Greg Freemyer wrote:
I just came across your project and it looks pretty interesting.
I have a need to write a bunch of images to a CD/DVD on a regular basis, then mail it off every week or so. It would be ideal to do this piece-meal and I gather that is what this project is all about.
Considering the enormous potential utility of packet writing in general, I am surprised that this project does not attract a greater amount of attention. Perhaps most people only use their CD-RW drives to rip and store all that insipid Grade B music that floods the commercial market. What a waste of digital technology!
I have looked through the last few months archives, but I don't see a recent overview and the sourceforge site seems out of date. i.e. No news in almost a year.
The project is apparently still active, but, as with most things in the world of Open Source, the user has to fend for himself. Unfortunately, documentation is frequently lacking or non-existent, but the benefits of "free" software still, I believe, far outweigh the disadvantages.
If the sourceforge site is current, the current release is 0.0.2, is that indicative of the quality?
For me, it certainly does the job. The last time that I burned a large amount of data, I experienced no errors. But I still do a check of the data using a program like diff. However, the routines can only handle CD-RW and not CD-R. Hopefully this will change in the future.
How portable is the UDF. i.e. If I save a bunch of jpg images to a CD, is there any way to read them off other than having another UDF Patched Linux box?
Any system that can read the UDF file format should be able to read your disks. Users have to be aware of these subtleties, however, and this is not always guaranteed. Good luck on your implementation. Andrew Henschel