Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:01:34 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> To: "John W. DeBoskey" <jwd@unx.sas.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrecord & Pioneer DVR-S201? Message-ID: <20000105230134.A31887@panzer.kdm.org> In-Reply-To: <200001060539.AAA48104@bb01f39.unx.sas.com>; from jwd@unx.sas.com on Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:39:35AM -0500 References: <200001060539.AAA48104@bb01f39.unx.sas.com>
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On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 00:39:35 -0500, John W. DeBoskey wrote: > Hi, > > The subject pretty much asks the question. I'm looking for > anyone who has used or tried to use the new Pioneer DVR-S201 > 2nd Generation 4.7GB DVD-Writer on FreeBSD/cdrecord. > > I've looked at the current cdrecord support page and I don't > see this drive listed. I've also search deja for any references > to this drive and cdrecord and could not find any. > > From perusing the cdrecord pages, it looks like it should be > possible to simply create a very large iso9660 filesystem and then > burn it... Basically, a really big cdrom. I'm currently only > interested in disk-at-once writing. The main question is probably what interface does the drive use? Does it use the same sort of write/fixate process that CD-R's use? DVD-RAM drives use a standard read/write interface, but they're more like a standard optical drive in interface. My guess is that it acts kinda like a CD-R, but it's hard to say without specs of some sort. I'd suggest that you contact Joerg Schilling <schilling@fokus.gmd.de> and see what he has to say about it. He may ask for at least a loner drive and specs from Pioneer in order to support it. If it does use the standard read/write interface, and not a CD-R type interface, let me know, and I can probably get you up and running. BTW, the suggested retail price is amazingly high -- $5400. I suppose it could be to discourage people from copying movies, or it could just be because it's the only DVD-R drive on the market. (is it?) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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