Re: new module proposal: brasero

[Luis Medinas <lmedinas gnome org>]

On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 00:19 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mardi 04 novembre 2008 à 21:19 +0000, Luis Medinas a écrit :
> > On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 15:21 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > Yes. There are two separate things here: a real burning backend (which
> > > currently is cdrtools/cdrkit and in the end should probably be libburn)
> > > and a base UI.
> > > 
> > NCB doesn't even support your cdrkit it still uses cdrecord so most of
> > the distros need to symlink cdrecord->wodim which is a shame and shows
> > that ncb needs update.
> 
> Currently we can just patch n-c-b to that effect, it is really a minor
> annoyance. Of course it would be better to make it support both.
> 
Other backend that should be implemented is libburnia that imo will save
the current status of burning on Linux (i said it previously).

> > > IMO the quickest way is to extend n-c-b to add the features it is
> > > missing.
> > 
> > Why extend ncb when you have a full featured application ?
> 
> Because ncb has the correct architecture to integrate into applications.
> If you want to do the same with brasero, you’ll end up redeveloping part
> of it.
> 
Yes NCB integrates better since it's contains a library that makes
easier to do it but you can see the brasero can also offer this
integration via nautilus and some media players that are also using it.

> > > What exactly can the brasero front-end do that n-c-b cannot? Shouldn’t
> > > it be something that we could add to the n-c-b burn dialog?
> > 
> > What about the features that nowdays every user wants ? 
> 
> Which features exactly?
> 
Videocd, Videodvd, normalize audiotracks, cdtext, preview, cd covers
etc...

> > Brasero is using
> > almost every GNOME "technology" to get the best experience. In terms of
> > front end it's simple and easy to use.
> 
> As a user, I find n-c-b much easier to use. At least, I’d like to see
> something similar to burn:/// remain, whatever solution is chosen. 
> 
Brasero in svn trunk already supports burn://.

Luis