Information about Growisofs

dvd+rw-tools (also known as growisofs, its main part) is a collection of open source computer programs that are popular DVD (and recently Blu-ray Disc) burning tools for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and also Mac OS X v10.4.

The package itself requires another program which is used to create ISO9660 images on the fly. This is provided by mkisofs (from the cdrtools package) or genisoimage (from the cdrkit package).

Released under the GNU General Public License, dvd+rw-tools is free software.

Latest changes

Notable changes for version 7.0 include Blu-ray Disc support (upon release tested with Panasonic SW-5582) and support for Mac OS X 10.2 and later (upon release tested on 10.4 only).

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Open source is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the design and production of goods and knowledge. The term is most commonly applied to the source code of software that is available to the general public with relaxed or non-existent intellectual property
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DVD

Media type: Optical disc
Capacity: 4.7 GB (single layer), 8.5 GB (dual layer)
Usage: Data storage, audio, video, games

Optical disc authoring
  • Optical disc
  • Optical disc image
  • Recorder hardware
  • Authoring software

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Blu-ray Disc

Media type: High-density optical disc
Encoding: MPEG-2, MPEG-4 AVC (H.264), and VC-1
Capacity: 25 GB (single layer), 50 GB (dual layer)
Read mechanism: 1x@36 Mbit/s & 2x@72 Mbit/s
Developed by: Blu-ray Disc Association
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Linux (pronunciation: IPA: /ˈlɪnʊks/, lin-uks) is a Unix-like computer operating system. Linux is one of the most prominent examples of free software and open source development; its underlying source code can be
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FreeBSD is a Unix-like free operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) branch through the 386BSD and 4.4BSD operating systems.
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Microsoft Windows

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Company/developer: Microsoft Corporation
OS family: MS-DOS/9x-based, Windows CE, Windows NT
Source model: Closed source

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Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"
(Part of the Mac OS X family)
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Screenshot of Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"
Developer
Apple Inc.
Web site: http://www.apple.
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ISO 9660, a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), defines a file system for CD-ROM media. It aims at supporting different computer operating systems such as Unix, Windows and Mac OS, so that data may be exchanged.
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cdrtools (formerly known as cdrecord) is a collection of independent projects of free software/open source computer programs. It is the standard set of CD and DVD authoring tools for most free Unix operating systems.
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cdrtools (formerly known as cdrecord) is a collection of independent projects of free software/open source computer programs. It is the standard set of CD and DVD authoring tools for most free Unix operating systems.
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cdrkit is a collection of computer programs for CD and DVD authoring that work on Unix-like systems.

The creation of cdrkit was initiated by the Debian project, as a fork of cdrtools. cdrkit is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.
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cdrkit is a collection of computer programs for CD and DVD authoring that work on Unix-like systems.

The creation of cdrkit was initiated by the Debian project, as a fork of cdrtools. cdrkit is released under the GNU General Public License version 2.
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GNU General Public License
Author: Free Software Foundation
Version: 3
Copyright on the license: Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Publication date: 29 June 2007
OSI approved: Yes
Debian approved: Yes
Free Software:
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Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things.
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Mac OS X (IPA: /mæk.oʊ.ɛs.tɛn/) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc., the latest of which is pre-loaded on all currently shipping Macintosh computers.
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