From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 29 14:31:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E338716A4CE for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:31:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (A17-250-248-45.apple.com [17.250.248.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CD5343D1F for ; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:31:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin07-en2 [10.13.10.152]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/MantshX 2.0) with ESMTP id hBTMVFLB021673; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:31:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.1.1.193] (nfw2.codefab.com [66.234.138.66]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin07/MantshX 3.0) with ESMTP id hBTMVMOR029742; Mon, 29 Dec 2003 14:31:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031229135826.038d4f88@localhost> References: <200312291957.MAA24137@lariat.org> <8385797A-3A3F-11D8-9B18-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031229135826.038d4f88@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v609) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 17:31:21 -0500 To: Brett Glass X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.609) cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: Re: Burning DVD-R's X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:31:27 -0000 On Dec 29, 2003, at 4:18 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:42 PM 12/29/2003, Charles Swiger wrote: >> Yes, FreeBSD can burn DVD-R's. Please see >> /usr/ports/sysutils/dvd+rw-tools. > > I've taken a look at this port. Unfortunately, it's REALLY hard to > figure out the documentation (which consists of a few Web pages written > in very contorted -- almost unreadable -- English). The man page for growisofs is the primary documentation; it's not a gem, but neither does it strike me as being far less understandable than "man burncd", "man mkisofs", or other documentation related to this topic. > From what I can tell, though, this software is really meant to work > with DVD+R, which records a little more than half as fast as DVD-R. > I need the speed, and so need to make sure it really works with DVD-R. Meaning what? You want to make sure the software really works with DVD-R, but you are not willing to test the software yourself? Hmm... > Also, it looks as if this port runs on top of another utility called > "cdrecord", which itself runs on top of an ATAPI-to-SCSI shim. dvd+rw-tools depends on mkisofs (aka sysutils/cdrtools). For ATAPI burner devices, it will use ATAPI/CAM. > I'm worried that this ziggurat of utilities will not be anywhere near > as reliable as a simple utility that goes directly to the ATAPI drive. Your concern could be resolved by verifying the data after you burn it to DVD, which, come to think of it, is a really fine idea when using any type of backup or archival mechanism. > The code is also GPLed. I'm looking, if at all possible, for an all-BSD > solution. Is the license actually a genuine concern, or are you inventing excuses? Sigh. FreeBSD contains lots of GPL'ed code: see /usr/src/gnu and /usr/src/contrib! -- -Chuck PS: You're welcome to use whatever software you want, of course, but the problem you want to solve and issues you raised aren't particularly congruent.