-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/02/08 19:23, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 05:08:14PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2008 4:09 PM, hce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I don't think there *is* a DVD driver, per se. There's the UDF fs >>>> driver, though. You might mean that. >>> To be hornest, I am not clear how the DVD system works. Is the DVD >>> like a CD, the module need be loaded, then be mounted to a file >>> system? I guess that UDF fs is the file system for the DVD. I more >>> concern with the DVD formats for different DVD RW devices. Are the >>> different formats DVD-R and DVD+R only presented in physical device, >>> not on a file system? As long as the device is mounted to a file >>> system such as UDF, there won't be any difference to read contents >>> from the file system, is that correct? >> DVD, whether it's a WORM or ROM disc, uses udf if it's a data DVD. If >> it's a video DVD, it's more of a codec and media player issue. > > It is my unsubstantiated belief that the differences between +, -, > single layer, dual layer, R, RW etc are all handled at the hardware > level by the drive itself and are not depenedent on some driver.
That's also my understanding. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHfD5RS9HxQb37XmcRAntQAKCqCFerr28CtVu7v8bQKML4TsXRlgCdHVB2 2zFAHnbd2JuUa6psDhq6YLI= =kn5J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
