> I am not sure what format DVD-R or DVD+R will be the most popular in the future, > but I use only DVD+R and DVD+RW. They both use UDF filesystem (I would like to > see Linux really hop on the UDF bandwagon and complete development of writable > UDF for Linux). Formatting a DVD+RW takes only 1 or 2 minutes (what happened > with the formatting of CD+RW?!? that used to take hours). The price on DVD+R is > coming down so the prices between DVD-R and DVD+R are becoming closer.
Ted > Having a look at the 'burnable' DVD formats I found out that there are > essentially two versions: DVD+R and DVD-R. Since the possibility to play the > records on a hardware DVD player is the ultimate goal, my question is: Which > of these formats is best suited for archiving purposes? That means, which of > these formats will survive on standard DVD players at least for the next 20 > years and will have the broadest acceptance? A re-coding or re-burning is a > very time-comsuming process. -- Ted Huntington Programmer Analyst I Main Library University of California, Irvine PO Box 19557 Irvine, CA 92623-9557 emesgs: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web page: http://business.lib.uci.edu/webpages/ted.htm 8:00a-12:00p Business Office (949) 824-8926 1:00p-5:00p Multimedia Resource Center (949) 824-1674 "Stop violence, teach science." ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
