On Wednesday 08 July 2020 07:32:03 Michele Calgaro via trinity-users wrote: I can appreciate your not wanting to mess up your TDE system with krap from KDE4/5 or Plasma, and other desktops have their problems, too. So I would install a non-TDE version of K3b only as a last resort. It may be that you only need the blu-ray libraries. I would be glad to test this for you, but I have no blu-ray discs, and besides I have just blown my wad on buying a small collection of hard drives for extra storage and backup. When I run "sudo apt-cache search blu-ray", the Devuan/Debian repositories only return a few items: libbluray-bin libbluray1-dbg aacskeys dumphd libbluray-bdj libbluray-dev libbluray-doc libbluray1 also tsmuxer tsmuxergui (And I believe these last couple are just for burning films to DVD, rather than data.) Otherwise, you might consider trying command-line, as there is no need to install anything that is non-TDE, and you are basically performing the same tasks, only without the GUI. https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/k3b-and-bluray-burnin… https://wiki.debian.org/BurnCd https://www.linuxsecrets.com/2964-burning-cd-dvd-drives https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CdDvd/Burning A couple of those links are pretty detailed, and if it is possible, they lay it out for you step-by-step. Good luck! Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

Unless the Trinity people have added it in KDE/K3B did not have the ability to write Blu-rays until they moved to the 4 code base. You will have to use a different piece of software or command line unfortunately.

Anno domini 2020 Thu, 9 Jul 09:21:37 +0900 Michele Calgaro via trinity-users scripsit: Definitly. But CD/DVD/BD use less space, you can burn 10 of them if necessary :) Nik -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On Thursday 09 July 2020 07.54:26 deloptes wrote: Don't go for a promotion and buy several from the same production lot. Did that one time and the three discs died the same week... So super low but possible. The fist recordable CDs were *a lot* more expensive then. I guess you get what you pay for. I got some Samsungs that would never power on after a few years on the shelf. So, for very important data, I backup on everything :) When you loose data and have no backup you can curse your own stupidity. But when you know you are secure because you have a backup and then your backup is unreadable... Thierry --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

Speaking of backup strategies, I keep backup on two external drives (both are intended to be mirrors of each other in case one fails) and sychnronise everything using a tool known as unison. Unison also supports remote backups, so that you can use it with a remote server via ssh. Janek --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting

On 07/08/2020 10:54 PM, deloptes wrote: I always write CDs/DVDs at 1/2 or a little more of the maximum speed of the drive or the disk, whichever is lower. It seems to get a better write than using the max speed, because I never have write failures, and I have disks that are almost 20 years old and still readable. On 07/08/2020 11:34 PM, Thierry de Coulon wrote: Sometimes you can get an old drive to spin up by giving it a quick twist around the axis. The idea is to make the platters move a little; then sometimes it'll start. -- PGP key: http://homestead-products.com/pubkey.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help(a)lists.pearsoncomputing.net Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting