Burning a dual-layer disk

[RavenOak]

On 4/21/07, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 21 April 2007, Tim wrote:
> > On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 18:34 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > > But, for what purpose would you use your DVD dual layer?  If it is for
> > > making backups of video DVD's then it is over kill...IMHO.  I just use
> > > dvdshrink and reduce to fit on a single layer DVD with no real
> > > noticeable loss in quality.
> >
> > Subjective opinion.  Something that makes a 50% file size reduction does
> > tend to have noticeable effects.
> >
> > And, of course, that leaves the case of those who need to store 9 gigs
> > of data onto *a* disc.
> >
> Everyone has their own reasons, and make their own decisions.  In my case, I
> want to author some disks from a set of Hi8 tapes, and I want them split on
> the disks according to subject/place.  If that takes them over the 4.3GB
> recommended for a DVD then so be it.  The result is more important than the
> slight rise in cost - and let's face it, the difference is not huge if you
> only use dual-layer when it's needed.
>
> Ed - let everyone make their own decisions.
>
> Anne
>

If you are comfortable using command-line, use mkisofs and growisofs.

Example:

mkisofs -J -r -V "Disk Name" -o disk.iso /dir/with/files/to/burn
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdwriter=disk.iso


I use the above because I have found it keeps the file integrity
better than using just growisofs (which is what nautilus uses for
CD/DVD iso creation).  You could use command-line until you figure out
what is going on with k3b if you absolutely have to get your DVD9
disks burnt :)


--Timothy Selivanow