How do I burn a dvd from ubuntu server?

z0mbi3 · 6 Jan 2008 at 17:46

As title really, I want to be able to burn files on my ubuntu server straight to dvd. Is there a command or bit of software on the repoistory I can use to do this?

I've been googling but can't see a straight forward answer.

Thanks in advance.

GarethDW · 6 Jan 2008 at 19:45

I use k3b - it works great.

z0mbi3 · 6 Jan 2008 at 20:19

Any guides on using it from the command line?

GarethDW · 6 Jan 2008 at 20:23

Ah, if you're sticking to the shell then don't bother with k3b, just use cdrecord (don't worry it burns DVDs as well as CDs

)

Have a read of the man page, or the following should work...

Code:

cdrecord -v -dao speed=4 dev=/dev/dvd /path/to/file

You'll need to change the parameters according to your environment, of course.

z0mbi3 · 6 Jan 2008 at 21:42

great stuf, I'd just been reading about cdrecord too.

3dcandy · 9 Jan 2008 at 22:06

k3b looks easy enough! I would try that....just installed Ubuntu with KDE to use as a server....and it's hard going so far

purejamie · 21 Jan 2008 at 13:37

Another vote for k3b here...

gumbald · 22 Jan 2008 at 00:21

You don't need a GUI, just the one line command will do