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  2. Optical disc drive - Wikipedia

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    For rewritable CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, or BD-RE media, the laser is used to melt a crystalline metal alloy in the recording layer of the disc. Depending on the amount of power applied, the substance may be allowed to melt back (change the phase back) into crystalline form or left in an amorphous form, enabling marks of varying ...

  3. DVD recordable - Wikipedia

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    DVD±R/W (also written as, DVD±R/RW, DVD±R/±RW, DVD+/-RW, DVD±R(W) and other arbitrary ways) handles all common writable disc types, but not DVD-RAM. [1] A drive that supports writing to all these disc types including DVD-RAM (but not necessarily including cartridges or 8cm diameter discs) is referred to as a "Multi" recorder.

  4. DVD recorder - Wikipedia

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    DVD recorder drives can be used in conjunction with DVD authoring software to create DVDs near or equal to commercial quality, and are also widely used for data backup and exchange. As a general rule, computer-based DVD recorders can also handle CD-R and CD-RW media; in fact, a number of standalone DVD recorders use drives designed for computers.

  5. dvd+rw-tools - Wikipedia

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    dvd+rw-tools (also known as growisofs, its main part) is a collection of open-source DVD and Blu-ray Disc tools for Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, Windows and OS X. dvd+rw-tools does not operate on CD media. [1] The package itself requires another program which is used to create ISO 9660 images on the fly.

  6. List of DVD authoring software - Wikipedia

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    Free software implementations often lack features such as encryption and region coding due to licensing restrictions issues, and depending on the demands of the DVD producer, may not be considered suitable for mass-market use. DeVeDe (Linux) DVD Flick (Windows only) DVDStyler (Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux using wxWidgets.

  7. Drive Letter Access - Wikipedia

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    DLA may prevent ejection of media from an optical drive. When this occurs, a solution is to restart the operating system. DLA may prevent installation of a program distributed on a rewritable CD or DVD. A solution is to deactivate DLA as follows: Launch Windows Explorer or open its My Computer component. Select the RW drive. Right click on the ...

  8. DVD - Wikipedia

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    Sony Rewritable DVD A DVD-ROM drive for a PC. HP initially developed recordable DVD media from the need to store data for backup and ... DVD+RW and DVD-RAM." ...

  9. DVD-RAM - Wikipedia

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    DVD-RAM (DVD Random Access Memory) is a DVD-based disc specification presented in 1996 by the DVD Forum, which specifies rewritable DVD-RAM media and the appropriate DVD writers. DVD-RAM media have been used in computers as well as camcorders and personal video recorders since 1998.