XCDRoast DVD Burning Trouble

[R4NG3R]

Okay, i had XCDRoast working fine on a regular CD-RW, but then i switched the CD-RW to a DVD-RW and i followed the directions at

http://www.xcdroast.org/manual/dvd.html

and when i got to the downloading part, i downloaded the file:

cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a12-i586-pc-linux-gnu

and put it in my

/usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin

directory like it said then i renamed it to cdroast.prodvd

cd /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin
and typed

chmod 755 cdroast.prodvd

and it did nothing. Then so i opened XCDRoast and it gave me errors saying i will have trouble running cdroast.ProDVD and i did not ask for a key like the site said... what should i do?

[twistedcranium]

There's the other half of the MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION!

RedHat, back at 8.0 has chosen NOT to ship its products with MP3 capability. This also was done for 9 as well. They cite growing issues over patent and licensing conflicts of the MP3 format.
http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_80mm.html

I can't say that I blame them as including these items in an open source OS probably could cause legal issues somewhere down the line for them.

So this puts the decision to use potentially 'unlicensed' or 'proprietary' formatted technologies for MP3 on the USERS of the OS.

Currently, its not illegal to use MP3 codecs and plugins for audio and video devices, in Windows or Linux, but RedHat sees trouble down the road and chose to protect themselves and by default their users. If the users go out on the internet and get the patches and plugins, its then their problem, *IF* the issues ever become a problem.

Considering these issues and CTH's Terms of Use, I won't be telling you HOW to bring back your MP3 support.......but I can tell you that if you read that link from RedHat above and look real hard....you'll get there.

*wow.....I'm quoting myself....now my head is spinning*


Everywhere you see MP3 in the quote above, replace it with DVD.

[R4NG3R]

lol, thanks i'll check it out now