Virtual CD/DVD burner for Fedora

[jd1008]

On 01/23/2015 05:14 PM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote:
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> Am 23. Januar 2015 20:28:47 MEZ, schrieb jd1008 <jd1008 at gmail.com>:
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>     On 01/23/2015 12:14 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
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>         On 01/23/2015 10:43 AM, jd1008 wrote:
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>             googled for a virtual cd/dvd burner but all I could find
>             was cdemu, which is not a burner but a rom. Any info on a
>             virtual cd/dvd burner would be greatly appreciated. 
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>         cdemu V3.0.x emulates a burner now, but I don't see what use a
>         virtual burner is unless you're writing your own burning
>         software and want to see how it handles fake hardware. The
>         only real test is on real hardware and as many different makes
>         as you can get your grubby mitts on! If all you're trying to
>         do is create an ISO image, just use brasero or xfburn to
>         create the image. Mount that .iso using a loopback and the 
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>     I am using k3b, which incorporates cd-text.
>     Unfortunately, k3b insists on the presence of media in the device.
>     Even if I losetup /dev/loop0  <someFileofAppropriateSize>
>     and edit k3brc and change sr0 to loop0, k3b still wants media
>     in the device.
>     So, that is why I am looking for a burner emulator.
>     cdemu is not available for fedora. I found its sources on
>     on sourceforge, but there is no info on how to integrate all that
>     into a single install file. As it is, it is way to fragmented.
>     Not clear if all one needs is the client or the daemon or both,
>     not to mention the other 3 or more packages listed on sourceforge,
>     If you have info on a fedora cdemu for fedora, please share.
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>     Thanx.
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> For me it is not clear what you really want to accomplish. I thought 
> you want to burn an audio CD with CD Text, k3b will do that, but 
> what's the beef in doing that in an emulated CD Burnet?
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I can burn it to physical media - no problem.
I wanted to see also if k3b is flexible/able to write
to virtual media burner.