdrecord blank mode blank=deformat_sequential brings an overwriteable +DVD-RW back into state "Sequential Recording" with the capability of doing +multi-session, if the drive is capable of "Incremental Streaming" +(MMC feature 21h). + +Used sequential DVD-RW media may be blanked by blank=fast or blank=all which +normally both do full blanking. + +blank=deformat_sequential does minimal blanking of DVD-RW which usually yields +media incapable of "Incremental Streaming". + +Option --prodvd_cli_compatible activates blank=fast and blank=all for +overwriteable DVD-RW which normally ignore those two options. It also makes +option -multi tolerable with media and write modes which are not suitable for +multi-session. (The default behavior of cdrskin deems me to be preferrable.) + -------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifo_start_at= is a throughput enhancer for unsteady data streams @@ -187,7 +210,7 @@ for an illustrated example with K3b 0.10 . DVD advise: -For burning of DVD media other than DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, the cdrskin +For burning of DVD media other than DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-R, the cdrskin project currently advises to use Andy Polyakov's dvd+rw-tools which despite their historic name burn for me on above burner: DVD-RAM, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD-R and are also capable of dual layer and even BD discs. @@ -205,7 +228,7 @@ image and finally manipulates the start sectors of this existing image. So for growable ISO filesystems on DVD-RAM or DVD+RW growisofs is the only choice, currently. -With sequential DVD-RW the development version of cdrskin can offer +With sequential DVD-R[W] the development version of cdrskin can offer multi-session together with associated options blank=, -multi, -msinfo and -toc. Thus sequential DVD-RW behave much like large CD-RW with possibly more than 99 tracks.