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====== DVD Drives ====== | ====== DVD Drives ====== | ||
- | Polling DVD drives to see if it is closed or not is a real pain to do in Linux. | + | * [[dvd_drive_status]] |
+ | * [[dvd_eject]] | ||
+ | * [[regionset]] | ||
+ | * [[trayopen]] | ||
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+ | ==== Polling a Drive: Is Open / Has Media ==== | ||
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+ | Polling DVD drives to see if it is closed or not is a real pain to do in Linux. (**Edit:** it was! Check out [[dvd_drive_status]] which solves everything here) | ||
I highly recommend reading [[http://wonkabar.org/2013/07/03/reading-ejecting-ripping-and-polling-dvd-devices-in-linux-also-notes-on-my-dvd-library/| this blog post]] where I describe various ways I poll the drive to see if it is empty or not. | I highly recommend reading [[http://wonkabar.org/2013/07/03/reading-ejecting-ripping-and-polling-dvd-devices-in-linux-also-notes-on-my-dvd-library/| this blog post]] where I describe various ways I poll the drive to see if it is empty or not. |