Burn CD/DVD

franziscko · Post by *franziscko » 2012-01-16, 22:44 UTC

TC will be able in future to burn discs without any plugin?
I remember to have read TC 8 will be able...
i hope only it will be a great burner!!

franziscko · Post by *franziscko » 2012-01-18, 14:19 UTC

No answers? mmmmm....

solid · Post by *solid » 2012-01-18, 14:50 UTC

I dont' think so. CD/DVD burning becomes obsolete feature, now with cheap and quite large flash usb /hdd drives. And there are plenty of excellent freeware and small utilities for burning CD's. So I don't think it's worth the author's time to develop such feature.

Post by *Hacker » 2012-01-18, 14:56 UTC

solid,
What about Blu-rays?

The feature is already developed in the form of rthe CD/DVD Burner plugin. We were just waiting for a new version of the burning SDK, but AFAIK the plugin author, who was supposed to provide the source code went silent.

Roman

Post by *ghisler(Author) » 2012-01-18, 15:23 UTC

Unfortunately what Hacker describes is true. I bought his plugin source code, but it's for an older API version which isn't compatible with Windows 7.

franziscko · Post by *franziscko » 2012-01-18, 20:51 UTC

Ok, i've known. Thank you all.

solid · Post by *solid » 2012-01-19, 13:42 UTC

Hacker wrote:solid,
What about Blu-rays? The feature is already developed in the form of rthe CD/DVD Burner plugin. We were just waiting for a new version of the burning SDK, but AFAIK the plugin author, who was supposed to provide the source code went silent.
Roman

I doubt that the Blu-ray recordable discs will gain such popularity as CD/DVD's. Optical media is losing (lost?) its primate over USB/HDD media. Plugin solution is ok, but building the code for TC from scratch, i don't think is worth the time.

Post by *Hacker » 2012-01-19, 23:14 UTC

solid,

Optical media is losing (lost?) its primate over USB/HDD media.

Nah, they are not reliable for backup and they are expensive, too.

Roman

umbra · Post by *umbra » 2012-01-20, 00:36 UTC

Hi, in this I agree with solid. I don't think TC should have a built-in CD/DVD burning support.
TC is a file manager - it is supposed to copy/delete/unpack/... files. Browsing files in ISO images? Fine, why not. But it should not provide some unrelated functionality like burning support. Only few people need it, but author would still have to maintain the code. If you need it, use a proper burning software. Honestly, for me even such plugins are useless, because they will never achieve the quality and functionality of a real software. However, users decide whether to install them or not, so I can live with that.

Hacker wrote:Nah, they are not reliable for backup and they are expensive, too.

Well my experience tells me otherwise. Last year (before the flood) 1GB on a HDD cost the same as on a DVD (BD-R is even more expensive). And as for reliability, cheap DVDs won't last longer than 5 years before they start to fall apart (some of them even much sooner). So at the same price, HDD gives you the same reliability. Plus it requires several times less physical space and you don't have to divide data between several disks.

Post by *Hacker » 2012-01-20, 01:22 UTC

umbra,

HDD gives you the same reliability

Meh, one strong magnet, or a bit of spilled water, or one fall from the shelf...

Roman

umbra · Post by *umbra » 2012-01-20, 01:50 UTC

Hacker wrote:Meh, one strong magnet, or a bit of spilled water, or one fall from the shelf...

Roman

Well, if you are not careful, anything can be destroyed (try to spill that water on DVD). But we are a little bit off topic here.

Post by *Hacker » 2012-01-20, 11:21 UTC

umbra,

try to spill that water on DVD

I do not think that would be a problem.

Roman