[CentOS] DVD writer problem

[Johnny Hughes]

On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 02:08 -0700, Mark Jarvis wrote:
> I have an NEC DVD-RW ND2500A (that's not the label I bought it under, 
> but that's what it really is.) It's supposed to read/write CDs, DVDs, 
>   DVD+Rs, and DVD-Rs. I'm basically dual booting between XP and CentOS 4.
> 
> Following the recipe in "The Linux Cookbook", I tried to copy a DVD using:
> 
>     dd if=/dev/hdd of=/tmp/diskfile.iso
> 	then
> 
>     cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd fs=32m -sao -v -eject -dummy /tmp/diskfile.iso
> 	to test and
> 
>     cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd fs=32m -sao -v -eject /tmp/diskfile.iso
> 	to actually record.
> 
> I had a lot of trouble getting a good read of the whole original DVD--it 
> kept getting an I/O error at 94-95% of the way through. After multiple 
> cleanings and 20-40 attempts, I finally got the whole thing copied with 
> no reported errors. It then took me a couple of tries to get the 
> cdrecord options right and to run as root to get the requisite priority. 
> The "-dummy" run ran with no errors that I noticed--there was an LOT of 
> output--and "-dummy" didn't work. It wrote to the blank DVD anyway. I 
> then did a run without the "-dummy". Although the original will play on 
> both my PC and the DVD player hooked to the TV, the two copied DVDs 
> (DVD+Rs) are coasters. DURN!
> 
> Any solutions, suggestions, pointers to articles I should read, etc. 
> will be appreciated.
> 
> BTW, I've never quite gotten around to playing DVDs or my music files 
> (mp3 and Real Player .rmj files) from Linux. I'd appreciate being 
> pointed in the direction to start.
> 
> -mj-
If you have a GUI, you could try k3b to make DVDs.

If you want to do it from the command line use growisofs.  Here is an
example from The Linux Doc. Project mirror:
http://ldp.hughesjr.com/LDP/LG/issue83/stoddard.html

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