bhobjj
10-09-2006, 04:24 PM
Burning Your Own DVDs
To burn DVDs, you need to have these packages installed:
dvd+rw-tools
cdrtools
There are some great gui front-ends that can be used to burn DVDs.
K3b (http://www.k3b.org/)
Nautilus-cd-burner (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.1/gnome/nautilus-cd-burner.html)
These gui front-ends use the same tools
So why use the commandline?
The reasons for using the commandline:
1. Learn what is going on and how everything works.
2. Find and troubleshoot errors.
3. Customize and tweak.
4. Use less system resources (you don't need an xserver running).
5. Much faster.
6. Still function when your gui is broken.
7. Have more fun!
Using mkisofs to create an iso file:
$ mkisofs -J -R -pad -o myiso.iso file1 file2 etc
and using growisofs and dao to burn a DVD:
$ growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdx=myiso.iso -speed=2
(you can omit "-use-the-force-luke" and "-dvd-compat", but this will eliminate some error checking)
You can do everything with a one-step command:
$growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -J -R -Z /dev/hdx -speed=2 file1 file2 etc
Good information on burning DVDs here:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless_dvd.htm
Some info on multiple-layer DVDs
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
Newsgroup support: cdwrite@other.debian.org
-Bob
To burn DVDs, you need to have these packages installed:
dvd+rw-tools
cdrtools
There are some great gui front-ends that can be used to burn DVDs.
K3b (http://www.k3b.org/)
Nautilus-cd-burner (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/6.1/gnome/nautilus-cd-burner.html)
These gui front-ends use the same tools
So why use the commandline?
The reasons for using the commandline:
1. Learn what is going on and how everything works.
2. Find and troubleshoot errors.
3. Customize and tweak.
4. Use less system resources (you don't need an xserver running).
5. Much faster.
6. Still function when your gui is broken.
7. Have more fun!
Using mkisofs to create an iso file:
$ mkisofs -J -R -pad -o myiso.iso file1 file2 etc
and using growisofs and dao to burn a DVD:
$ growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -Z /dev/hdx=myiso.iso -speed=2
(you can omit "-use-the-force-luke" and "-dvd-compat", but this will eliminate some error checking)
You can do everything with a one-step command:
$growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -J -R -Z /dev/hdx -speed=2 file1 file2 etc
Good information on burning DVDs here:
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/coasterless_dvd.htm
Some info on multiple-layer DVDs
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
Newsgroup support: cdwrite@other.debian.org
-Bob