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X-CD-Roast for Mac

CD/DVD burner app.

Free
In English
Version 0.98a15
4.1
Based on 7 user rates

X-CD-Roast overview

You might ask why one might want to use this? Apple shipped Mac OS X with diskburner to create data CDs and iTunes to create audio CDs...

Well... it's nice to have some UNIX burning software running on your Mac and X-CD-Roast uses the cdrtools as burn engine. It's completely independent of the Apple provided CD-burning drivers and 100% freeware. So it's very possible that X-CD-Roast works just fine with a writer that is not supported by Mac OS. Also X-CD-Roast has a lot of interesting options - like overburning support, creating real UNIX/Joliet CDs, multisession, CD-Text, high quality audio-extraction of even most copy-protected audio CDs, DVD writing without special software and more...

Please keep in mind that this is software that has grown over 6 years. It's not at all Apple-like. It might be confusing at first, so please read the popup help on each button. (Hover your mouse a few seconds over an item to get help.) The text documentation is installed into /usr/local/lib/xcdroast-0.98/doc, so you might take a look.

X-CD-Roast for Mac

Free
In English
Version 0.98a15
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4.1

(8 Reviews of X-CD-Roast)

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Semplicita
Semplicita
Nov 27 2017
0.98a15
0.0
Nov 27 2017
0.0
Version: 0.98a15
Application uses PowerPC code, so it won’t run on 10.7 Lion or later.
Gerhard-H-
Gerhard-H-
Mar 30 2006
0.98a15
0.0
Mar 30 2006
0.0
Version: 0.98a15
managed to run Xcdroast ( 0.98alpha15 )on tiger (10.4.5) - made an "alias" on the desktop, double click on it starts X11 which opens Xcdroast - it´s so simple. Only problem is to make xcdroast visible, so you can make an alias because Mac OSX hides certain folder and files. Make folder visible by running the following in a terminal window: defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES now you can locate xcdroast ( /usr/local/bin/xcdroast ) and make an alias. then run defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles No because you don´t want to see all these unix folder and files all the time. that´s it now i go and try to find out why MissingmediaBurner isn´t running (although i changed the Main.scpt and findDrives.scpt as recommended by jla320af and Norbert W.) Gerhard H.
Nicka
Nicka
Mar 13 2006
0.98a15
4.5
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Version: 0.98a15
Tiger (OS X 10.4) might seem to have broken x-cd-roast, but it actually works fine. Install as usual (the most recent version -- currently the Panther version). Ignore the helper app for starting the program -- this doesn't work in Tiger (because of an Apple bug, apparently). Start X11. (In Applications>Utilities). An x-term (i.e. terminal in X11) window will appear. In this window type '/usr/local/bin/xcdroast' (without the quotation marks). That will launch x-cd-roast. Many thanks to the developer for the information. (The usual disclaimer: I am not associated with him in any way except that he answered the email I sent him asking for help.) This is a fantastic application: it will make an exact copy of an audio CD. And it is free.
Guest
Guest
Sep 20 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Sep 20 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
It could be this is good, but I cannot get it to work. I had to write the key myself, and I think it's quite annoying that it's so long, because copy-and-paste does not share the same clipboard as Aqua. :( It doesn't save settings either. I'm not rating it, as I can't get it to work.
Guest
Guest
Jun 28 2005
0.98a15
5.0
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
Nice port.
david47pg
david47pg
Mar 24 2024
0.98a15
5.0
Mar 24 2024
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
PedantMac
PedantMac
Feb 17 2022
0.98a15
4.0
Feb 17 2022
4.0
Version: 0.98a15
galderu
galderu
Jun 6 2021
0.98a15
1.0
Jun 6 2021
1.0
Version: 0.98a15
gianluca-giamattei
gianluca-giamattei
May 8 2021
0.98a15
5.0
May 8 2021
5.0
Version: 0.98a15
Nicka
Nicka
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Mar 13 2006
4.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Jun 28 2005
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Feb 2 2004
4.5
Feb 2 2004
4.5
Version: null