Re: dvd+rw-tools update [6.0, DVD-R DL]

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

scdbackup@gmx.net wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i nearly gave up the hope to see more growisofs releases.
> The release of version 6.0 is good news.
>
>
>  
>
> > dvd+rw-tools 6.0 are available for download at usual location, 
> > http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/. In addition to bug fixes 
> > [most notably for Pioneer units] this version features:
> >
> > - DVD-R Dual Layer support(*);
> >
> > - internal ring buffer to harmonize the rates at which data is produced 
> > and written(**);
> >    
>
> I recently introduced a fifo into my growisofs script.
> Now it is already obsolete. What a carreer. :))
For a talk I gave on "introduction to pthreads" I wrote a ring buffer 
program with most of the options one could want. If anyone feels that 
would be useful I'll put it up on the web site. I use it when sending 
things through an ssh connection to write remote, it's pretty well 
tested on 2.4 and 2.6 Linux kernels.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
 CTO TMR Associates, Inc
 Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979