Re: DVD writing software (Gnome)

[Jeff Vian <jvian10 charter net>]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 07:56 +0000, WipeOut wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have just upgraded my CD-RW drive to a DVD+/-RW drive..
> 
> Yesterday I tried to write a whole lots of data to a DVD+RW disk using 
> X-CD-Roast (which I have used for a while and find it easy to use).. 
> When it cam to write the DVD it gave the following error..
> 
> ----- Error start -----
> Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORDPRODVD dev= 
> "/dev/cdrom" gracetime=10 fs=4096k -v driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed  
> speed=48 -dao -eject -pad -waiti tsize=978759s -
> 
> execv error while calling /usr/bin/cdrecord.prodvd (No such file or 
> directory)
> ----- Error end -----
> 
> I appear to have all packages updated since "yum update" doesn't appear 
> to want to install anything.. I went to the cdrecord site and the 
> version installed is fairly new, I also went to the X-CD-Roast site but 
> it looks like X-CD-Roast is not that active..
> 
> Do I need to install something else?
> Do I need to use a new app for writing DVD's?
> What tools/utilities/frontends are members of the community using to 
> write DVD's under Gnome on FC3?
> 
command line --> growisofs
gui --> I recommend k3b (which uses growisofs behind the scenes).
works like a champ in gnome or kde

> Thanks..
>