[ale] Questions about DVD-R

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On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 10:54:51AM -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
> OK, so maybe I jumped the gun and ordered a DVD-R, DVD-RW drive (Toshiba 
> SDR-5002) before I asked the tough questions.  I think I've read enough 
> to understand a little about the thousands of DVD formats out there.  If 
> I understand correctly the dvdrecord software will not write session or 
> tracks but has to write disk-at-once to DVD-R disks.  Is that right? 
> What about CD-R, is it also limited to disk-at-once when writing a CD-R 
> in a DVD writer?

DVD[-+]R[W] and CD-R[W] all have different quirks.

cdrecord -prcap will tell you what the hardware is capable of.
(or dvdrecord or whatever)

My DVD-R drive (Optorite DD203) will do DAO/SAO/TAO with CDs just fine. 
I haven't tried anything other than DAO with DVDs, as I've been filling
up each disk to the brim.  :)

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