CD/DVD Burning Howto
CD Burning:
Erase a CD-RW
wodim -v dev=/dev/cdrw -blank=fast
Create iso-image from existing cd (cd-copy)
dd if=/dev/hdc of=/home/user/isoimage.iso
Or create iso-image from existing files on harddisk (copy needed files to a folder first)
mkisofs -V volume_name -J -r -o isoimage.iso ~/folder
To burn a CD iso-image (set the proper device path i.e. /dev/hd*)
wodim -v speed=# dev=/dev/hdc isoimage.iso
To mount an iso-image and test (choose mount point accordingly)
mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 cd_image /cdrom
DVD Burning:
Erase a DVD+/-RW (set the proper device path i.e. /dev/hd*)
dvd+rw-format /dev/hdd
Create iso-image from existing DVD (set proper device path i.e. /dev/hd*)
readcd -v dev=/dev/hdd -f isoimage.iso
To burn a DVD iso-image (set proper device path i.e. /dev/hd*)
growisofs -Z /dev/hdd=/path/to/iso
To play DVD iso-image in mplayer
mplayer -dvd-device moviename.iso dvd://1
To play a 5.1 DVD iso-image with english spoken language
mplayer -channels 6 -alang eng -ao alsa dvd:// -dvd-device moviename.iso
