From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA4FB138010 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:11:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D083E21C005; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:11:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx-relay04-haj2.antispameurope.com (mx-relay04-haj2.antispameurope.com [83.246.65.204]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96351E07C1 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:09:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from EXCHSRV.fokus.fraunhofer.de (bohr [10.147.9.231]) by pluto.fokus.fraunhofer.de (8.14.4/8.14.2) with SMTP id q7KD911L026529 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:09:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: from rigel ([10.147.65.195]) by EXCHSRV.fokus.fraunhofer.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:04:43 +0200 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:04:42 +0200 From: Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : DVD drive Message-ID: <503235ea.H95evf/UaJngUP+t%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <20120820102139.GB2928@ca.inter.net> <201208201219.50251.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: nail 11.22 3/20/05 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Aug 2012 13:04:43.0058 (UTC) FILETIME=[5D820120:01CD7ED4] X-cloud-security-sender:joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de X-cloud-security-recipient:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan:CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mx-gate04-haj2 with CF1CE794002 X-cloud-security:scantime:.9263 X-Archives-Salt: 851ca89c-45ee-430b-8868-bd61df7320e5 X-Archives-Hash: c0fe0da2650d3520f7bf37db6cca155a Michael Mol wrote: > Along comes the DVD+R format. The DVD+R format has some variances in > *how* data is represented on disc, but to the player that doesn't know > any better, it looks just like any other DVD. The big difference DVD+R > brought was that the 'book type' field was burnable on any drive which > was capable of burning DVD+R media, and a disc appropriately burned > would play in any home DVD player as though it were a pressed disc. > (Yay, we can has home-recorded movies again!) > > Both DVD+R and DVD-R discs are sold, but I only ever buy DVD+R discs; > as far as I can tell, playback works in everything, and just about any > recorder will record to them. I have to think that the DVD-R discs are > sold only because there are still some ancient burners out there. Not true: DVD- allows to write this too, but the media you can buy has been prerecorded to satisfy the film industry. > When in doubt, go with DVD+R. This is a wrong advise: When In doubt go DVD- as this is the official format. There is one single exception: For Dual layer, the DVD+R/DL media gives better results. Jörg -- EMail:joerg@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin js@cs.tu-berlin.de (uni) joerg.schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily