[TriLUG] DVD Software

[The Crocodile]

I currently have the SONY DVD+-R/+-RW drive. I picked it up from BestBuy
for about 130$ after rebates about 2 months ago. I have burned about 5
DVD-R media with no issues whatsoever. I have tested it and used it
under RH9 and Fedora Core 1. I use K3B for my burning software and use
gmplayer for my DVD viewing software. The version of gmplayer that I use
(and I *think* all g/mplayer versions) do not support DVD menus. Some
other software does but I haven't had the need so I just use gmplayer.
K3B does a great job and recognized everything without any hassle
whatsoever.

I hope this helps.

--T

On Mon, 2003-12-29 at 14:52, Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> jsevans at nc.rr.com wrote:
> > Intrex is selling DVD burners for $100, so I bought one with hopes that it
> > will work with Linux.  However, I have not had the best of luck.  So far,
> > I haven't even had enough luck to even watch a DVD movie with this drive
> > in Linux.  SuSE said that it couldn't because of copyright issues, and
> > Mandrake said that it couldn't read the movie with Xine or Mplayer.
> > 
> > Does
> > anyone have any suggestions here concerning movie players and recording
> > software.  So far, I can only use it under windows, with it's pre-packaged
> > OEM software and with Nero.
> > 
> > Jason
> 
> Not sure about watching, but looking at the Intrex site, I see that
> the drive in question is a DVD+R/RW.  IIRC, DVD+R/RW didn't used to
> be supported under Linux (only DVD-R/RW was).  I'm pretty sure it *is*
> supported now, but I don't know what level.  Can anyone speak to the
> various levels of support in linux for the various different
> types of DVD writers? (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM)  Kevin?
> You've probably had a DVD writer longer than anyone on list.  Care
> to comment?
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner