From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 5 22: 1:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from panzer.kdm.org (panzer.kdm.org [216.160.178.169]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026B815558 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 22:01:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ken@panzer.kdm.org) Received: (from ken@localhost) by panzer.kdm.org (8.9.3/8.9.1) id XAA32066; Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:01:34 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from ken) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:01:34 -0700 From: "Kenneth D. Merry" To: "John W. DeBoskey" Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrecord & Pioneer DVR-S201? Message-ID: <20000105230134.A31887@panzer.kdm.org> References: <200001060539.AAA48104@bb01f39.unx.sas.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200001060539.AAA48104@bb01f39.unx.sas.com>; from jwd@unx.sas.com on Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 12:39:35AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 06, 2000 at 00:39:35 -0500, John W. DeBoskey wrote: > Hi, > > The subject pretty much asks the question. I'm looking for > anyone who has used or tried to use the new Pioneer DVR-S201 > 2nd Generation 4.7GB DVD-Writer on FreeBSD/cdrecord. > > I've looked at the current cdrecord support page and I don't > see this drive listed. I've also search deja for any references > to this drive and cdrecord and could not find any. > > From perusing the cdrecord pages, it looks like it should be > possible to simply create a very large iso9660 filesystem and then > burn it... Basically, a really big cdrom. I'm currently only > interested in disk-at-once writing. The main question is probably what interface does the drive use? Does it use the same sort of write/fixate process that CD-R's use? DVD-RAM drives use a standard read/write interface, but they're more like a standard optical drive in interface. My guess is that it acts kinda like a CD-R, but it's hard to say without specs of some sort. I'd suggest that you contact Joerg Schilling and see what he has to say about it. He may ask for at least a loner drive and specs from Pioneer in order to support it. If it does use the standard read/write interface, and not a CD-R type interface, let me know, and I can probably get you up and running. BTW, the suggested retail price is amazingly high -- $5400. I suppose it could be to discourage people from copying movies, or it could just be because it's the only DVD-R drive on the market. (is it?) Ken -- Kenneth Merry ken@kdm.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message