Cdrtools

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The correct title of this article is cdrtools. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
cdrtools
Developer: Jörg Schilling
Latest release: 2.01.01a24 / 2007-03-11
OS: Cross-platform
Use: CD/DVD-writing
License: CDDL, GPL
Website: cdrtools at berlios.de

cdrtools (formerly known as cdrecord) was a collection of free software/open source computer programs that were the standard burning tool for most non-Microsoft operating systems such as Linux and FreeBSD. The collection included many features for CD and DVD authoring such as:

cdrtools was created by Jörg Schilling under a GPL license. Later, due to problems with discographics, the licensing was changed and that caused many forks to arise, among them dvdrtools. The most important parts of the package are cdrecord, a console-based burning program; cdda2wav, a CD audio ripper; and mkisofs, a CD image creator. Because these tools don't include any GUI interface, many graphical front-ends have been created (see below).

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In recent versions, starting with 2.01.01a03, parts of cdrtools have been relicensed under CDDL, while other parts are still licensed under the GPL. In the opinion of several distributors, this change makes it impossible to legally distribute cdrtools binaries since the requirements of the GPL and CDDL conflict.

In addition, the author has put a message in the programs which state "There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris." The latest cdrtools, where the author claims to have fixed the 2.6 kernel issue, are inoperative to date on many Linux 2.6 and 2.4 systems where the tools worked prior.

mkisofs can't read files larger than 4.1 GB because of a coding limitation.

As a result of either or both situations, Debian and Red Hat dropped the incompatibly-licensed versions of cdrtools from their distributions. A group of Debian developers have created a fork of cdrtools named cdrkit, and has invited Red Hat to join the development. Gentoo Linux plans to cease distribution of cdrtools binaries in their live CDs and install images as well. [1]

  • k3b for KDE environments
  • cdrtfe for Windows
  • X-CD-Roast, a GUI front-end
  • Infra Recorder for Windows
  • cdbackup
  • magicvid
  • burncenter
  • Extreme Disk
  • Graveman
  • Copier
  • Linux Video Maker
  • burnCDDA
  • BBQ-CDR
  • dupISO
  • audio burn

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