Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> I'm moving my first steps with Debian.
Christopher Nelson writes: > Welcome to the community. If you have questions, this list is a good > place to find answers :) Thanks indeed ;) Rodolfo: >> As a Mandrake 10.1 user, I used to burn dvds as well as cds with cdrecord; >> but now with Debian 3.1 it seems that I can't. Christopher: > Not with stock cdrecord as it's distributed by Debian. Rodolfo: >> In `/usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.DVD.Debian' it says: >> >> >> cdrecord does not support DVD recording. If you need it you have the >> following options: >> >> * cdrecord-ProDVD Christopher: > Never used this Rodolfo: >> * dvd+rw-tools Christopher: > This is what I have installed, but I haven't used it. > >> * dvdrtools Christopher: > This is what I used to use, and has similiar syntax to cdrecord, IIRC. > 'dvdrecord dev=/dev/foo -[d,s,t]ao foo.iso' Rodolfo: >> * Apply the dvdrecord-patch to cdrecord and compile it yourself: >> apt-get source cdrtools >> cd cdrtools-<version> >> fakeroot debian/rules dvd=yes cdrecord Christopher: > That shouldn't be too hard, but if a package works I'd use it instead. Rodolfo: >> What do you Debian users think is the best solution? Christopher: > If you want similiar syntax to cdrecord, dvdrtools has it--but it's > non-free so make of that what you will. Since you're new to Debian, I > don't know if you know how to enable 'non-free' (or 'contrib'), to do so > edit '/etc/apt/sources.list' and append 'contrib non-free' (mind the > hyphen) to your 'deb ....' and 'deb-src ....' lines. But I'd try > dvd+rw-tools first, as free is better ;) Rodney D. Myers wrote: > this is what I have on an etch system; > > dpkg -l | grep dvd+ > ii dvd+rw-tools 6.1-2 DVD+-RW/R tools > > dpkg -l | grep cdr > ii cdrdao 1.2.1-6 records CDs in > Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode > ii cdrecord 2.01+01a03-5 command line CD writing > tool > > I would "assume" you could use the same. I burn dvd's from the shell, > not from any gui. Thanks indeed, I've already started with dvd+rw-tools and think I'm going to use this. Cheers, Rodolfo P.S:: Christopher, it's not clear to me what you're using now after all... ;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
