Duplicate or create ISO from CD (Was: Why xcdroast and not gcombust?)

[Alexander Larsson]

On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 15:59, Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 07:38, Steve Bergman wrote:
> ...
> > I just created a CD from an iso, erased it and turned it into a music
> > CD, erased that created a regular data CD.  All very simple and very
> > well integrated with the rest of the desktop.  And the user doesn't have
> > to know anything about DAO, TAO, Burn-Free, etc.
> > 
> > Anyone who needs more than this is probably going to be comfortable with
> > xcdroast, or have their own personal favorite already, I suppose.
> > 
> > I have a couple of end users who will be delighted when I show them this
> > tomorrow.
> 
> The only thing I see missing is the ability to duplicate both data and
> music CDs. XCDRoast will duplicate data CDs. I would love to be able to
> backup my music CDs to something like an ISO Image. I have children who
> still get into my music collection and use my CDs for everything from
> Barbie tables to flying saucers... <smile>
> 
> If someone can help with this, I would appreciate it a lot.

Yes, this is one of the few features that was originally in the
nautilus-cd-burner feature list. Its really a common operation for
people that should be really simple. However, I haven't had time to work
on it. If anyone is interested in this I'd appreciate that a lot.

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