[SATLUG] DVD burning help

[Jeremy Mann]

Mike, don't do it manually. Rather get K3B which is a killer DVD data
burning program. Its completely click and drag. I've used it for years
to make data DVDs.


On 8/22/05, Mike Wallace <mikeaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> It appears I need a good lesson in DVD burning before I make too many
> more coasters.  I have a couple very large files (~3G) that I wanted
> to backup to DVD.  mkisofs and dvdrecord behaved as normal, but
> instead of there being a huge file of 3G on the disk, it only showed
> 10M!!  The iso image was the correct size (~3.1G) and the other much
> smaller files on the DVD appeared fine.  I opened up the text files to
> make sure that I they weren't corrupted.  So, what happened to my 3G
> file?  Is there some magic option I need to use in mkisofs or
> dvdrecord?  Can certain burners not handle files over 2G?
> 
> -Mike
> 
> 
> P.S.  A corollary to the above, if just making data DVDs, what options
> do yall typically give to mkisofs and dvdrecord?  I just want to know
> if I'm missing something important before I really get into making a
> lot of DVDs (and not more coasters).
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-- 
Jeremy