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Questions relating to the burning of writable media including DVD/Blu-Ray

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How do I create a video DVD from vob files?

I want burn a video DVD from existing .vob files that can be played in a home video player. I've burned one but it doesn't have sound. I tried with k3b (New video DVD Project) because Brasero doesn't ...
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How do I make an ISO from a disc?

I have a disc here, and I need to take an ISO image of the disc. Is there a piece of software I can use to get the image from the disc, or does Ubuntu ship with one?
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Ubuntu 22.04 iso size?

Alternative Download I downloaded Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS three times, checked them all, and they are all bigger than a single DVD (4.7GB). All files are larger than advertised, 4.9GB x 4.6GB. All ...
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Burn 16bit 44.1kHz audio CD with Ubuntu

I have some lossless high quality audio files in FLAC format. I want to burn an audio CD-R compatible with most old players. I tried brasero and xfburner, and dragged the files inside. However the ...
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How to install CD burning on 24.04 [closed]

Ubuntu 24.04 does not have any software that will burn a audio CD. There is no software centre to install from. Many of the apps that come with Ububtu 24.04 have lost the three button top left, close, ...
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Brasero needs mplex and mpeg2enc plugins to work

I installed brasero using the snap store on my laptop running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Now it says I need mplex and mpeg2enc plugins to work. After installing I tried to burn a DVD. When I clicked "...
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How to overcome burn problems or buy installation disk? [duplicate]

I have tried and tried to download and burn Ubuntu 13.04 without success. The first time took 18 hours. Where and from whom can I purchase a installation disc in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Can't burn to CD with any program in Ubuntu 22.04

I recently had to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 (both running XFCe, if that makes any difference). The CD drive was working perfectly in the former, but I'm having issues with the latter. It ...
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How do I create a "Windows to go" bootable USB to use windows on a USB without installing it on my Linux machine? [duplicate]

I want to burn a Windows ISO file to a USB but I want to use it without installing it this can be done by burning the iso file on the USB with the (Windows to go) option. The problem is that this ...
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Install CD burner on Try Ubuntu

Is it possible to install a CD-ROM burner when running Ubuntu from the installation media as "Try Ubuntu" I have tried with apt instal brasero k3b etc. and none was possible to locate. The ...
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How to burn an ISO file to a USB?

I was thinking about creating a bootable USB drive by burning an ISO image, but I can't find an ISO burner for Ubuntu. How I can do that?
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Etcher alternative for dvd burning [duplicate]

Etcher used to be great for burning ISO to USB or microSD card. However, it still doesn't support DVDs. What is the alternative to make a bootable DVD from ISO? P.S tried a few suggestions and this ...
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How to create a music CD from mp3 files?

Are there any Nero Burning Softwares for Ubuntu ? The most important is to able burn Mp3 or songs files into the CD/DVD =)
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K3b fails to burn Windows ISO to DVD-R at 98% (Brasero also fails)

I'm trying to create a bootable Windows 8.1 ISO on a blank DVD after my system repeatedly failed to boot from a USB, only showing a flashing dash. I tried using Brasero, but I always get an error that ...
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brasero and growisofs fail pointlessly - "space will be wasted"

Trying to burn a copy of Ubuntu 22.04 onto a dual layer DVD, I keep getting this error: :-( more than 50% of space will be wasted! use single layer media for this recording I don't have any single ...
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How to write CD-Text with brasero or k3b

I'm on to produce an audio CD and I have here the master-CD (produced on another UBUNTU system) which will be sent to the manufacturer. Before I want to make a copy. There is CD-Text on the CD and ...
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How to burn a .dmg file to a DVD/CD?

I have downloaded Mac.OSX.Mountain.Lion.v10.8.3 and I have never burned a dmg file. How to burn this operating system in a dvd?
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Newly burned Lubuntu DVD does not boot -- disc not detected by DVD drive

I downloaded the Lubuntu ISO from the first link on the lubuntu website. I burned a DVD with CD Burner XP in another PC, and at the target computer changed BIOS boot settings to boot from CD/DVD drive ...
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Brasero is not writing discs

When I use Brasero to write disks, it seems the recording occurs flawless, but, the disk is unreadable. Xfburn is working well, but Brasero not. I would like to use Brasero, but it makes me waste ...
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How to burn an Ubuntu ISO image on a DVD on Ubuntu?

I have a Ubuntu image file (.iso) and I'd like to burn the image file into a DVD, is there any software for this purpose on Ubuntu?
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Burned DVD/CD from yesterday are blank!

I just burned a Windows .iso image to a blank DVD. And now it just says blank media, when I read from Ubuntu! Is it a problem with the .iso image, or because it is a Windows .iso image? Very ...
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DVD burning confusions (Brasero, K3B, and DVD remaining blank or corrupted)

I'm currently trying to burn information from my old PC (Ubuntu 16.04, 64-bit) to a DVD. Putting any blank DVD in my computer is recognized as a blank DVD, but I also get an error message that says ...
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Burning M-Disks on Ubuntu 20.04

I purchased an external disk writer from ASUS. This one: https://www.asus.com/Commercial-Data-Storage/SDRW08D2SU/ And M-Disks from Verbatim, these ones: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01E0CUU1C/...
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Strange thing while burning an ISO file with Ubuntu Studio to usb using dd

I burned an ISO file with Ubuntu Studio and I did it using status=progress. When I started the process of burning I saw that there was already 1 GB (when you use status=progress it shows how much GB ...
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Virtual CD / DVD burner

I have a file in iTunes on Windows in VirtualBox that can be burned to CD / DVD. I could burn this file to a CD / DVD and rip it to my computer but I don't want to waste a CD / DVD so I'm looking for ...
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Can't read or write CDs with Ubuntu 20.04

The USB DVD-RAM writer, DVDRRW GSA-2166D, has the capability to play and burn CDs. But under Ubuntu 20.04 whilst it plays DVDs,the device is not recognised at all by VLC when an audio CD is inserted. ...
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How do I make k3b burn an audio CD with MP3 files?

How do I make k3b burn an audio CD with MP3 files? Right now it's demanding I only feed it WAVs, of all things.
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Why did my CDR/DVR stop writing after I installed updates to Ubuntu 18.04.5

I've been using the same system for years now, and since Ubuntu 14.04 have been able to write CD's on it without a problem, but now Ubuntu 18.04.5 sees both my CDR/DVDR as 'read only' and that doesn't ...
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What DVD authoring software can I use on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit. I'm looking for a DVD maker program for Ubuntu like the DVD maker program for Windows. I need to put some videos on DVD (and in DVD format, not just as files) so I can ...
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Third version of ISO9660

I am trying to burn some files to a DVD. When I did so, I got this message, Do I need to install the 3rd version of ISO9660? Thanks.
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CD/DVD Creator is not functional

I am running Ubuntu 18.04.3, and the CD/DVD Creator tool seems to be nonfuctional, and potentially even missing. Here are the symptoms: I insert a blank CD into the optical drive. Nothing pops up: no ...
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burning CDs or DVDs and ISO files in ubuntu 18.04

I am running ubuntu 18.04 LTS and I notice there is no cd/dvd burner. I write click on a file and there is the option to open with disk image writer. I can write to a hard drive but not to the CD/...
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how to burn iso onto dvd?

Unable to burn iso onto dvd, ubuntu startup disk creator doesnt show my dvd drive Observation 1.DVD drive is mounted as read only On windows and ubuntu , when I try to burn iso into disk ,it just ...
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Burn DICOM-compatible CD

I have some images which are in the DCM file format (DICOM image file format). I want to burn them onto a CD disk with DICOM standards (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) using Ubuntu 14....
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Brasero crash burning audio CD

I am attempting to burn an audio CD but the project keeps crashing when I attempt to write to media. Here is the last bit of the .log file: BraseroWodim Launching command BraseroWodim called ...
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xfburn fails: Burn run failed!

This is the English version (including later edits) of Xfburn: fehlgeschlagen, Burn Run failed. I use Xubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, currently with Linux kernel 4.4.0-145-generic x86_64. Xfburn has version 0....
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Xubuntu 18.04.2 - USB CD-RW won't write

I'm running Xubuntu 18.04.2 on a Mac Mini. Because the internal DVD-RW drive is dead, I bought an external USB CD-RW and DVD read drive. When I put in a blank CD-R, the blank disk shows on the desktop....
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Burning CD stuck at 100% Creating image checksum

Burning data CD using brasero get stuck at 100% and the dialog box only show Creating image checksum, empty progress bar, and a cancel button, and the disk is not spinning anymore in my cd writer. ...
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Does `CD/DVD Creator` verify an optical disk after writing to it?

Does CD/DVD Creator verify an optical disk after writing to it? In other words, is the data read back and compared to the original? Edit: The OS is Ubuntu 12.04. Screenshot of the application ...
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Free ISO Burner application uses up all the space on the disk when trying to burn the Ubuntu iso on a DVD [duplicate]

With Windows XP ending support next Tuesday, I was scrapped for time to find another replacement OS. I was told to install a Linux-based operating system as a replacement and I decided to try this ...
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Cannot read CD/DVD

Whenever I insert a CD/DVD in my drive, I cannot read them. Tried manually mounting them, but it shows: no medium found on /dev/sr0. I can only burn DVD (but not CD). My drive is okay, If I boot into ...
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How to fix "Power calibration error" when trying to burn DVD?

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is not being able to burn any file to a DVD. Every time I try to burn anything, it shows an error window and gives this error while burning: scsi error on write(786,16):[3 73 03] ...
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Brasero yields "SCSI error on write(1248864, 16)"

I was using Brasero to burn a Win7 .iso for a friend (sorry, couldn't convince him to try Linux e.e) and when it was at 80% the process stopped with a "SCSI error on write(1248864, 16)". I burnt some ...
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How to burn an audio master cd?

What I do: I record and mix audio using Ardour or Harrison Mixbus. Most of the time now, I don't need to create an master audio cd: bands ans artists are happy enough with audio files. Providing them ...
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Bootable USB burning Problem

I am trying to burn 19.04 latest verified ISO on 2 different USB Flash drives but during installation, after creating partitions I found error that "your DVD/Flash Drive has not burnt fine, Please ...
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Xfburn: fehlgeschlagen, Burn Run failed [duplicate]

Ich benutze Xubuntu 16.04.6 LTS, momentan mit dem Linuxkern 4.4.0-145-generic x86_64 Außerdem xfburn version 0.5.4 for Xfce 4.12 Ich verwende einen Lenovo W530, der enthält ein CD/DVD-RW-Laufwerk ...
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How to verify that the ISO I downloaded is bootable before I burn it?

How can I check that the ISO image I've downloaded is bootable, before I burn it?
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How to compose a mixed (audio + data) CD image (ISO) from the command line

I have a set of audio files (WAV format) and a collection of data files and I want to create a mixed audio+data CD image (ISO) with (preferably only) command line tools. I don't actually want to burn ...
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Blank 700 MB CD shows as 438.1 MB free

I inserted a 700MB blank CD into the optical drive. I then right clicked on an ISO file that is 298MB and selected write to disk. The window that came up showed 438.1 MB free. Why isn't it 700MB? ...
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How to burn multiple mp3 tracks to a series of plain audio CDs

The default Brasero application, as far as I can tell, does nothing at all when asked to burn lots of mp3 tracks to more than one CDR. I know about the permission issues with some of its supporting ...

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