Format and write to a DVD-RW

[Tim]

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 08:03 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> When you replace your drive, you may want to consider whether or not it
> can be reflashed under linux and whether there is alternate firmware
> that lets you change regions freely and/or disable macrovision. Updates
> for burners are common to provide the burner with information about new
> media (blanks) that were developed since the drive was first produced.

Just FYI:  Macrovision isn't a part of a DVD drive, it's something done
in the video digital-to-analogue circuitry.  It's usually turned on and
off by a flag in the video stream, though some hardware has Macrovision
signal bastardisation running all the time.

Zoning is, rather foolishly, done in the drive.  It may well be done
elsewhere, as well, but drives can be region locked.

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