On Thursday 06 Feb 2003 2:49 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Thursday 06 Feb 2003 8:46 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > >> >On Wednesday 05 Feb 2003 2:14 pm, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> >>MMM, I dont know about this Finalize thing. I use Nero for Winbloz > >> >> and I do NOT have to finalize a cd in order to read it on another > >> >> machine w/o Nero. I can even see the files in Linux boxes no problem. > >> >> Just my 2 cents on this issue. > >> > > >> >Nero definitely has a place to specify whether a disk is finalized or > >> > >>not. I > >> > >> >can't comment on whether the disks are readable elsewhere - I only > >> > >>know that > >> > >> >others have found this not to be so. > >> > > >> >Anne > >> > >>Actually it's a mite more complicated than that. > >> > >>Audio discs do not have to be fixed in order to play on a good modern > >>computer > >>but data cd's do.but an unfixed audio disc will not play on a regular cd > >>player. > >> > >>Data discs have to be fixed but they don't necessarily have to be fixed > >> all over the cd, it depends. So you could have a data disc that you fix > >> the written > >>portion of, and leave the rest of the disc unfixed, then add some more > >> data files at a later date and fix those and so on. > > > >Are you sure about this, John? I have always understood that fixating > > closed the disk. > > > >Anne > > Petty sure, as I say I have never got it to fix the data only on a linux > programme, but > all of the windblows proggies can fix the data only amount ofa cd and > leave the > rest of the blank cd open to add more .It's just a question of getting > the right > option ticked . It goes, (from memory) something like fix data don't fix > disc before > the final write begins. > Haven't used Nero since I lost my windows in November, so I'm rusty, but I remember the 'dont fix disk' setting - I just don't remember anything about fixing data.
> I'm sure that roast can do it too, and cdrecord, but as I say I cannot > get it to > work for me. Whenever I have tried it fixes the whole disc and I cannot > add more. Again, I'm fairly sure I've seen the setting, but not used it. I'll have a look at that next week when I have more time. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302
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