need cd-writer software for debian

marta · 02-07-2004, 11:07 AM

Hello everyone,

Can anyone advise me on a cd-writing software that I can use, Im using debian woody,
I've tried xcdroast, but it needs a screen resolution of at least 1024x768 which I dont have.

thanks for your help
Marta

m_yates · 02-07-2004, 11:34 AM

You can use mkisofs and cdrecord from the command line. The howto is here:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html

HappyTux · 02-07-2004, 03:14 PM

Code:

[05:04 PM Sat Feb 07: stephen @ ~]
>$ apt-cache search burning
arson - KDE frontend for burning CDs
cdcontrol - A parallel burner that allow you to write to one or more CD-Writer at once
cdrtoaster - Tcl/Tk front-end for burning cdrom
cdw - A console tool for burning CD's
dvd+rw-tools - DVD+-RW/R tools
dvdbackup - Tool to rip DVD's from the command line
eroaster - The ECLiPt CD burning frontend
gcombust - GTK+ based CD mastering and burning program
nautilus-cd-burner - CD Burning front-end for Nautilus
webmin-burner - CD burning module for webmin
caca-utils - text mode graphics utilities
libk3bcore2 - The KDE cd burning application library - core runtime files
libk3bcore2-dev - The KDE cd burning application library - core development files
libk3bplugin1 - The KDE cd burning application library - plugin runtime files
libk3bplugin1-dev - The KDE cd burning application library - development files
libk3bproject1 - The KDE cd burning application library - project runtime files
libk3bproject1-dev - The KDE cd burning application library - development files
libk3btools1 - The KDE cd burning application library - tools runtime files
libk3btools1-dev - The KDE cd burning application library - development files
rhythmbox - music player and organizer for GNOME

Of these it looks like only cdrtoaster, eroaster, gcombust and webmin-burner are in stable (Woody) so you may want to have a look at those packages.

gommans · 02-07-2004, 04:45 PM

Dear Marta,

how difficult can it be to give a normal answer?

While m_yates seems to live in the dark ages, happy tux doesn't really give an advice.

So here it is: k3b.

The best burning software at the moment.

I use it under MEPIS, a nice little debian-distro. Never let me down until now!

Good luck!

Marcel

HappyTux · 02-07-2004, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gommans
Dear Marta,

how difficult can it be to give a normal answer?

While m_yates seems to live in the dark ages, happy tux doesn't really give an advice.

So here it is: k3b.

The best burning software at the moment.

I use it under MEPIS, a nice little debian-distro. Never let me down until now!

Good luck!

Marcel

Actually gave him 4 programs that he can install and a method to search for answers to future questions if you want to be real picky about it and had thought about adding K3b to the list but unlike you I actually preformed a search of the apt cache and found that there is no such version for woody.

Code:

[07:43 PM Sat Feb 07: stephen @ ~]
>$ apt-cache policy k3b
k3b:
  Installed: 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm
  Candidate: 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm
  Version Table:
  *** 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm 0
        500 http://rs.fuzz.nl unstable/ Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.10.3-5 0
        600 http://ftp2.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages

Edit: And to show sources for stable in my sources.list.

Code:

[07:43 PM Sat Feb 07: stephen @ ~]
>$ apt-cache policy kdebase
kdebase:
  Installed: 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm
  Candidate: 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm
  Version Table:
 *** 4:3.2.0-0+cvs20040204+cm 0
        500 http://rs.fuzz.nl unstable/ Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:3.1.5-2 0
        600 http://ftp2.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
     4:3.1.3-1 0
        990 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main Packages
     4:2.2.2-14.7 0
        500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
        500 http://ftp2.de.debian.org stable/main Packages

m_yates · 02-07-2004, 08:39 PM

Gommans:

I don't live in the dark ages. In fact I do use k3b and xcdroast, but my screen resolution is 1024x768. I invite you to try k3b at a resolution of 800x600 and see how well it works. I suggested mkisofs and cdrecord because he said he couldn't use xcdroast because his resolution wasn't high enough.

The other proble, already pointed out by happytux, is k3b isn't available in the woody repositories.

Pedroski · 02-08-2004, 01:59 AM

Do it from the command line, don't worry about screen resolutions!
Try reading man cdrdao, ditto cdrecord, mkisofs. Works fine!
Anyone know if cdrecord can copy dvds??

marta · 02-09-2004, 04:41 AM

thanks for the advice everyone!
although must say k3b not working for me...

cheers

marta

marta · 02-09-2004, 07:04 AM

for pedroski:

http://www.abcpages.com/~mache/cdrecord-dvd.html