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X-CD-Roast
X-CD-Roast
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X-CD-Roast free download for Mac

X-CD-Roast

Version 0.98a15

CD/DVD burner app.

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X-CD-Roast overview

You might ask why one might want to use this? Apple shipped Mac OS X with diskburner to create data CDs and iTunes to create audio CDs...

Well... it's nice to have some UNIX burning software running on your Mac and X-CD-Roast uses the cdrtools as burn engine. It's completely independent of the Apple provided CD-burning drivers and 100% freeware. So it's very possible that X-CD-Roast works just fine with a writer that is not supported by Mac OS. Also X-CD-Roast has a lot of interesting options - like overburning support, creating real UNIX/Joliet CDs, multisession, CD-Text, high quality audio-extraction of even most copy-protected audio CDs, DVD writing without special software and more...

Please keep in mind that this is software that has grown over 6 years. It's not at all Apple-like. It might be confusing at first, so please read the popup help on each button. (Hover your mouse a few seconds over an item to get help.) The text documentation is installed into /usr/local/lib/xcdroast-0.98/doc, so you might take a look.

Information

License

Free

Size

4 MB

Downloads

15937

App requirements

  • PPC 32
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later
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Semplicita
Semplicita
Nov 26 2017
0.98a15
0.0
Nov 26 2017
0.0
Version: 0.98a15
Application uses PowerPC code, so it won’t run on 10.7 Lion or later.
Gerhard-H-
Gerhard-H-
Mar 29 2006
0.98a15
0.0
Mar 29 2006
0.0
Version: 0.98a15
managed to run Xcdroast ( 0.98alpha15 )on tiger (10.4.5) - made an "alias" on the desktop, double click on it starts X11 which opens Xcdroast - it´s so simple. Only problem is to make xcdroast visible, so you can make an alias because Mac OSX hides certain folder and files. Make folder visible by running the following in a terminal window: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES now you can locate xcdroast ( /usr/local/bin/xcdroast ) and make an alias. then run defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles No because you don´t want to see all these unix folder and files all the time. that´s it now i go and try to find out why MissingmediaBurner isn´t running (although i changed the Main.scpt and findDrives.scpt as recommended by jla320af and Norbert W.) Gerhard H.
Nicka
Nicka
Mar 13 2006
0.98a15
4.5
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Version: 0.98a15
Tiger (OS X 10.4) might seem to have broken x-cd-roast, but it actually works fine. Install as usual (the most recent version -- currently the Panther version). Ignore the helper app for starting the program -- this doesn't work in Tiger (because of an Apple bug, apparently). Start X11. (In Applications>Utilities). An x-term (i.e. terminal in X11) window will appear. In this window type '/usr/local/bin/xcdroast' (without the quotation marks). That will launch x-cd-roast. Many thanks to the developer for the information. (The usual disclaimer: I am not associated with him in any way except that he answered the email I sent him asking for help.) This is a fantastic application: it will make an exact copy of an audio CD. And it is free.
Guest
Guest
Sep 20 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Sep 20 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
It could be this is good, but I cannot get it to work. I had to write the key myself, and I think it's quite annoying that it's so long, because copy-and-paste does not share the same clipboard as Aqua. :( It doesn't save settings either. I'm not rating it, as I can't get it to work.
Guest
Guest
Jun 28 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
Nice port.
Guest
Guest
Mar 23 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Mar 23 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
Useless since this uses cdrecord which is a crappy open source program that give totally unhelpful errors.
Guest
Guest
Feb 14 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Feb 14 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
*** caution for burning DVD *** To burn DVD media,xcdroast uses cdrecord-prodvd. "X-CD-Roast 0.98a15" includes "cdrecord-prodvd-2.01a24-powerpc-apple-macosx1.4", which is a alpha binary that is more than a year old. So, now you can't burn DVD using this package because of the expiration. You should download the release version cdrecord-prodvd binary (http://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ProDVD/cdrecord-prodvd-2.0.1-powerpc-apple-macosx1.4), and replace the alpha binary (/usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/cdrecord.prodvd) with this. Thanks.
Guest
Guest
Feb 1 2004
0.98a15
0.0
Feb 1 2004
0.0
Version: 0.98a15
xcdroast gives you complete control when you burn a CDR. You can optionally define headers like Joliet or Rock Ridge, you can manually control overburning if you want, and you get fine-grained control over disk layout. You also get cdrtools, which are sometimes helpful in ripping marginal CDs. xcdroast has a fairly steep learning curve. The 0.98a-15 package has new content to help with that - a startup script and a well-organized manual. If you have experienced any frustration with the integrated Apple tools for CDR burning you may find xcdroast a good adjunct, or you may wind up preferring it to all other burning tools because you have such good control over the process.
david47pg
david47pg
Mar 23 2024
0.98a15
5.0
Mar 23 2024
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
PedantMac
PedantMac
Feb 17 2022
0.98a15
4.0
Feb 17 2022
4.0
Version: 0.98a15
galderu
galderu
Jun 6 2021
0.98a15
1.0
Jun 6 2021
1.0
Version: 0.98a15
gianluca-giamattei
gianluca-giamattei
May 8 2021
0.98a15
5.0
May 8 2021
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
Nicka
Nicka
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Feb 1 2004
4.5
Feb 1 2004
4.5
Version: null
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