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TUTORIAL: Burning DVD on X-CD-Roast with cdrecord-ProDVD

by Thomas Chung on Apr 17, 2004 (UPDATED 2005-10-31)

In this tutorial you will learn how to install and configure xcdroast 0.98alpha15 and cdrecord-ProDVD 2.01a27 for Fedora Core 1. Also we'll cover how to burn a DVD.iso on X-CD-Roast in detail with step by step screenshots.

What is X-CD-Roast?

X-CD-Roast provides a GUI interface for commands like cdrecord and mkisofs. X-CD-Roast includes a self-explanatory X11 user interface, automatic SCSI and IDE hardware setup, support for mastering of new ISO9660 data CDs, support for production of new audio CDs, fast copying of CDs without hard disk buffering, and a logfile option.

What is cdrecord?

Cdrecord is an application for recording audio and data CDs. Cdrecord works with many different brands of CD recorders, fully supports multi-sessions, and provides human-readable error messages.

What is cdrecord-ProDVD?

cdrecord-ProDVD allows you to write DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW with cdrecord and xcdroast. Use cdrecord-wrapper.sh for command line interface to write DVDs with ProDVD Key. Use xcdroast for graphical user interface to write DVDs but enter ProDVD key in the setup.

Now we know what they are. Let's begin!

First download xcdroast 0.98alpha15 for Fedora Core 1 from following location:
http://xcdroast.sourceforge.net/RPMS/a15/fedora-1/

Then, install it with following command:

[tchung@localhost xcdroast]$ ls
xcdroast-0.98alpha15-1.i386.rpm
[tchung@localhost xcdroast]$ sudo rpm -Uvh xcdroast-0.98alpha15-1.i386.rpm
Password:
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:xcdroast               ########################################### [100%]
[tchung@localhost xcdroast]$


UPDATE 2005-10-31
Here is an updated cdrecord-ProDVD rpm package with ProDVD Key expires on 2006-06-11.

UPDATE 2005-03-04
Here is an updated cdrecord-ProDVD rpm package with ProDVD Key expires on 2005-10-22.

UPDATE 2004-08-22
Here is an updated cdrecord-ProDVD rpm package with ProDVD Key expires on 2005-03-05.

UPDATE 2004-06-17
New DVD Burner I've tested:
Sony DVD+RW Drive Model DRX-530UL
(8x DVD+R / 4x DVD+RW / 4x DVD-R / 2x DVD-RW / 12x DVD-ROM / 40x CD-R / 24x CD-RW / 40x CD-ROM)

UPDATE 2004-06-10
Thanks to Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy):
With kernels > 2.6.4 xcdroast/cdrecord recognizes Atapi drives too and works fine. You do get a warning about using ide-scsi (and if the read-drive is empty, it takes a while to read it), but it works fine. I am attaching my /etc/xcdroast.conf flie for your information.

UPDATE 2004-05-05
Thanks to Mel Seder's suggestion:
Type "cdrecord --scanbus" to see if the CD-RW/DVD-+RW device appears as scsi device. If not, add "hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" to the kernel line in grub.conf for ide-scsi emulation.

UPDATE 2004-04-21
Thanks to T. Niederreiter, this article has been linked from the official xcdroast.org project site.

UPDATE 2004-04-19
DVD Burners I've tested with:

1) Lite-On LDW-401S 4X DVD+RW
(DVD+RW 4x / DVD+R 4x / CD-RW 24x / CD-R 40x )

2) Sony DRU-510AK 4X DVD+/-RW
(DVD+RW 4x / DVD+R 4x / DVD-RW 2x / DVD-R 4x / CD-RW 16x / CD-R 24x)

UPDATE 2004-04-18
I've added DEFINITION in the first page and REFERENCE links in the last page