[OT] DVD Rewriter and disks

[Keith Doxey <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Finally (after 6 months) got round to installing the 256Mb Ram, Firewire
Card,
and Sony DW-U14A DVD Re-Writer that I got for Christmas.

I now need to know the following....

What disks should I get ?

spec of writer is

Write Speed:
DVD+R/+RW 2.4x, 4x
DVD-R 1x, 2x, 4x
DVD-RW 1x, 2x
CD-R 4x, 12x, 16x, 24x
CD-RW 4x, 10x, 16x

... and where is the best place to buy them.

Do I need any special software ?
I have Nero6 and U-Lead Studio although I have to figure out how to use
them
properly yet. I want to create DVD disks that can be played in a normal DVD
player from my DV Camcorder.

Also, is there a means of editing various clips from proper DVD's. I want
to
take the songs from the Blues Brothers etc, and turn them into Pop Video
style
clips for a video jukebox.

As an aside, I spent 12 hours downloading the ISO's for Mandrake 10.0 and
burnt
them to CD but I must have done something wrong because the CD's only
contain a
single ISO file whereas the disks I have for Mandrake 9 contain hundreds of
installation files. How should I have dealt with the ISO's to get then as
workable installation CD's ?

As you have probably guessed... my knowledge and experience of burning
disks is
extremely limited :-(

Thanks

Keith

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