Copying a music project to a USB flash drive?

[Footsie]

Hi,

I installed Ubuntu on a used computer that was supposed to have a dvd-rw drive. To my dismay the drive only reads but doesn't write! I used Brasero to create a music project; is there some way I can write it to my USB flash drive? If that doesn't work, I'm willing to buy a USB dvd-rw drive separately, but are there any problems/details I should be aware of, or anything I should ask before I make such a purchase? (I'd still prefer to copy to flash drive, though).

[elliotn]

can't u simply copy the project to the thumb drive

[Footsie]

can't u simply copy the project to the thumb drive

That's what I'm asking! When I try to write the files to a flash drive from Brasero, I'm unable to select the drive letter - it does not appear in the drop-down list of available drives to write to. But I know that the flash drive is recognized by Ubuntu because I can see it from System Manager, and I can see the other files on it. So my question is: Is there some way I can make Brasero write my audio project to my flash drive?

[cchhrriiss121212]

Brasero is for burning files to CD or DVD. For USB drives, just use copy and paste in your file manager, you should see the USB drive listed on the left.

[Footsie]

Brasero is for burning files to CD or DVD. For USB drives, just use copy and paste in your file manager, you should see the USB drive listed on the left.

The problem is that my project doesn't show up in the list of files, so there's nothing to copy. If the project is saved as its own file in some subdirectory I don't know where to find it.

[JC Cheloven]

The problem is that my project doesn't show up in the list of files, so there's nothing to copy. If the project is saved as its own file in some subdirectory I don't know where to find it.

Let's see: it seems you are overcomplicating a simple task. Your music CD project is made up of music files. These can be copied to a thumb drive indeed. This is the most portable way for moving your music to another pc.

In that other pc you can create the audio CD, using brasero if you have that, or other program.

The brasero files (by default named brasero.cue and brasero.bin I think) will be useful only if you have brasero installed in your second computer. But if it's the case, again, you can use that brasero to do the whole thing.

Did I succed to explain the case?

[Footsie]

Let's see: it seems you are overcomplicating a simple task. Your music CD project is made up of music files. These can be copied to a thumb drive indeed. This is the most portable way for moving your music to another pc.

In that other pc you can create the audio CD, using brasero if you have that, or other program.

The brasero files (by default named brasero.cue and brasero.bin I think) will be useful only if you have brasero installed in your second computer. But if it's the case, again, you can use that brasero to do the whole thing.

Did I succed to explain the case?

The thing is, I didn't want just a flash drive full of music files each of which I would have to click individually. I want a playable music project that, like a cd, would automatically play each subsequent file after the preceding one finished. I keep hoping there's a bit of computer code that will make Brasero adapt to writing such a project to a flash drive, or some other music writing program that would recognize a flash drive.

I don't have another pc that could do this.

[cchhrriiss121212]

I don't understand what you mean by "music project". What program were you using to make it?

What actually is it, a collection of songs? Or something more than that?


I want a playable music project that, like a cd, would automatically play each subsequent file after the preceding one finished
If you give this drive to someone who will play this on their PC, they will just need to open the files with a media player. You could create an m3u playlist for them as well if you like.