DVD+RW burning under Linux

Burn an ISO9660 DVD+RW with Joliet and Rockridge extensions

# growisofs -speed=1 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0 -R -J <files>

Force compatibility docbook mode

This forces the DVD+RW to present itself as a DVD-ROM; necessary for some old DVD drives.

# dvd+rw-booktype -dvd-rom -media /dev/scd0

Burning a DVD Video

# mkisofs -dvd-video . | growisofs -speed 1 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0 /dev/stdin

Making a DVD+R as compatible as possible

# dvd+rw-booktype -dvd-rom -unit+r /dev/scd0

This needs to be done before any writing to the disc occurs.