cd burning s/w

ksd · 10-20-2003, 01:19 AM

hello every one..is there any decent cd burning s/w for slackware?i gotta burn a bunch of cd's ..i mean all types of data starting from mp3's to iso images...need to burned..i got vexed with nero and its front end..any how that 's a different story..i gave divorce to windows..so..can any one suggest a good cd burning s/w for slackware ?

Azmeen · 10-20-2003, 02:12 AM

K3B... X-CD-Roast...

These two are among the most popular.

ksd · 10-20-2003, 06:51 AM

i have installed k3b.its good enough.i have even burned quite a few cd's ..the fornt end part is excellent.but what if i wanna learn whats happening behind?ie...i ma intersted in a CLI interface..so..can anyone suggest me a decent CLI cdburner?

aaa · 10-20-2003, 06:55 AM

k3b is a front end for cdrecord. So there's your CLI cd burner.

gt73 · 10-20-2003, 06:56 AM

A command line program to burn CD is cdrecord itself. K3B uses cdrecord to burn cds.

phishman3579 · 10-20-2003, 09:24 AM

I have two aliases I use, invovles cdrecord
alias make_image mkisofs -r -o image.img
alias burn_image cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0

ksd · 10-20-2003, 10:59 AM

ok..k3b is fine enough..but i dont know that its front end for cdrecord..so..if thats so..as i have already installed k3b..can i use cdrecord..directly from the console?or do i need to download it from the net?but i think k3b is cool enough..so..lemme play around a bit with it..after that i would jump to CLI..thanx any way..to all you guys out there..btw....

aaa · 10-20-2003, 11:45 AM

Yeah, you can use it now. Look at 'man cdrecord'

tipaul · 10-20-2003, 11:55 AM

If you're looking for the BEST non-graphical front end for burning CDs:

http://freebits.de/magma/

It's been written as a BASH script so you can go into the code VERY EASILY!!!!!!!

I don't know anything stable than this one! And was thinking that it would be great to have this one converted to a GNOME-specific application to have a little bit of competition over k3b... Which I use on Gnome when I want a good Graphical Front End...

Hope I helped you! I Can't think of something easier to learn how cdburning works with cdrecord and others...

tcaptain · 10-20-2003, 12:03 PM

I find K3B is pretty good...I used to use EasyCD creator in Windows.

I also like ERoaster...which is similar and also works very well (made for Gnome I think)

J.W. · 10-20-2003, 02:55 PM

I think doing it in the CLI is the easiest of all:

1. Make your image file, which we'll call "my_image.img" by running this command:
mkisofs -r -o my_image.img /home/user/whatever

2. Burn it to CD by running this command:
cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=0,0,0 -data my_image.img

Change the speed setting as necessary to match your CD-RW. Personally I'd recommend using a lower setting than the hardware can truly support, just to minimize the chance of burning coasters. -- J.W.

ksd · 10-21-2003, 11:34 AM

hey k3b is too cool..but i guess iwill try that freebits.something which was written in bash script..the only problem with k3b which i found out till now is that when i wanted to burn an .iso image...its not supporting it..it has only one image format supported.that is iso9660..so when i added this something.iso its simply showing a msg box saying something which means format is not supported.
the result being a wasted cd..the problem in this part of hte world the cost of a cd is something like cost of 2 diet pepsi's put together.so..i guess...k3b is not that that cool after alll..