14.2 CD Software
Once you have set up your CD-R or CD-RW, or DVD driver you may be interested in packages like cdrecord, cdrdao, mkisofs, cdmaster, and video-dvdrip.
14.2.1 cdrdao
The cdrdao package provides, by far, the simplest interface for burning CDs. Also, some burners have had limited support for track at once burning, as was the experience with Mint where cdrecord could not work for recording audio. The cdrdao tool worked just fine in that instance. Cdrdao can be used to duplicate both data and audio CDs.
By default cdrdao is run as root and access can be provided to users through the use of sudo. If you wish to provide all users with access to the program you can set the permissions appropriately:
To use cdrdao you need to know where your CD writer is. Use the cdrdao command as follows to find this out:
You can then specify as command line options of cdrdao the
--device and --driver. However, to avoid having to
do this every time you can create either /home/kayon/.cdrdao
or /etc/default/cdrdao. The file should contain the following
line or lines, replacing the 0,0,0 with your SCSI device
address as identified by cdrdao scanbus, and the driver (if
required) with the appropriate one for your CD writer - see the cdrdao
man pages:
On Athene (kernel 2.6.7) the device is ATA:1,0,0.
The following cdrdao commands can be specified on the command line without the need to identify the device each time (assuming it is identified in the appropriate configuration file as described above):
show-toc - prints out toc and exits
toc-info - prints out short toc-file summary
toc-size - prints total number of blocks for toc
read-toc - create toc file from audio CD
read-cd - create toc and rip audio data from CD
read-cddb - contact CDDB server and add data as CD-TEXT to toc-file
show-data - prints out audio data and exits
read-test - reads all audio files and exits
disk-info - shows information about inserted medium
msinfo - shows multi session info, output is suited for scripts
unlock - unlock drive after failed writing
blank - blank a CD-RW
scanbus - scan for devices
simulate - shortcut for 'write --simulate'
write - writes CD
copy - copies CDSee Section 14.3.1 for examples of copying a CD, Section 14.3.3 for mastering and burning an audio CD, Section 14.7 deals with CD-RWs, and Section 14.5.4 covers copying VCDs.
14.2.4 gcdmaster
Gcdmaster provides a GNOME GUI for cdrdao. For cdrdao be sure to create the following link:
But gcdmaster failed for some reason (after cdrdao read the CD and then requested a RETURN!) and so why not just use the command line to copy a CD as described below!
14.2.5 xcdroast
This might be okay as a CD burner but gcdmaster seems to be easier to use.
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