Description: KDVD-RAM is a tool collection for DVD, DVD-RAM and Blu-ray (BD). You can format the disc, create UDF filesystems, change the DVD-RAM write protection status and the mount point permission. You get also many information about the media and drive.
Requirements: -------------------------------------------- - KDE 3.5.9 with kdialog and kommander (kmdr-executor) - UDF Tools (mkudffs) - dvd+rw-tools (dvd+rw-format, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd-ram-control) - hal - hdparm (ATA/IDE Device) or sdparm (SCSI/SATA Device)Last changelog:
0.1 First public release - with german support
0.2 Bugfix in all files Add install script
0.2.1 Bugfix install script
0.2.2 Bugfix install script for local install
0.3 Add template for desktop DVD-RAM device icon Better error handling in all scripts Remove local install from install script Full install support (link, device...)
0.4 (Alpha) completly redesign add KDE help
0.4 (Beta) Change Media Info from Kdialog to Kommander Script (You don't need the /dev/dvdram link anymore) Fix bugs in all scripts Add error handling Add German translation and German KDE help
0.4 (RC1) Fix Properties Write Protection bug Add icons for format, info and udf filesystem Add menu entry Update KDE Help Add install and uninstall script
0.4 Fix Permissions bug with newer KDE version Add Spin down function Update KDE help Ready for Kubuntu 7.10
0.4.1 Add extended properties group function (Have a look at the screenshot 3)
0.5 Beta Add better install script Add medium cloner
0.5 RC1 Fix permission bug (Works only with KDE 3.5.9)
I don't know how much time I have spent on packet writing in the last 2 years...so I have found your software the most interesting. However I would point out that:
1) The installer is not working in debian: "Please use the software installer of your distribution, then restart this installer."
---
So, after installing almost manually, I have these problems:
2) Disc-Format is not working, after about 1 second I receive a message that all is done...
3) Eject is not working: this, I think, is a problem of udftools, I had it before. If I select eject the disk will unmount but not eject. What is strange is that, after trying to mount another time and receiving a message that the disc cannot be mounted, if I press manually the button of the tray, the disk will come out!
4) In extended properties Medium Access Permission is greyed out. The same with Mount Point permissions.
5) It is not clear to me if the suggestions for kubuntu should be applied to debian (see readme about 40-permissions.rules etc...). In any case I have tried to apply the rules (file names are different in debian), but the result is the same as leaving the files untouched.
5) I think you should clarify how to install packet writing in Linux. For example, udftools was complaining about missing device at boot. At last my configuration is this:
---->/etc/fstab:
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# packet writing
/dev/scd0 /media/dvdram udf noatime,noauto,owner,user,rw 0 0
---->/etc/default/udftools
DEVICES="/dev/scd0"
-----> I have also made a
pktsetup devpktcdvd0 /dev/scd0
Something wrong? All dvd writers must be registered manually with pktsetup?
For DVD-RAM support you don't need the packet writing, but you need Linux 2.6.22 or a newer kernel.
KDVD-RAM Tools 0.5 Requirements:
--------------------------------------------
- Linux 2.6.22 or newer
- KDE 3.5.9 with kdialog and kommander (kmdr-executor)
- UDF Tools (mkudffs)
- dvd+rw-tools (dvd+rw-format, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd-ram-control)
- hal
- hdparm (ATA/IDE Device) or sdparm (SCSI/SATA Device)
Please check if the utilities works!
German DVD-RAM Howto
http://www.multimedia4linux.de/howto/DE-DVD-RAM-HOWTO.html
Uninstalled everything and installed another time. This is the message:
----------------------
KDVD-RAM Tools 0.5 Beta installer
The hal package is required, but not yet installed.
cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory
Please use the software installer of your distribution, then restart this installer.
-----------------------
However, hal is installed....an also udftools and dvd+rw-tools
I note in your readme file you give nice instructions for Kubuntu users:
"Install for Kubuntu 7.04
Open the KDE terminal
1) Install package:
sudo apt-get install hal
sudo apt-get install hal-device-manager
sudo apt-get install hal-info
sudo apt-get install kde-hal-device-manager
sudo apt-get install libhal1
sudo apt-get install libhal-storage1
sudo apt-get install kommander
sudo apt-get install udftools
sudo apt-get install dvd+rw-tools"
But I could not help but notice you spent extra time typing it out the (needlessly) long way.
The end result? Users spend even more time installing than you spent typing.
Make it easy on yourself and everyone else.
Just one line:
"sudo apt-get install hal hal-device-manager hal-info kde-hal-device-manager libhal1 libhal-storage1 kommander udftools dvd+rw-tools"
Quicker for you to type and quicker for us to copy and paste! :)
Badda-bing Badda-boom!
I "fixed" it before installing the packages you suggested and the result? I was told I had everything but udftools as APT was downloading and installing for me. :)
UDF Version
1.00 (24.10.1995) for CD-ROM
1.01 (03.11.1995) for DVD-ROM
1.02 (30.08.1996) for DVD-Video
1.50 (04.02.1997) for Data-DVDs (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RAM)
2.00 (03.04.1998) for Videorecording
2.01 (15.03.2000) Bugfix for 2.00
2.50 (30.04.2003) for BD-RE
2.60 (01.03.2005) for BD-R
If you use the DVD-RAM with Linux and Windows you shoud use Version 1.5
The most new media are formated and have a UDF 2.0 filesystem
Have a look at the DVD-RAM HOWTO (ony in german)
but could you give a little more detail about its use? For example, why one would reformat a dvdrw or remove its information? And so on.
Thanks.
(bloody typos)
Too slow, even on fast dvdrw drives.
RAM is cheap! dvdrws aren't, why put the wear and tear on them?
But I love everything else about kdvd-ram tools, very useful.
So it works for me out of the Box on SuSE 10.1
But what about an installer?
Also should there be a possibility to format a mounted device...
and perhaps a info when which UDF Format is recommended...
Ratings & Comments
19 Comments
when a kde 4 release will be availabel?
I don't know how much time I have spent on packet writing in the last 2 years...so I have found your software the most interesting. However I would point out that: 1) The installer is not working in debian: "Please use the software installer of your distribution, then restart this installer." --- So, after installing almost manually, I have these problems: 2) Disc-Format is not working, after about 1 second I receive a message that all is done... 3) Eject is not working: this, I think, is a problem of udftools, I had it before. If I select eject the disk will unmount but not eject. What is strange is that, after trying to mount another time and receiving a message that the disc cannot be mounted, if I press manually the button of the tray, the disk will come out! 4) In extended properties Medium Access Permission is greyed out. The same with Mount Point permissions. 5) It is not clear to me if the suggestions for kubuntu should be applied to debian (see readme about 40-permissions.rules etc...). In any case I have tried to apply the rules (file names are different in debian), but the result is the same as leaving the files untouched. 5) I think you should clarify how to install packet writing in Linux. For example, udftools was complaining about missing device at boot. At last my configuration is this: ---->/etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 # packet writing /dev/scd0 /media/dvdram udf noatime,noauto,owner,user,rw 0 0 ---->/etc/default/udftools DEVICES="/dev/scd0" -----> I have also made a pktsetup devpktcdvd0 /dev/scd0 Something wrong? All dvd writers must be registered manually with pktsetup?
For DVD-RAM support you don't need the packet writing, but you need Linux 2.6.22 or a newer kernel. KDVD-RAM Tools 0.5 Requirements: -------------------------------------------- - Linux 2.6.22 or newer - KDE 3.5.9 with kdialog and kommander (kmdr-executor) - UDF Tools (mkudffs) - dvd+rw-tools (dvd+rw-format, dvd+rw-mediainfo, dvd-ram-control) - hal - hdparm (ATA/IDE Device) or sdparm (SCSI/SATA Device) Please check if the utilities works! German DVD-RAM Howto http://www.multimedia4linux.de/howto/DE-DVD-RAM-HOWTO.html
Uninstalled everything and installed another time. This is the message: ---------------------- KDVD-RAM Tools 0.5 Beta installer The hal package is required, but not yet installed. cat: /etc/lsb-release: No such file or directory Please use the software installer of your distribution, then restart this installer. ----------------------- However, hal is installed....an also udftools and dvd+rw-tools
Manual install with root: kdeprefix=`kde-config --prefix` install --mode=644 media_dvd*.desktop --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus install --mode=644 media_dvd*.desktop --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/apps/dolphin/servicemenus install --mode=644 media_dvd*.desktop --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/apps/d3lphin/servicemenus install --mode=644 linkDVDRAMWRITER.desktop --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/templates install --mode=644 DVDRAMWRITER-Device.desktop --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/templates/.source install --mode=755 src/*.sh --target-directory=$kdeprefix/bin install --mode=755 src/*.kmdr --target-directory=$kdeprefix/bin mkdir --parents $kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kdvd-ram-tools mkdir --parents $kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/de/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/uk/index.docbook --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/uk/index.cache.bz2 --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/uk/*.png --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/en/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/de/index.docbook --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/de/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/de/index.cache.bz2 --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/de/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 doc/de/*.png --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/doc/kde/HTML/de/kdvd-ram-tools install --mode=644 po/de/*.mo --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES install --mode=644 icons/32x32/*.png --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/icons/default.kde/32x32/devices install --mode=644 icons/48x48/*.png --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/icons/default.kde/48x48/devices install --mode=644 icons/64x64/*.png --target-directory=$kdeprefix/share/icons/default.kde/64x64/devices
can this be included into k3b? (maybe only optionally)
This isn't source code. It's the program itself. I want to compile from source and create Debian package.
It is the source code and the application (Kommander and bash script) You dont't need someting to compile...
I note in your readme file you give nice instructions for Kubuntu users: "Install for Kubuntu 7.04 Open the KDE terminal 1) Install package: sudo apt-get install hal sudo apt-get install hal-device-manager sudo apt-get install hal-info sudo apt-get install kde-hal-device-manager sudo apt-get install libhal1 sudo apt-get install libhal-storage1 sudo apt-get install kommander sudo apt-get install udftools sudo apt-get install dvd+rw-tools" But I could not help but notice you spent extra time typing it out the (needlessly) long way. The end result? Users spend even more time installing than you spent typing. Make it easy on yourself and everyone else. Just one line: "sudo apt-get install hal hal-device-manager hal-info kde-hal-device-manager libhal1 libhal-storage1 kommander udftools dvd+rw-tools" Quicker for you to type and quicker for us to copy and paste! :) Badda-bing Badda-boom! I "fixed" it before installing the packages you suggested and the result? I was told I had everything but udftools as APT was downloading and installing for me. :)
UDF Version 1.00 (24.10.1995) for CD-ROM 1.01 (03.11.1995) for DVD-ROM 1.02 (30.08.1996) for DVD-Video 1.50 (04.02.1997) for Data-DVDs (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RAM) 2.00 (03.04.1998) for Videorecording 2.01 (15.03.2000) Bugfix for 2.00 2.50 (30.04.2003) for BD-RE 2.60 (01.03.2005) for BD-R If you use the DVD-RAM with Linux and Windows you shoud use Version 1.5 The most new media are formated and have a UDF 2.0 filesystem Have a look at the DVD-RAM HOWTO (ony in german)
but this should be implemented in the programm like you wrote it here, think this could help many people....
what language this program use ?
German like it is written above and of cource english... ;)
but could you give a little more detail about its use? For example, why one would reformat a dvdrw or remove its information? And so on. Thanks. (bloody typos)
but could you give a little more detail about its use? For why one would reformat a dvdrw or remove its information? And so on. Thanks.
dvd-rw != dvd-ram
Too slow, even on fast dvdrw drives. RAM is cheap! dvdrws aren't, why put the wear and tear on them? But I love everything else about kdvd-ram tools, very useful.
So it works for me out of the Box on SuSE 10.1 But what about an installer? Also should there be a possibility to format a mounted device... and perhaps a info when which UDF Format is recommended...
at last... Really nice to see someone got this into his todo list ;) i`ll try it immediately.. Thanks a lot!