Multiburn Manual

multiburn version 1.64 (C) 2004-2008 David Stark

Program to burn one data set to multiple CD/DVD burners, ejecting each written 
disc when recording has finished, and restarting the burn process when new 
writable media is inserted.

BURN COMMANDS:
Disc image: 
  multiburn <disc type> -i <image> [options] <device> [device] ...
TOC/Cue file: 
  multiburn <disc type> -t <TOC file> [options] <device> [device] ...
Clone disc: 
  multiburn <disc type> -c <read device> [options] <device> [device] ...
Data: 
  multiburn <disc type> -d <directory or file> [options] <device> [device] ...
Audio Directory: 
  multiburn --audiocd -a <directory> [options] <device> [device] ...
Singe audio file: 
  multiburn --audiocd -s <audio file> [options] <device> [device] ...

INFORMATION COMMANDS:
Help:
  multiburn --help
Software Check:
  multiburn --setup

OPTIONS:
--dummy : Perform all actions, but do not write to the media.
--keep : Retain the scratch directory on exit.
--eject : Eject the drives before starting the first burn.
-r <speed> : Specify the write speed (default 24x).
-o <scratch directory> : Specify a scratch directory (default ./.multiburn).
-p <post-gap> : Specify audio CD track pre-gap (default is 0).

<disc type> : One of --dvd|--audiocd|--datacd
<device> : A CD or DVD burner device which cdrecord/cdrdao understands.
           See 'man cdrecord' for details, or run 'multiburn --scan'
<image> : The image (ISO9660, usually) to be burned.
<TOC file> : The TOC or cue file to be used for audio CDs.
             See 'man cdrdao' for details.
<directory or file> : File or directory to burn as disc contents.
<directory> : Directory of audio files. Non audio files are skipped.

<read device> : Device to read as the image / data source.
<speed> : The burning speed, e.g. a value of 12 will burn at
          12x CD playing speed.
<scratch directory> : The temp directory used by multiburn.
                      Default is ./.multiburn
<post-gap> : The length of gap between tracks on an audio CD.
            Format is mm:ss:ff (min:sec:frames). Default is no gap

NB: Do Ctrl-C to terminate when recording is finished.

MPlayer 1.0pre8, or later is required if audio conversion is to be performed. Previous versions of MPlayer used a slightly different syntax to the current version, and will not work.

Credits:
The code is mine, but the following people have been indespensable in testing releases, suggesting features, and generally getting things moving. Cheers!
- Catalin Boiangiu:
Inspired and tested proper DVD support as well as numerous command line options to make multiburn more usable in production
- Gabriele Tassoni:
Inspired usability changes to jmultiburn (currently unavailable due to the large change in syntax in current releases of multiburn, unfortunately)
- Jason Lyons:
Discovered audio decoding bugs
- William Vaughn:
Feature request and testing for cdrdao / TOC file burning
- homey:
Testing of the very first revisions
- Avian00:
Started the whole thing off on this LQ thread

Bug reports and questions, regardless of how trivial, should be sent to dave@davidstark.name