Why You Might Want to Try Linux (WYMWTTLinux) is a series of posts around the same topic – Ubuntu Linux.
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I need not explain what Brasero is since it’s obvious. 
It’s like Nero yes? Only far simpler.
A few weeks ago while I was still using WinXP, I burned a bunch of movies onto a DVD using CDBurnerXP, a freeware DVD burning tool. The movies are cartoons mostly, for my daughter to watch on our DVD player. After the burn process, I plugged it in only to eject it again, because for some reason, although the files are all in .avi format, they just won’t play.
Anyway, so Brasero is the Linux DVD burning tool. It’s already installed by default so no need to worry if you have it or not. You can run it from Applications > SOund and Video > Brasero Disc Burner. The main window looks like this:
From there on it’s pretty basic and easy to follow, so I won’t go over the details anymore.
If I’m not mistaken, Brasero is fully integrated with Nautilus, so when you place a blank DVD/CD in your drive, a Nautilus window opens where you can drag the files that you want to burn into the disc:
Once you’re done dragging files, you can click the Write to Disc button there to start the burning process.
Aside from a progress bar (see pic above) displaying progress, there’s also a cd icon in the notification area that also displays progress (parts of the disc will change color and become orange, much like a pie chart).
As for my story, I tried burning the same batch of videos onto a disc (same brand of disc I used last time). It worked without a fuss, and my daughter finally got to enjoy the cartoons.
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4 Comments
July 6, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I had a similar problem burning avi files to a DVD. I don’t think my older DVD player will play avi files. I had to convert the files to DVD format and then burn them before they would play. You can tell when the disk is in DVD format. If you look at the folders on the DVD you will see folders called AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. I wonder if Brasero has converted your avi files to DVD format or if CDBurnerXP just didn’t burn the avi files properly?
July 6, 2009 at 3:57 pm
thanks for the reply.
no, I don’t think Brasero did, coz when I checked they’re all still in .avi format, and no folders called AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Either way, it worked.. but then the files aren’t in order. LOL.
July 6, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Thanks for clarifying that. Looks like CDBurnerXP was at fault. I’ve had some problems with it too on my Windows machine. I’ll need to fit a DVD burner on my Ubuntu box and try out Brasero.
October 22, 2009 at 7:03 am
[...] From here on you’ll just wait for it to finish, which depends on how big the installer is. After that, you can continue burning it to a CD using Brasero. [...]