Re: ! k3b do not allow any more burning blu-ray with original cdrecord

On 06/07/2011 08:39 AM, jdd wrote:
> Le 07/06/2011 02:15, Dave Plater a =C3=A9crit :
>
>> You didn't quite understand what I stated before, growisofs is an
>> independent binary from the package "dvd+rw-tools"
>
> yes, but any k3b version (including packman) have it as dependency, whe=
n this package have no use if you install the original cdrecord.
> There should be some sort of "or" flag.

K3b uses growisofs to access mkisofs, growisofs is a frontend to mkisofs =
and it had been patched to use wodim's genisofs. I've removed the=20
patch and you can install "dvd+rw-tools" and cdrtools from :
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/plater/openSUSE_11.4

>
>> Looking at the package I see it has a patch to enable it to call
>> wodim's genisoimage,
>
> AFAIK growisofs is always used to make an iso *and* burn the dvd/blu-ra=
y (according to the doc, I didn't look at the code)
>
> your summer time is the same
>> as our's GMT+2.00
>
> probably. don't worry, I can wait :-)
>
>> The problem atm is k3b requires dvd+rw-tools which hasn't changed
>> since 2008.

I'm going to try a k3b without the dvd+rw-tools (growisofs) dependency.

>
> yes, but little time ago, is /usr/bin/cdrecord is configured to be in t=
op of the programms list in k3b, k3b was able to use it to burn
> dvd/blu-ray. Look like it can't anymore, it now stops saying "I need gr=
owisofs"

Atm k3b has a dependency on dvd+rw-tools so it can't be installed wthout =
it.
>
>> ones. All the programs listed as "3.00" in k3b's setup are from the
>> cdrtools package. Another tip, because I have kde from the
>> KDE:Distro:Factory repository I use the k3b from there as well and the
>> only part needed from Packman is k3b-codecs as long as the versions
>> match.
>
> I usually don't use the mp3 part of k3b.
>
> The problem is that Blu-Ray are pretty expensive and my burner do not a=
llow dry-run, so each test if wasting one BD :-(.
>
> I recently wrote dvd without problems, may be it's only the BD part tha=
t is broken? how do k3b know what programm to use for burning BD?

It uses either cdrecord or wodim via growisofs.

Dave
>
> thanks
> jdd
>