K3b:CD Creator for KDE

K3b is a free CD and DVD authoring application for GNU/Linux and other Unix-like operating systems designed for the K D e s k t o p Environment.

It provides a GUI for creating data and audio discs from sets of files. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. The program has many default settings which can be customised by more experienced users.The disc recording in K3b is done by the command line utilities cdrecord, cdrdao, and growisofs. GNU VCDImager is required to prepare video discs (VCD and DVD) from MPEG video files.

Usage

The interface is really cool, and well laid out.

1. When you start K3b you see a window with various options to choose.

2. To make an audio CD, click on “New Audio CD Project”.

The files at the top part of K3b can be dropped with the mouse to the bottom widget. Another way is to right-click on a file and select Add to Project. In order to rearrange the order of the audiotracks you can simply move the tracks with the left mouse-button.The properties of the tracks can be changed by clicking with the right mouse button and choosing Properties.

3. As soon as the arrangement of the tracks is done, click on “Burn…” in the right-bottom corner. A new window pops up. Here, you can control the settings of the burning itself.

4. You can give the CD a title by choosing CD-Text and selecting Write CD-Text, for example, Title and Performer. As soon as you are content with the settings, click on Burn.

Website: http://k3b.plainblack.com/

Tagged as: CD Creator, Freewares, K3b, KDE

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