Re: [Cdw-devel] Bugs prior to 0.5 release

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>> 11) When selecting "Write Image to Disc menu" option, there's a long
>> delay before another prompt is displayed.  It can easily make the user CDW
>> either is not responding or ignored the last user input.  Suggest a
>> prompt,
>> "Checking media and preparing to display write configuration options..."
>> --
>> something more brief would be more likely as I'm just trying to be
>> descriptive
>> for purposes of comprehension.
>This is because process window (the one displaying information about 
>current task, and about progress) is called at too low level. The proces 
>window is called and distroyed several times during e.g. burning of 
>image to disc, and there are some gaps in between. Creating the window 
>once, at higher level, at the beginning of burning image to disc, then 
>updating content of the window as needed, and then closing the window at 
>the very end of the task would resolve this problem.
>
>I would like to redesign this, but it may not be that simple. This is 
>already on my TODO list, and it is rather high on the list.

I understand.

>> 12) md5sum checking/verification for Write image to DVD isn't enabled?
>No. Verification would include reading content burned to DVD. This can't 
>be done with libcdio (which is used for reading CD), so I will have to 
>use additional library (probably libdvdread, I haven't looked into it 
>too much yet). This may be added in 0.6.0, but I can't promise that.

I was looking into libcdio and they stated some other libs might be used
libscg, libdvdread, ...

Just doing a locate, I find libscg is within cdrtools, which I've (and most)
have already installed.  Believe it or not, libdvdread isn't installed here and
everything works fine and dandy -- but libdvdread might be used for encrypted
reading of DVD's, or xine.  I don't have xine installed, but use mplayer and am
working with "only the packages I need" to keep a minimalist environment.
cdrtools is needed because, well, it's the basics for burning cd's!

libdi was the other library mentioned for reading DVD's on libcio's homepage,
but I see no mention of it within the Gentoo package manager or my filesystems.

1 vote for using cdrtools, unless libdvdread is far better.  Keeps things
Unixy. ;-)

>> Good night, and, Thank You for a kick butt app!
>That's one of best encouragements I've seen so far :) Thanks!
>
>Thank you for sending me your opinions, I really appreciate them. I will 
>take them into consideration when creating next version of cdw.

I think people use CDW, but just are that, "users" and they don't spend time
fixing bugs.  CLI apps are popular amongst us, and I my need was a frontend to
mkisofs to show me the active size as I add files.

-- 
Roger
http://rogerx.freeshell.org/