Package: dvdisaster Version: 0.66-2 Severity: important Tags: patch drives (as reported by dvd+rw-media): - [JLMS ][XJ-HD163D ][GHR8] - [LITE-ON ][DVDRW LDW-411S ][FS0J]
when trying to read/scan a retail DVD movie disc i get the error "Medium
type "DVD-ROM" not supported." a DVD+RW disc is recognized as such and
reading/scanning is supported.
for whatever reason, dvdisaster doesn't support DVD-ROMs (unless they are
"faked book type", meaning book type "DVD-ROM" but layer type "recordable"
and "rewriteable"). maybe drives are problematic about falsely reporting
"DVD-ROM" book type, or maybe this is the author's protest against the DVD
consortium. i dunno why, but without the DVD-ROM book type, dvdisaster is
largely useless to me.
so, applying the attached patch allows dvdisaster to continue in the face of
a DVD-ROM. dvdisaster appears to recognize the proper number of sectors on
the media as compared to dvd+rw-mediainfo, disktype, isoinfo, etc. and the
best test of all: using dvdisaster i "read" a dvd to an iso (file), put the
iso on a loopback, and played it using mplayer ("mplayer -dvd-device
/dev/loop0 dvd://").
corey
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Versions of packages dvdisaster depends on:
ii libatk1.0-0 1.11.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcairo2 1.0.4-1+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration
ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.2-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.16-1 The GTK+ graphical user
ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.1-2 Layout and rendering of
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client
ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous
ii libxfixes3 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous
ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Input
ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System multi-head
ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Resize, Rotate
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client
Versions of packages dvdisaster recommends:
ii dvdisaster-doc 0.66-2 data loss/scratch/aging
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dvd-rom_book_type.patch
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