Re: Easy multisession CD ROM writing?

Cannot you use a command line and run it from a desktop shortcut?

On 4 December 2011 22:27, Ross Hamblin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 04/12/11 18:00, Bruce Clement wrote:
> > I've just spent 30 minutes on the phone talking my mother through using
> K3B
> > to write multi-session CDs. She wants to be a\ble to make CD backups of
> > each day's work at the end of the day.
> >
> > The user experience isn't great with the biggest single problem being
> > having to go through preferences on each burn, selecting start a
> > multi-session on the first one and continue on subsequent ones. Being
> > prompted to save the data session on exit isn't great either ... if we
> were
> > going to be making multiple copies I could understand it, but this is
> > strictly one-off burning on the fly.
> >
> > There has to be an easier way, can anyone recommend a method of making CD
> > backups that automatically starts a new multi-session on an empty disk
> and
> > continues otherwise?
> >
> > Drag and drop of files would be a bonus but to complicate things, Mum
> runs
> > the KDE desktop, but has Nautilus aliased as "My files" on her desktop
> ...
> > I was trying to make the Windows 95 to Kubuntu migration as painless as
> > possible & Nautilus is more like the Windows 95 file manager than
> Dolphin.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
> It's not quite automatic but k3b (v 2.0.2 here) seems to do almost what
> you want. Looks like will have to set it to create first session via
> preferences but for subsequent sessions she could use File -> New
> Project -> Continue Multi-Session Project (or easier, add it to a
> toolbar), it will now prompt which session to import, add data then
> burn. After burning session it will leave the media open for new
> sessions. Save data session on exit prompt isn't great but only 1 extra
> click.
>
> HTH
> Ross.
>
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