News:

• Updated Solaris 10 (Sparc) Package for download:
  John Grawl sent me a newer Solaris package of X-CD-Roast. You can download it here: Non-Linux-Packages. Thank you!

• xdroast and recent cdrtool versions (part two):
  Carl Williams sent me a patch to fix the version-naming problems with the recent cdrtools. See also the included README file. See the patch keyfree.tar.gz.

• xdroast and recent cdrtool versions:
  For a while now the newer cdrtools are no longer fully compatible with X-CD-Roast. A patch from Helmut Jarausch fixes a problem with mkisofs.

  Again I remind you, that you can use X-CD-Roast with the new cdrtools (including the free DVD-support, without the need for a key) when you copy the binary from "cdrecord" to "cdrecord.prodvd" and start X-CD-Roast with the "-n" option (to skip the version check).

• Patch for Solarix x86 Studio11:
  Klaus Ziegler sent a patch to eliminate compile warnings on Solaris x86 Studio11. See the patch here.

• New cdrecord-ProDVD version numbering:
  Due to the new number scheme of the latest cdrecord ProDVD X-CD-Roast wont accept this version any longer. As workaround you have to use the "-n" option which tells X-CD-Roast to ignore any version numbers.

• Linux Kernel 2.6.8 broke CD-Writing:
  I had several reports that the last 2.6.x kernel broke CD-Writing using the ATAPI driver. Don't update if you want to continue to use X-CD-Roast, or switch back to SCSI-emulation.
  Update: When started from a root shell burning still works, but non-root mode is disabled by this kernel.

• Jörg Schilling renews free ProDVD-key:
  A new free ProDVD-key for non-commercial usage is available here. It is valid until Mar. 5 2005.

• Patch to enhance wav-file detection:
  Steve Wahl fixed a problem when X-CD-Roast did not allow the burning of some wav-files. See the patch here.

• TUTORIAL: Burning DVD on X-CD-Roast with cdrecord-ProDVD:
  Thomas Chung created a nice tutorial to use with Fedora Core 1. Most information however also applies to other distributions. Please see here.

• Clarification about DVD formats:
  I am receiving lots of error-reports that X-CD-Roast is not detecting DVD media correctly. In all cases this was due someone used DVD-R/RW in a DVD+R/RW writer or the other way round. DVD-minus is something completely different as DVD-plus - be sure to buy correct media for your writer! See here for more background information.

• MacOS X 10.3 (Panther) package available:
  A Panther compatible version is now available for download. For more information check this page.

• Jörg Schilling renews free ProDVD-key:
  A new free ProDVD-key for non-commercial usage is available here. It is valid until Aug. 20 2004.

  There is no need to mail Jörg Schilling or me to send you a free key, Mr. Schilling announced that he will ignore such requests!

• Activated SourceForge.net Make a Donation:
  If you want to support me a little I would be thankful if you use the new PayPal-Donate feature as offered via SourceForge. Thanks!

• MacOS 10.3 support soon:
  I am trying to figure out some last problems with Panther and X-CD-Roast at the moment, so there might be a new package available soon.

• Note about DVD+R/RW support:
  cdrecord.ProDVD requires in some cases the command-line option "-force" to write on DVD+R/RW media. If this option is missing you get the irritating message: "Cannot write CD's >= 100 minutes". As X-CD-Roast does not yet support the -force option, you have to wait for a new version, or use the command line manually.

• New cdrecord.ProDVD key:
  On Linux you need to get a new key if you get the "cannot write more than 1 GB" message recently. The old key expired on Dec. 15. There is also a new ProDVD version 2.01a20 available.

• Known bugs:
  I created a patches section which contains fixes for recently found problems in the latest release. Right now a new configure-script and a possible fix for non-UTF-8 systems running the GTK2 port.

• Automounter warning:
  If you have any trouble with running X-CD-Roast please check first if you have any automounter stuff running. Gnome/KDE both enable these things by default. You also might have to disable integrated tools like the nautilus burning in the newest Gnome versions.

30 October 2003: X-CD-Roast 0.98alpha15 released!

• optional GTK2 support, thanks to Fritz Ganter for his help.
  GTK2 screenshots
• updated lot of translations, added romanian, latvian and albanian.
• numerous bug fixes.
• included a contrib-directory with the sources with some useful stuff sent to me by X-CD-Roast users.

Further updated files:

• FAQ
• README.ProDVD
• README.MacOSX
• the manpage
• translation status

A recent release of the cdrtools is required. Minimum release is 1.11a34, 2.0 or newer is recommended. 2.01a14 or newer is required for the audio-on-the-fly support.

• X-CD-Roast 0.98alpha14 package for MacOS 10.2:
  Please check here about the port of X-CD-Roast to MacOS Jaguar.
  A package of 0.98alpha15 on MacOS Panther should be available soon.

• Standard warning:
  Most distributons ship with older versions of X-CD-Roast and also disabled the built-in non-root-mode. For the full features always install the most recent, fully enabled version from this page.

• I published a list of the current status of all available translations.

Logo/Name Contest:

I am glad to announce that I got a new logo for X-CD-Roast. Its not ready yet to be published, but expect something quite amazing.

Call for translation-maintainers:

Please check the translation status page for a list of current translations and their maintainers.

See the file TRANSLATION.HOWTO included with the source code for details.

Overview:

What is X-CD-Roast?

Features included in new version 0.98alpha15:

• Portable - runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, HPUX, Irix, AIX ...
• Multi langual - translations available in 31 languages
• Graphical setup
• Graphical wav-player
• Fully themeable via GTK-Themes
• Tooltip help
• Copies Data, Audio, Mixed-Modes
• Creates Data, Audio, Mixed-Mode, Multisession
• Bootable CD support
• CD-Text
• CDDB-support via HTTP/Proxy or native
• Copy/Master Data and Audio-CDs on the fly
• Administration mode for usage in computer pools
• Data-DVD writing (DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW) - experimental DVD-Video support
• Drag&Drop
• Networked device support (Remote-SCSI)

Still missing features but planed for the final version 0.98:

• MP3/OGG encoding/decoding
• Clone-Mode
• ISO-file browser
• mkisofs HFS support

Manual/FAQ:

The FAQ for common questions and answers.

Screenshots:

Note: This screenshots may change anytime and need not reflect the looks of the final version.
Thanks to Ralf Schülke for new shots. (Done on Mandrake 9.1)

Fig.1: Setup	Fig.2: Read CD	Fig.3: Write CD	Fig.4: Blank CD
Fig.5: Info screen	Fig.6: Play audio	Fig.7: Write options	Fig.8: Master image

Download and Installation:

• The source and binary packages moved to this page

• Distribution specific and non-linux install instructions

• You need cdrtools 2.00.3 (or newer) for this release. Download it here.
• If you installed the above patches with support for newer cdrtools support, please use this more current version instead: Beta-Version.

Feedback:

If you have any question about cdrecord (the tool X-CD-Roast uses to write its CDs) please contact Jörg Schilling: schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de

If you think you found a bug and already looked through the manual and FAQ please follow here as a guide how to write the report best in order to be useful.

Links:

• The homepage of the old X-CD-Roast version (obsolete!)
  
• Cdrecord homepage with a lot of useful information
  
• cdrecord-ProDVD information and download
  
• CD-Writing HOWTO (Massively outdated - don't rely purely on that information)
  
• A nice comparision of cdrecord frontends for linux. (a bit outdated)
• Source Forge

Special thanks to the Companies which sponsored me with free sample CD-Writers or internet domain services. If you also want to be a sponsor, please contact me.