Recommendation burning utilities

Hello guys,
are there any burning tools except the big ones like k3b or brasero that support essential things such as gui, options to burn and copy images, burn from cd/dvd to cd/dvd, burn an audio cd etc.?
I'm looking for small alternatives that fit well to lightweight WM's.
Last edited by orschiro (2009-06-06 19:53:58)

Brasero-lite, a stripped version of Brasero, with minimal gnome dependencies:
Depends On : gconf gstreamer0.10-base dvd+rw-tools cdrdao cdrkit
Optional Deps : libburn: alternative back-end
libisofs: alternative back-end
dvdauthor: video project
gst-plugin-bad: video project
vcdimager: video project

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You're saying, software wise, that it's whoever gets to the drive first owns it and no one else can get in
That pretty much distills the issue.
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I recommend a disk image burned to Verbatim DVD-R at 4X or slower using Toast or Disk Utility.
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so is it safe to say the new superdrive is not at fault here?
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I know how to change my settings for burning CDs but
I need to know how to check at what setting my DVDs
are being burned. I just purchased some archival DVDs
and the manufacturer recommends to not burn them any
faster than 8X.
And I don't recommend burning DVDs at greater than 4x - with 2x being prefered.
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There may be something amiss with the optical drive; or maybe just the disc
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Hi
If you want to burn data on the DVD then I would recommend using an 3rd party software like Nero burning ROM
I use Nero and Im satisfied.
Furthermore I recommend checking the registry and to remove the Upperfilters and Lowerfilters values completely from the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
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Cheers

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Before I go into detail about my problem let me say that I contacted the manufacturers CS and they were unable to help (sent a new burner and I still had the same problem).
I finally got an external DVD burner, the lacie d2 with Lightscribe, and I plugged it in the firewire port, updated it with all the latest drivers and tried burning some cd's from an iTunes (7.1) playlist. It checked the media, started to burn the first song and and immediately went to finishing the disc burning without going through the other songs. But then it just hung there (the player started running, I could hear it, but when it froze after the 1st song he player just quieted down). I left it alone for awhile figuring it would eject the disc but nothing happened. I was unable to stop the process, quit iTunes or even eject the disc. Eventually I had to force quit and restart the computer.
I tried it using Toast but I got an error the first time and the second time I tried it froze on the burn screen. The funny thing is I'm able to burn when using the usb connection (it's really slow though, 1.0) and I'm able to rip cd's when connected via friewire but burning causes all types of problems.
The burner shows up on the system profile (vendor supported after updating with drivers), I've switched firewire cables, and used both ports on the iMac and the dvd burner, and after contacting Lacie they sent me a second burner but the problem persisted. I use a lacie external hard drive and never had a problem with it so I was wondering if anyone had an explanation or a similar problem. If not I was thinking of sending this second one back and trying the new Sony firewire dvd burners.
And one last thing, I got this because my superdrive gave up on me, although it's still recognized in the system profiler, it just doesn't start up if I put in a cd or dvd.
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I'm curious if the internal superdrive's inaccessibility to the system and
the firewire port issues are related; or share a common thread in how
they may require one action to try and make them work.
Aside from that speculation, have you tried seeing what the Apple
Hardware Test (boot the computer from it) says in regard to this
matter and the details of any error codes it may generate? And
if you can run Disk Utility from the installer OSX disc#1 from the
external FireWire disc drive, to see if any maintenance can help
the system, that would be nice.
There also are third-party freeware disc burn utilities; and a few share-
ware ones that are quite good. They usually will work in problematic
situations where the hardware is OK and the basic OS X is, too; but
for some reason the external FW or internal replacement Superdrive
won't burn a disc or does it partially; or improperly. I've used my disc
burners so rarely I am not a great one to improvise here; but I did get
Burn 1.7u (v12) http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net and it does work well.
Can you boot the computer from any of the DVD - Firewire external
recorder/players you have or had? You should be able to boot the OSX
from the installer disc#1 from a good external; but some may not do it.
Was there any issue in the procedures you described before upgrading
the system to 10.4.9? How about Quicktime 7.1.5 or iTunes 7.1.1?

Windows 7 - Files missing from network share after trying to burn and no data cached to be burned

I ran into an issue trying to burn some file from a network share using Windows 7 Home Professional. I was trying to burn some .jpg files from a mapped network share drive using explorer. Every time I would drag the files to be burned from
the share drive to the explorer screen to be burned, the files would disappear from the share. To make things worse the files would not show up in the screen to be burned. I was unable to locate any of the files on either of the systems when performing
a search after this took place. I verified that the steps that I was taking to burn the files were the same as outlined on the Microsoft site. No matter what I did to burn these files, they were deleted from the mapped network drive.
Below are the steps that I took that both resulted in the files being deleted as well as what I had to do to finally burn the disc.
Steps that resulted in files being deleted:
1. Insert blank CD into drive.
2. From prompt select burn using explorer (Mastered Format)
3. Enter title and select with CD/DVD, click Next.
4. Open a second explorer window, navigate to mapped network drive with files to be burned and snap next to explorer to be burned.
5. Drag and drop the files from the share drive to CD.
This where the train would fall off the tracks every time. I would receive a message that the file(s) no longer exist and if I wanted to continue. From here the files would be deleted from the share drive. The best part is that the files
would also NOT be locally stored to be burned.
Steps to burn share files WITHOUT delete:
Follow steps outlined above, but instead of just dragging and dropping the files as outlined in step 5 select the files from the network share location, right mouse select copy. Then right mouse select paste in the explorer window to be burned.
I have tested this many times and every time ended up with the same problem. At this point I am sure that there is a problem with the way that Windows 7 is performing the burn. The system that I was using to burn is Windows 7 Home Professional
with all the patches and updates loaded. The remote system is Windows XP Professional with all the patches and updates loaded.
Thanks in advance

Yes, the problem is still continuing. However, after looking into as much of it as I can, I can confirm something that r.p.b_ started stumbling on. The files are deleted IF AND ONLY IF a user is using the built-in Windows 7 disc burning utility AND is dragging
and dropping the files to the drive from a network share; this doesn't happen locally. If you watch what happens in the native folder, the files are literally scrubbed from the drive as they are processed and added to the image. However, if you Right Click
on the files and copy them, then Right Click->Paste onto the drive, they remain. (The keyboard shortcuts also worked.) Also, 3rd party disc burning utilities function they way the should. (In other words, they don't delete the files.)
My speculation is that there's a bug in the coding that sees the network share as a temporary buffer file while the image is being prepared. Then, as the files are processed in what ever way is needed, the "temporary buffer" is being deleted. The result:
lost files on a network share. But, this is just speculation.

Question about burning speeds

This has happened from new.
As you see from my Mac Pro specs, it's not daft , but when I tell it to burn a DVD or CD at x4
which is my preferred speed (nice and safe) it ignores me and does it at x8-10 varying
Importing CDs into itunes it gets up to x22ish
Does anyone know how to slow it down ?

Well, first of all, importing songs into iTunes is not the same as burning. Burning is a write operation. Importing is a read operation. (From the standpoint of the optical drive).
You can't really control the read-speed of the drive when importing into iTunes although iTunes does automatically control it if there are errors detected.
As for burning, what program are you using? I'm assuming you are using Toast if you know the actual speed at which the disc is being burned at as Finder/Disk Utility do not report this statistic. When you select 4x in toast, is the number bold? If it isn't then it isn't a recommended burning speed for your drive/media and will automatically step up to the next safest level.
Hope this helps!

Why do I keep getting an error message everytime I try to burn a cd

Please help, for days now I have not been able to burn a CD. Everytime I try to burn a disc, I keep getting the message "The attempt to burn a CD failed.The burn failed because of a medium write error". Is anyone else having the same problems if so are there any solution.Any information will be appreciated.

Is anyone else having the same problems if so are there any solution.
Search the forum (I use a general web search engine) and you will find hundreds and hundreds of posts about this, spanning over a decade. You may even find one of the several posts I make about this each month.
Try restarting your computer.
Try a slower burn speed.
Try a different brand of media.
Try using an optical drive cleaning disc.
See if you can burn successfully outside of iTunes. There's many free burning utilities out there (check www.pure-mac.com). If those fail then it is likely something more fundamentally wrong with the drive. Any Macbook old enough to be running 10.5.8 may well be old enough to need a new optical drive.

IDVD6 hangs at "burn" step

Ok, we've read all the threads (well maybe not all...) but this appears different.
1) I've updated everything. QT is 7.1.2, iDVD is 6.0.2, etc.
2) My video is imported straight from VSH into iMovie. No music added, no changes to audio other than what was created during the importation of the video.
3) Intel imac 20" w/ over 50Gb free hard drive space
4) Preferences trashed, permissions fixed
5) Dvd file is in the documents folder
6) When burning, the first 3 steps go fine (building menus, audio and movies) it's the FOURTH STEP, literally the burn DVD step that is the problem. It ejects the DVD yet says it's burning it.
Honestly I don't remember the exact language on the screen and I don't want to do it a 4th time for diagnostic reasons, but it hangs on the very beginning of the burn. The disc is blank w/ nothing on it at all.
7) I can save as disc image and burn w/ Toast, no problem.
This is quite a pain. iDVD is a consumer app. Supposed to be easy to use. From what I'm reading it's not. Not a good pairing, considering how easy iMovie is...
Thoughts?
Thanks
Robert
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Hello Robert,
I can save as disc image and burn w/ Toast, no problem.
It is recommended on this board that you use the "Save as Disk Image" procedure in any case. It allows you to preview your DVD before actually burning and the .img file can be stored for future burns.
Understandably you are frustrated, but iDVD is not really a good disc-burning app (hence the recommendation of Toast). Many burn problems result from the following:
• Problem related to DVD media. Only high quality (e.g. Verbatim) DVD-R is recommended
• Burn speed. The burn speed can't be controlled in iDVD, but is important for successful burning. 4x is acceptable, 2x (or even 1x) is better.
hope this helps
mish

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is it possible to burn some movies i have downloaded onto my computer, which i watch with quicktime and real player etc, to be able to watch them on my home dvd player as a film?
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Yes. There are various ways & 3rd party software that will do all the work for you.
I am assuming you are trying to burn using Disk Utility?
It’s a good idea to verify the disk image before burning it. Simply mount the image, and open you DVD PLAYER app. When that’s done, go to FILE and OPEN VIEDO_TS folder. Choose the VIDEO_TS from within the mounted image and then press play. It should play back now as a dvd.
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Step 2. Click Burn on the Disk Utility toolbar (upper left).
Step 3. Navigate to where you saved the DVD image.
Click on the image file, then click the Burn button. Do not drag and drop the image file into Disk Utility during this step.
Step 4. Insert a DVD when prompted and proceed to Burn it.
Another help source (if you haven't already done so).
Open Disk Utility.
At the bottom left of the window, click on the purple button w/the "?" in the middle.
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Toast
Visual Hub
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