<s>
K3b	B-Language
(	O
from	O
KDE	B-Application
Burn	O
Baby	O
Burn	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
CD	O
,	O
DVD	O
and	O
Blu-ray	O
authoring	B-Application
application	O
by	O
KDE	B-Application
for	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
computer	B-General_Concept
operating	I-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
to	O
perform	O
most	O
CD/DVD	B-Application
burning	I-Application
tasks	O
like	O
creating	O
an	O
Audio	O
CD	O
from	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
audio	O
files	O
or	O
copying	O
a	O
CD/DVD	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
more	O
advanced	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
burning	O
eMoviX	O
CD/DVDs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
actual	O
disc	O
recording	O
in	O
K3b	B-Language
is	O
done	O
by	O
the	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
utilities	O
cdrecord	B-Language
or	O
cdrkit	B-Application
,	O
cdrdao	B-Language
,	O
and	O
growisofs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.0	O
,	O
K3b	B-Language
features	O
a	O
built-in	O
DVD	O
ripper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
is	O
the	O
case	O
with	O
most	O
KDE	B-Application
applications	O
,	O
K3b	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
and	O
uses	O
the	O
Qt	B-Language
GUI	I-Language
toolkit	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
,	O
K3b	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
first	O
alpha	O
of	O
a	O
KDE	B-Language
Platform	I-Language
4	I-Language
version	O
of	O
K3b	B-Language
was	O
released	O
on	O
22	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
the	O
second	O
on	O
27	O
May	O
2009	O
and	O
a	O
third	O
on	O
14	O
October	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K3b	B-Language
is	O
a	O
software	O
project	O
that	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
mainstays	O
of	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
desktop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
K3b	B-Language
's	O
main	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
CD/DVD	B-Application
burning	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
Audio	O
CD	B-Application
burning	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
CD/Video	O
DVD	O
authoring	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
ISO	B-General_Concept
image	I-General_Concept
support	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
K3b	B-Language
can	O
also	O
burn	O
data	O
CDs	O
that	O
support	O
Linux/Unix	O
based	O
OS	O
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
DOS	O
,	O
Very	O
Large	O
Files	O
(	O
UDF	O
)	O
,	O
Linux/Unix	O
+Windows	O
,	O
Rock	O
Ridge	O
,	O
and	O
Joliet	O
file	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
K3b	B-Language
's	O
full	O
list	O
of	O
features	O
(	O
the	O
below	O
list	O
could	O
be	O
still	O
incomplete	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Let	O
K3b	B-Language
rename	O
all	O
the	O
mp3/ogg	O
files	O
you	O
add	O
to	O
your	O
project	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
format	O
like	O
"	O
artist	O
-	O
title.mp3	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
advanced	O
users	O
:	O
support	O
for	O
nearly	O
all	O
the	O
mkisofs	B-Language
options	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
multiple	O
El-Torito	B-Device
boot	O
images	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	O
for	O
WAV	O
,	O
mp3	B-Application
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Ogg	O
Vorbis	O
are	O
included	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
DVD	B-Application
Burning	I-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
K3b	B-Language
stores	O
CDDB	O
info	O
of	O
the	O
ripped	O
tracks	O
which	O
will	O
automatically	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
CD-Text	O
when	O
adding	O
the	O
ripped	O
files	O
to	O
an	O
audio	O
project	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	O
to	O
encode	O
to	O
Ogg	O
Vorbis	O
,	O
mp3	B-Application
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
and	O
all	O
formats	O
supported	O
by	O
SoX	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
existing	O
iso	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
to	O
CD	O
or	O
DVD	O
with	O
optional	O
verification	O
of	O
the	O
written	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
