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Need a CD/DVD burner that has no bugs and just works   forum
Written by miwaypet the 3 May 09 at 03:22. New
Brasero is too buggy. Has a track record of not working well with different CD/DVD burners. Throws too many errors. Rejects good disks.

K3b is too heavy. Would mean porting all the big KDE libs. Not feasible.

I am submitting my idea as a remedy for the above situation.
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Solution #1: Make nautilus burner a stand alone application for Gnome
Written by miwaypet the 3 May 09 at 03:22.
Nautilus burner was the integrated CD/DVD burner for the Gnome desktop. It should be simple to take the code base and recreate it as a fully functional, easily integrated stand alone CD/DVD burner for Gnome. It just works. It has simple interface. Has a proven history of few bugs.
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Solution #2: Fix all bugs of Brasero
Written by androdebian the 3 May 09 at 14:52.
I think that Brasero is a good application and have a very good interface. The effort should be to fix all bugs of this program.
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Solution #3: k3b in the default
Written by vexorian the 12 May 09 at 16:01.
gtkqt allows correct integration. K3b is a very good burner, and ubuntu users would benefit if we stopped forcing apps to come from gnome.

It is also a more realistic solution for Karmic Koala as I doubt all the Brasero bugs will get fixed in so little time.
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Solution #4: Kde base files included in the base Ubuntu system.
Written by cracken226 the 14 May 09 at 16:38.
Kde 4, or later, latest base files should be included in the main system. Many users, using Gnome as default, have problems with burnig, or other default Gnome applications, so trying to install Kde based applications to run. K3b burning programs as default is an great ide ... finally ...
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Solution #5: Install CD/DVD Creator by default and fix/add any bugs/features.
Written by anyedge the 15 May 09 at 06:48.
CD/DVD Creator is very direct, easy to use, solid and dependable. Try fixing the few bugs that exist for this program and add any media burn types that are missing from this program.
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Solution #6: Let the user choose the application he want to use
Written by razer_raz the 17 May 09 at 08:56.
Improve nautilus-burner, brasero
Create some new alternatives
Add an entry in :
System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications
Let the user ability to choose what he want to use
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Solution #7: K3b and Brasero together as one.
Written by cracken226 the 14 May 09 at 16:40.
Install both versions of these burning programs into main distro for user compatibility with Gnome and Kde base file, while Gnome stays as default environment. So Kde base files would be an advantage, as these files are in advanced repositories, or Kubuntu distro installation media in case you do not have a Ubuntu Gnome based dvd installation media.

Please, vote. Thank You for making Ubuntu better.
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Solution #8: Perform some competitor analysis
Written by srippon the 18 May 09 at 09:15.
Competitor analysis ( http://deyalexander.com.au/resources/uxd/competitive-analysis.html ) could be performed to help improve the user experience (UX) of Brasero.

Competitor analysis would show what the other popular CD/DVD burning applications available are, what features they offer, how these features are offered, etc.

Another form of competitor analysis is to incorporate usability testing ( http://www.usability.gov/refine/learnusa.html | http://deyalexander.com.au/resources/uxd/usability-testing.html ). In doing this you get real users to perform real CD/DVD burning tasks using competitors software. This shows what works well and what doesn't work so well in their software. These findings can be incorporated into new designs for Brasero.
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Solution #9: Perform some usability testing on Brasero
Written by srippon the 18 May 09 at 09:22.
Usability testing ( http://www.usability.gov/refine/learnusa.html | http://deyalexander.com.au/resources/uxd/usability-testing.html ) could be performed to help improve the user experience (UX) of Brasero.

Through usability testing you observe real users performing real CD/DVD burning tasks using Brasero. Usability testing helps highlight what users are finding easy and what parts of the design they are struggling with.
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Solution #10: Use Gnome Baker, not K3B
Written by Clorox the 6 Jun 09 at 04:46.
Gnome Baker is about as advanced as K3B, and, as evident by the title, it integrates with the GNOME desktop.
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Solution #11: Write in vala an awesome brasero replacement
Written by francois the 5 Oct 09 at 13:03.
Brasero is a good program only when it does not crash and has indeed a good interface, but there are too many bugs and we're losing hope for those to be fixed one day.
Vala is an awesome language that allows to write programs quickly (such as mono) but without the inconvenients of mono (lack of performance and .NET)
An awesome brasero-killer application could be written in vala, a CD/DVD burner that fits the description of the idea.

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K3B jaunty messages  
Written by alex_osborn the 24 Apr 09 at 13:30. New
i think the K3B OSD is kind of ugly...

http://www.divshare.com/img/7192895-e0a.png
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Solution #1: use jaunty notifications
Written by alex_osborn the 24 Apr 09 at 13:30.
jaunty already has a great messaging system and i think k3b should use it!

this is better!

http://www.divshare.com/img/7193026-003.png

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Advanced MP3 and others encoder  
Written by Primož Papič the 25 Jun 08 at 17:02. New
This idea is primarily related to K3b, because I'm sure for K3b, but not for any other application.
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Default encoder from CDs to MP3 or OGG should have equalizer so that all music would have same "amount" of loudness.
Because now if I listen to my MP3 some are very loud while others are not. It would also be a good thing to have different encoding equalizers so the music would be encoded with the least loss.
E.g.: I would use different type of equalizer for classical music as I would use for punk or metal.

I personally think this is good idea. But I'm not sure if there is an application that can do this already.
But even if it is this should be application independent and part of Ubuntu which would be then used by an application for CD "ripping".
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #10292
Written by Primož Papič the 25 Jun 08 at 17:02.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10292 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Brasero IMG support wanted  
Written by Spotten the 12 Oct 09 at 00:36. New
I could be nice if Brasero could read IMG files, then you dont need 2 programs for burning.
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Solution #1: Make IMG standard supported in Brasero
Written by Spotten the 12 Oct 09 at 00:36.
I suggest you make IMG supported in Brasero

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