[Kreatecd-devel] Feature Request + Announcement

[Niels R. <n.r...@pl...>]

Hiya,

Neil (on IRC) made a feature request regarding the following:
- He needs switches for the burnproof setting and the buffer size
- He also advised to set some minimum widget sizes

He also told me that he is going to put on a review of KreateCD on the free 
KDE network. freekde.kde.org (oid). I said I'd mail him tomorrow if he could 
post the review, or if he should wait (until we've implemented the features). 
Any comments on this?

Niels Reedijk

----- IRC conversation -----

<Neil> ah
 Neil catches up
<Neil> paza: use KreateCD
<Neil> for writing a CD
<Neil> it has features it lacks, like support for some important cdrecord 
features, but the UI is really nice
<nielx> If you need any, just ask
 nielx is kreatecd developer
<Neil> nielx: aha...
<Neil> nielx: I will be posting KreateCD on freekde KDE Universe any day nonw
<Neil> already took the screenshots :-)
<paza> well basicly i need a functionality that i can put stuff from the 
harddisk into cd, nothing more
<Neil> nielx: I need KreateCD to allow some advanced cdrecord switches - 
buffer size, dao, and the burnproof setting
<paza> can it do .iso and .cue/.bin images ?
<nielx> paza: it can do .iso, but no .cue/.bin images (to my knowledge)
<Neil> well, cdrecord can write an image, but not a DAO-style list
<paza> Neil: isn't burnproof cdrecord stuff ?
<Neil> paza: yes, and that's why KreateCD needs to be able to turn that 
feature on
<paza> Neil: i think my plextor is autodetected ... :-)
<Neil> KreateCD is probably the best out-of-CVS UI I've ever seen
<Neil> paza: cdrecord doesn't for my Plextor 12/10/32s
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<Neil> when I tried writing an audiocd using KreateCd, the buffer emptied in 
like 5 seconds
<paza> Neil: ok, bad luck then, but with linux, who needs the burnproof 
anyways ;))
<Neil> since it had a small buffer (I always set the buffer to 24MB), and it 
won't turn on burnproof
<nielx> OK, buffer sizes it is
<Neil> nielx: I'd think these switches would be easy to implement, if you 
like I can hold off the review for you to send me a version that has these 
features :-)
<paza> Neil: any recommendations for replacing GRIP as ogg ripper ?
<nielx> Neil: Can you give me a day? Then I can tell you if these changes 
will make it into 1.1.0
<Neil> driveropts=burnproof
<Neil> that's the setting to turn on the burnproof - very important :-)
<SainTiss> hi
<Neil> nielx: sure, just mail me (ne...@qu...) when you know
<paza> nielx:  there exists people with fast IDE burners ;)) so it's important
<Neil> paza: bah.. it's important when you have a fast SCSI and you want to 
compile KDE while writing :-)
<paza> Neil: ;)))
<SainTiss> I installed some true type fonts, and now the fixed font in the 
kontrol center defaults to such a truetype font... if I bring up the window 
where I can select the font, however, only 'fixed' is available... but 
everytime I select it, the next time I get in the kontrol center it default 
to the truetype font again
<paza> Neil: but about those cdrippers, any recommendations how to replace 
grip
<SainTiss> what should be done?
<Neil> writing at 12x really taxes the buffer
<Neil> great
<Neil> nielx: one more tip for the KreateCD dialogs - set a minimum size for 
some of the widgets and layouts
<Neil> heh.. if you get those features in, KreateCD's review will the the 
longest one yet, with the most praise
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