Trevin Beattie wrote:

> Does the current release of NetBSD support DVD, DVD-R, and/or
> DVD-video?  If so, what software is required to run them?  If not,

  DVD works "out of the box" (SCSI and ATAPI), just like any plain old
CD-ROM (with just a bit more capacity, though).  DVD-R should work if
supported by a CD writer software (you might want to take a look at
cdrecord from the packages system:
"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/sysutils/cdrecord/README.html"). 
DVD video is tricky, as it not only requires the proper player software,
but for most DVD's some software is required that decrypts/unlocks the
video data ...

> Also, I was wondering what software is available for NetBSD for
> using my scanner.

  Personally, I use "sane", which supports a lot of scanner models. 
Take a look at
"ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/packages/pkgsrc/graphics/sane/README.html"
for more information.

  Cheers
      ,
   Rene