K3b/C2/Creating-and-burning-CD-DVD-using-K3b/English

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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Creating and burning CD/DVD using k3b.

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Learning Objectives

In this tutorial, you will learn how to burn files onto a CD.


You will also learn

  • To change the settings
  • Save the project and
  • To name the CD
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What can you do with k3b?

What can you do with k3b?

  • k3b is used to create and burn files onto CD/DVD
  • Burning files is copying files from desktop onto a CD/DVD
  • k3b supports all file formats to burn - audio, video or data.
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Systems Requirements

Here, we are using
  • k3b 2.0.2 on
  • Ubuntu Linux 12.04.


You need to ensure that you have inserted a CD/DVD into the drive for this tutorial.

Switch to Desktop >> point to Myk3bCD folder >> open this folder I have also added an audio file to my folder Myk3bCD.


We had created and saved this folder on the Ubuntu Desktop earlier.

Point to the file Learningk3b I have added an audio file Learningk3b to this folder.

You can use any audio file of your choice.

Click Dash Home First, click Dash Home, which is the round button, on the top left corner of your computer desktop.
Point to the Search box. The Search box appears.
Now type k3b. Now type k3b.
Point to the k3b icon. The k3b icon appears.
Click on it to open the application. Click on it to open the application.
Let us create and burn a CD using k3b.
Click on New Project >> In drop-down select New Data Project. For this, click on New Project icon.

From the drop-down that appears select New Data Project.

Select Home folder>> Point to the files and folders Select the Home folder on the top left panel.

Now, we can see the files and folders in the Home folder.

Click on Desktop. Next click on Desktop.
You can choose whichever folder or file you have on your machine.
Click on the folder Myk3bCD. For this demo, I will select the folder Myk3bCD.
Right-click on Myk3bCD. So I will right-click on Myk3bCD folder.
Select on Add to Project option. And select Add to Project option.
Point to the file in the bottom panel. Now you can see the selected folder in the bottom panel.
Next, let us create a folder on the CD and move the Myk3bCD folder to it.
Right-click on the bottom left panel. Right-click on the bottom left panel.
Select New Folder option. From the list of options that appear, select New Folder.
Point to the dialog box. We can see a dialog box.
Type FolderOne >> click OK. Type a FolderOne in the text box.

Click OK.

In bottom panel, select Myk3bCD >> select Writer1. From the bottom panel, select Myk3bCD.

Next select the file Writer1.

Drag and drop the file Writer1 to FolderOne. Drag and drop the selected file Writer1 to FolderOne.
Click on FolderOne To check if the file Writer1 has been copied, let us click on FolderOne.
Point to the bottom right pane. Here, we can see the file Writer1.
In bottom panel, click on Burn icon. Now, from the bottom panel, click on the Burn icon.
Point to the Data Project – k3b window. The Data Project – k3b window appears.
Point to the Data Project – k3b window. Next, let’s change the settings in this Data Project – k3b window.
Select Writing tab >> under Writing Mode >> select Auto . Select Writing tab and here, under Writing Mode we will select Auto.


Notice, that Auto is the default setting.

Select File system tab >> point to Window+Linux Now, let us select Filesystem tab.

It is set as Linux/Unix+Windows by default.

So, there is no need to make any changes here.

Select Misc tab>> select Multisession mode. Now, let us go to Misc tab.


And here under Multisession select Auto.

Select Burn. Now, select Burn to burn the data to the CD.
Point to the processing status bar in the window. The burning process begins.


Here, we can see the progress status bar in the window.

Once the burning is complete, the CD ejects automatically.


The files are now copied on to the CD.

This is the end of the burning process.

Let us burn and save audio files on another CD.
First ensure that a new CD is inserted and the drive is closed.
Click New Project >> Select New Audio CD Project. As before, go to New Project and select New Audio CD Project.
Browse to Myk3bCD folder on the top left pane. Here, browse to the Myk3bCD folder from the top left panel.
Select Learningk3b Now, lets us select the audio file Learningk3b in the top right panel.
Drag and drop the audio file onto the bottom pane. Next, drag and drop the audio file onto the bottom right panel.
Point to the file details in the bottom pane. Let’s check if we have dragged and dropped the correct file.


You can check the file details here, in the bottom panel.

Point to the artist, title and file name. For this file, we can see that the Artist, Title and File name are displayed.
Now, let us learn how to burn this audio.
On Main toolbar, click Save. For this, from the Main toolbar, click Save.
Point to the Save As – k3b window. We can see the Save As – k3b window.
Here, type a name for your project in the text box.
Type MyWork in the text box.

Click Save.

I will type MyWork. Now, click Save.
Click Burn. Now, click Burn.
Point to the Audio Project – k3b window. It opens Audio Project – k3b window.


Here, we shall use the default tab settings.

However, you can make changes in the tabs, as per your requirements.
Click Burn. Now, again click Burn.
Point to the processing status window. We can see the progress status window.

And the CD ejects after burning finishes.

This means that saving and burning the audio file is completed.
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Summary

This brings us to the end of this tutorial on Creating and burning CD/DVD using k3b.

In this tutorial we learnt about the k3b interface.


We also learnt how to:

  • Do manual selection of files
  • Burning CD with different format files
  • Save the project
  • Name the CD
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Assignment

Here is an assignment for you. Burn two audio files onto a CD.

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