DVD Writing with Linux

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Simper, Brian D wrote:
> I am trying to get some DVD writing software working with Linux.  I am
> running Red Hat Linux 8.0 and have tried two packages unsuccessfully.
> 
> I tried the demo of Gear Pro for Linux but have been unsuccessful so
> far.  I don't want to buy the full package for ~$780.00 if it does not
> work.
> 
> http://www.gearsoftware.com/products/ProLinux/index.cfm 
> 
> Has anyone used this product before who might have a review?
> 
> I also tried K3b which is free from SourceForge but I have not been able
> to get it to compile.  It is at:
> 
> http://k3b.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/index.pl 
> 
> I get the error message libmad.so.0 is not present.  I downloaded the
> library with some MP3 software bit it is not working yet.  Compiling the
> code is not working either.

krb requires KDE, see:
http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/requirements
So you might either update your KDE from
http://kde-redhat.sourceforge.net/
(should work even on Redhat 8)
or get an older version of k3b.
Klaus