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RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Re: Newbie question
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Scott Prive |
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RE: [Dvdrtools-users] Re: Newbie question |
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Wed, 23 Oct 2002 14:29:53 -0400 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:55 PM
> To: Pratul Agarwal
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Dvdrtools-users] Re: Newbie question
>
>
>
> Quoting Pratul Agarwal <address@hidden>:
> > Thanks for the very informative e-mail!
> > I guess what I am looking from a DVD writer includes:
> > 1. Linux support is a must
> > (I got rid of windoze from my work/home PCs)
>
> Right now, for recording (write-once), this is pretty much
> limited to the
> Pioneer DVR series of drives with DVDRTools.
>
> > 2. Media should be cheap
>
> 1x DVD-R(G) media is under $1/each nowdays. Hopefully the 2x
> and 4x media will
> come down in price in the near future.
>
> > - reusable media is desired
>
> That's where it gets tricky.
>
> You see, rewritable magneto optical (MO) technology isn't
> very reliable. It's
> error rate is far worse than write once dyed optical media.
> You can even get
> errors when writing the very first time! Outside of DVD-RAM
> (and its CD-PD
> predecessor, or earlier, proprietary implementations), I
> don't trust rewritables
> myself.
I'd second all this. If you want to temporarily archive non-critical data, I
use DVD-RW to conserve a disc. But when I have enough data, I burn a straight
DVD-R.
>
> Now Gen3 DVD-RAM drives have 1x DVD-R(G) record capability,
> but it just isn't
> supported by DVDRTools. I'm getting one in tomorrow, so I'll
> see if ProDVD works.
Pratul: If you were wondering, ProDVD is a commercial set of DVD recording
tools that writes to DVD. You can Google for it using "prodvd linux" keywords.
I get my DVD-R media dirt cheap, from newegg.com or supermediastore.com. I've
heard some people online complain about "coasters" from the cheap DVDPro brand,
but I've burned a lot without problems. I suspect the complaints were from
using these discs on older DVD Video players (which don't support DVD-R
anyways).
If you have video applications, DVD-R is the best, and it is important not to
try the "cheapest" brand first: no recordable will exactly match a manufactured
DVD in terms of reflectivity, etc... it's up to the player to support a range
of tolerances, and the media/brand plays a big part here. I have a 3 year old
Philips Video player that only likes the $1.20 Optidisk brand. The brand new
Samsung DVD I have plays *everything*.
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