k3b-22.08.0

Introduction to K3b

The K3b package contains a KF5-based graphical interface to the Cdrtools and dvd+rw-tools CD/DVD manipulation tools. It also combines the capabilities of many other multimedia packages into one central interface to provide a simple-to-operate application that can be used to handle many of your CD/DVD recording and formatting requirements. It is used for creating audio, data, video and mixed-mode CDs as well as copying, ripping and burning CDs and DVDs.

Though k3b can be used to copy almost any DVD to similar medium, it does not provide a way to copy, or reproduce a double-layer DVD onto single-layer medium. Of course, there is not a program anywhere on any platform that can make an exact duplicate of a double-layer DVD onto a single-layer disk, there are programs on some platforms that can compress the data on a double-layer DVD to fit on a single-layer DVD producing a duplicate, but compressed, image. If you need to copy the contents of a double-layer DVD to single-layer medium, you may want to look at the RMLCopyDVD package.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.2 platform.

Package Information

K3b Dependencies

Required

KDE Frameworks-5.97.0, libkcddb-22.08.0, libsamplerate-0.2.2, and shared-mime-info-2.2

The CD/DVD drive is detected at run time using UDisks-2.9.4, which must therefore be installed before running k3b.

Recommended

Optional Runtime

FFmpeg-5.1

Optional

FLAC-1.3.4, LAME-3.100, libmad-0.15.1b, libsndfile-1.1.0, libvorbis-1.3.7, libmusicbrainz-2.1.5, and Musepack (libmpcdec)

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/k3b

Installation of K3b

Install K3b by running the following commands:

mkdir build &&
cd    build &&

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KF5_PREFIX \
      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release         \
      -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF                \
      -Wno-dev ..                        &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user:

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: k3b
Installed Libraries: libk3bdevice.so, libk3blib.so, and numerous plugin modules for the installed dependencies
Installed Directories: $KF5_PREFIX/share/{,kxmlgui5/}k3b and $KF5_PREFIX/share/doc/HTML/*/k3b

Short Descriptions

k3b

is the graphical CD/DVD program