DVD Burning?

**slickslack** · 10-16-2005

Does anyone have any info on how to make DVD burning a reality on Slack 10.2?

**borromini** · 10-16-2005

Which Desktop Environment?

**slickslack** · 10-16-2005

I am using KDE 3.4

**nalg0rath** · 10-16-2005

The dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-i486-1.tgz package is in AP, install it and you will be able to burn DVDs.

Package info:

dvd+rw-tools: dvd+rw-tools
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools: A collection of tools to master DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW media. For further
dvd+rw-tools: information see http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/.
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools: The DVD+RW tools were written by Andy Polyakov.
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools:

For a GUI front-end: k3b (k3b-0.12.4a-i486-1.tgz in "extra").

**borromini** · 10-16-2005

You might need mkisofs also I think.

**slickslack** · 10-16-2005

I am a newbie for Linux. What is AP and where is it?

**borromini** · 10-16-2005

A directory on the slackware cd's I presume, like 'extra'.

**nalg0rath** · 10-16-2005

AP is a Slackware package group. The packages are divided into different groups after what function they have in the system.

A - Base Linux system
AP - Various Applications that do not need X
D - Program Development (C, C++, Lisp, Perl, etc.)
E - GNU Emacs
F - FAQ lists, HOWTO documentation
GNOME - GTK+ and GNOME programs for X
K - Linux kernel source
KDE - Qt and the K Desktop Environment for X
KDEI - Language support for the K Desktop Environment.
L - System libraries.
N - Networking (TCP/IP, UUCP, Mail, News)
T - TeX typesetting software
TCL - Tcl/Tk script languages
X - XFree86 X Window System
XAP - X Applications
Y - Games (that do not require X)

You migt recognize these from the Slackware installation (unless you chose "Full install" in which case all I've told you to do is unneccesary becaue you already have the package installed.

You can find the package on the installation CD (in the slackware/ap/ -directory) or you can download it from the internet. Go to http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ and coose a mirror close to your location and then browse to the directory slackware-10.2/slackware/ap/ and there you will find the dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-i486-1.tgz -package.

Download the package and install it by opening a terminal window and run

Code:

# installpkg dvd+rw-tools-5.21.4.10.8-i486-1.tgz

(you have to be logged in as root to do this, to log in as root you can run:

Code:

# su -

Now you have the package that makes it possible to burn DVD's installed, You probably want to have a GUI program that can use this, go to http://www.slackware.com/getslack/ again and choose the mirror.
This time browse to the directory slackware-10.2/extra/k3b/ and download the k3b-0.12.4a-i486-1.tgz package. Install it in the same way with the following command:

Code:

# installpkg k3b-0.12.4a-i486-1.tgz

When you have done this you can start the burning program by running

Code:

# k3b

from command line.

**slickslack** · 10-16-2005

Thank you Nalg0rath.

You would know of a good movie burning software?

**nalg0rath** · 10-16-2005

If you want to burn movies to a DVD I recommend googling for a tool that converts your movies to MPEG files, you might also want to have a look at this page: http://mjpeg.sourceforge.net/.

You can then create a DVD of your mpegs by using a tool like Varsha (http://varsha.sourceforge.net/).

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