[Debburn-changes] r621 - cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax

Peter Samuelson peters-guest at alioth.debian.org
Thu Dec 14 11:56:01 CET 2006


Author: peters-guest
Date: 2006-12-14 11:56:01 +0100 (Thu, 14 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 621

Modified:
   cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/FAQ
   cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/HOWTOUSE
   cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/README
   cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/THANKS
Log:
Followup to r441: a few more 'icedax' and 'wodim' names in the icedax
documentation.  Minor other updates as I spotted them, but I did _not_
perform any kind of comprehensive update.


Modified: cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/FAQ
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/FAQ	2006-12-14 09:35:35 UTC (rev 620)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/FAQ	2006-12-14 10:56:01 UTC (rev 621)
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 
 Q: What is the copyright status of icedax?
 
-A: Cdda2wav is software copyrighted by Heiko Eissfeldt and released under the
-   General Public License from the Free Software Foundation (see file GPL).
+A: icedax is software copyrighted by Heiko Eissfeldt and others, and
+   released under the General Public License from the Free Software
+   Foundation (see file GPL).
 
 Compilation
 ===========
@@ -15,12 +16,12 @@
 
 Q: What are the requirements to run icedax?
 
-A: All operating systems that are supported by cdrecord should also be able to
+A: All operating systems that are supported by wodim should also be able to
    run icedax. Currently DOS and Windows are not covered.
    Requirements of previous versions of icedax have been cut down for the
    sake of portability. Features like fork(), realtime scheduling, or shared
-   memory are all optional now. You need a shell, which runs autoconf, a c
-   compiler (even a K&R compiler should work) and a c library to build icedax
+   memory are all optional now. You need Cmake and its dependencies, an
+   ANSI C compiler and a C library to build icedax
    on a supported operating system. To run icedax, a SCSI transport
    implementation for the os, a cdrom or cd burner device to read from, and
    at least say 65K of memory for buffers are needed.
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@
 
 Q: Why does it not compile using standard make?
 
-A: Like cdrecord, icedax needs a sophisticated make program like Joerg
-   Schilling's smake or GNU gmake. Pure posix make functionality is not enough.
+A: Like wodim, icedax uses the cmake system, which requires a
+   sophisticated make program like GNU make.
+   Pure posix make functionality is not enough.
 
 Setting Up (for now Linux only)
 ===============================
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@
 Q: How can I use my parallel-port-connected cdrom with icedax?
 
 A: Under Linux there is a driver, that makes this device under SCSI
-   emulation available. For more information see the cdrecord documentation.
+   emulation available. For more information see the wodim documentation.
 
 
 Q: How do I check, if the current Linux kernel does support generic SCSI?
@@ -119,18 +121,18 @@
    influencing it.
 
 
-Q: How can I burn audio cds with icedax and cdrecord on-the-fly?
+Q: How can I burn audio cds with icedax and wodim on-the-fly?
 
 A: This has not been tested very well, so caveat emptor. It is possible to
-   use icedax and cdrecord with pipes, _but_ there are several issues.
-   1.: The cd drive may become too slow to keep cdrecords buffer happy, when
+   use icedax and wodim with pipes, _but_ there are several issues.
+   1.: The cd drive may become too slow to keep wodim's buffer happy, when
        a scratch on the audio cd is encountered, and several retries take place.
    2.: Currently there is no way to carry individual track information from
-       icedax to cdrecord. Several information bits are available very late
-       but are needed in advance from cdrecord.
+       icedax to wodim.  Several information bits are available very late
+       but are needed in advance from wodim.
    3.: Some operating systems have limitations in multiple SCSI accesses and
-       other ressources (shared memory). icedax and cdrecord may block each
-       other, or might fight over limited ressources.
+       other resources (shared memory). icedax and wodim may block each
+       other, or might fight over limited resources.
    For these reasons it is not recommended to burn on-the-fly with icedax.
 
 Frontends
@@ -201,10 +203,10 @@
 
 Q: How do I create a file suitable for cd burning?
 
-A: If you are using cdrecord, you can produce cdr or wav files. To select
+A: If you are using wodim, you can produce cdr or wav files.  To select
    cdr files, use -Ocdr, to select wav files use -Owav (the default).
    Audio files that have been recorded with a length not a multiple of the 
-   audio sector size 2352 bytes, should be used with cdrecords -pad option.
+   audio sector size 2352 bytes, should be used with wodim's -pad option.
 
 
 Q: How do I convert a wav file into a cdr file (my other cd burning program
@@ -272,22 +274,23 @@
 =====================
 
 
-Q: Cdda2wav is great. How can I support you to encourage further development?
+Q: icedax is great. How can I support you to encourage further development?
 
 A: Look into the file NEEDED. Also constructive criticism and feedback is
    appreciated.
 
 
-Q: I want to port cdrtools (cdrecord/mkisofs/icedax) to a new platform (like
+Q: I want to port cdrkit (wodim/genisoimage/icedax) to a new platform (like
    DJGPP,cygwin,os/2). How should I proceed?
 
-A: It would be convenient to have a unix like environment (like cygwin provides)   A shell, and a make program would be needed to first create smake (in order
+A: It would be convenient to have a unix like environment (like cygwin provides)
+   A shell, and a make program would be needed to first create smake (in order
    to make the makefile system working). Another critical component is autoconf.
    Once that is running, os dependent interfaces and the SCSI library should be
    adjusted. For the makefile system and the scsi library please contact Joerg
    Schilling.
 
 
-Q: Cdda2wav sucks. Are there other alternatives available?
+Q: icedax sucks. Are there other alternatives available?
 
 A: Yes, for Linux you might try 'cdparanoia' from Monty (see README file).

Modified: cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/HOWTOUSE
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/HOWTOUSE	2006-12-14 09:35:35 UTC (rev 620)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/HOWTOUSE	2006-12-14 10:56:01 UTC (rev 621)
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-Cdda2wav User guide
-===================
+Icedax User guide
+=================
 
 NOTE: expressions in angle braces have to be substituted with
       the corresponding numerical values.

Modified: cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/README
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/README	2006-12-14 09:35:35 UTC (rev 620)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/README	2006-12-14 10:56:01 UTC (rev 621)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 For parallel port cdroms under Linux
     With newer kernels icedax uses the same parallel port access
-    as does cdrecord. Please refer additionally to the cdrecord documentation.
+    as does wodim.  Please refer additionally to the wodim documentation.
     There are generally two drivers to access the cdrom through the parallel
     port: the ATAPI cd emulation (called pcd), and the SCSI device emulation
     (called pg). The pcd driver does NOT support cdda reading (kernel 2.2.12),
@@ -350,10 +350,10 @@
 
 I try to write correct wav files (little endian samples), but some
 cd-writers might swap them, which would result in sort of white noise
-instead of the original sounds. Cdda2wav has an endianness detector
+instead of the original sounds.  icedax has an endianness detector
 for these cases, but as for all automatics, it might fail on bizarre samples.
 
-Hint: Cdda2wav can be forced to use a given input endianness with the
+Hint: icedax can be forced to use a given input endianness with the
 -C option (arguments are 'little', 'big' or 'guess').
 
 The sun format is a pcm variant, and uses big endian samples.
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
 The raw format is like the sun format except it has no header. I
 changed the endianness to big endian samples in order to comply
-with popular cd burning software like the cdrecord program.
+with popular cd burning software like the wodim program.
 
 The sound converter 'sox' can be used to obtain other sound formats.
 (Note however, that the current sox player and a newer sound driver do not

Modified: cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/THANKS
===================================================================
--- cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/THANKS	2006-12-14 09:35:35 UTC (rev 620)
+++ cdrkit/trunk/doc/icedax/THANKS	2006-12-14 10:56:01 UTC (rev 621)
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 Christopher Montgomery (aka Monty, for his work on jitter correction)
 Zygo Blaxell (a lot of code improvements)
 Thomas Niederreiter (extensions for cd-writers)
-Piercarlo Grandi (rewrote of icedax's man page)
+Piercarlo Grandi (rewrote of cdda2wav's man page)
 Stewart Addison (suggestions and a fine web page on cdda)
-Leland Olds (the icedax debian maintainer)
+Leland Olds (the cdda2wav debian maintainer)
 Francesco Chemolli (getopt_long patches)
 
 Thanks to all testers and finally Jim McLaughlin for supplying




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