Re: cdrtools vs cdrtools-ossdvd

[Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer%rambler.ru@localhost>]

On Thu, 24 May 2007 11:39:28 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> wrote:

> If you'd like to send a patch for DESCR of cdrtools that says what it
> can do (being careful about +R and -R since they seem quite different),
> that would be helpful.

Maybe something like this:

$ diff -u DESC.orig DESC
--- DESC.orig   2007-05-24 17:03:45.000000000 +0100
+++ DESC        2007-05-24 17:11:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-Cdrecord allows you to burn CDs with a CD-R/CD-RW recorder. It
+Cdrecord allows you to burn CDs and DVDs with a suitable recorder. It
 works as a burn engine for several applications. Cdrecord supports
 CD recorders from many different vendors; all SCSI-3/mmc and
 ATAPI/mmc compliant drives should also work.  Supported features
 include: IDE/ATAPI, parallel-port, and SCSI drives; audio CDs, data
-CDs, and mixed CDs; full multi-session support, CD-RWs (rewritable),
-TAO, DAO, and human-readable error messages.
+CDs, and mixed CDs; full multi-session support, various CD/DVD
+formats, TAO, DAO, and human-readable error messages.

 This package also provides tools for retrieving audio tracks,
 reading and writing CDs, creating ISO9660/JOLIET/HFS filesystems,