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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.

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