Re: [SLE] Using k3b... and better backup tech
Hello from Adam If you are wondering about the viability of CD/DVD longivity, they go bad as soon as you burn on them. Cnet reported that as soon as 6 months afterwards, they had CDs going south on them. For archival use, make or buy a USB external drive using USB2. I have built several drives using laptop (2.5) and desktop (3.5 and Full 5 1/4). The kits are cheap and the drives are falling in price. The laptop drives are very robust and take falls very well in those tiny enclosures. The most important part: no loss of data yet. Whereas, i have lost dozens of CDS due to media curruption. -----Original Message----- From: Sunny <sloncho@gmail.com> Subj: Re: [SLE] Using k3b Date: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:44 am Size: 1K To: suse-linux-e@suse.com On 9/12/05, Tim Hanson <tjhanson98@comcast.net> wrote:
I have a large jazz CD collection, a lot of which may not be available forever. I'm concerned with things I've read that CDs and DVDs may be subject to deterioration. I also know that CDs can also be damaged by scratches, etc.
I'm familiar with and have successfully used the CD cloning utility of k3b to create a playable (with a standard CD player) duplicate CD, but I want to copy the entire image to my hard drive, so I can keep it there in case the original becomes unplayable later. I have no interest in creating a bunch of duplicate CDs, most of which will never be used in my lifetime.
When I clone directly to my hard drive, the program created two files: k3b_0.img and k3b_0.img.toc. This is fine, but I can't figure out how to write this image to another CD. I've read the documentation that comes with the program without success.
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What I do is to encode my CDs with FLAC. It does not lose any quality, and saves like half of the space. Later you can create a CD from the files. -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
On Monday 12 September 2005 15:16, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo wrote:
If you are wondering about the viability of CD/DVD longivity, they go bad as soon as you burn on them. Cnet reported that as soon as 6 months afterwards, they had CDs going south on them.
I burned some DVDs recently on DVD +R, and I played them right after making them to be sure they burned OK. They were fine. In some cases less than a week later they were corrupted. Video would play partway then freeze. Just last night I played a DVD I burned on DVD +R. 2 or 3 months ago, it was fine. Last night, it played nearly to the end, then froze. I don't know if I had a bad batch of discs or what. But it did show me that a home-burned DVD can be fine at first, then go bad, and it can be in a shockingly short time. Bryan ******************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional KDE 3.3.0 KMail 1.7.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson@earthlink.net ********************************************************
On Tuesday 13 September 2005 01:37 pm, Bryan Tyson wrote:
On Monday 12 September 2005 15:16, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile
w/ Treo wrote:
If you are wondering about the viability of CD/DVD longivity, they go bad as soon as you burn on them. Cnet reported that as soon as 6 months afterwards, they had CDs going south on them.
I burned some DVDs recently on DVD +R, and I played them right after making them to be sure they burned OK. They were fine. In some cases less than a week later they were corrupted. Video would play partway then freeze. Just last night I played a DVD I burned on DVD +R. 2 or 3 months ago, it was fine. Last night, it played nearly to the end, then froze.
I don't know if I had a bad batch of discs or what. But it did show me that a home-burned DVD can be fine at first, then go bad, and it can be in a shockingly short time.
Bryan
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Bryan, I thought the DVD players preferred the -R discs for long lasting recordings? I don't know for a fact, but I'm sure someone told me they had to use the -R discs when transferring VHS tapes to DVD to get a good recording. Could that be your problem? end of line Lee
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