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{{Short description|Optical disc authoring software}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = K3b
| logo                   = Breezeicons-apps-48-k3b.svg
| logo size              = 70px
| screenshot             = K3b 21.12.0 screenshot.png
| screenshot size        = 250px
| caption                = Screenshot of K3b version 21.12.0 on Arch Linux
| author                 = Sebastian Trüg
| developer              = [[KDE]]
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| programming language   = [[C++]] ([[Qt (software)|Qt]])<ref name="ohloh">{{cite web |url=http://www.ohloh.net/p/k3b |title=Ohloh Analysis Summary - K3b |publisher=[[Ohloh]] |access-date=2010-05-14 |archive-date=2013-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024063832/http://www.ohloh.net/p/k3b |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| operating system       = [[Unix-like]]
| platform               = [[KDE Platform]]
| genre                  = [[Optical disc authoring]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref name="ohloh" /><ref name="license">{{cite web |url=http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/multimedia/k3b/COPYING?view=markup |title=K3b sources - COPYING |publisher=websvn.kde.org |access-date=2010-05-14 }}{{dead link|date=August 2016|bot=medic}}</ref>
| website                = {{URL|https://apps.kde.org/k3b/}}
}}

'''K3b''' (from '''KDE Burn Baby Burn''')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dot.kde.org/2006/04/17/k3b-fundraiser-2006-complete-success |title=<nowiki>K[4]B?</nowiki> |date=17 April 2006 |access-date=2009-03-11}}</ref> is a [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] [[optical disc authoring|authoring]] application by [[KDE]] for [[Unix-like]] computer [[operating system]]s. It provides a [[graphical user interface]] to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks like creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as more advanced tasks such as burning eMoviX CD/DVDs. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. 

==Overview==
The program has many default settings which can be customized by more experienced users. The actual disc [[CD recorder|recording]] in K3b is done by the [[command line interface|command line]] utilities [[cdrecord]] or [[cdrkit]], [[cdrdao]], and [[growisofs]]. As of version 1.0, K3b features a built-in [[Ripping|DVD ripper]].

As is the case with most KDE applications, K3b is written in the [[C++]] [[programming language]] and uses the [[Qt (software)|Qt GUI toolkit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kde.org/whatiskde/devview.php |title=Developer's View |access-date=2007-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202191430/http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/devview.php |archive-date=2007-02-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ |title=Language bindings |access-date=2007-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070329083426/http://developer.kde.org/language-bindings/ |archive-date=2007-03-29 }}</ref> Released under the [[GNU General Public License]], K3b is [[free software]].

A first alpha of a [[KDE Platform|KDE Platform 4]] version of K3b was released on 22 April 2009, the second on 27 May 2009 and a third on 14 October 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://k3b.org/ |title=Project home page announcement |access-date=2009-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.mandriva.com/2009/03/19/mandriva-helps-porting-k3b-in-qt4/ |title=Mandriva helps porting K3b in Qt4 |access-date=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324060244/http://blog.mandriva.com/2009/03/19/mandriva-helps-porting-k3b-in-qt4/ |archive-date=2009-03-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://trueg.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/intermission-why-i-needed-to-fork-qprocess-for-k3b/ |title=Intermission: Why I Needed To Fork QProcess For K3b |date=23 March 2009 |access-date=2009-03-23}}</ref>

K3b is a software project that was started in 1998, and is one of the mainstays of the KDE desktop.

== Features ==
Some of K3b's main features include:
* Data CD/DVD burning;
* Audio CD burning;
* [[CD Text|CD-Text]] support;
* [[Blu-ray Disc|Blu-ray]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.k3b.org/ |title=K3b 2.0 released |access-date=2010-08-15}}</ref>/[[DVD-R]]/[[DVD+R]]/[[DVD-RW]]/[[DVD+RW]] support;
* [[CD-R]]/[[CD-RW]] support;
* [[Mixed Mode CD]] (CD-DA and -ROM on one disc);
* Multisession CD;
* [[Video CD]]/[[Video DVD]] authoring;
* eMovix CD/eMovix DVD;
* Disk-to-disk CD and DVD copying;
* Erasing Rewritable discs;
* [[ISO image]] support;
* Ripping Audio CDs, Video CDs, Video DVDs.

K3b can also burn data CDs that support Linux/Unix based OS, Windows, DOS, [[Universal Disk Format|Very Large Files (UDF)]], Linux/Unix&nbsp;+&nbsp;Windows, [[Rock Ridge]], and [[Joliet (file system)|Joliet]] file systems.

K3b's full list of features (the below list could be still incomplete):
* Creating data CDs:
** Add files and folders to data CD project via drag and drop;
** Remove files from your project, move files within your project;
** Create empty directories within your project;
** Write data CDs on-the-fly directly without an image file or with image file. It's also possible to just create the&nbsp;image file and write it to CD later;
** [[Rock Ridge|Rockridge]] and [[Joliet file system|Joliet]] file system support;
** Rename files within the project;
** Let K3b rename all the [[mp3]]/[[ogg]] files you add to your project to a common format like "Artist - Title.mp3"
** For advanced users: support for nearly all the [[mkisofs]] options;
** Verifying the burned data;
** Support for multiple [[El Torito (CD-ROM standard)|El-Torito]] boot images;
** Multisession support.
* Creating audio CDs:
** Pluggable audio decoding. Plugins for [[WAV]], mp3, [[FLAC]], and Ogg Vorbis are included;
** [[CD-TEXT|CD-Text]] support. Will automatically be filled in from tags in audio files;
** Write audio CDs on-the-fly, without decoding audio files to wav before;
** Normalize volume levels before writing;
** Cut audio tracks at the beginning and the end.
* Creating Video CDs:
** VCD 1.1, 2.0, [[SVCD]];
** CD-i support (Version 4).
* Creating mixed-mode CDs:
** CD-Extra (CD-Plus, Enhanced Audio CD) support;
** All data and audio project features.
* Creating eMovix CDs.
* CD Copying:
** Copy single and multi session data CDs;
** Copy Audio CDs;
** Copy Enhanced Audio CDs (CD-Extra);
** Copy CD-Text;
** Add CD-Text from CDDB;
** CD Cloning mode for perfect single session CD copies.
* DVD Burning:
** Support for DVD-R(W) and DVD+R(W);
** Creating data DVD projects;
** Creating eMovix DVDs;
** Formatting DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs.
* CD Ripping:
** CDDB support via http, cddbp and local cddb directory;
** Sophisticated pattern system to automatically organize the ripped tracks in directories and name them according to album, title, artist, and track number;
** CD-Text reading. May be used instead of CDDB info;
** K3b stores CDDB info of the ripped tracks which will automatically be used as CD-Text when adding the ripped files to an audio project;
** Plugin system to allow encoding to virtually every audio format. Plugins to encode to Ogg Vorbis, mp3, FLAC, and all formats supported by SoX included.
* DVD Ripping and DivX/XviD encoding.
* Save/load projects.
* Blanking of CD-RWs.
* Retrieving Table of contents and cdr information.
* Writing existing iso images to CD or DVD with optional verification of the written data.
* Writing [[Cue sheet (computing)|cue]]/bin files created for CDRWIN.
* DVD copy (no video transcoding yet).
* Enhanced CD device handling:
** Detection of maximal writing and reading speed.
** Detection of Burnfree and Justlink support.
** Good media detection and optional automatic CD-RW and DVD-RW blanking.
* KParts-Plugin ready.
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[List of optical disc authoring software]]
* [[Comparison of DVD ripper software]]
* [[Brasero (software)|Brasero]], a [[GTK+]] optical disc authoring program.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://userbase.kde.org/K3b K3b website]
* [https://bugs.kde.org/describecomponents.cgi?product=k3b Bug tracker]

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{{Optical disc image software}}
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[[Category:Free optical disc authoring software]]
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[[Category:Linux CD ripping software]]
[[Category:Linux CD/DVD writing software]]
[[Category:Optical disc authoring software]]
[[Category:Optical disc-related software that uses Qt]]