K3b
 K3b the CD/DVD Kreator | |
| Developer(s) | Sebastrian Trueg, Christian Kvasny |
| Release information | |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 0.12 |
| Preview release | 0.11 |
| Compatibility | |
| Operating system | Linux/BSD |
| Additional information | |
| Use | CD/DVD Authoring |
| License | GPL |
| Website | http://www.k3b.org/ |
Introduction
K3B is a CD/DVD authoring application frontend written for KDE interface under GNU/Linux. K3b effectively makes use of command-line utilities CDRDAO, CDRecord and growofis to handle the actual writing of information to a disc.
Features
These are some common features that K3b supports like most CD/DVD burning applications:
Data CD's
- Add files and folders to your data cd project via drag'n'drop.
- Remove files from your project, move files within your project.
- Create empty direcories within your project.
- Write data cds on-the-fly directly without an image file or with image file. It's also possible to just create the image file and write it to cd later.
- Rockridge and Joliet file system support.
- Rename files in your project.
- Let K3b rename all the mp3/ogg files you add to your project to a common format like "artist - title.mp3".
- For advanced users: support for nearly all the mkisofs options.
- Verifying the burned data.
- Support for multible El-Torito boot images.
- Multisession support
CD Copying
- Copy single and multi session data CDs
- Copy Audio CDs
- Copy Enhanced Audio CDs (CD-Extra)
- Copy CD-Text
- Add CD-Text from cddb
- CD Cloning mode for perfect single session CD copies
DVD Writing
- Support for DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W)
- Creating data DVD projects
- Creating eMovix DVDs
- Formatting DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs
Screenshots
- K3b Splash Screen this a screenshot of K3b splash screen
- K3b Layout this is a screenshot of K3b main CD/DVD creator layout window.
- k3B DVD Project this is a screenshot of K3b DVD Project window.
K3b Guides
- k3B and Nero AAC Guide user guide for configuring Nero AAC encoder for use with K3b
Development API
Optional components
Optional plugin-ins that can be used with K3b for encoding, decoding, ripping, and misc purposes.
libMADlibparanoialibvorbislibFLAC++liblamelibmpcdeclibsndfilelibavcodeclibmusicbrainz
External links
- K3b Handbook the official K3b handbook for using the application. (PDF)
- k3b vs. Nero Linux comparison between both applications and their numerous features.