[mythtv] Need some help with programming questions

Damion de Soto damion at snapgear.com
Fri Apr 23 02:21:57 EDT 2004


Hi Gerald,
> 2) Does anyone know how to make a file that looks exactly like a blank
> DVD? I tried copying a blank DVD using 'dd' which didn't work. I also
> just tried creating a large file using dd and '/dev/zero' which also
> didn't work. Presumably the latter failed because there's some type of
> info at the beginning of a blank DVD that says it's a blank.
Pretty sure this is the case.  Same as blank CDRs, it's not readable by the normal 
filesystem though, which is why the first attempt failed too.

Take a look at the source for x-cdroast or cdrecord.
they both have the ability to tell if the disc is blank or not.


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