Packet writing should work as default in most systems - put "DEVICES=/dev/cdrw" in /etc/default/udftools

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas]

Binary package hint: udftools

With one simple improvement we can make packet writing to work as default
in most systems - just put "DEVICES=/dev/cdrw" in /etc/default/udftools

Most systems has /dev/cdrw, because udev always creates this device when
user has CD or DVD writer.

It seems it's pretty hard to edit config files for most of users, even when they are trying to do this often they simply don't understand what they are doing, so, this couses just waste of time and disappointment, look for example at bug #1615

So, if we put "DEVICES=/dev/cdrw" (uncommented) in /etc/default/udftools,
then most systems will have working packet writing device just after
udftools package installation, without editing any config files !

Before enabling packed writing support just after installation of udftools we need to check if this wouldn't couse any problems with normal use (mount) of CD (data and audio) and DVD (data and video) disks.

[LEVIS Cyril (atlas95)]

Could you make a little frontend for gnome to make a DVDRW UDF please, and activate it by default.
It is very hard to make it working, for the moment i can't make my dvd udf :(

[pieter k (pieterkristensen)]

I'm amazed that it could be so simple! There are some rough edges though:
after performing this trick, it seems libdvdcss2 doesn't work any more. So it is almost impossible to watch commercial dvd's.

[pieter k (pieterkristensen)]

So I added:

DEVICES=/dev/cdrw
DEVICES=/dev/hda
DEVICES=/dev/hdb

I checked in /etc/fstab if these where the correct values first.
It seems all trouble is gone! Try it yourself!

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

This was fixed in 1.0.0b3-13