[RndTbl] CD Writing and MP3's using RH 7.3 - Valhalla

[Mike Pfaiffer]

Mel Seder wrote:
> I installed 7.3 over the weekend and would like to start burning some
> audio CD's for my car and stereo system. Now I'd like to do the same
> with 7.3.
> 
> I did a custom->everything install and selected the ide-scsi option
> when the install prompted me.  I have a PLEXTOR as my CD writer and a
> CREATIVE as my CD ROM.  The PLEXTOR hardware was installed as the
> master when my box was originally assembled and has not been changed. 
> cdrecord -scanbus finds my PLEXTOR but not the CREATIVE.  GRUB is my
> boot loader.
> 
> I was exposed to some of the non-gui programs for CD Writing and the
> command line parameters were,  IMHO,  cryptic at best.  I think I would
> be better off using a nice, well behaved gui for the task at hand
> rather than learning CD Writer technical terms and lingo.
> 
> I have a couple/few questions.
> 
> 1) Which app would you suggest I use for burning CD-R's?
> 
> 2) Are there any web sites I can get/share MP3's at?  I tried getting
> limewire but if I recall correctly I had trouble with either getting
> the Jave Runtime or installing it.
> 
> 3) Would someone be willing to assist me in getting up and running?
> 
> 
> =====
> "The sooner you make five thousand mistakes,  the sooner you will be able to correct them." - Kimon Nicolaides

	This may be a bit late. For burning CDs I use XCDRoast. I download it 
rather than use the version with RedHat. The new version is *NICE*.

	As to Limewire. I'd watch it. There are reports about tons of spyware in 
anything after 1.7. Instead I use gtk-gnutella. It's a little harder to 
use but the source is open and it works well for me...

				Later
				Mike





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