Proposal: include Brasero by default

[Mackenzie Morgan]

Sounds like I need to try this program (when my optical drive stops playing
dead).  How does it compare to GnomeBaker?

On Jan 6, 2008 7:20 PM, Bryan Haskins <kingofallhearts999 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A agree too, I'm a k3b guy myself. But for a strictly GTK desktop, I love
> Brasero.
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2008 3:11 PM, Evan <eapache at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It already ships with Xubuntu, and I quite like it. I second this
> > motion.
> >
> > The only thing that needs to be changed is that it needs to depend on
> > cdrdao or else certain functions crash. I'm not sure why this isn't already
> > a dependency.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 6, 2008 10:16 AM, Wouter Stomp <wouterstomp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I would like to propose including Brasero in the default Ubuntu
> > > installation. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD's for the Gnome
> > > Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some
> > > unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and
> > > quickly. Brasero is actively being developed and is maintained in
> > > Ubuntu by one of its developers, Luis Medinas.
> > >
> > > Currently Ubuntu relies on nautilus-cd-burner and serpentine for
> > > cd/dvd burning. Both are nice and simple programs, but both N-c-b and
> > > serpentine have several limitations that Brasero does not have which
> > > are listed below:
> > >
> > > Nautilus cd burner:
> > > - Lack of multisession support!
> > > - Does not inhibit Gnome Power Manager from suspending while burning
> > > - Doesn't do on the fly burning (dvd to dvd or disk to dvd), severly
> > > limiting burning possibilities when low on disk space (a situation in
> > > which you might want to move files to cd/dvd)
> > > - Does not show the amount of space left
> > > - Does not show the progress while burning
> > > - Has no option to verify burned cd
> > > - Can't copy/write video DVDs
> > > - Has no option to erase cdrw's withouth burning new content to them
> > >
> > > Serpentine:
> > > - Doesn't do on the fly writing (mp3/ogg to wav conversion)
> > > - Doesn't detect the size of the inserted disc
> > > - Has several open bugs on program crashes, both on launchpad and in
> > > gnome bugzilla
> > > - Lacks audio track preview
> > > - Doesn't support cue files
> > >
> > > Additionally, Brasero has features such as automatic filtering for
> > > unwanted files, beagle file search (tracker support planned) and
> > > saving/loading of projects, allowing them to be burned later.
> > >
> > > It would be good to provide users one common interface to burn cd's.
> > > Brasero is already in the main repository and installed and tested by
> > > many users, so it should not be a problem to include it on the cd. Of
> > > the other distro's, opensuse already ships it. Therefore, I would like
> > > to propose including it by default in Hardy.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Wouter
> > >
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