cd/dvd burning remotely (was Re: [vox-tech] IDE cdrw/dvdrw)

[Jonathan Stickel]

The only way I can figure is to run the burning program(s) via remote 
shell.  If you want to use a gui, e.g. k3b, it will need to be installed 
on the remote computer, but it can then be run locally via X over ssh. 
Of course, you need relatively high bandwidth to run X over ssh in 
"realtime".

Also, it would be best to move the file(s) you want to burn over to the 
remote computer first.  You /might/ be able to keep the files local if 
you setup NFS or lufs, but you would be restricted to burn speeds as 
slow as your network speed!

HTH,
Jonathan


Dave Margolis wrote:
> FYI, Toast 6 for OS X supports remote burning to CD/DVD burners on
> a rendevous (aka zeroconfig) network, so at least we know the concept is
> possible.  If somebody knows how to do this in Linux, I'd like to know
> too (since I have a DVD burner on my server, and no optical drives on
> my laptop at all).
> 
> On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:37:09AM -0800, Jonathan Stickel wrote:
>>
>>>I'm sure Ken answered all your questions to your satisfaction, but for
>>>the GUI users out there, K3B (http://www.k3b.org/) is the best Linux
>>>cd/dvd burning frontend I have used yet.  It automatically recognizes
>>>and uses ide burners with not trouble at all.  And for the first time, I
>>>have successfully burned dvds in Linux!
>>
>>Hehe, K3B can't burn 'across a network', can it? :^)
>>Our CD/DVD burner is in Melissa's machine, but I'm the KDE fanatic in the
>>family.
>>
>>I can print remotely, I can scan remotely... can I BURN remotely?
>>If so, I'll be all over K3B, I bet!
>>
>>-bill!
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