DVD writer support in Slackware

vharishankar · 04-04-2006, 10:06 PM

Hi,

I installed the dvd+rw-tools package, but x-cd-roast claims that it doesn't find a proDVD support, so it cannot burn DVD-R/RWs.

Also I have a doubt. X-cd-roast wants me to enable scsi-emulation, but I'm on kernel 2.6.16 and so I doubt whether I need it. Can anybody clarify this point?

Lenard · 04-04-2006, 10:19 PM

Use growisofs and maybe k3b not X-cd-roast to create DVD's, see 'man growisofs' without the single quotemarks for the details, an example;

growisofs -Z[M] /dev/hdc -R -J /some/files

http://www.k3b.org/

vharishankar · 04-04-2006, 10:26 PM

I cannot use k3b since I haven't installed KDE.

But the growisofs seems a good option.

Is there any GUI front end for burning cds/dvds other than x-cd-roast which doesn't depend on KDE?

mdarby · 04-04-2006, 10:42 PM

I burn DVD backups all the time with this:

Code:

growisofs -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -J -R -l -f -Z /dev/BURNER -speed=16 /path/to/burn /another/path/to/burn

Alien_Hominid · 04-05-2006, 12:02 AM

There is graveman.

wchild · 04-05-2006, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harishankar

Is there any GUI front end for burning cds/dvds other than x-cd-roast which doesn't depend on KDE?

Check out bashburn.
Warning: it's not GUI.

vharishankar · 04-05-2006, 03:29 AM

I compiled and installed graveman. Looks good. Must try it out later to see how it works.