diff --git a/cdrskin/README b/cdrskin/README index e2eef5a..31cb59a 100644 --- a/cdrskin/README +++ b/cdrskin/README @@ -423,8 +423,7 @@ task of maintaining extendable ISO-Filesystems on DVD+RW. DVD-RW DVD-RW are usable if formatted to state "Restricted Overwrite" or if in state -"Sequential Recording" - provided the "Incremental Streaming" feature (21h) is -available. +"Sequential Recording". "Sequential" is the state of unused media and of media previously blanked or written by cdrecord. dvd+rw-format -blank can also achieve this state. @@ -434,8 +433,10 @@ of multi-session like CD-RW. (But not capable of -audio recording.) This means they need option -multi to stay appendable, need to be blanked to be writeable from start, return useable info with -toc and -msinfo, eventually perform appending automatically. -Without "Incremental Streaming" offered by the drive, they are regarded as -unsuitable media for now. +Without "Incremental Streaming" offered by the drive, only write mode DAO is +available with sequential DVD-RW. It only works with blank media, allows only +one single track, no -multi, and demands a fixely predicted track size. +(growisofs uses it with DVD-RW if option -dvd-compat is given.) Overwriteable DVD behave much like DVD+RW. "Restricted" refers only to the granularity of random access and block size which have always to be aligned to @@ -463,14 +464,15 @@ blank=format_overwrite_full uses preferrably "Full Format" (type 00h). This formatting lasts as long as writing a full DVD. It includes writing of lead-out which is said to be good for DVD ROM compatibility. -A de-formatting option is available to make overwriteable DVD-RW sequential: +De-formatting options are available to make overwriteable DVD-RW sequential: blank=deformat_sequential performs thorough blanking of all states of DVD-RW. - blank=all and blank=fast perform the same thorough blanking, but refuse to do this with overwriteable DVD-RW, thus preserving their formatting. The specs allow minimal blanking but the resulting media on my drives offer no -Incremental Streaming afterwards. So even blank=fast will do full blanking. +Incremental Streaming afterwards. So blank=fast will do full blanking. + +blank=deformat_sequential_quickest is faster but might yield DAO-only media. DVD-R diff --git a/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html b/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html index c83eefd..b171155 100644 --- a/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html +++ b/cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html @@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ directly from a disk file
  • Multi-session burning to sequential (i.e. unformatted) DVD-RW
  • Option -toc with sequential DVD-RW
  • Options -msinfo and msifile= with appendable DVD-RW
    • +
  • Single session DAO write mode with DVD-RW
  • (Testers wanted for DVD-R)
    • diff --git a/cdrskin/changelog.txt b/cdrskin/changelog.txt index f2362ec..a495e23 100644 --- a/cdrskin/changelog.txt +++ b/cdrskin/changelog.txt @@ -21,13 +21,14 @@ Deliberate deviations of cdrskin from cdrecord compatibility: + -msinfo pushes all other messages to stderr. It works independent of other options which would prevent it with cdrecord (-atip, -scanbus, ...) -+ DVD+RW writing is like -tao on giant blank CD-RW. - Same with DVD-RW in mode Restricted Overwrite. - -+ DVD-RW "Restricted Overwrite" writing is like DVD+RW (i.e. like -tao). - Formatting is done via cdrskin-specific blank=format_overwrite and not - with option -format. - ++ DVD track sources get not concateneated to a single track. In general DVD + writing is quite different from cdrecord-ProDVD: + DVD-RW "Disc-at-once" (-sao) is nearest to cdrecord-ProDVD's methods. + DVD-RW "Incremental Streaming" (-tao) on unformatted media allows + multi-session and track sources of unpredictable size. + Writing DVD-RAM, DVD+RW and "Restricted Overwrite" DVD-RW is like -tao on + blank CD. Formatting is done via cdrskin-specific blank=format_overwrite + and not with option -format. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changelog @@ -2816,34 +2817,110 @@ cdrskin/README cdrskin/cdrskin.1 Prepared next cdrskin-0.3.1 cycle -1 Feb 2007 [] +1 Feb 2007 [674] cdrskin/changelog.txt Prepared next cdrskin-0.3.1 cycle +1 Feb 2007 [675] [676] +cdrskin/cdrskin.1 +Mentioned DVD-RW multi-session in overview of features ------------------------------------- cycle - cdrskin-0.3.1 - 2007.02.01. +------------------------------------ cycle - cdrskin-0.3.1 - 2007.02.01.203057 * Burnfree enabled by default * Multi-session recording on sequential DVD-RW, including -toc, -msinfo +2 Feb 2007 [677] +cdrskin/convert_man_to_html.sh +Some sed expressions for beautification + +2 Feb 2007 [678] +doc/cookbook.txt +Updated about DVD-R[W] blanking, multi-session info and TOC + +2007.02.02.151327 [679] +libburn/mmc.c +test/telltoc.c Make mmc_read_multi_session_c1 use TOC if available +2007.02.02.173345 [680] +libburn/mmc.c +cdrskin/cdrskin.c +Improved classification and TOC of finalized DVD-R[W] media -Make wide use of mmc_four_char_to_int(), mmc_int_to_four_char() +------------------------------------ cycle - cdrskin-0.3.1 - 2007.02.02.183755 -burn_disc_get_multi_caps(d, multi_session, multi_track, start_adr, alignment) +3 Feb 2007 [681] +cdrskin/cdrskin.1 +cdrskin/wiki_plain.txt +Mentioned DVD-RW multi-session + +2007.02.03.205526 (comitted 4 Feb 2007) [682] +libburn/libburn.h +libburn/mmc.c +libburn/drive.c +libburn/async.c +test/telltoc.c +New in API : struct burn_multi_caps and burn_disc_get_multi_caps() + +2007.02.05.132335 [683] +libburn/transport.h +libburn/mmc.c +Preparations for DVD-R[W] DAO + +2007.02.06.130410 [684] +libburn/libburn.h +libburn/mmc.c +libburn/write.c +libburn/drive.c +libburn/libdax_msgs.h +Implemented DVD-R[W] DAO as BURN_WRITE_SAO + +2007.02.06.170621 [685] +libburn/write.c +libburn/mmc.c +Beautification of debugging messages + +2007.02.06.174320 [686] +cdrskin/cdrskin.c +tao_to_sao_tsize= for DVD-R[W] DAO + +2007.02.06.185534 [687] +libburn/async.c +cdrskin/cdrskin.c +Enabled fast blank for DVD-R[W] + +6 Feb 2007 [688] +cdrskin/cdrskin.1 +Clarified CD and DVD peculiarities + +6 Feb 2007 [689] +doc/cookbook.txt +Described DVD-R[W] DAO mode + +------------------------------------ cycle - cdrskin-0.3.1 - 2007.02.06.200802 +* DVD-R[W] Disk-at-once writing + + [] +cdrskin/README +cdrskin/changelog.txt +cdrskin/cdrskin_eng.html +Nect cdrskin-0.3.1 cycle -Be clearer about non-Incremental DVD-R[W] +forceful blanking of blank media in burn_disc_erase() -Documentation about multi-session DVD-RW +What about minimum track sizes ? (POWER OFF/ON , BUS RESET ?) + +growisofs does not finalize multi-session DVD[+-]R unless padding up. Why ? Check test/libburner and test/telltoc for consequences +Test with DVD-R + ------------------------------------ cycle - cdrskin-0.3.1 - - -DVD-R[W] DAO +Make wide use of mmc_four_char_to_int(), mmc_int_to_four_char() Remove from README what is also written in the man page.