copying DVD material :: somewhat OT.
Gary Kline
kline at tao.thought.org
Sun Dec 9 01:46:42 PST 2007
On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 07:46:40PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> >On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 02:18:25PM -0700, Predrag Punosevac wrote:
> >
> >>Gary Kline wrote:
> >>
> >>> Folks,
> >>>
> >>> IFF k3b works, and I think it might, I'll put up a howto
> >>> on my bsd virtual site. Make this domain more useful.
> >>> The help from this group has been outstanding, but getting things
> >>> CD and DVD actually working has been a study in persseverancce.
> >>>
> >>> That said, first,if there is a website for total dweebs, please
> >>> post it; or send it privately. I just bought some "Memorex
> >>> DVD+RW" ; I want to record a 117 minute commercial DVD.
> >>> On the back on the DVDs is says these are only good for 60 minutes
> >>> in great qualty; it is good up to 120 minutes, and so on.
> >>> Nutshell: how good will k3b and my Pioneer burner do on dubbing
> >>> this professioally recorded disc? Also, Does thw "RW" mean tthat
> >>> I can re-tape over this with another edu DVD?
> >>>
> >>> gary
> >>>
> >>> PS: I much prefer analogue cassettes; I've been taping stuff
> >>> since I taped "American Bandstand" off the TV :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>I wrote K3b how to
> >>http://www.bsd-srbija.org/dokumentacija/doku.php/rezanje_cd_i_dvd_diskova_pomo%C4%87u_k3b
> >>but you will need little bit of Serbian language to read it.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Actually, my best friend for > 30 years comes from [ what was ]
> > Yugoslavia; so he could surely help me with the translation.
> >
> > I think I have the k3b stuff actually workinng. As of late FFriday
> > night, k3b ran thru all of its tests. That wasn't my question.
> > I want to know
> > more about what DVD blanks are good,better,best, and whether it is
> > worth "wasting" a blank DVD in trying to copy a DVD that I borrowed
> > from the library.
> >
> > I've googled arouund, tryiiing to get some kind of specs that an
> > EE can understand ... even if he kknows nothing about figital
> > video.
> >
> >
> I think that duplicating DVDs works like a charm on FreeBSD but I think
> there is a better software in ports for that of K3b which is
> kind a all in one generic GUI application. This is also a useful link
> http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html if you are trying to
> understand DVD business. There are definitely people on this mailing
> list or on OpenBSD mailing list (I do not remember any more as I am on
> both mailing lists) who have fantastic knowledge of DVD writable medias,
> proprietary Video Formats and various issues that come with that including
> the issues of regional coding and by that I do not mean just USA vs
> Europe or Asia. Even inside of U. S. where I have being g living for the
> past 12 years there are many different regional formats. I am clueless
> about it.
>
Hm. There is a new protocol, DVD-ROM (or perhaps it was
DVD-CDROM); so if there are even *more*, I'd be spinning my wheel s,
trying to figure this stuff out in any depth.
> As a mathematician I am probably much less capable of understanding DVD
> technical issues than you.
>
Isn't it more a matter of personal interest and time? I love math
--and several other fields as well--but given the limitations we
all have, learning sufficiently well (not to mention
keeping-current:-), should give everyone pause. --Then there is
the matter of living Life, and blah-blah-blah. Re the DVD stuff,
I'd be happy to know some of the boundary conditions. And more
practice and testing than theory.
> To be perfectly honest as a professional mathematician I am very
> concern with the status of TeX port and the fact that two years after
> teTeX was abolished by TeX community in favor of TeXLive there are no
> even indication that the TeXLive will be ported to FreeBSD. Even in the
> most crude form (4 packages) as it is done in OpenBSD would be better
> than noting. Of course the Debian way (30 or so packages) would be my
> preferable way as TeXLive is developing really rapidly in some areas.
> My knowledge of porting is unfortunately inadequate to be able to help
> with such a major project.
>
teTeX is dead? After I met Don Knuth I really got into his
stuff. But then, as mentioned above, LIFE hit me over the head, &c.
FWIW, Someone friom the OOo list posted a math site a couple days
ago. The site deals with some of the things that may interest you.
I'll find it--this one I moused and clicked nd snagged.
Or then again, if DEbian has the new TeX packages, our FBSD
Linux support would do. ... .
ciao,
gary
>
> Cheers,
> Predrag
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > thanks for your email; it was one of the postings that helped me
> > get atapicam stuff *working*
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > gary
> >
> >
> >
> >>Actually probably you could follow article even if you do not speak
> >>Serbian as the language is generic and there are only three important
> >>steps you need to do.
> >>
> >>Step 1 Editing your /boot/loader.conf file with
> >>
> >>atapicam_load="YES"
> >>hw.ata.ata_dma="1"
> >>hw.ata.atapi_dma="1"
> >>
> >>since FreeBSD is using atapicam device to write DVD
> >>
> >>
> >>Step 2 Edit your /etc/devfs.conf with various permission. Most of those
> >>are needed for a work station anyway
> >>
> >>perm /dev/acd0 0666
> >>perm /dev/cd0 0666
> >>
> >># Commonly used by many ports
> >>
> >>link cd0 cdrom
> >>link cd0 dvd
> >>link cd0 rdvd
> >>
> >>link acd0 cdrom
> >>link acd0 dvd
> >>link acd0 rdvd
> >>
> >># Misc other devices
> >>
> >>perm cdrom 0666
> >>perm dvd 0666
> >>perm rdvd 0666
> >>perm xpt0 0666
> >>perm pass0 0666
> >>
> >>
> >>Step 3 Edit your /etc/fstab file if you want to use K3b as a normal user
> >>since the disk has to be mounted on the mount point which belong to you
> >>
> >>
> >>[pedja@ /usr/home/Pedja]$ more /etc/fstab
> >>#These are my options
> >>/dev/cd0 /usr/home/Pedja/mnt/cdrom cd9660 rw, noauto 0 0
> >>/dev/acd0 /usr/home/Pedja/mnt/cdrom cd9660 rw, noauto 0 0
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>You do not need HAL for things to work but is not going to heart.
> >>
> >>
> >>Also read
> >>
> >>make showinfo /usr/ports/sysutils/k3b
> >>
> >>Best,
> >>Predrag
> >>
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> >
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>
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