How do I burn a DVD ISO using the terminal?

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I have a DVD ISO file and I want to burn through the terminal.

We have many command formats but I am unable to choose the best & safe one. so please give me a best command to burn the ISO through the terminal.

score 72 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 31 '22 at 12:24

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There are several ways to do this, but here are just two ways that I use regularly. Please replace /dev/sr1 with the device identifier of your target drive (find out what it is with inxi -d), and replace myiso with your iso and its disk location if necessary.

wodim -eject -tao speed=2 dev=/dev/sr1 -v -data myiso.iso
growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr1=myiso.iso

More information about the read and write capabilities of your drive can be found with the following command, again substituting my example /dev with your device identifier:

wodim -prcap dev=/dev/sr1

For more options relating to wodim and growisofs, see their respective manpages by entering man wodim and man growisofs.

For installation of growisofs :

sudo apt install growisofs

For installation of wodim :

sudo apt install wodim

edited Mar 31 '22 at 12:24

karel

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answered Aug 11 '12 at 13:37

@Mik, can you explain in which package we can find inxi? – guntbert May 22 '13 at 20:53
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@guntbert See this question for how to install inxi; I forgot it wasn't in the repositories. – May 22 '13 at 22:42
wodim should not be used with DVD or BD media – malat Sep 02 '19 at 09:02

Amal Murali · Answer 2 · 2014-07-03T16:17:09.783

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Use the following command to locate your DVD drive:

wodim --devices

It will list an output like below (bold emphasis mine):


    wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     0  dev='/dev/sg1' rwrw-- : 'TSSTcorp' 'CDDVDW SH-S223F'
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

From the above output, we can determine the drive location. In this case, /dev/sg1 is the drive location.

Now, to burn the ISO, you can use the following command:

wodim -v dev=/dev/sg1 speed=10 -eject /home/$USER/file.iso

Replace /home/$USER/file.iso with your preferred path.

edited Jul 03 '14 at 16:17

answered Jan 11 '14 at 19:03

Amal Murali

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I saw the other answer. I think it's okay to have similar answers on the same thread. I just wanted to post the outputs as well. Also in the accepted answer, it uses inxi which may not ve available on all systems. I have added wodim --devices as an alternative. – Amal Murali Jan 12 '14 at 04:00
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wodim --devices does not seem to work, use wodim -checkdrive instead – Joao Costa Sep 17 '17 at 18:29
wodim should not be used with DVD or BD media – malat Sep 02 '19 at 09:04
Note that this is not working for non-root users as per: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrkit/+bug/1769848. Was not working for me, found that issue so I added sudo and it worked. – jotadepicas Mar 28 '20 at 18:50

A.B. · Answer 3 · 2015-12-09T19:05:23.610

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bashburn is your friend.

sudo apt-add-repository universe
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install bashburn

Currently BashBurn can:

Burn data CDs/DVDs (Including CDRWs)
Burn music CDs
Burn CD/DVD-images
Rip data/music CDs
Manipulate ISO-files
and probably more…

_Source

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answered Dec 09 '15 at 16:09

A.B.

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score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 12:13

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An easy to remember command line:

wodim CD.iso

It will use some defaults and try to guess your drive, which is fine in most cases.

That way you only need to set other options, like speed, if you really need to.

answered Jun 20 '17 at 12:13

Atila Romero

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wodim should not be used with DVD or BD media – malat Sep 02 '19 at 09:05
You could use cdrskin CD.iso, it also tries to find your device. But with so many similar named tools (cdrtool, cdrkit, cdrskin), it is a little harder to remember, though. – Atila Romero Sep 17 '19 at 17:26

Raja G · Answer 5 · 2019-09-03T04:57:56.183

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I came to know that we can use dd also to write.Open your terminal ( CTRL + ALT + T )

dd if=/path/image.iso of=/dev/cdrom1

if- Input File, path where you have the image.iso.
of- Output File, where this file have to sent .

If you are trying to burn DVDs using dd, then you have to follow below command line.

growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/path/image.iso

edited Sep 03 '19 at 04:57

answered Feb 04 '14 at 06:01

Raja G

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I tried this once, made my drive spin like hell. – szx Feb 09 '15 at 16:41

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 04 '16 at 13:05

Another possibility is to replace wodim with Jorg Schilling's cdrecord from Brandon Snider's PPA. This has often solved odd burning problems for me and has been tested extensively under my Trusty Tahr installation. First add the repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools

Note that this will replace the wodim package with cdrecord as well as installing cdda2wav. Then find the appropriate device address for your DVD drive by running:

cdrecord --scanbus

Finally run a commandline like the following (your own device address will be different):

cdrecord -v dev=0,0,0 -speed 8 driveropts=burnfree fs=32m -eject my_distro.iso

A modern cdrecord has no issues with either CD or DVD burning, or Bluray for that matter...

References:

score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 11 '12 at 23:26

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You could use Brasero, using command line arguments

brasero --help

answered Aug 11 '12 at 23:26

david6

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No thats failed me many times . thats why I want to try terminal . – Raja G Aug 12 '12 at 04:13

score 1 · Answer 8 · edited Jan 30 '18 at 22:34

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cdw

I would recommend this nice app for burning disks with ncurse interface...

edited Jan 30 '18 at 22:34

Geppettvs D'Constanzo

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answered Aug 26 '17 at 23:54

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