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dvd_drives [2013/08/01 19:44]
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dvd_drives [2018/03/28 14:35]
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 ====== DVD Drives ====== ====== DVD Drives ======
  
-  * [[DVD Regions]] +  * [[dvd_drive_status]] 
-  * [[eject]]+  * [[dvd_eject]]
   * [[regionset]]   * [[regionset]]
   * [[trayopen]]   * [[trayopen]]
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 +Spec: a 1x DVD drive reads at 1385 kilobytes per second (KB/s), or 1.385 megabytes per second (MB/s)
  
 ==== Polling a Drive: Is Open / Has Media ==== ==== Polling a Drive: Is Open / Has Media ====
  
-Polling DVD drives to see if it is closed or not is a real pain to do in Linux.+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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