CD-RWs
CD-RWs are re-writeable CDs, CD-Rs can only be written once.
X-CD-Roast make no difference between CD-Rs and CD-RWs. Note that
The button "Blank CD-RW" (for example under Duplicate CD -> Write CD) does not make sense for CD-Rs
CD-RWs will be written much slower
CD-RWs will mostly not be played by a CD-Player.
df
df is a text-based front-end to analyse partition settings. We use it especially to find out what partition a folder belongs
to.
If, for example df returns the following output:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 5116504 4154152 962352 82% /
/dev/hda7 15522 4811 9910 33% /boot
shmfs 128064 0 128064 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sr1 661736 661736 0 100% /media/cdrom
/dev/sr0 660872 660872 0 100% /media/dvd
/dev/hda1 18425536 4741280 13684256 26% /windows/C
/dev/hda8 14965936 7876352 7089584 53% /windows/D
It means the following:
The partion hda5 (/dev/hda5) is the root directory, mounted on /. All sub-directories belong to that partition, except /boot,
/dev/shm,
/media/cdrom, and so on. All sub-directories of /boot belong to hda7, all subdirectories of /dev/shm belong to the shmfs and
so on.
As you can only use one directory of each partition to save CD images, you could for example use the four directories /tmp,
/boot/subdir,
/windows/C/temp and /windows/D/spiele.
The command does even more, it shows you that it does not make sense to use a subdirectory of /boot. There is not enough space
available.
glame
Glame is a graphical program to convert between different audio formats. We use it espacially to adopt settings in .wav-files.
You can get it from your distribution or from www.glame.de.
lame
lame is a text-based front-end to convert between different audio formats. We use it espacially to decode .mp3-files to .wav-files
to be able
to write them on a audio-CD.
You can get it from your distribution or from www.lame.org.
Type the following to decode myfile.mp3 to myfile.wav: lame --decode myfile.mp3 myfile.wav
mpg123
mpg123 is a text-based front-end to convert between different audio formats. We use it espacially to encode .wav-files to
.mp3-files to save
valuable space on your hard disc.
You can get it from your distribution or from www.mpg123.org.
Type the following to encode myfile.wav to myfile.mp3: mpg123 -w myfile.wav myfile.mp3.
Tooltip-help
X-CD-Roast provides tooltip (bubble-) help on all screens. Try it! Chose Setup -> CD Settings -> Default write mode and rest
your cursor 2 seconds over Track-at-Once:
What you get is a perfect explanation what it is for.
Verbose mode
Image you are admin and want to set X-CD-Roast so that every user has the same configuration status.
How do you find out what files to manipulate ?
Imagine you have a very ugly error that you want to track as precise as possible.
How do you find out what exactly X-CD-Roast did ?
The answer to both questions is the verbose mode. When activated, X-CD-Roast logs every important task it does. It can be set more
or less strict. Activate it by chosing
Setup -> Miscellaneous -> Log level (and do not forget to "Save Configuration"). Very important for error tracking !
X-CD-Roast Manual 
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