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[SOLVED] Command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD

Are there any minimal command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD?

The only recommendations I could find were only large GUI apps like "Brasero" or "K3B" or outdated terminal applications like "cdw" or "burn".

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD

Reply #3 –
Check out the packages
cdrtools
dvd+rw-tools

Re: Command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD

Reply #4 –
Indeed it's basically only growisofs that's left as a current tool for optical media writing (and libdvdcss for reading proprietary volumes but you still have to mount it like any iso9960 image), bit of a shame really but what can you do...
Where are those cheap blu ray rw discs to make optical media relevant again? :)

Re: Command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD

Reply #5 –
Quote from: Hitman – on
Indeed it's basically only growisofs that's left as a current tool for optical media writing (and libdvdcss for reading proprietary volumes but you still have to mount it like any iso9960 image), bit of a shame really but what can you do...
Where are those cheap blu ray rw discs to make optical media relevant again? :)


I have 3 terabyte thumbdrives and two more in my camera.

My entire life now sits on a flash disk.  Take 5 thumb drive and turn them into a raid 5.

Re: Command line tools to burn files to a CD/DVD

Reply #6 –
Hi,

i can offer xorriso, out of source package libisoburn. See
  https://packages.artixlinux.org/details/libisoburn

A more detailed description with command examples is at the web page of
the standalone GNU version which incorporates copies of libisoburn,
libisofs, and libburn:
  https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/
Support mailing list address is
  bug-xorriso at gnu.org


mrbrklyn wrote:
> I used to use cdrecord but evidently it has been replaced.

xorriso provides a basic cdrecord emulation under the name xorrecord:
  https://www.gnu.org/software/xorriso/man_1_xorrecord.html

> You generally need to make an iso image first

xorriso can do ISO 9660 production and burning in a single run.
See example "Create new ISO-9660 filesystem image, ..." on the GNU xorriso
web page.


Hitman wrote:
> Indeed it's basically only growisofs that's left as a current tool for
> optical media writing

There is libburn which serves under Xfburn, xorriso, and optionally
under Brasero.

> Where are those cheap blu ray rw discs to make optical media relevant again?

Well, last time i bought BD-RE for ~ 0.80 EUR per piece they where cheaper
than DVD+RW (~1.10 EUR).

Have a nice day :)

Thomas