It's hard to beat the command line tools. The gui front ends just get in the way of all the available options of the tools of the command line. Plus, you get to see all the error messages and post them if something doesn't work like you think it should.
How about CD copying, ripping and burning? I can't figure it out.
# CD burning copying ripping info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux
Linux DVD HOWTO
CD Writing HOWTO
Burning CDs on Linux
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/foo.iso;eject
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> -isosize /dev/cdrom;eject
# ISO information
isoinfo -i -d /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
# cdparanoia - search for a drive with reporting of autosense:
cdparanoia -vsQ
# Rip a complete audio CD with cdparanoia
cdparanoia -B "1-";eject
Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO
# Convert mp3 to wav with lame
for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done
# Burn a CD from wav files
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav;eject
# Copy CD using cdrdao
cdrdao read-cd --device <your device> --read-raw --datafile mydata.bin -v 99 mydata.cue
cdrdao write --device <your device> --overburn -v 99 --speed <burning speed> mydata.cue
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast
# Mount CD iso images as a filesystem
mount /path/to/foo.iso /mnt/<directory> -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
Example:
mount /pub/iso/distros/Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
