Linux CD Burning

Can I get some advice regarding software?

[Nick_W]

Hi all,

Had another terrifying system crash today and really need to re-install my whole OS. Gotta get the CD burner working though.

A while back, some folks made some suggestions for an 'idiot proof' program that would detect my CD burner and have me up and running quickly. Can I find the thread? Can I <bleep>!

So, for a real dummy, what could I try for CD burning software on RH8?

Many thanks!

Nick

[dingman]

I learned the command-line tools that everything else is a front-end for a few years ago when I got my first CD-RW drive, and I've just kept using them rather than learning the point-and-click tools. However, I've played with a few because I'll admit that not everyone is going to be happy burning CDs with a man page and a command prompt.

CDBakeOven: all right for data CDs, and very easy to use. Unfortunately, though, there was a bug in it's audio CD copying that resulted in a "copy" where all songs had been merged into a single track. I'm sure somewhere I could have told it to use the -B option to cdparanoia, but really, what's the point of a point-and-click interface if you still have to know the command line options to the underlying utility to make it work? Maybe a newer version has fixed this.

Arson: just downloaded it recently. Looks promising as a one-stop program for all your cd-related tasks. I'm having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to tell it about my CD burner, but it looks like that's because cdrecord can't find the emulated SCSI bus, so it's more likely that I booted the wrong kernel image after that last power outage than it is that arson is at fault.

Gtoaster: doesn't have quite the slick looking interface that the two KDE apps mentioned above do, but looks like a perfectly usable system for setting up a data CD and burning it.

There are several older interfaces, mostly using the Tk widget set. Last time I tried any of them, I decided that reading all the manual pages for cdparanoia, mkhybrid, and cdrecord would be *much* easier.

[bartek]

Try K3B, very easy to use and install.
[k3b.sourceforge.net...]

[Nick_W]

Thanks guys,

K3B can't seem to find QT, which is part of KDE right? (which I run.....)

I'll try the others today!

Nick

[Duckula]

can't seem to find QT, which is part of KDE right?

If you're installing from source you need the QT development package too.

If you're using a binary QT is sensitive to the compiler version, any application built with QT has to be compiled with the same compiler QT was built with.

[littleman]

For most of my needs I use command line, here is a good howto:
[troubleshooters.com...]

I use cdrecord mostly for burning ISOs.
For dubbing CDs cdrdao (command line) works well and is also very simple to use.

I've used gtoaster, it works well. I find it handy when I want to backup files.

[bartek]

Nick_w, try one of the older releases, they burn just as well - unless you need the newer options.
The newest one requires KDE 3.1...
cdrdao like littleman says is easy to work with and much more reliable.

Also, take a look at [linuxplanet.com...]

Good luck :)