how to burn a windows compatible CDR with k3b

Snaggy

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Feb 19, 2006, 2:42:17 AM2/19/06

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I burnt some cds with k3b 0.11.23 and they work just fine on linux
(fc4) but when i try to read them on windows, or to read dovx films
with my standalone player (amstrad) they aren't reas properly. File
names are modified, and shorter (cut the last part). Still files work
fine, but I know that adjusting the options in k3b it's possible to fix
this problem.

Do you know how to do it, or can you link a guide?

bye! thanks

luca

Lenard

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Feb 19, 2006, 6:12:34 AM2/19/06

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Snaggy wrote:

> I burnt some cds with k3b 0.11.23 and they work just fine on linux
> (fc4) but when i try to read them on windows, or to read dovx films
> with my standalone player (amstrad) they aren't reas properly. File
> names are modified, and shorter (cut the last part). Still files work
> fine, but I know that adjusting the options in k3b it's possible to fix
> this problem.

First, please bring your system current, many updates are available. k3b of
FC4 for example is now 0.12.10.

Yes it is possible to change the settings, when you get ready to burn the CD
image look at the Filesystem and Advanced Tabs.

Filesystem: check Generate Joliet extensions
Advanced: check Allow 103 character Joliet filenames, Allow 31 character
ISO9660 filenames and Allow max length ISO9660 filenames (37 characters)

ISO Level is set at level 2

Don't forget to click on the 'Save User Defaults' button.

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Robert Hull

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Feb 19, 2006, 6:13:18 AM2/19/06

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In comp.os.linux.misc, on Sun 19 February 2006 07:42, Snaggy
<l.ci...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I burnt some cds with k3b 0.11.23 and they work just fine on linux
> (fc4) but when i try to read them on windows, or to read dovx films
> with my standalone player (amstrad) they aren't reas properly. File
> names are modified, and shorter (cut the last part).

I think you are looking for the "Joliet Extensions" option on the
filesystem tab when you go to burn

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Snaggy

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Feb 19, 2006, 7:36:26 AM2/19/06

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thanks

should I enable both rockridge and joliet or only joliet?

bye

Robert Hull

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Feb 19, 2006, 7:43:00 AM2/19/06

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In comp.os.linux.misc, on Sun 19 February 2006 12:36, Snaggy
<l.ci...@gmail.com> wrote:

> thanks
>
> should I enable both rockridge and joliet or only joliet?
>

AIUI Rockridge is for anything that understands standards, whilst Joliet
does a similar job for Windows.

Another poster has mentioned some options in the Advanced tab that would
also be worth checking out.

FWIW, I enable both Rockridge and Joliet whenever I might be sharing a
CD or DVD with someone else.

Snaggy

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Feb 19, 2006, 7:53:21 AM2/19/06

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i'm trying right now.

I enabled the allow lower case in 9660 because I had my files
uppercased. Is it OK?

By the way, what's 9660? In windows with NERO cds are burned in iso
9660?

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John-Paul Stewart

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Feb 19, 2006, 11:43:33 AM2/19/06

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Snaggy wrote:
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> By the way, what's 9660? In windows with NERO cds are burned in iso
> 9660?

IS09660 is *the* standard for CD/DVD filesystems. It can be read
everywhere (Windows, Mac, Linux, UNIX, etc.). Pretty much every (data)
CD you'll ever encounter uses IS09660. The drawback is it is limited
8.3 filenames (MS-DOS style). RockRidge extensions are one (widely
supported) method to add long filenames (and Unix-style file ownership
and permission info) to ISO9660 CDs. Joliet extensions are Microsoft's
way adding long file names (but, obviously, not Unix-style permissions).

NERO and pretty much all other CD burning apps (on any OS) will burn
IS09660 CDs. Enabling both RockRidge and Joliet extensions on that
IS09660 filesystem will give you long filenames everywhere, and ensure
the widest compatibility. (NERO and other Windows apps probably enable
Joliet extensions by default and may or may not support RockRidge.)

Bill Marcum

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Feb 19, 2006, 11:55:37 AM2/19/06

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On 19 Feb 2006 04:53:21 -0800, Snaggy

iso-9660 is a file system, like FAT or ext3, but it is made specifically
for CDROMs. An ISO-9660 CD with short file names is readable in any
operating system that supports CDROMs. Joliet and/or Rock Ridge
extensions are used for long file names.

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Jan Sevelsted

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Feb 19, 2006, 5:27:29 PM2/19/06

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ISO 9660 is the file system used when writing CD's. I wouldn't know about
the upper-/lowercase thing as I just punch out the flags for Rock Ridge
and Joliet. Apart from the fact that Linux and windows does not always
agree on national characters, it works OK for me.

HTH

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Snaggy

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Feb 26, 2006, 3:12:32 PM2/26/06

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Thank you all

I managed to burn a CD working on both OS!
Oh, and thanks for the explanation of 9660, tis interesting!

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iforone

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Feb 26, 2006, 5:53:02 PM2/26/06

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Just thought I'd throw out some links for more explanations, detailed
differences, etc (ISO-9660, UDF, etc)...
http://www.mrichter.com/cdr/primer/udf.htm
http://www.cdrfaq.org/

All types of video conversions / formats CD and DVD info;
http://www.videohelp.com/articles