Re: cd not multisession

I'd suggest a reality check first

Of the hundreds of CD's and DVD's I've burned using K3b and 
other programs, i.e. Roxio - The default is single, closed session!
Has been for many, many years.

Why?
Because for data discs, most outside OS's and utils won't read read
a single, or multi session until it is CLOSED. I asked this of Adaptec
a long time ago and they said it is by design. A multi session disc is
only ever guaranteed to be read by the machine AND it's burning
software that generated it until properly closed. If you want to fight
this point I'd suggest you contact Adaptec and/or Roxio to see if 
they've changed their view. But I doubt it. After all they are the $$$
software leaders in this arena.

Single session is what many computers expect from a data disc. I 
have run in to perfectly good systems that for various reasons
will not properly read a multi session CD/DVD/etc. Unless you think
someone like Sun is wrong here(best example I can remember).
It is _reality_! 

I will _not_ say anything about non-data discs verses single/multi session.
Not my expertise.

You're right - the blanks are CHEAP! Buy some!

Or do your editing on your Linux box. You can watch the disc, edit and add
with K3b until you're happy. Every thing should be there, use it.

If you expect to take an unclosed disc to another system/commercial player -
you get what you deserve, trouble.



On Monday 03 December 2007 03:21:33 pm solsTiCe d'Hiver wrote:
> hi.
> i am really annoyed by the way k3b handle cd burning.
>
> if i remember well, if the cd is more than half plenty then the session
> will be closed. why ?
>
> here is an example :
> i burn a avi and it's srt for the subtitle, watch the film, and found
> errors in the srt. how can i now change the srt if the session is closed on
> the cd.
>
> that behavior is stupid. why do we have to think of creating a
> multi-session cd while it could be a default...
> and it does not hurt to create unclosed mutli-session cd, does it ?
>
> so yes i know cd is cheap. i can burn another one.
>
> but linux is supposed to be better and more flexible and more and more i am
> pissed off by certain features in the linux software world...
>
> i better learn to use the CLI to burn.
>
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