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* CDR Dialog 1.1 15/Feb/2004 Robert Winkler *
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CDR Dialog is an easy-to-use and easy-to-configure fronted for 
CD writing software on LINUX.


FEATURES:
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This are the main features:

Load/Eject CD/CD-R	Amazing stuff !
Copy Audio CD 1:1	D-A-O, including paranoia
Copy Data CD 1:1	using dd
Create Data CD		from /mnt/cdrdialog/data
Blank CD-RW	

There are also some features for dealing with images.

In case you need more, you have to look for other programs...


INSTALL:
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Directories you need to create:

/var/cdrdialog		In this directory the images are saved, 
			therefore it should be sufficiently big.
	
    =>	Location different from version 1.0!
			 
/var/cdrdialog/data	Here you can put the data for the creation
			of data CDs (e.g. for backups).
			
    =>	Location different from version 1.0!

/tmp			Should be already present..

Programs you need (tested versions):
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I am using the programs provided with Debian GNU/Linux 3.0r1

dialog (09a-20020309a)	For the creation of the menus	
cdrdao (1.1.7)		For copying Audio CDs
cdrecord (1.10)		For writing Data CDs
dd (4.1)		For 1:1 copies of Data CDs
mkisofs (1.14)		For creation of an ISO image from /var/cdrdialog/data
mc (4.5.55)		GNU Midnight Commander - For advanced file administration

Configuration of the devices:
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I got an ATAPI-DVD and an ATAPI-CDRW with emulated SCSI support (Quite common configuration, I guess).
My CD drive is device 0,0,0 (/dev/sr0) and the Recorder is device 0,1,0
In case your installation is different, you will need to change the devices in the script.

To get information about your devices, use: 
# cdrecord -scanbus

Tuning:
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To get highest quality of audio CDs, I use --paranoia-mode 3 (includes scratch
detection) for cdrdao. If you want to save time, reduce this
value (lowest value 0 is raw data). 

NOTE: This could affect the quality of the created Audio CD!

You can remove the "time" commands, if you wish so. 

All the operations are based on images, which results in higher safety.
If you think, your system is fast enough, you can try recording 
on-the-fly. 

TODO/ BUGS:
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Works for me. But of course you can send me suggestions for improvement 
at any time.

LINKS:
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Homepage/ Download:	http://www.bioprocess.org/cdrdialog/

FILES:
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cdrdialog	- CDR Dialog, the shell script
GPL-2		- GNU is Not Unix General Public License
readme		- this file

Send your remarks/ questions to robert@bioprocess.org

CDR Dialog Copyright (C) 2002 Robert Winkler

AGAIN:
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

If you would like to negotiate alternate licensing terms, you may do
so by contacting the author: Robert Winkler <robert@bioprocess.org>


Have a lot of fun, 

		Robert Winkler

