[Debian-uk] DVD writing

[Simon Huggins]

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 11:49:48PM +0000, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote:
> I hope this is not a stupid question: what's the tool of choice for
> writing DVDs on Debian?

> I normally use cdrdao for CD writing.  Last time I used anything else,
> it was cdrecord - I seem to remember wodim being the current equivalent.

> I think I tried DVD writing with both cdrdao and wodim a while ago and
> didn't manage to make it work.  I think I looked at dvdrwtools (or some
> similar name) too and either couldn't get my head around how, or it
> didn't work.  I seem to remember not managing to find a mkisofs-alike
> which could cope with writing a >2GB file, either.

I'd be interested if you looked at xorriso for the ISO piece:
http://libburnia-project.org/wiki/Xorriso

And http://libburnia-project.org/wiki/Cdrskin for a cdrecord
replacement.

They don't share any code with cdrecord and I'm always looking for more
users/bug reports.

I don't have any DVD writing equipment so if anyone does and can help
testing....

xfburn provides a graphical interface but tends to lag behind the
features in the command line interfaces developed by the libburnia team.

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