For all platforms including Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Windows (instruction).
Support burning CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW. Multisession support for capable media are to be supported in the coming versions.
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Release note for version 1.3, the "now it works, and on Windows too" version. 2011, 6th May. This version is the first update to cdrtoaster v 1.23 released 8 years ago. In the last 8 years, software development ceased but the package still remain in the repository of many Linux distributions like Debian and Ubuntu. With the code-as-is, most features are broken on modern systems. The first error message "file not found: /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm" showed the age. A very short list of dependency is in INSTALL together with the source code. This release fixes many problems to make the package usable in modern environments. It also hid originally broken features that are a bit too rusty to fix thus better be replaced al-together in coming releases. The changes in this version include: - automatically detect and choose ISO image generation tool between genisoimage and mkisofs. - automatically detect and choose CD burning tool between cdrskin, cdrecord and wodim. - added option to exclude a directory - added option to use a exclusion list file - allow commandline options simliar to that of genisoimage. Use "cdrbq -h" to check details. - allow user to select device to use, instead of asking user to type device node. - remove the dependency of xterm which do not present on many modern distributions. - Tested competible with tk8.5 and tk8.4. Tested working on Ubuntu 10.10 and Cygwin 1.7.9. - Hide CD burning feature which could not work since many years ago. - Hide preference setting as they were broken too. Thanks everyone involved in original cdrtoaster project. Thanks to people behind tcl/tk 8.5 and tcl/tk 8.6. The regaining of pace of tcl/tk is the main reason that encouraged me to revive this project.
CDRBQ is written in TCL/TK and tested against TCL/TK8.4 and TCL/TK 8.5.
At the moment it is a front-end to commonly used optical disc authoring utilities like cdrskin, wodim and so like. The software focus on providing user graphical access to these complicated utilities. In the future versions CDRBQ is to morph towards a usage-oriented design, focus on tasks of users: making CD, DVD, data backup and so like.
CDRBQ have long history. Its sourceforge project is registered in 2000. The current sourceforge project is registered anew in 2011 by Zhang Weiwu because he could not reach the original project developers to release his improvements.
If you are the original developers or knows how to contact them, please try help establish contact between them and the current project administrator through sourceforge.
As well demonstrated by the success of GNOME, in the last 8 years opensource desktop quality raised, so does user's expectation. It's to note cdrbq revived from 8 years old could not yet satisfy modern desktop user's demand. For example, user can choose from the user-interface to burn the CD in any speed, but the burner will only use the closest available. Such rudimentary user interface follows the "command-line front-end" concept that was well gone and forgotten.
The next releases will focus on bringing up user's experience and offering competitive features like multi-session backup. This version will limit to fixes only. That is to say, this version still target technical users. I welcome all developers and Linux (*nix) power users to try this version, but hold the horse: the coming versions should be the one you can introduce to your novice user friends.
To get most feedback the project will release as frequent as possible in the first year. The modern pair-and-impair (stable v.s. unstable) method will be used when the usability is close to novice user's need.