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Hi,
I get these errors whenever I try to use k3b to burn the DVD structure. I have tried to burn a couple different DVD's and they used to work before.
mkisofs
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/usr/bin/mkisofs: Warning: -follow-links does not always work correctly; be careful.
INFO: UTF-8 character encoding detected by locale settings.
Assuming UTF-8 encoded filenames on source filesystem,
use -input-charset to override.
/usr/bin/mkisofs: IFO is not of correct size aborting.
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Unable to parse DVD-Video structures.
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Unable to make a DVD-Video image.
mkisofs comand:
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/usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR VERSION 0.11.15cvs (C) 2003 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer K3b - Version 0.11.15cvs -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-gill/k3b3M9oUb.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-gill/k3b4dTWOa.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -follow-links -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-gill/k3bFTrCbc.tmp -dvd-video /tmp/kde-gill/k3bVideoDvd0 /home/gill/.kde/share/apps/k3b/temp/dummydir0/
Distribution: Kanotix HD Install, Debian Testing, XP Pro,Vista RC1
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I am not sure but isn't /dev/fd a reference to a floppy drive. If so it could be the reason it says not correct size and it appears to be sourcing the floppy for it's input. Just a guess. Good luck.
Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
Posts: 4,629
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Well, dd is a program to low-level reading data (from block devices, man dd). It wants to read from the device "if=/dev/fd/0" and to write to "of=/dev/hdb".
Does /dev/fd/0 even exist? Whatever, use the setup of K3b to straighten the paths and/or make sure that you copy files from devices that do exist. Also, make sure of sensible burning parameters...
Apparently it does exist. Is there any way I can reset everything to default? I looked at the paths in the k3b setup and they all seem to be okay. Thanks for the help.
Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
Posts: 4,629
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Um, oh, that is a (symbolic) link. I seem to remember that /dev/pts has something to do with the mouse / serial port(s)?!? That doesn't seem to be a valid devide to read data from . This path won't work, you have to change it but I dunno how, not enough data on K3b .
What you are saying makes sense. I dont remember making any changes to the configuration files. I also tried to burn as root, doesnt work. It was working fine last week. Anyways, do you know where I can find instructions to burn video dvd through commandline? Also, would removing k3b and reinstalling it help?
Distribution: openSuSE Tumbleweed-KDE, Mint 21, MX-21, Manjaro
Posts: 4,629
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<long shot mode on>
Search for a .K3b directory (probably in your /home/<your-user-name>) and delete or better rename it (This is DOTK3b!). This should reset K3b. Else I'm out of my depths here...
Turns out that the .IFO file in the VIDEO_TS that I downloaded off the net was corrupted. It was corrupted for 2 movies and I thought there was a problem with K3B. I used ifoedit (using wine) to correct the IFO's and it works fine now. Thanks everyone who replied.
ksgill, I have the exact same problem, down to the very same error message. If you don't mind, would you tell me how you used ifoedit to fix the problem? I dled the program off the internet and installed using wine. But what do I do next?
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