Re: [Kreatecd-devel] Feature Request

[Alexander F. <Ale...@gm...>]

At Die, 29 Feb 2000 Rivyn (Casey Shobe) wrote:
> Hello,
> 

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> Anyways, I know KDE2 isn't going to be out for a while, but when it is, and/or
> whenever a kreatecd for qt2.1/kde2 is developed, I'd like to see an easy way to
> drag files right into the kreatecd window from konqueror.  Maybe make the view
> a split view, with a column on the left, and a larger area on the right listing
> the track contents (either of which you could drag 'n' drop files to).  I think
> this would make it a lot easier for new users, and quicker for regular users.
> 

Are you talking about adding files to an ISO 9660 track directly in the project
window?

> And how about MP3 support for MP3 files added to an audio track?  Currently,
> you can only use WAVs.  It's easy enough to make WAVs from the MP3s using XMMS,
> then add the WAVs to an audio track, but it would be much nicer if KreateCD
> could do this automatically, even if it just frontended a mp3 --> wav type
> program.  This could be added anytime, as opposed to the previous idea.
> 

It had to be worked out how this could be done. The current AudioFile class
supports only file formats which have PCM samples. Other PCM audio formats
could be added easily but MP3 would need more work. It think there are some
more important features to add - later we can add MP3 support too.

> Is the 'Update Track' button really necessary?  Why not just make it automatic
> when you press the 'Write CD' button?  Would offer a simpler UI.
> 

It IS done automatically before writing the CD, but it might be neccessary to
force it manually if the source file has changed. :) 

> Most importantly, something which KreateCD is not responsible for.  Is there a
> way to do 'Disc-At-Once' audio CDs or is that dependant on CDrecord?  I
> currently have Windows installed on a small partition with Adaptec Easy-CD
> Creator, which I use only for this purpose when I need to.  I'd rather not
> reboot, let alone use Windows.  Is there any way to do disc-at-once in linux?
> 

The DAO problem is very similar to the CD-RW problem. I have a Teac CD-R 55S
(no CD-RW) and cdrecord doesn't support DAO for this drive. It would be much
easier if I could test it locally on my computer. Does anybody have experiences
with cdrecord in DAO mode (on command line)? 

It might be possible to add "cdrdao" support to KreateCD. cdrdao works well
with most CD-R drives and does DAO burning.


Greetings

Alexander