Free CD Burner that allows use of network drive ...

[Rachael the Wiccan Rat]

I usually use Sony CDExtreme (as recommended by Son of Spy and other posters
here - fantastic utility), but this doesn't allow me to select a drive
living on another machine as the burner. Machine that wants to use network
cd burner is running Windows 98 (machine where the cd physically lives runs
XP). Or, if CDExtreme does allow this, I'm buggered if I can figure out how
to get it to do it ! Any free alternatives ?

TIA,

Rachael

 

[Exeter]

In alt.comp.freeware on Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:28:32 +0100 "Rachael the

I usually use Sony CDExtreme (as recommended by Son of Spy and other posters
here - fantastic utility), but this doesn't allow me to select a drive
living on another machine as the burner. Machine that wants to use network
cd burner is running Windows 98 (machine where the cd physically lives runs
XP).

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Several things could be the problem. Depending on the network setup
you may not have turned on drive sharing for that drive on the host.
If sharing is turned on you will still need the drivers on the other
machine. This could lead to a catch 22. The computer will not let
you see the drive until the drivers are installed. The computer will
not let you install drivers until it can see the drive. You could
also (depending on system setup) end up with the first machine
(without the drive physically in place) can not see the second machine
(not yet turned on) at boot up scans for installed hardware and
removes the drive at each reboot. You may need to look at network
sharing and system setup rather than the burner program. I use CD
Extreme on a network but intentionally do not allow the other machines
access.

Another problem you may run into is data transfer rate. If the
network is not fast enough you may under run the buffer and burn
coasters as a result.

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[m]

I usually use Sony CDExtreme (as recommended by Son of Spy and other posters
here - fantastic utility), but this doesn't allow me to select a drive
living on another machine as the burner. Machine that wants to use network
cd burner is running Windows 98 (machine where the cd physically lives runs
XP). Or, if CDExtreme does allow this, I'm buggered if I can figure out how
to get it to do it ! Any free alternatives ?

TIA,

Rachael

Maybe the other way around? Use the machine with the burner on board
as the CDExtreme installation and point the software at the network
files. Drag the files you want to burn from the remote machine to the
Sony Application on the machine with the hardware.

Use realVNC as a remote control. Run the hardware/software machine
from the data machine via the network. http://www.realvnc.com/

 

[Rachael the Wiccan Rat]

In alt.comp.freeware on Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:28:32 +0100 "Rachael the

Quote clipped
Several things could be the problem. Depending on the network setup
you may not have turned on drive sharing for that drive on the host.
If sharing is turned on you will still need the drivers on the other
machine. This could lead to a catch 22. The computer will not let
you see the drive until the drivers are installed.

I can see the drive fine - it just isn't selectable in cdextreme.

The computer will

not let you install drivers until it can see the drive. You could
also (depending on system setup) end up with the first machine
(without the drive physically in place) can not see the second machine
(not yet turned on) at boot up scans for installed hardware and
removes the drive at each reboot. You may need to look at network
sharing and system setup rather than the burner program. I use CD
Extreme on a network but intentionally do not allow the other machines
access.

Ny network is fine - sharing is fine, ICS is fine (as long as I bring the
internet security zone setting down to "medium" in Zone Alarm, as only the
pro version supports ics in stealth mode). All drives that I want to share
on either machine are visible in both machines. It all works - cdextreme
just doesn't seem to want me to be able to select the drive.

Another problem you may run into is data transfer rate. If the
network is not fast enough you may under run the buffer and burn
coasters as a result.

From what I understand it, most modern networks are adequate for burning a
few average sized files. Larger ones, - say, a whole vcd, are better
transfered to the host machine and burned from there.


Rachael

 

[Rachael the Wiccan Rat]

Maybe the other way around? Use the machine with the burner on board
as the CDExtreme installation and point the software at the network
files. Drag the files you want to burn from the remote machine to the
Sony Application on the machine with the hardware.

If I read you right, you mean drag the files from the client machine (the
one without the burner) to the host machine and burn from there (which I
have doen already) ? Thing is, I want the client machine to be able to use
the burner - the client is bf's machine and I'm getting fed up with burning
cds for him every ten minutes. ;-)

Use realVNC as a remote control. Run the hardware/software machine
from the data machine via the network. http://www.realvnc.com/

This might be more what I'm after. I'll give it a look, thanks.


Rachael

 

[m]

If I read you right, you mean drag the files from the client machine (the
one without the burner) to the host machine and burn from there (which I
have doen already) ? Thing is, I want the client machine to be able to use
the burner - the client is bf's machine and I'm getting fed up with burning
cds for him every ten minutes. ;-)

This might be more what I'm after. I'll give it a look, thanks.


Rachael

Yes, in windows you can only use the CD burner from the machine in
which it's installed. Looks like you're stuck. : )

You could move the drive physically to the client machine. Then use
RealVNC to control the burner from there when you need to make your
own cd's. Make bf's day too, while your at it.

 

[Rachael the Wiccan Rat]

Yes, in windows you can only use the CD burner from the machine in
which it's installed. Looks like you're stuck. : )

I had read on some online forums that it *was* possible to use a burner over
a network.

You could move the drive physically to the client machine. Then use
RealVNC to control the burner from there when you need to make your
own cd's. Make bf's day too, while your at it.

Heh - bf's pc is a P120 with 24mb of ram - I imagine I would be there all
day making my regular burns on that. ;-) Besides, the burner is my second
cdrom drive - I need two because I use my machine for music sequencing,
which means I am often reading things from more than one cd at once.

Thanks for all the ideas. Perhaps I'll just have to hope I can get himself a
burner for his machine that doesn't overwhelm his hardware and make the
system fall over.



Rachael