dvd burning

Pete Dogg · 11-28-2003, 12:03 AM

Hi,

I'm interested in buying a DVD burner. I wanted to know as far as compatibility with linux does it matter what brand I buy?

Is there software out there that works with DVD dual format burners?

Thanks.

adz · 11-28-2003, 06:04 PM

Just about any burner should work. USB devices tend to be harder to get going but if it's SCSI or IDE you're almost guaranteed to be OK.

uselinux34 · 11-29-2003, 03:56 PM

I've got a liteon DVD +/- burner which works well with the latest K3b and Suse 8.2. aLthough I have found it much more reliable using +r / +rw 's than using the minus format. I haven't yet had a successful burn yet with the minus discs, had problems like k3b going through the process of burning the disc, reporting a successful burn, but finding nothing on the disc, and also the PC refusing to eject the DVD disc after burning unless I re-booted the machine. However I have had no problems burning + discs.

chup · 11-29-2003, 04:13 PM

i have a panasonic dvd +/- burner, and it works great

and btw, uselinux34, are you trying to burn files larger than 2 gb on the disc?

uselinux34 · 11-30-2003, 03:33 AM

Hi Chup, No the files I have tried to burn on minus format have just been small test files usually DOcs etc. Is there a problem with burning files > 2gb? Is there a fix for it?

Richard G.

Crito · 11-30-2003, 05:55 AM

oops, wrong thread... edit