[Sussex] CD Burning

[Alan F]

On Sat, 8 May 2004, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:

> All,
> 
> I'm currently putting a system together that has a web-based interface to organise tracks (audio - .ogg format) and burn them onto CD (I know there are similar applications, but this needs to be bespoke, and it's a good challenge!) 
> 
> I'm slightly stuck as to what to do when I come to the actual burning however, is it best to use mkisofs and then burn the image, or do I just use cdrecord and burn the playlist straight to the disc?  
> 
> I'm one of those people who instinctively use a gui unless they can use a shell quicker, so this is kinda new territory to me!
> 

It mostly depends on the spec of the machine and burner. A good machine
and burner (a burnproof one?) should have no problem burning without skips
or underruns under normal load; it might be better to create an iso first
if it isn't such a great machine, since there's much lessdemand on the
burner and system to burn an iso, where decoding has already taken place.

Hope this helps :)
Alan