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Brasero Disc Burning Application

Brasero is an application for writing to recordable CDs or DVDs.  Burn images, music, data or make an exact copy of a disc.

 
To start using Brasero, choose it from the GNOME Menu (Applications - Sound and Video - Brasero Disc Burning Application.
 
From the main Brasero menu that starts, choose which project you would like to start:

Burn an Audio Project (traditional music CD)

To burn an audio CD, insert a blank disc in to your CDRW drive, and start Brasero from Appplications, Sound and Video, Brasero Disc Burning Application.  Brasero will launch with and prompt you to start a new project (see attached screenshot), and click on Audio project.  In the bottom left hand corner of Brasero, click on the Audio CD icon and choose the size of the CD you inserted, such as 74 minutes or 80 minutes.

On the right sideof Brasero, is the file browser.  Browse your home directory and find the location of the audio files such as OGG, FLAC or MP3 you wish to create an audio CD from.  To add a file, double click the audio file, or drag and drop from the file browser on the right to the Audio project on the left hand side of Brasero. Brasero will automatically calculate how much time each song is in the bottom bar along the Audio Project.  If Brasero displays "Oversized", you have added more songs than will actually fit on the CD.  To remove a song, highlight the song and right lick your mouse and click remove, or use the delete key on your keyboard.

Once you have added the songs in the order you have chosen, click the Burn button to burn your project, and Brasero will automatically turn your audio files to an Audio CD to be played in your CD player. 

Burn a Data Project (Backup your data to a CD or DVD)

To backup your data to CD or DVD, start Brasero from Appplications, Sound and Video, Brasero Disc Burning Application.  Brasero will launch and prompt you to start a new project (see attached screenshot), and click on Data project.  In the bottom left hand corner of Brasero, click on the CD icon and choose the size of the CD or DVD you inserted, such as a 700 MB CD or 4.3 GB DVD.

To add data to your disc, drag and drop files from the Nautilus File Browser in to Brasero, or from the File Browser on the right hand side of Brasero to the Data Project on the left hand side.  When you have added all the files you wish to add to CD or DVD, click the Burn button, and Brasero will backup your data.

Burn an exact 1:1 copy

To make an exact copy of a CD or DVD, insert the disc you wish to copy and start Brasero from Applications, Sound and Video, Brasero Disc Burning Application.  If you have a second drive, insert a blank disc in to your CD/DVD-RW drive. Brasero will launch and prompt you to start a new project (see attach screenshot) and click on Disc Copy (1:1 copy).  Brasero will prompt you to choose your source drive (with the disc to be copied in it) and which drive you will burn to.  If you only have one drive, such as a laptop, Brasero will copy to the hard drive, and then burn to disc.

Burn an image (Such as the latest ISO image of Foresight Linux)

To burn an image, such as an ISO,  start Brasero from Applications, Sound and Video, Brasero Disc Burning Application.  Choose the Burn Image button in the bottom left hand corner.  Brasero will prompt you to pick an image to burn.  Click on the Path button, and choose the image, and click OK.  Then click Burn, and Brasero will convert and burn the image to CD or DVD.