Early on in XP Life there was the ability to directly copy files from HDD to CD, - It was called CD direct. This laid a particular format on the CD that the old CD burning software codex used to create a CD that you could say copy and paste with out the now current intermediate stage of "burn these files now". This facility has subsequently been removed via MS update over the years when MS bought the CD burner which I thinks original name was "Easy CD creator" This is the addin program that is one the first issue of SP2 that came out many years ago. As I have many many CD's to try I was loath to buy more. I only buy CD RW and good media not cheap multi packs. I just bought some new virgin CD's and KB3 addresses them without issue. Now problem solved - Its is a pity KDE in this instance did not want solve this issue - Like everything - at last resort blame the operator - well in this the operator is not stupid and has been around just a few more years than perhaps an inpatient tecko. Very disappointed in KDE. I don't think I will take the time to test and share my own conclusions - My thoughts that KDE wanted to make their suite of apps the best they could be - clearly this is not the case. ..Lunch time Happy days to all - I was able to learn a lot about DVD's issues via this discussion ;-) Scott Registration Account wrote:
Well its come down to this quote back from KDE
"So, stop whining about open-source software which you can use for free. And BTW: K3b 0.12.17 is beta, why do you think it starts with a 0??"
And I am using an old version - Sorry I have indicated the source as open suse distros - If there is an upgrade I would suspect that KDE would publish via auto update to Open Suse..... I am wrong again and KB3 is beta.
The comments back also
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Your error looks very strange, you only want to write less than 1MB? Did you use K3b's "force medium" button? Because cdrecord clearly does not like your medium.
And as for the error message: you clearly did not read it properly.
Not a k3b bug. erasing is done via wodim. Maybe the disk is too old or you should try "full" erasing.
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1. Off course I tried different media! 2. I cannot read log debugs! 3. I chose full erase !
Bug closed in KDE as comments/conclusion neither helpful nor constructive by myself.
Anyway thanks to all. Scott
Registration Account wrote:
Thanks to all - I have info back from the bug I issued. The tecko says "there is something very strange happening did you force medium speed?.....NO I let KB3 do its own thing - Its better at deciding what speed to write with given the burner (liteon) I have....Thanks to all who tested my zany question - I can get them out of my head and talk to the tecko with confidence now.
Cheers Scott
James Knott wrote:
Registration Account wrote:
Thank you all for your support and I am very pleased that mostly all user have no issues with KB3...
I would like someone to try something out for me on another KB3 install that has no problems.
This is going to sound really weird please bear with me
1. Can someone try to burn a Data CD and burn only MS-Windows .EXE files
I frequently burn a CD with several Win apps on it without problem. There is also a directory with OpenOffice docs in it.