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NAME

       cdw - front-end for cdrecord, mkisofs, growisofs, mkudffs and other tools

SYNOPSIS

       cdw [--help] [--version] [--enable-dvd-rp-dl] [--escdelay=X]

DESCRIPTION

       cdw  is  a front-end for command-line tools used for burning data CD and DVD discs and for
       related  tasks.   The   tools   are:   cdrecord/wodim,   mkisofs/genisoimage,   growisofs,
       dvd+rw-mediainfo,  dvd+rw-format,  xorriso.   You can also use cdw to rip tracks from your
       audio CD to raw audio files.  Limited support for copying content of CD and DVD  discs  to
       image  files  is  also  provided.  cdw can utilize md5sum program to verify correctness of
       writing ISO image to CD and DVD disc. cdw can be also used to create UDF image file  using
       mkudffs.

       cdw  uses  ncurses  library  to  build  user-friendly interface and it can be used in UNIX
       terminal window and in terminal emulator  (like  konsole,  rxvt  or  gnome-console)  in  X
       environment.

       cdw  supports ISO9660 file system for optical media: ISO9660 file system can be written to
       stand-alone .iso file, or burned to optical disc.  cdw also supports UDF file system:  UDF
       file  system  can  be  written to stand-alone .udf file. Currently there is no support for
       burning UDF file system directly to optical disc.  Other filesystem for optical media  are
       not supported nor recognized.

SUPPORTED MEDIA

       Scope  of  supported  features  depends on which tools are installed on end user's system.
       Full list of supported media and actions is listed below.

       CD-AUDIO
              ripping audio tracks to raw audio files

       CD-R   writing files and ISO images (single- and multi-session)  with  cdrecord/wodim  and
              xorriso; copying content of first session to image file on your hard disc

       CD-RW  writing files and ISO images (single- and multi-session), erasing (erasing only TOC
              or blanking whole disc) with cdrecord/wodim and xorriso; copying content  of  first
              session to image file on your hard disc

       DVD-R, DVD+R
              writing  files  and  ISO  images  (multi-session,  but  without  closing  disc,  or
              single-session) with cdrecord/wodim, dvd+rw-tools and xorriso

       DVD-RW writing files and ISO images (multi-session or single-session); erasing, formatting
              -  quick  or slow (full) method; dvd+rw-tools only.  WARNING: multiple blanking may
              quickly render your DVD-RW unusable.

       DVD+RW writing files and ISO images (both writing  to  disc  from  scratch  and  appending
              data),  without  closing disc; blanking disc, but takes lots of time, and you don't
              need to do it anyway - you can always start writing to the same disc like you would
              write to blank disc. DVD+RW can be handled by both cdrecord/wodim and dvd+rw-tools.
              Notice that when using wodim you may encounter problems.

       DVD+R DL
              there is now partial support for DVD+R DL discs: cdw can burn ISO image  and  files
              in single session. User has to explicitly enable it by passing "--enable-dvd-rp-dl"
              command  line  argument  to  cdw;  cdw  can  handle  DVD+R  DL  discs  only   using
              dvd+rw-tools; this feature is very incomplete and possibly buggy.

              Dual-layer  media  other  than  DVD+R  DL are not yet supported.  DVD-RAM, Blu-ray,
              HD-DVD discs are not supported.

MANUAL

       You can write data discs either  by  using  previously  created  ISO  image  file,  or  by
       selecting  files  from  hard  drive  and  writing  them directly to disc.  cdw provides UI
       elements for both actions.

       First action before creating new ISO/UDF image or writing files to disc is selecting files
       from your hard drive. You can do this by selecting "Add files" in left-hand menu. You will
       be presented with simple file selector.  Use Up/Down arrows or Page Up/Page Down  keys  to
       move,  Enter  key  to  change current directory, Space key to select files or directories.
       Selected items will be added to list displayed in main window. Use  Escape  key  to  close
       file  selector  window. The selector window shows you all files and directories (including
       hidden files) in current directory. You will see file size information for every  file  on
       the  list.  You can also delete previously selected files from list: select "Delete files"
       from the menu and use Up/Down arrow keys to move and  Delete  key  to  delete  highlighted
       item. Use Escape key when you finish deleting files from list of selected files.

       Now  you  can  select "Create image" from left-hand menu. cdw will display a wizard window
       where you can change most common options for creating ISO9660 or UDF image, and where  you
       can select path to target image file on your hard disc.

       You  can also select "Write files to disc" to write selected files to optical disc. If you
       select the option, cdw will display a wizard dialog window, in which you can  adjust  most
       common  options  related  to  burning  files  to disc (for this function only ISO9660 file
       system is supported).

       If you want to write ISO image file to optical disc, use "Write image to disc"  option  in
       left  hand  menu.  You will be presented with file picker dialog that allows you to select
       existing ISO image file from your hard disc. After that cdw will display a wizard  window,
       where you can modify most common options available for burning a disc.

       cdw allows you to verify correctness of this operation by checking a digest (e.g. md5 sum)
       of ISO file and of track written to disc.  You can request this by checking "Verify write"
       checkbox  that will appear in write wizard. Please note that this checkbox is visible only
       when you are  writing  ISO  file  to  empty  CD  or  DVD  disc.  This  function  is  still
       experimental.  Make  sure  that  a  program  for  calculating digests is installed on your
       machine. cdw supports following programs: md5sum  sha1sum  sha224sum  sha256sum  sha384sum
       sha512sum

       Another operation you can perform is erasing optical disc - CD-RW, DVD-RW (both Sequential
       Recording and Restricted Overwrite) or DVD+RW. You can do this by selecting  "Erase  disc"
       option in cdw left-hand menu. Please note that extensive erasing of DVD-RW may render your
       disc unusable. In case of CD-RW and DVD-RW you will be asked what  type  of  blanking  you
       want  to  perform.  You can choose fast mode or full mode. First one doesn't take too much
       time (in case of CD-RW it only erases table of content of your disc), second  one  can  be
       very time-consuming, depending on disc size and selected speed.

       When  you  will  attempt  to blank DVD-RW disc, blanking wizard will display dropdown that
       allows you to choose mode (format) of DVD-RW  disc:  Restricted  Overwrite  or  Sequential
       Recording.

       cdw  can  be  useful  when  you want to copy your data CD or DVD to ISO image on your hard
       drive. You do this by selecting "Read disc" option  from  left-hand  menu.  This  function
       allows  you  to  copy  first  track from your data CD or DVD. Reading second and following
       tracks from data discs, and reading discs written in mixed mode (one or more data tracks +
       audio tracks) are not supported.

       You  can  also use cdw to copy your audio CD to separate files (each track will be written
       to separate file). You do this by selecting  "Read  disc"  option  from  menu.  cdw  can't
       convert  audio  tracks to any popular audio format. The tracks are written to files in the
       same format as they appear on CD (2 channels, 44100 samples per second, 16 bit signed PCM,
       little  endian (intel)). The file names have following name format: track_xx.raw (where xx
       is track number). You can convert raw track file to wav file using e.g. sox command:

       sox -c 2 -r 44100 -L -2 -s track_name.raw -t wav track_name.wav

       The last operation that cdw offers is verification  of  data.  You  can  use  it  for  two
       purposes:

              •  calculating a digest of selected file from hard disc;

              •  comparing  selected file with content of first track on optical disc; The second
                 option also utilizes digest tool (e.g. md5sum), but may not work  correctly,  so
                 it is marked in cdw as "Experimental".

       cdw  has  Configuration  window,  accessed  by selecting "Configuration" item in left-hand
       menu. The window allows you to set up some options for tools used  by  cdw,  and  for  cdw
       itself. Configuration window has following tabs (you can access them using keys F2-F6):

              •  Log  and  misc  -  contains  options  related  to log file in which cdw logs its
                 operations, and to some aspects of behavior of cdw.

              •  Tools - options in this tab allow you to select tools from your operating system
                 that  will  be  used  to  create  ISO9660 images, burn data to disc etc. You can
                 safely leave "Configure tools manually" checkbox unmarked.

              •  Audio - contains options related to ripping audio CDs.

              •  Hardware - probably will be visited only once, when you use cdw  for  the  first
                 time  or when you change your hardware configuration.  Here you can set paths to
                 your devices used by cdw.

              •  UDF - this tab contains only text information about  requirements  for  creating
                 UDF  file  system.  There  are no options available in this tab. All options for
                 creating UDF file system can be accessed through UDF image wizard.

                 All  options  available  in  Configuration  window  are  described   below,   in
                 CONFIGURATION section.

       You  have  to use F9 or F10 key to save any changes made in Configuration window and close
       the window. To close Configuration window without saving changes use  Escape  key.  Values
       from "Tools" tab are saved only temporarily, they aren't stored in permanent configuration
       file.

       You can control cdw using application's menu (visible on left side of  screen),  or  using
       hotkeys.

   Main menu items
              •  Add  files:  Select files and directories that you want to write to optical disc
                 or to ISO image on your hard disc. Press Space to select a  file  or  directory,
                 use Up and Down arrows to move on the list, press Enter key to change directory,
                 press Escape key to close file selection dialog.

              •  Delete files: List of selected files is displayed  on  the  right  side  of  the
                 screen.  If  you  want to delete files from the list, select this button and use
                 Delete key to delete a file, Up and Down arrows to move on  the  list  or  press
                 Escape to end deleting.

              •  Write  files  to disc: write selected files to optical disc that is currently in
                 drive. You will be warned if there is no disc in drive, the drive is  not  ready
                 or the disc is mounted.

              •  Create  image:  write  selected  files  to ISO9660 or UDF image file. The target
                 image file can be selected in file picker window.

              •  Write image to disc: write ISO image file to optical disc. The  ISO  image  file
                 can be selected in file picker window. You will be warned if there is no disc in
                 drive, the drive is not ready or the disc is mounted.

              •  Read disc: Copy content of your single session data CD/DVD or audio CD to  files
                 on  hard  drive. In case of data CD/DVD discs cdw will create correct image file
                 on your hard disc, but only for first track on disc, rest  of  tracks  won't  be
                 read  (cdw  can't  read them correctly). In case of audio CDs cdw will copy each
                 audio track to separate raw audio file. You will have to recode  the  raw  audio
                 track files in order to play them in your media player.

              •  Erase disc: Erase data (partially or fully) from rewritable disc (CD-RW, DVD-RW,
                 DVD+RW) that is currently in drive. You can select  mode  of  erasing  CD-RW  or
                 DVD-RW: fast or full. You can't select mode of erasing of DVD+RW.

              •  Verify  data:  Calculate digest of file selected from hard drive, or compare any
                 file with first track of optical disc.

              •  Configuration: Selecting this menu option will display cdw Configuration window,
                 where you can set various options.

              •  About: this option displays window with short information about cdw.

              •  Quit: close cdw and return to your command line.

   Keys (hotkeys, available in main cdw window)F1, H, ? - Show this help: Display help window with list of hotkeys.

              •  F9/F10 - Show license of this program: display cdw license.

              •  C - Show Configuration windowD  -  Show  information  about  disc:  cdw  will  run  external tool to get some
                 meta-information about optical disc in your drive and display  this  information
                 in text window.

              •  E  -  Eject  drive  tray: open your optical drive tray (will close tray if it is
                 already open).

              •  F - Write selected files to disc: Write  currently  selected  files  to  optical
                 disc.

              •  G  -  Read  content  of  CD:  Copy content of your audio or data CD to your hard
                 drive.

              •  I - Write ISO image to disc: Write ISO image to optical disc.

              •  L - Show log of last operation: view file with record of latest operations.

              •  R - Refresh information about disc: cdw will  run  external  tool  to  get  some
                 meta-information about optical disc in your drive and will display short summary
                 in lower-left part of main cdw window.

              •  V - Verify data: calculate digest of  selected  file  (and  of  first  track  on
                 optical disc).

              •  Q - Quit: close cdw and return to your command line

CONFIGURATION

       This  section  describes  Configuration  module  available  via  "Configuration" button in
       left-hand menu in main cdw window. You have to press F9/F10  in  Configuration  window  to
       save changes made in the window and exit or press Escape key to close configuration window
       without saving changes. Please note that changes made in "Tools" tab are  saved  only  for
       current session with cdw.

              •  Log and misc (first tab):

                 •  Log  file  path - path to file, in which cdw writes its messages and messages
                    from external tools (mkisofs, cdrecord, growisofs, dvd+rw-mediainfo, xorriso,
                    mkudffs, etc.). Specifying this path is obligatory.

                 •  Show  log  after actions - show the content of log file after some of actions
                    performed by cdw.

                 •  Volume size - size of ISO/UDF filesystem that you want to create. Most  often
                    it is equal to capacity of optical disc that you want burn data to. This is a
                    dropdown, from which you can select one  of  preselected  values,  or  select
                    "Custom size". Value of custom size can be entered below the dropdown.

                 •  Custom  size  -  size of ISO/UDF filesystem that you want to create.  This is
                    the place where you can enter nonstandard value of target ISO/UDF  filesystem
                    size.

                 •  a checkbox for following symbolic links in selected files. Read the text next
                    to the checkbox for more information.

                 •  a checkbox modifying style of navigation in file system browser windows. When
                    this  field  checked, you can use Left/Right keys on keyboard to move up/down
                    in hierarchy of directories in file system. This  option  work  similarly  to
                    Midnight Commander's "Lynx-like motion" option.

              •  Tools (second tab):

                 First  thing  that you will see in this tab "Configure tools manually" checkbox,
                 it is unchecked by default, and this is safe default value.  In this  state  cdw
                 select  tools  itself. If you check this checkbox you will be presented with six
                 dropdowns: first three allow you to select tools or families of  tools  intended
                 for specific tasks.  Remaining dropdowns allow you to select paths to some tools
                 used by cdw for some tasks. All these dropdowns are explained below.

                 •  "Tool for creating stand alone ISO9660 file" - here you select a tool used to
                    create  ISO9660  file  saved  on  hard disc (stand-alone file).  Depending on
                    configuration of your software, here you can find mkisofs  (genisoimage)  and
                    xorriso.

                 •  "Tools  for handling CDs" dropdown - here you select a tool that will be used
                    to burn data to CD/CD-RW discs  and  to  erase  CD-RW  discs.   Depending  on
                    configuration  of  your  software,  here  you  can  find cdrecord (wodim) and
                    xorriso.

                 •  "Tools for handling DVDs" dropdown -  here you select a  tool  that  will  be
                    used  to  burn  data  to DVD discs and to erase DVD+/-RW discs.  Depending on
                    configuration of your software, here  you  can  find  dvd+rw-tools,  cdrecord
                    (wodim) and xorriso. Note that xorriso can be used only for DVD+/-R discs.

                 •  "Path  to  mkisofs"  dropdown - here you can select one of implementations of
                    mkisofs installed in your system (e.g. if you have mkisofs and genisoimage).

                 •  "Path to cdrecord" dropdown - here you can select one of  implementations  of
                    cdrecord installed in your system (e.g. if you have cdrecord and wodim).

                 •  "Digest  tool"  -  here  you  can  select  a tool used for calculating digest
                    (checksum) - the tool is used e.g. during verification of burning of  ISO9660
                    file to optical disc. md5sum tool is the default one, if found.

                    Remember  that  these  settings  are saved only for your current session with
                    cdw, and that the settings will be discarded when you close cdw.

              •  Audio (third tab):

                 •  Audio output dir - path to directory, into which cdw  will  write  raw  audio
                    tracks, ripped from audio CD.

              •  Hardware (fourth tab):

                 •  "cdw  should  use this drive" dropdown - option allowing you to select one of
                    detected drives, or to use path to drive entered manually ("custom path");

                 •  "Custom path to drive" - field in which you can specify your own  path  to  a
                    device, to be used when cdw can't autodetect all drives in your computer.

                 •  SCSI  device - parameters describing your SCSI hardware, in following format:
                    scsibus,target,lun (for a SCSI-emulated IDE CDRW: 0,0,0). It is used only  by
                    cdrecord and you should enter appropriate value only if cdrecord has problems
                    with device path in form of '/dev/xxx'. Otherwise this field should  be  left
                    empty. This option hasn't been tested, so use it at your own risk.

              •  UDF (fifth tab): This tab contains only basic information about what is required
                 by cdw to create UDF file systems.  Options  related  to  UDF  file  system  are
                 available in UDF image wizard.

                 Notice  that  cdw  doesn't  specify  (almost) any default options for mkudffs or
                 rsync.  User has to select himself the best set of options  for  these  programs
                 that suit his needs.

                 "-a"  option  for  rsync  is  a  good  starting  point. If your version of rsync
                 supports "--info=progress2" and you enter this option in  rsync  options  field,
                 cdw will show a better progress indication.

OPTIONS

       Command line options are following:

       -h, -- help
              displays information about invoking cdw and its options

       -v, --version
              displays cdw version and copyright information

       --enable-dvd+rp-dl
              enables very basic support for DVD+R DL discs

       --escdelay=X
              modifies  delay  time between pressing Escape key in cdw window and reaction to the
              key

FILES

              •  cdw.conf: Configuration file, usually stored in $HOME/.cdw/ directory.

              •  cdw.log: Log file, by default stored in $HOME/.cdw/ directory. Path to this file
                 can  be  modified  in Configuration window ("Log and misc" tab > 'Log file path'
                 field).

              •  cdw.colors: File with definition of color schemes used to customize interface of
                 cdw.  File is stored in $HOME/.cdw/ directory.

              •  temporary   files:  cdw  uses  some  small  temporary  files  to  store  various
                 information. They are usually created in /tmp directory. If everything goes well
                 they are very short-lived and are removed as soon as they are no longer needed.

ENVIRONMENT

              •  HOME - cdw assumes that this variable exists and is set to valid user directory.
                 If not, then user is asked to select some other 'base' directory.

              •  PATH - cdw reads this environment variable to find directories  with  executable
                 files. cdw will search in these directories for some tools.

DIAGNOSTICS

       cdw  uses  log  file  ($HOME/.cdw/cdw.log  by  default) to store information about actions
       performed. You can access this file using your file manager, or pressing 'L'  key  in  cdw
       window. Read this file for any hints if you experience any problems.

BUGS

       There are still some bugs related to memory management.

       cdw  is  developed  and  tested  almost exclusively on x64 GNU/Linux, running cdw on other
       platforms may produce some platform-specific bugs. Currently I can't verify  them  in  any
       way.

       cdw  still fails to detect some problems reported by wodim/cdrecord mkisofs/genisoimage or
       growisofs, although things have improved in latest few versions. Support  for  xorriso  is
       brand  new,  so  there is a lot error messages printed by xorriso, that cdw is unaware of,
       and will happily ignore them. It is recommended to read log file after every operation.

       Copying data CDs to ISO image may finish with  message  "Problems  occurred  when  copying
       tracks".  This  does not have to mean that output ISO file is corrupted: this be a sign of
       some low-level problems when reading from optical disc.  Similar message  displayed  after
       ripping  audio  CD  may  mean  that  one  or more track files created on your hard disc is
       corrupted and it is caused by invalid audio CD.

       If you notice any other bugs please let me know. You can do this either using bug  tracker
       on  cdw  project  site  (http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdw/) or by sending me an e-mail:
       acerion@wp.pl.

AUTHOR

       cdw is currently developed by Kamil Ignacak (acerion@wp.pl). First developer  of  cdw  was
       Varkonyi Balazs (http://sourceforge.net/users/vbali/).

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Varkonyi Balazs, Copyright (C) 2007 - 2016 Kamil Ignacak.  This program
       is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  terms  of  the  GNU
       General  Public  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
       the    License,     or     (at     your     option)     any     later     version.     See
       http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html for details.

SEE ALSO

       cdrecord(1),  mkisofs(8),  growisofs(1),  dvd+rw-mediainfo(1),  dvd+rw-format(1),  cdrdao,
       mybashburn,  k3b(1),  gnomebaker(1),  xorriso(1),   libisoburn1,   libburn4,   mkudffs(1),
       rsync(1), libcdio.