[rescue] DVD writing on Solaris/SPARC?

[Robert Novak]

Hi all,

Has anyone messed with writing any format of DVDs on a SCSI-based
UltraSPARC desktop system? I'm looking at putting a DVD writer, or at
least a reader, into an Ultra 30 or Ultra 60.

It looks like there's an adjunct to cdrecord that does DVD writing
(ftp://ftp.fokus.gmd.de/pub/unix/cdrecord/ProDVD/) on DVD-R and DVD-RW. So
it appears the software exists (and the README file there says it's been
working for 4 years, which is a good sign). 

They write:

	The Pioneer DVR-S101 & DVR-S201 write CD-R's in 1x DVD speed, this
	is approx. 1385 kB/s

	The Pioneer A03 writes DVD-R's in 2x DVD speed, this is approx.
	2770 kB/s

	The Pioneer A03 writes DVD-RW's in 1x DVD speed, this is approx.
	1385 kB/s

So I guess those models should work. Anybody worked with any others, or
have caveats on those pieces? 

Also, as an aside, are there any caveats on DVD-ROM (read-only) drives in
Sun computers (other than SCSI)?

Thanks,
Rob

Robert Novak, Indyramp Consulting * rnovak at indyramp.com * indyramp.com/~rnovak
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