Format and write to a DVD-RW
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Mon Nov 13 14:13:46 UTC 2006
On Monday 13 November 2006 07:13, Anne Wilson wrote:
>On Monday 13 November 2006 09:26, Anne Wilson wrote:
>> On Monday 13 November 2006 05:25, Jeff Vian wrote:
>> > Since DVDRW drives (16X dual layer) sell for about $50 - $70 just
>> > about anywhere why not replace it?
>>
>> I plan to replace my writer soon. Is dual-layer writing supported
>> yet? Or do we continue for the moment with single-layer?
>
>Having later read the thread 'Burning a backup to DVD-DL' I see that it
> is supported. Sorry for wasting bandwidth.
>
>Anne
Yes, and there is another, even longer thread detailing the failures when
those disks were to be used as a bare metal recovery. IIRC Ric Moore was
in the middle of that, or the victim maybe.
I just installed a new burner myself, DL & LightScribe capable. But I was
rather disappointed to find that Lacie's lightscribe drivers take around
23 minutes to burn a best quality image (that isn't best quality at the
src, ntsc video snapshot stolen from the wedding). The just under a gig
wedding video on the shiney side was only a 4-5 minute job. But, after 5
months, I finally got that job done & Dee will deliver the disks this
noon-time.
I'm under the impression that mkisofs, which is used by growisofs, may
still have a 4GB filesize limit, in which case the DL disks will probably
be coasters. I haven't personally tried it yet, lost the incentive when
the LightScribe drive in my lappy was destroyed by the first use of
4L-gui. HP will replace it, but I've not been back to town since the
replacement drive came in.
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Cheers, Gene
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