From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Dec 19 12:13:51 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from warspite.cnchost.com (warspite.concentric.net [207.155.248.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC0C37B419 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:13:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from bitblocks.com (adsl-209-204-185-216.sonic.net [209.204.185.216]) by warspite.cnchost.com id PAA16267; Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:13:40 -0500 (EST) [ConcentricHost SMTP Relay 1.14] Message-ID: <200112192013.PAA16267@warspite.cnchost.com> To: "Gary T. Corcoran" Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DVD-RAM, DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD+R In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 12 Dec 2001 01:30:53 EST." <3C16F99D.F66D3506@home.com> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 12:13:40 -0800 From: Bakul Shah Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > The ONLY format that is readable by almost every DVD-ROM *and* > DVD player, which is available today, is DVD-R. I can personally > attest that they are readable in several DVD-ROM drives, and my > 3 year old DVD player. DVD+RW drives can NOT write DVD-R, and of > course DVD+R is only vaporware at this time. Thanks! This is good to know. For the time being I gave up on this and bought a $49 CD-R/W drive. I am not into DVD ripping or editing home videos so may be a DVD-RAM drive that can also write DVD-R is good enough for me but I will wait until there is some more choice. > is that DVD-R will last the longest. That is, DVD-R should last > well beyond the time it becomes obsolete. I only use DVD-RW > media for temporary storage, figuring it may only last a few years. > It may last longer, but why take the chance? If you want to keep > your data a long time, why not use DVD-R, which is cheaper anyway? Agreed. Actually I'd be happy with any media that can survive 20 or so years (at which point I'd copy data I care about on new medium). > And before you ask :), I haven't yet tried reading (or writing) any > DVD on FreeBSD... Playing DVD movies on FreeBSD works fine if you have a fast enough machine.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message