DVD+RW DVD+R Success!

[je_fro]

I recently got a TDK 4x indiDVD ( or indi DVD for the searchers...)
The program dvd+rw growisofs works great!

First, get it here: http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/

Then read: man mkisofs

Make sure you pass hdx=ide-scsi for the burner in grub.conf

I am using Gentoo with devfs, so my DVDburner is /dev/sr0

For RW, first format the media with: dvd+rw-format /dev/sr0

Then, burn your first file with (for example): growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J media/Some\ Movie.ogg

Then burn your second file like: growisofs -M /dev/sr0 -R -J media/Another\ Movie\ \(DivX\).avi

Works Great!!!

[bandwidth_pig]

I couldn't help but notice in the syntax it appeared as though you were burning a AVI file? Also I am confused as to the two step burning. Usually when I have burned CDs it's a single process:

"growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -R -J media/The\ Matrix.ogg"

This extracted the audio from the avi file and burned it to DVD?

"growisofs -M /dev/sr0 -R -J media/Tombstone\ \(DivX\).avi"

This extracted the video and converted it to MPEG 2 and then burned it to DVD? Or is it still in AVI format, only recorded to a DVD disc? I am very interested in your success as I have been wanting to ditch windows for burning DVDs. Can you provide some more detail? I'm glad it's worked well for you. I would like to find something that would convert the avi over to MPEG 2 and the audio over to WAV or AC3.

[je_fro]

It's a 2 step process because you need to make the original iso9660 filesystem, hence the -Z switch. After that, you use the -M switch to enlarge the filesystem with new files. Those example burns weren't steps, they were 2 separate burning operations. One initializes the disc, and the next one adds to it. The chalmers site explains it all.
No ripping or audio stuff was involved at all. Just straight copying.