Re: wodim/cdrecord

On 02/01/2011 01:00 AM, Steven Sroka wrote:
> I've heared that the original cdrecord is better than wodim as well.
> Plus, there are a lot of forums posts and bug reports regarding wodim
> ruining DVD's and so on listed throughout a Google search.
>
> I'd like to know, if possible, what are the difference between wodim
> and cdrecord? wodim, according to Joerg, is bastardized and some of us
> here can confirm that wodim causes problems, so what is the use it?
>
> If cdrecord is the original program and wodim seems not be reliable
> would it not be best to ship cdrecord and not wodim?
>
>   
I did a bit of research :
http://www.cdrkit.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jörg_Schilling
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/
http://schily.blogspot.com/
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html

One thing that confuses me is your experience of wodim is the exact
opposite of at least jdd and myself.
I've forwarded the mail to opensuse-factory in the hope that Jorge will
reply to you.
Regards
Dave P