Hitchhiker's Guide to Openbsd

Creating audio CDs
To burn audio CDs, you can again use 
cdio(1)
 with the 
tao -a
option. 
As an example, I'll be making a backup copy of one of my music CDs. This involves two steps: 
1. Fetch the audio tracks from the original CD. For example: 
# cdio -f cd1c cdrip
This command will extract a series of WAV files from your second CD-ROM drive to your disk. 
2. Write the audio tracks to a blank CD. For example: 
# cdio -f cd1c tao -a *.wav
13.10.3 - Writing DVDs
There are a few important things about DVD you should know about before proceeding to write your 
own DVDs. 
Important notes: 
●
If you really want to know all about DVD, I suggest you read the very extensive 
DVD FAQ
document to start with. 
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This section has seen only very limited testing, and we certainly have not tried every possible 
media and writer combination. Nevertheless, we have had, or have heard of, positive experiences 
with all of the DVD formats mentioned below. You are welcome to 
let us know
about your 
successes or failures. 
Different DVD formats
There are a number of different DVD formats. Commonly used are the DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, 
and DVD+RW formats (R means writable once, RW means it can be rewritten a few thousand times). 
They are pretty much competing standards. 
A pretty different format is DVD-RAM, which was mainly developed as a data drive and has advanced 
packet writing functions, allowing it to be used like a kind of optical hard disk. DVD-RAM is not 
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recommended for video usage as video gets written to the discs in a format not compatible with normal 
DVD players. 
The important thing is you use media which suit your DVD writer. If you expect compatibility with 
other DVD players, watch your step and be sure to read 
this section
of the DVD FAQ.