webCDwriter 2.7.3 review

webCDwriter can be used to make the CD- and DVD-writer(s) connected to a Linux box available to all users in your network. It consis

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 585K Developer: J?rg P. M. Haeger

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webCDwriter can be used to make the CD- and DVD-writer(s) connected to a Linux box available to all users in your network.

It consists of the server CDWserver and the clients webCDcreator and rcdrecord. CDWserver stores the files transmitted by the clients, reserves the CD-writer and controls the CD-writer using cdrecord.

webCDcreator is a Java applet that runs within your browser or by Java Web Start, assists you when putting together a CD, and transmits the files. Finally rcdrecord is a command line client that tries to offer the functionality of cdrecord over the network with full multi-user support.

Here are some key features of "webCDwriter":
multi user support
the client webCDcreator can run as a JavaTM Web Start application or as an applet within your browser
fully web-based - no installation on the clients
supports data CDs, audio CDs and multisession
use the image of a bootable floppy to make a bootable CD for PCs
the ISO image of data CDs is created while burning (saves time and disk space)
MP3 decoding for audio CDs using mpg123
multi writer support (connected to the same server) burning independent sessions
export of server directories
verifying the CD after writing it (optional)
copying a data CD in a CD-ROM drive on the server "on the fly" to the CD-writer
user accounts
upload the files from one machine and burn them by another one
command line client rcdrecord
Internationalization:
Catalannew, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Korean and Spanish web pages
Catalannew, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Sloveniannew, Spanish and Swedish messages in webCDcreator
If you get empty boxes instead of the characters, try to modify your font.properties file.
Note: Chinese and Korean support is still experimental. I need feedback on this!

Requirements:
the server was tested on Mandrake Linux 9.0
at least 800 MB of free disk space on the server for one session
JavaTM Web Start 1.0.1 and above
JavaTM Plug-in 1.2 and above
Netscape Communicator 4.5x to 4.7x

Limitations:
mkisofs sometimes fails to build an image
Netscape fails to run webCDcreator on Mac OS
webCDwriter requires cdrecord-1.10 if used on Linux kernel 2.4
mpg321-0.1.5 (Red Hat Linux 7.2) runs into an endless loop
Since Linux kernel 2.6.8 CDWserver (the server of webCDwriter) has to run with "root" privileges to enable cdrecord to burn CDs.

What's New in This Release:
This release adds drag and drop from external sources, enhanced multi writer control, and the possibility to embed predefined projects in Web pages to the Pro edition.
Some small bugs were fixed.