K3b – full-featured optical disc burning and ripping application

K3b is a full-featured graphical application for working with CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs. It provides a straightforward interface for creating and burning disc projects while retaining plenty of configuration options for more experienced users.

The software handles data and audio projects, disc copying, image burning and ripping. Its media-centric interface detects available optical drives and inserted media, adapting the available actions to the type of disc being used.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Create and burn data CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs.
• Create audio CDs from a range of audio formats.
• Burn ISO and CUE/BIN disc images.
• Copy CDs and DVDs, including direct disc-to-disc copying.
• Create multisession discs and import previous sessions.
• Create bootable discs with El Torito support.
• Create Video CDs and mixed-mode discs.
• Rip audio CDs with support for metadata, CD-TEXT and automatic track naming.
• Erase and format rewritable optical media.
• Supports Rock Ridge, Joliet and UDF file systems.
• Automatically detects optical drives and inserted media.
• Plugin architecture provides support for additional audio formats and encoding facilities.

Website: invent.kde.org/multimedia/k3b
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Developer: KDE
License: GNU General Public License v2.0

K3b is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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