Creating a CD or DVD

If you possess a CD or DVD writer, you can burn files to a CD or DVD with K3b. To create a data CD or DVD, proceed as follows:

  1. Press Alt+F2 and enter k3b. K3b opens.

  2. Select File+New Project+New Data Project from the main menu.

  3. Use the tree view in the top left part of the window to search for the files or folders to burn. When they appear in the top right part of the window, drag and drop them into the Current Projects window.

  4. Change the name of your medium in the Volume Name textfield.

  5. Insert a writable CD into the device then click the Burn icon.

  6. Check the settings in the Writing tab. Usually this should work well for almost all files. If you wish, you can change more information in the Filesystem tab. files.

  7. Click Burn.