Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:29:47 -0500 From: Randy Pratt <bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: still no luck in coping a 6 G dvd to a 4.7 dvd... Message-ID: <20071211072947.2949077f.bsd-unix@embarqmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071211082149.GA23613@thought.org> References: <20071211082149.GA23613@thought.org>
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On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:21:49 -0800 Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> wrote: > > Guys, I've set up a test account which is pure KDE. Still, > using both my Pioneer and the Lite-on burners, no luck in burning > a DVD that is larger than thee default. This time I'm using a > documentary that I own, so there is nothing wrong in making a > backup. Results: Same thing as happened with the other > commercially created DVD. > > K3B reads the disk flawlessly, but growisofs fails (perhaps) to do > its thing. In any case, the program complains that there is not > enough space on the blank and spits out the disk. > > I've tried replacing "auto" with "generic-mmc-raw" on the Lit-On > burner. Nope. Anybody other suggestions? It may be that the source DVD is using some compression method to fit the content on a 4.7G DVD. The size of the original DVD can be checked with "dvd+rw-mediainfo" (sysutils/dvd+rw-tools), ex: # dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/cd0 If the source DVD is a 4.7G DVD then the simplest way might be to first make a duplicate image with "dd", for example: # dd bs=2048 if=/dev/cd0 of=duplicate.iso This should produce an image of suitable size in the current directory to fit on another DVD which can be burned with "growisofs" (sysutils/dvd +rw-tools): # growisofs -dvd-compat -speed=4 -Z /dev/cd0=duplicate.iso The preceeding commands are only examples and may need to be adjusted for your hardware/situation. HTH, Randy --
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