CD Burning Why So Difficult?

[C M Reinehr]

On Monday 12 March 2007 18:31, Collins Richey wrote:
> On 3/12/07, C M Reinehr <cmr at amsent.com> wrote:
> > K3B is just a gui, front-end for cdrecord, growisofs and a number of
> > other multimedia programs.
>
> True enough; no one would claim otherwise.
>
> > If you're having problems writing dvd's, either k3b or the other software
> > is not set up properly, or you have hardware problems.
>
> Also true, but when I'm ready to burn something, the last thing I want
> to do is screw around with less-than-obvious settings hidden in
> various-not-so-obvious places, so I reach for the simple command-line
> tools I know. I found, for example, that the DVD writing options
> ignore my request for a specific speed. And before you ask, no I don't
> know which version of K3B.

I share your sentiments but reached just the opposite conclusion! :-)

Before I could burn my first CD & later my first DVD I had to spend hours 
on-line researching all of the necessary command-line options--which I then 
had to write done for future reference so i wouldn't have to go through all 
the research again.

On the other hand, K3B pretty much seemed to work right out of the box. It 
found all of the necessary programs during set-up and seems to apply all the 
right options.

> Maybe I'll tinker with k3b again when the new-as-in-Tide version is
> ready. I'm like a typical [l]user in this respect. If something shiny
> and new doesn't work out of the box, frequently I grab what does work
> and move on.

Cheers!

cmr
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