"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Please note that software that allows to write media without knowing the
> > size in advance is not writing in SAO mode.
>
> In principle: yes.
>
> But cdrskin can combine options -sao and -isosize
> and thus can burn ISO images which it receives
> from stdin to CD as SAO resp. to DVD as DAO.
cdrskin only works on Linux but cdrecord works on more than 30 different
platforms and cdrecord supports a lot more different drives than cdrkin
does. Not everything that looks simple in a simple program is simple in
a program like cdrecord that honors complex constraints.....
There are unfortunately several Openrating systems that do not support
the FIFO in cdrecord and the FIFO is needed in order to support -isosize
with pipes. I did have this feature on my radar since a long time but there
have been other more important features with higher priority....
> DVD DAO is said to be preferrable for standalone
> DVD players (see dvd+rw-tools docs).
> I am not aware of any such reason if the intended
> readers are DVD drives in computers.
It is a matter of fact that SAO mode gives the best read compatility.
Jörg
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