Introduction

GnomeBaker is a simple CD/DVD burning application that is designed for systems running on GNOME. It is an alternative to Brasero, which comes preinstalled with Ubuntu by default. This article will give an overview on how to install and use the program.

Before continuing, it is recommended you read and understand the article on ISOs. ISO images are an important part of disc authoring software like GnomeBaker and allow users to store copies of CDs and DVDs for use later. It is also useful to know the different types of recordable media, such as CD-R, DVD-R, CD-RW, and DVD-RW. Formats ending in R can only be written to once, where as RW formats are rewritable.

GnomeBaker

Installation

The program GnomeBaker does not come installed by default and is no longer available in official repositories. You must first add the gnomebaker PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnomebaker/stable
sudo apt-get update

Then install the following packages: gnomebaker.

General Use

Once installed, GnomeBaker can be found in main applications menu, specifically Applications -> Sound & Video -> GnomeBaker CD/DVD Writer.

Below is the main window you'll see on first start up, from it you can initiate all the operations.

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The following list will cover most of the basic functions.

Just below the project management buttons you will notice the area to manage your files. The current directory your working in is listed at the top (in the example, /etc). In addition, the Places and Files panes are found on the left and right respectively. This is a standard embedded nautilus browser. You can use it to navigate to the folders that hold the files you wish to put on the disc.

After selecting a project, simply drag the files you want to put on the disc from the file manager pane to the project pane. For example, here is a sample Data DVD project.

Burning

This section covers the process where you'll transfer the project onto the disc, referred to as "Burning". For the purposes, we have made a sample project. A Data DVD where we added several files we'd like to backup from our system.

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A few features stand out here and are worth mentioning.

GBaker2.png This is the burn menu, options affect how the disc is created by your Writer.

Advanced Features

Most of the advanced features of GnomeBaker are located in the Tools menu shown below.

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A quick summary is provided below. In following sections, a more detailed explanation will be given of each groups function.

Preferences

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Links

GnomeBaker's Sourceforge Project Page

GnomeBaker (last edited 2017-09-06 19:01:31 by ckimes)