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NeroLINUX Preparing to use of NeroLINUX •
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1 Preparing to use of NeroLINUX
1.1 Software Requirements
NeroLINUX has all the necessary functionality for recording CDs and DVDs built-
in. However, for some special features NeroLINUX relies on some additional
programs and packages installed on your system:
The mpg123 software MPEG1-LayerIII decoder is used to allow recording of
MP3 files on CD as regular audio tracks. Additionally, Gogo’n’Coda can be
used to encode MP3 files.
The ogg123 command line ogg-vorbis decoder as well as the oggtst package
(available from the GnomeToaster Homepage: http://gnometoaster.rulez.org)
is needed to be able to play and record ogg-vorbis files. Additionally, oggenc
can be used to encode ogg-vorbis files.
NeroLINUX has dependency test functionality built-in and will tell you when it
needs a program and cannot find it. A message will pop up in this case telling
you the name of the package, the URL where it can be obtained and what
purpose it has within NeroLINUX.
1.2 Hardware requirements
Recording CD-R/RW or DVD/RW puts a high load on your system's components.
Although most state of the art systems should easily be capable of recording CD-
R/RW or DVD/RW media perfectly well, the hardware requirements for CD
recording should not be underestimated. Your CD/DVD-Recorder needs a
continuous stream of data with interruptions only as small as can easily be
handled by the onboard buffer provided by your recorder which is usually about
512kb to 2048kb. Depending on the recording speed, this can take less than a
second to exceed.
For the graphical user interface of NeroLINUX you will need about 64MB of
system RAM to record a CD-R/RW or DVD/RW. In fact, this amount of memory is
too little as your X server also uses a lot of RAM.
Your CPU should be at least a Pentium III class 500Mhz CPU. Such a CPU is
required to safely record .mp3 files on the fly for example.
If your CPU or the medium your data is coming from is not fast enough to provide
the content you want to store on a disc in real-time, NeroLINUX can cache data