mkudfiso (Blu-ray authoring tool set), a utility to create ISO images containing
a pure UDF filesystem, intended primarily for Blu-ray authoring but can be used
for any purpose (including CD-R and DVD-R). This tool can be used to author individual
files larger than 4GB, which is a requirement for Blu-ray and other high-definition
formats.

THIS TOOL DOES NOT GENERATE ISO 9660 STRUCTURES. Use "mkisofs" if you want ISO 9660,
Joliet, Rock Ridge, etc. in the structure. This is a pure UDF generator.

This tool is released under the GNU General Public License for personal, noncommercial
use only. For commercial use please contact [email protected] for commercial licensing.

(C) 2007 Impact Studio Pro LLC. Written by Jonathan Campbell.

This software is in beta and is provided without any warranty.
It may have some serious bugs that have not been ironed out yet.

===================== compiling ================================

In the top directory (the one with this README file) use the
./configure script to set up all the makefiles. Or, if GNU
autoconf and automake are installed, use ./cleanup.sh to
clean out the source tree and rebuild the ./configure script.

Then type "make" followed by "make install".

This installs "mkudfiso" into /usr/bin or whatever --prefix
you specified.

Compilation requires:
  * GCC 4.x (may compile with 3.x, never tried it)
  * C++ standard template libraries

==================== what it does ==============================

This program masters an ISO image that can be burned to CD, DVD,
or HD-DVD/Blu-ray. Like mkisofs this takes a specific directory
and uses it's contents to generate the ISO.

The structures generated are (should be?) UDF v1.02 compliant.

Motivations for writing this:
  * I need a pure UDF filesystem for Blu-ray authoring
  * The stupid 4GB per-file limit in mkisofs
  * Learning experience to better understand the ECMA-167 and OSTA standards

============ compatibility and known issues ========================

The output of this program so far has been tested with several systems and configurations.
Some issues have come up, but overall the contents are intact.

  * Mac OS X (10.4.8, PowerPC PowerBook G4)
    All files and folders show up properly. However, it seems this program's output
    eventually triggers a bug in the Mach kernel that causes a hard crash (bringing up
    the "you need to hold the power button down for 5 seconds" message)

  * Windows XP
    No problems seen so far.
 
  * Linux UDF driver (2.6.18.2)
    All files and folders show up properly. However, there seems to be a minor issue with
    certain commands (like "find") that prevents a recursive directory search from happening.

============ runtime options ========================================

In addition to creating an ISO, this program offers several features that can be used
for data recovery and verification. These are enabled through options on the command
line.

  --limit <size>
    Fail and error out if the ISO image would exceed this size. This can be used by data backup
    scripts and bluray authoring software alike to ensure that the ISO image will never exceed
    the capacity of a disc. Inspired by the ISO size guessing game that I often had to play when
    using mkisofs, often where many small files + the UDF and ISO structures to represent them
    would unexpectedly exceed the capacity of a DVD-R.

  --hashes <file>
    Generate a list of hashes for each file written to the ISO, as well as a hash of the entire
    ISO image. The list is written to the file you specify here. Unless no room is available
    (according to the --limit switch) this file is also appended to the end of the ISO image
    as an Implementation Use UDF descriptor that data recovery software can easily find.
    The hashes are written in hexadecimal in the form MD5/SHA-1/SHA-256.

  --report <file>
    Generate a list of the files archived in the ISO image and their corresponding locations
    in the ISO image. The files are never fragmented, so the locations are shown in the form
    of a starting and ending sector number (inclusive range, as in "start <= x <= end"). If
    room is available (according to --limit) this list is also appended to the end of the ISO
    as an Implementation Use UDF descriptor for data recovery purposes.