Re: putting audio files onto a DVD

[Indulekha <indulekha@theunworthy.com>]

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 08:26:34PM -0500, Indulekha wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 11:04:21AM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 10/05/12 10:11, Whit Hansell wrote:
> > > Sorry for the interruption but have tried to find a linux program which
> > > will allow me to put andio files onto DVD's.  I have one particular file
> > > which is just too large to fit on a CD and so wanted to put it on a DVD
> > > but haven't been able to find a way to do it.  The files is an .mp3 and
> > > I need it to play on a dvd player as an audio file.  i can copy it as a
> > > data file but that will only play on a computer.
> > > 
> > > Anyone know of a program which will do audio files onto DVD's?
> > > 
> > > TIA
> > > Whit
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understand what you want....
> > 
> > To me an "audio" CD/DVD is a format of CD/DVD readable by CD players
> > (music only). WAV files. An "iso" of an audio CD is not possible.
> > 
> > A "video" CD/DVD is a format of CD/DVD readable by DVD players. VOB
> > files. An "iso" of a video CD/DVD is possible.
> > 
> > A "data" CD/DVD is a format readable by data CD/DVD players. Any file
> > type. An  "iso" is possible.
> > 
> > 
> > You can use K3B (or the GNOME equivalent) to burn an "audio" DVD - it
> > will convert the mp3 to a wav and burn it to DVD in a single session.
> > But you can't put anything else on that DVD - and there's no guarantee
> > it'll play in a DVD player (some don't like burnt music CD/DVDs). Many
> > modern DVD players will play mp3 files on a data DVD/CD though (don't
> > need the "audio" CD format).
> > 
> > PS. It's also possible to add music tracks to a video DVD but I don't
> > know how to do it.
> > 
> 
> Not quite -- what the OP seeks is a way to write dvda ("dvd audio") 
> formatted dvds. I'm really not sure how to do that, as someone who 
> rarely bothers with optical discs, but if no better aswer turns up 
> here the term is dvd-aduio or dvda.
> I suspect the dvdauthor package might offer this, but am not sure...
> Wodim's man page says nothig about it here, using apt-cache search and 
> aptitude search for "dvda", "dvd-audio", etc reveals nothing.
> 
 
Sorry, forgot to mention that I've seen it said Brassero can do this 
in Ubuntu, so maybe it can for us as well.

HTH!
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