Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 09:16:22AM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: > > On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from > > >other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to > > >label the discs. > > > > > >well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of > > >fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. > > > > > >LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked > > >well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their > > >web site. > > > > > >Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other > > >suitable substitute). > > > > > >Thanks! > > > > > What you need is LightScribe Simple Labeler. It looks like you can > > get it from this outfit: > > > > http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/ I've got those installed, but every time I try to run it, I get a segfault. looking at the shrapnel in gdb, my thought is that either the stadck has been thoroughly hosed, or some function in stdlibc++ is recursively calling itself forever, because a backtrace in gdb reveals literally tens of thousands of calls to the same library function. I can get some more details if need-be (it's on a different machine that isn't where I am now). Since that machine was assembled specifically for this conversion project, it's not wed to F20, so... So I wonder if it is no longer compatible with Fedora 20?? What OSes are others of you using to run it? thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. --- Romans 5:8 (niv) -- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 09:54:08PM -0500, Doug wrote: > I don't think you need any docs, if the files are installed. You > should have a program > called SimpleLabeler. On my machine it installed on opt. Here's the > whole path: > > /opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler * > > The last entry there is the actual command. I have made an icon on > my desktop for it. > When I snap on the icon, it will come up with a red background and a > gold disk on it, > and on top it will say "LightScribe Simple Labeler" and on the All mine says is "segfault". :( I'm on Fedora 20. ldd reports no missing shared libs. running it under gdb and doing "bt" after it coredumps results in a backtract literally thousands of entries deep, all the same function in, um, I don't have it in front of me, I think it was stdlibc++. Clearly something is busted. Anyone got any thoughts? Anyone running it successfully on Fedora 20 ??? Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/18/2014 08:51 PM, Fred Smith wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to label the discs. well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their web site. Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). Thanks! What you need is LightScribe Simple Labeler. It looks like you can get it from this outfit: http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/ Doug, I've got both files, and have installed 'em, but so far how to use them has eluded me. Is there any docs on them? thanks! Fred You actually need two programs--they should both come with the download, if I remember it correctly.* I have been using LIghtScribe for several years. It does seem to be out of fashion, nowadays, and I 'm not sure that the LightScribe company still exists. (Maybe it was Lite-On?) Anyway you can still buy disks and you can still get drives--I just bought a low-profile internal LightScribe drive for my laptop. But this situation is likely to deteriorate, so it would be a good idea to anticipate your needs, for hardware, software and media, and buy now! (The software is free.) *Maybe they don't. In my download directory I find lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.rpm lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm The first file is 825987 B, the second file is 9756232 B. If you can't find these files, send me a message directly--I think they are small enough to send without my server complaining. I see you're sending from Fedora, so these rpms should work just fine. I'm on PCLOS, and they work fine for me. --doug I don't think you need any docs, if the files are installed. You should have a program called SimpleLabeler. On my machine it installed on opt. Here's the whole path: /opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler * The last entry there is the actual command. I have made an icon on my desktop for it. When I snap on the icon, it will come up with a red background and a gold disk on it, and on top it will say "LightScribe Simple Labeler" and on the bottom it will say "PLease insert a LightScribe disc into your drive, label-side down." Then you select "Next>" and you get (1) a window with instructions to enter top text here and enter bottom test here (two windows) and a Font selection. (2) Select border, which allows you to either have it blank except for your text, or some designs. (3) Select LightScribe Drive (I have two on this machine)--this is a scroll up/down. Then it will ask you how many copies, then Next> And when you see that, you get the choice to Burn Label. That's it. About 4 minutes later, your disk will be labeled. There is a Help box, but I never opened it. I would think if you haven't made an icon, then do a cd /home/your-user-name-/opt/lightscribeApplications/SimpleLabeler and then ./SimpleLabeler (If you don't have the files in /opt, then make corrections as necessary. --doug -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from > >other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to > >label the discs. > > > >well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of > >fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. > > > >LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked > >well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their > >web site. > > > >Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other > >suitable substitute). > > > >Thanks! > > > What you need is LightScribe Simple Labeler. It looks like you can > get it from this outfit: > > http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/ Doug, I've got both files, and have installed 'em, but so far how to use them has eluded me. Is there any docs on them? thanks! Fred > > You actually need two programs--they should both come with the > download, if I > remember it correctly.* I have been using LIghtScribe for several > years. It does > seem to be out of fashion, nowadays, and I 'm not sure that the LightScribe > company still exists. (Maybe it was Lite-On?) Anyway you can still buy disks > and you can still get drives--I just bought a low-profile internal > LightScribe drive for > my laptop. But this situation is likely to deteriorate, so it would > be a good idea to > anticipate your needs, for hardware, software and media, and buy now! > (The software is free.) > > *Maybe they don't. In my download directory I find > > lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.rpm > lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm > > The first file is 825987 B, the second file is 9756232 B. > If you can't find these files, send me a message directly--I think > they are small enough > to send without my server complaining. > > I see you're sending from Fedora, so these rpms should work just > fine. I'm on PCLOS, > and they work fine for me. > > --doug > > -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 10:04:38 -0500 Temlakos wrote: > Return to Eden (six-hour mini-series). With Rebecca Gilling and James > Reyne; Hanna Barbera Australia, 1985 (or so) it's available at amazon.co.uk: So possibly on Amazon where you live? http://tinyurl.com/nbvk23z # LoveFilm is UK address only so don't click on that. ___ Regards Frank frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/18/2014 09:59 AM, Tim wrote: Allegedly, on or about 18 February 2014, Temlakos sent: Where are you writing from? From the spelling you used (the extra "u" in the "or" words, "s" for "z," et cetera), I gather you write from the UK. No, from down under in oz trail ya... ;-) Oh! G'day, mate! I've never traveled there. So I don't know anything about the customs in Australia as regards keeping a library of video content. Actually, there's one bit of content I've scoured the Internet for, without success: Return to Eden (six-hour mini-series). With Rebecca Gilling and James Reyne; Hanna Barbera Australia, 1985 (or so) Temlakos -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
Allegedly, on or about 18 February 2014, Temlakos sent: > Where are you writing from? From the spelling you used (the extra "u" > in the "or" words, "s" for "z," et cetera), I gather you write from > the UK. No, from down under in oz trail ya... ;-) -- All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/17/2014 10:00 AM, Tim wrote:
Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2014, Tom Horsley sent:
I checked every model HP was selling, and they removed CD/DVD printing
from all their new printers, so I abandoned HP.
Just recently, I went looking for a printer that could print on discs,
more out of curiosity than anything else, and there's none to be found
in any of the local shops.
I think that, not only has the concept of printing on discs fallen out
of favour, but the idea of burning things to disc, too. Blank discs, of
any sort, are getting harder to buy, never mind printable ones. Fewer
shops stock them, and with fewer options (less brands, less different
types of discs). And thanks to changes in media distribution (rental
shops dying off, viewing things on-line going up, people exchanging
their "recorded" videos on memory devices instead of DVDs, etc.), I
think the mass video piracy that pushed the high volume of blank discs
sales, has diminished.
I work in legitimate video production, anything from filming sporting
matches to stage plays, etc. I have a good reason to buy discs in bulk.
Likewise for businesses that do organised back-ups. But I can't really
see much need for the average consumer to have to buy 100 blank discs
regularly.
It's getting to the point where I'm going to need to special order
discs, because the shops don't have them, or really crap ones. I did
have to go out of my way to buy boxes for the discs. That's another
thing that I don't get - shops selling 100 disc tubs of blanks, but no
disc boxes or sleeves to put them in. It doesn't make sense.
Where are you writing from? From the spelling you used (the extra "u" in
the "or" words, "s" for "z," et cetera), I gather you write from the UK.
Here on this side of the pond, you can still buy blank media, and in bulk.
I grant you this much: the idea of having all your favorite (favourite?)
recordings on-line, and not stored in your own library, is catching on.
But how large a library can you reasonably afford to maintain that way?
A one-terabyte DVR extender (the maximum that my "cable" provider
supports) will comfortably store, by my estimate, 120 hours of
"high-definition" programming (that is, 1920 x 1080 resolution on a 16:9
screen). Now you can probably store, on average, sixty titles on such an
extender. Add this to the half-terabyte internal storage available on
Motorola's top-of-the-line DVR, and now you have, perhaps, ninety titles.
But as it happens, I have, by my estimate, a thousand titles on various
optical media (BD and DVD). I can swap those easily into my desktop, or
take any of them on the road. A DVD will even serve as good on-the-trip
entertainment on a chartered bus (omnibus?)--and as it happens, I often
find myself elected to provide tour guidance and on-board entertainment
on a forty-eight-passenger bus making a trip to a political rally. And I
have not yet found a bus charter service that provides WiFi-capable
smart media players that can simply dial into an account on Netflix, for
example, and stream out a film. I have to carry my content with me. (And
if you doubt the need for that, let me remind you: even a group of
adults can get the Are We There Yet Blues. Now try to keep a busload of
adolescents entertained without on-board video content!)
There is more. Many operators of CATV channels still "pan and scan"
their titles to the prevailing aspect ratio of whatever definition
("standard", i.e., low definition, or the new high definition) their
channel is rated for. Professional film directors are not the only ones
who resent the "pan and scan" method and insist on letterbox to preserve
the aspect ratio at which *they* shot the film. Until the Alliance of
Motion Picture and Television Producers, and the Directors' Guild of
America, manage to pass a law mandating letterbox for every title shown
on television, this debate will continue. (I don't care what anybody
says: even at the new 16:9 or 1.77:1 aspect ratio in use on HD channels,
you still miss something when you crop the sides of a film shot in 2.3:1
aspect to fit the 16:9 screen.). I know: sign up for Netflix and get the
video stream. Fine, if you're not on the road. (See above.)
Again, I'll grant you: the modern Internet makes available certain
dedicated appliances that can even capture a video stream and play it on
a telly that does not happen to double as a computer monitor. But some
of us still prefer to build our own libraries of motion picture titles
that might show once in a proverbial blue moon, and never show again for
a year or more, and are not available for repeat viewing, and even if
they are, you have to pay $4 US for twenty-four or forty-eight hours of
viewing. Now *that* gets expensive. And you simply can't store enough
titles on a typical DVR--not at high definition, you can't. (Standard
definition is a different story, but I suspect that will become obsolete
within a year or s
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 09:16:22AM -0500, Fred Smith wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: > > On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > >I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from > > >other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to > > >label the discs. > > > > > >well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of > > >fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. > > > > > >LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked > > >well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their > > >web site. > > > > > >Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other > > >suitable substitute). Thanks to all who replied to my query! I've found the various tools mentioned by several responders, and hope to be able to verify that they work in the next day or two. If they appear to be usable (on Fedora 20) I'll be buying a clump of lightscribe media for this task. thanks again to all of you! Fred -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/17/2014 04:46 PM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2014, Tom Horsley sent: >> I checked every model HP was selling, and they removed CD/DVD printing >> from all their new printers, so I abandoned HP. > > Just recently, I went looking for a printer that could print on discs, > more out of curiosity than anything else, and there's none to be found > in any of the local shops. > > I think that, not only has the concept of printing on discs fallen out > of favour, but the idea of burning things to disc, too. Blank discs, of > any sort, are getting harder to buy, never mind printable ones. Fewer > shops stock them, and with fewer options (less brands, less different > types of discs). And thanks to changes in media distribution (rental > shops dying off, viewing things on-line going up, people exchanging > their "recorded" videos on memory devices instead of DVDs, etc.), I > think the mass video piracy that pushed the high volume of blank discs > sales, has diminished. > > I work in legitimate video production, anything from filming sporting > matches to stage plays, etc. I have a good reason to buy discs in bulk. > Likewise for businesses that do organised back-ups. But I can't really > see much need for the average consumer to have to buy 100 blank discs > regularly. > > It's getting to the point where I'm going to need to special order > discs, because the shops don't have them, or really crap ones. I did > have to go out of my way to buy boxes for the discs. That's another > thing that I don't get - shops selling 100 disc tubs of blanks, but no > disc boxes or sleeves to put them in. It doesn't make sense. > You're right about the jewel box shortage. I've been able to find all I need at Office Depot. I expect that CDs/DVDs and cases will continue to be available at places like Tiger Direct for quite some time. They still carry audio cassettes and they have been long dead for about ten years. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
Allegedly, on or about 17 February 2014, Tom Horsley sent: > I checked every model HP was selling, and they removed CD/DVD printing > from all their new printers, so I abandoned HP. Just recently, I went looking for a printer that could print on discs, more out of curiosity than anything else, and there's none to be found in any of the local shops. I think that, not only has the concept of printing on discs fallen out of favour, but the idea of burning things to disc, too. Blank discs, of any sort, are getting harder to buy, never mind printable ones. Fewer shops stock them, and with fewer options (less brands, less different types of discs). And thanks to changes in media distribution (rental shops dying off, viewing things on-line going up, people exchanging their "recorded" videos on memory devices instead of DVDs, etc.), I think the mass video piracy that pushed the high volume of blank discs sales, has diminished. I work in legitimate video production, anything from filming sporting matches to stage plays, etc. I have a good reason to buy discs in bulk. Likewise for businesses that do organised back-ups. But I can't really see much need for the average consumer to have to buy 100 blank discs regularly. It's getting to the point where I'm going to need to special order discs, because the shops don't have them, or really crap ones. I did have to go out of my way to buy boxes for the discs. That's another thing that I don't get - shops selling 100 disc tubs of blanks, but no disc boxes or sleeves to put them in. It doesn't make sense. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.9.10-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Jul 14 01:31:27 UTC 2013 x86_64 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 10:12:36PM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > >I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from > >other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to > >label the discs. > > > >well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of > >fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. > > > >LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked > >well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their > >web site. > > > >Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other > >suitable substitute). > > > >Thanks! > > > What you need is LightScribe Simple Labeler. It looks like you can > get it from this outfit: > > http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/ > > You actually need two programs--they should both come with the > download, if I > remember it correctly.* I have been using LIghtScribe for several > years. It does > seem to be out of fashion, nowadays, and I 'm not sure that the LightScribe > company still exists. (Maybe it was Lite-On?) Anyway you can still buy disks > and you can still get drives--I just bought a low-profile internal > LightScribe drive for > my laptop. But this situation is likely to deteriorate, so it would > be a good idea to > anticipate your needs, for hardware, software and media, and buy now! > (The software is free.) I have a couple of lightscribe-capable dvd+-RW drives, and was just this weekend looking for another one, but it seems that both Newegg and Amazon have only a very few and most are suffering from increased pricing. Amazon still has lots of lightscribe-dable DVD+-RW media, so I'll probably grab a big spindle there. In looking around last night I found some reference to a program named something like "contrast enhancer", but didn't find the actual program. might that be one of the tools you have? thanks for the reply, I'll go look there for the programs. > > *Maybe they don't. In my download directory I find > > lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.rpm > lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm > > The first file is 825987 B, the second file is 9756232 B. > If you can't find these files, send me a message directly--I think > they are small enough > to send without my server complaining. > > I see you're sending from Fedora, so these rpms should work just > fine. I'm on PCLOS, > and they work fine for me. > > --doug > > > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. - Proverbs 15:3 (niv) - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 07:46:07 + Frank Murphy wrote: > My HP Photosmart D5460, > can use Gimp on F17-F20 to print to the disk surface. > Check out the HP's for Fedora'ness Yea, I used to have an HP which could print native but when it died, I checked every model HP was selling, and they removed CD/DVD printing from all their new printers, so I abandoned HP. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 17 February 2014 03:23, Doug wrote: > On 02/16/2014 09:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: >> >> On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 >> Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other >>> suitable substitute). >> >> I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible >> and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time >> ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). >> >> Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet >> printable media and an inkjet printer that supports >> media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have >> to run the software in a virtual windows machine). > If it had become widespread It would have the advantage that you could label discs without a printer, using the same device you used to write it. (As someone else pointed out, but the reason is that mass printing techniques are used, they don't use a stack of stick-on labels either.) Since it didn't become widespread it and a printer is a more useful purchase if you already have a burner it remains a bit niche. > One thing to watch out for: the disks are burned with light--probably UV-- > and if you leave them in the sun, full of UV, the writing will fade. So > don't. > > LIghtScribe forever! --doug > > It's burnt using the same laser that's used for the CD read, infra-red. And the laser intensity is important. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc Don't leave CD-R in the sun anyway, it's no better for the data dye layer. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:49:37 -0500 Tom Horsley wrote: > Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet > printable media and an inkjet printer that supports > media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have > to run the software in a virtual windows machine). My HP Photosmart D5460, can use Gimp on F17-F20 to print to the disk surface. Check out the HP's for Fedora'ness ___ Regards Frank frankly3d.com -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 06:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet printable media and an inkjet printer that supports media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have to run the software in a virtual windows machine). You might want to consider using glables, found in the standard Fedora repos, to create the labels. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 09:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 Fred Smith wrote: Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet printable media and an inkjet printer that supports media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have to run the software in a virtual windows machine). I think the "visibility" of the LightScribe labels depends on a couple of things. One of them is the drive, itself. The other is the software. I have the software from LIghtScribe, which apparently is not readily available any more from the manufacturer. I have it for Linux and Windows 7. Disks made from Windows seem to have higher contrast, but not by a large amount. It may also depend on the font. There are quite a few fonts available, and Linux and Windows don't use the same one by default. (I think Linux uses an Ubuntu font of some kind--not sure.) There's something else you can do, altho I haven't tried it. LightScribe disks are encoded--look carefully at the hub--and you can burn the same words (in the same font) more than once, and it will not come out skewed. It should come out right on top of the last one, so you get a deeper burn. One thing to watch out for: the disks are burned with light--probably UV-- and if you leave them in the sun, full of UV, the writing will fade. So don't. LIghtScribe forever! --doug -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 10:10 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: On 02/16/2014 09:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 Fred Smith wrote: Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet printable media and an inkjet printer that supports media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have to run the software in a virtual windows machine). I use Avery 5692 CD Labels. There are templates available for them suitable for use with OpenOffice/LibreOffice. I print mine on a laser printer, but an Ink Jet approach should work just as well. You will need a guide to get the labels on straight. I used those Avery labels for a long time. Right up to the time the first one began to peel off the disk. Then I switched to inkjet-printable disks. And I never used Lightscribe disks. I had a Lightscribe drive, but never knew where to find Lightscribe disks. Now I see Lightscribe has fallen out of fashion. And I noticed that the studios never once used anything like Lightscribe to label the disks they publish. Temlakos -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 09:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to label the discs. well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their web site. Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). Thanks! What you need is LightScribe Simple Labeler. It looks like you can get it from this outfit: http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/ You actually need two programs--they should both come with the download, if I remember it correctly.* I have been using LIghtScribe for several years. It does seem to be out of fashion, nowadays, and I 'm not sure that the LightScribe company still exists. (Maybe it was Lite-On?) Anyway you can still buy disks and you can still get drives--I just bought a low-profile internal LightScribe drive for my laptop. But this situation is likely to deteriorate, so it would be a good idea to anticipate your needs, for hardware, software and media, and buy now! (The software is free.) *Maybe they don't. In my download directory I find lightscribe-1.18.27.10-linux-2.6-intel.rpm lightscribeApplications-1.18.15.1-linux-2.6-intel.rpm The first file is 825987 B, the second file is 9756232 B. If you can't find these files, send me a message directly--I think they are small enough to send without my server complaining. I see you're sending from Fedora, so these rpms should work just fine. I'm on PCLOS, and they work fine for me. --doug -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 09:49 PM, Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 > Fred Smith wrote: > >> Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other >> suitable substitute). > > I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible > and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time > ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). > > Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet > printable media and an inkjet printer that supports > media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have > to run the software in a virtual windows machine). > I use Avery 5692 CD Labels. There are templates available for them suitable for use with OpenOffice/LibreOffice. I print mine on a laser printer, but an Ink Jet approach should work just as well. You will need a guide to get the labels on straight. -- _ °v° /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPierre Registered Linux user No #267004 https://linuxcounter.net/ -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:35:25 -0500 Fred Smith wrote: > Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other > suitable substitute). I found light scribe labels to be almost utterly invisible and really pitiful looking when I tried it once a long time ago (using the LaCie software which was available at the time). Infinitely better looking labels can be made with inkjet printable media and an inkjet printer that supports media printing (which my Epson Artisan does, though I have to run the software in a virtual windows machine). -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Re: Using LightScribe on Linux???
On 02/16/2014 08:35 PM, Fred Smith wrote: I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to label the discs. well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their web site. Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). Thanks! You may want to check: http://www.pawtec.com/lightscribe/#linuxutils or the URLs at: https://www.google.com/#q=lightscribe+software+for+linux Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
Using LightScribe on Linux???
I've got a project in which I'll be making many dozens of DVDs from other media, and I thought it'd be really cool to use LightScribe to label the discs. well, I come to discover that LightScribe seems to have gone out of fashion, and I can't find suitable software anywhere. LaCie used to distribute software for Linux that reportedly worked well, but I can't find it either,... it has disappeared from their web site. Can anyone point me to a site that may still have it? (or other suitable substitute). Thanks! -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - "For him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy--to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." - Jude 1:24,25 (niv) - -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
