Re: DVD works in Linux, not windows

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Eduard Bloch <blade@master.debian.org> wrote:
>
>   
> > On Sat, Apr 21, 2007 at 09:07:41PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >     
> > > Satya <cdwrite@thesatya.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >       
> > > >  cdrecord -dev=/dev/hdc -speed=1 -v raw0702-03.iso
> > > >
> > > > cdrecord does not work.
> > > >
> > > > cdrecord: Found DVD+ media but DVD+R/DVD+RW support code is missing.
> > > > cdrecord: If you need DVD+R/DVD+RW support, ask the Author for
> > > > cdrecord-ProDVD.
> > > > cdrecord: Free test versions and free keys for personal use are at
> > > >         
> > > --------->
> > > You are _not_ using cdrecord but the junkware that is distributed by Debian :-(
> > > <--------
> > >       
> > Nonsense. This message is from the real cdrecord, some older version
> > where you have hidden the DVD code from the public and distributed
> > advertisiment for the closed-source version through the program
> > messages. Only the few words have been appended to tell people where
> > they actually can look for some offline documentation.
> >     
>
> This is nonsense: This is still a version that includes bugs added by Debian.
>
>
>   
> > To Satya: please upgrade to Debian Stable (etch). The burning tool wodim
> > there should work in the way you expected.
> >     
>
> If you like to get a working version with full DVD functionality and without
> all the bugs that Debian adds since some time, get the latest original version 
> from 
>
> ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/alpha/
>
>   
As of the recent a26 version cdrecord simply doesn't burn anything on 
current Linux. The bugs preventing use as a normal user are still there, 
and all the program does is whine about commands rejected and suggest 
using other operating systems or going back to version 2.4 Linux. That's 
why people use vendor versions of cdrecord, yours simply doesn't work 
and you can't seem to fix the bugs.

Running programs as root was acceptable a decade ago, or when there were 
no alternatives. It's not acceptable to most people any more. 
Particularly when others have fixed the bug(s).

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