Libburn

[pygi]

Hello,

I would like to bring your attention to libburn umbrella project.

The project components (list subject to growth, hopefully):

- libburn the library by which preformatted data get onto optical
media. It uses either /dev/sgN (e.g. on kernel 2.4 with ide-scsi) or
/dev/hdX (e.g. on kernel 2.6).libburn is the foundation of our cdrecord
emulation.

- libisofs the library to pack up hard disk files and directories into a
ISO 9660 disk image. This may then be brought to CD via libburn.
libisofs is to be the foundation of our upcoming mkisofs emulation.

- cdrskin a limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn.
cdrecord is a powerful GPL'ed burn program included in Joerg
Schilling's cdrtools. cdrskin strives to be a second source
for the services traditionally provided by cdrecord.
cdrskin does not contain any bytes copied from cdrecord's sources.
Many bytes have been copied from the message output of cdrecord
runs, though.See cdrskin/README for more.

- test a collection of application gestures and examples given by the
authors of the library features. cdrskin for example originally
emerged from test/burniso.c and you can see traces of my first
steps in there. Explore these examples if you look for inspiration.

You may find some more information if you visit:
http://libburn.pykix.org

If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Contributions are welcome.

Kind regards,
Mario

[Shadow Skill]

Looks interesting but I have to ask what is the purpose of libburn? Is it meant to provide an easier way to create burning programs or is it just an alternative to what we currently have?

Personally I just want a non crap gtk+ alternative to K3B, Gnomebaker tries but its just not there yet; and a good alternative to Nero on Windows.

[pygi]

Originally Posted by Shadow Skill

Looks interesting but I have to ask what is the purpose of libburn? Is it meant to provide an easier way to create burning programs or is it just an alternative to what we currently have?

Personally I just want a non crap gtk+ alternative to K3B, Gnomebaker tries but its just not there yet; and a good alternative to Nero on Windows.

Hey,

Libburn (the libburn library itself) is a library, compared to cdrecord (app).
Cdrskin is meant to provide seamless transition of app from cdrecord to libburn.
Libburn has a lot less features then cdrecord currently,
but it has much cleaner licence, it's library (use it anywhere, easy)
We also have quite api docs, and language bindings are under
development. It has the potential. It works, it's quite stable. We're on the way.

You could try Bonfire perhaps for gtk burning application .http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/
It should have libburn backend in like two months or so, even.

Kind regards,
Mario

[Shadow Skill]

I see that cleared up a few things, what language bindings are planned for libburn? Bonfire looks nice I will have to give it a try.

[pygi]

Originally Posted by Shadow Skill

I see that cleared up a few things, what language bindings are planned for libburn? Bonfire looks nice I will have to give it a try.

Hey,

Python for sure. Ruby & Perl, if we find people willing to work on it. C#/Mono, if I ever get time for it (and I doubt it), or find someone willing to work on it.

Kind regards,
Mario

[Shadow Skill]

Well I hope someone with serious Ruby skills picks up on this as it would give me yet another thing to play with as I try to teach myself Ruby. I probably should just give in and try learning Python

ps. Are you the Mario Danic listed in the credits of Bonfire?

[RahulSundaram]

Originally Posted by pygi

Hello,

I would like to bring your attention to libburn umbrella project.

The project components (list subject to growth, hopefully):

- libburn the library by which preformatted data get onto optical
media. It uses either /dev/sgN (e.g. on kernel 2.4 with ide-scsi) or
/dev/hdX (e.g. on kernel 2.6).libburn is the foundation of our cdrecord
emulation.

- libisofs the library to pack up hard disk files and directories into a
ISO 9660 disk image. This may then be brought to CD via libburn.
libisofs is to be the foundation of our upcoming mkisofs emulation.

- cdrskin a limited cdrecord compatibility wrapper for libburn.
cdrecord is a powerful GPL'ed burn program included in Joerg
Schilling's cdrtools. cdrskin strives to be a second source
for the services traditionally provided by cdrecord.
cdrskin does not contain any bytes copied from cdrecord's sources.
Many bytes have been copied from the message output of cdrecord
runs, though.See cdrskin/README for more.

- test a collection of application gestures and examples given by the
authors of the library features. cdrskin for example originally
emerged from test/burniso.c and you can see traces of my first
steps in there. Explore these examples if you look for inspiration.

You may find some more information if you visit:
http://libburn.pykix.org

If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Contributions are welcome.

Kind regards,
Mario

It appears that you are one of the developers involved. If so thats great, I posted a mail suggesting this project as one of the alternatives at

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg00095.html

If you would like to help, you can contribute by packaging this in Fedora Extras
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/

We need to evaluate replacements for cdrecord if we can.

[pygi]

Originally Posted by RahulSundaram

It appears that you are one of the developers involved. If so thats great, I posted a mail suggesting this project as one of the alternatives at

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg00095.html

If you would like to help, you can contribute by packaging this in Fedora Extras
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras/

We need to evaluate replacements for cdrecord if we can.

Hello,

I have looked at it, thanks.

You've got mail.

Kind regards,
Mario

[Al3xanR0]

Bon fire is looks nice and seems to have quite a lot of potential. I have downloaded it and I will try it. Thanks for the tip.

[Al3xanR0]

Bonfire is HOT! I can certainly get used to this. I think I have found an alternative to K3B and XCDRoast. Good work on Bonfire!

[Shadow Skill]

The only thing I need from Bonfire is data verification I really have no clue why so many burning programs just lack this feature its not as if bad burns don't happen.

[pygi]

Originally Posted by Shadow Skill

The only thing I need from Bonfire is data verification I really have no clue why so many burning programs just lack this feature its not as if bad burns don't happen.

Hello,

It's called Brasero now, and it does have data verification in trunk. Scheduled to be there with next stable release.

Kind regards,
Mario

[Shadow Skill]

Good stuff I'm looking forward to the next stable release, I will finally be able to rid myself of K3B.

[pygi]

0.4.3 (stable) and 0.4.9 (development) are out. I would higly suggest use of 0.4.9 and would suggest that you enable libburn and libisofs backends.

Kind regards,
Mario

[BandC]

I've never gotten good results with burning under Fedora/Linux. I'd definitely give libburn (combined with Brasero) a try.