**K3b**
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K3b the CD/DVD Kreator
Developer(s)	Sebastrian Trueg, Christian Kvasny
Release information
Initial release	{{{released}}}
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

What is K3b? 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.

libMAD
libparanoia
libvorbis
libFLAC++
liblame
libmpcdec
libsndfile
libavcodec
libmusicbrainz

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.