Hello Members,

I have been using Linux Mint for a while now. I have a Samsung WriteMaster external DVD multi burner with lightscribe. This works flawlessly; Elyssa mounts the device immediately and burning disks using Brassero or other burning software is no problem. I am wondering if there is a way in Linux to use the lightscribe feature to burn labels directly onto the disk as can be done under windows.

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

jmerlin

I havent got a drive with lightscribe, but Im thinking about getting one. are the results worth it, jmerlin?

a link that should point you in the right direction

http://www.linux.com/feature/118705

Lightscribe for Linux :
http://www.lightscribe.com/downloadS...nux/index.aspx

Good Luck !

bashyow,

Thanks for the link. I will get going with my experimenting. If you do a lot of archiving of digital photos and backups on cds and dvds then lightscribe is a useful tool. It eliminates the problem of messy sharpie markers and illegible or smudged writing which can be a nightmare when trying to find that one photo or backup.

Despite the extra cost of the lightscribe disks, it is well worth it in the long run. Thanks again and I will post my experience with the software.

jmerlin

knudfl,

That was a very useful link, Thanks. I think I will finally get things working.

jmerlin

LightScribe on Linux: Solution found

I followed the links and downloaded the system software and application software for LightScribe. The instructions were straight forward and easy to understand and follow. The simple labeler means exactly that: You are limited to only the top and bottom text of the disk and options for fonts and some graphic templates. There is no advanced text editor and you cannot add pictures or other graphic and you cannot alter the layout. And it is a bit of a bother to find and start the executable found in a subdirectory of the /opt folder. But you were warned about this on the website.

The other software option was 4L from LaCie. This seems to be a more comprehensive program but it is old (2006) and I had issues since it is available as a .rpm package and I was not able to figure out how to use Alien on Mint (elyssa).

On the positive side, there is one less reason to boot into windows and I can do simple labeling tasks. There is still a lot of work to be done to bring the linux versions up to par with the windows versions of the software. It is a positive start nevertheless.

Thanks for the help knudfl and bashyow.

You may find this helpful <http://howtopenguin.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-install-lightscribe-software-on.html>

There are debs for all of it.