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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page ii Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Legal Information Legal Information ©1994–2003 Roxio, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Roxio, Inc., 455 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95050.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page iii Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Legal Information mp3PRO audio coding technology licensed from Coding Technologies, Fraunhofer IIS and Thomson multimedia. For DVD Builder software - Primary interface design by XEODesign®, Inc. http:// www.xeodesign.com. ® Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote and the Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition Service (sm).
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page iv Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Legal Information Audio effect engine licensed by Algorithmix www.algorithmix.com. This software is based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group. Ogg Vorbis audio compression technology provided courtesy of the Xiph.Org Foundation. Some digital content © 1994-2002 Hemera* Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Trademark of Hemera Technologies Inc.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page v Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Legal Information Roxio reserves the right to make changes in the product design without reservation and without notification to its users. Disclaimer IF THIS PRODUCT DIRECTS YOU TO COPY MATERIALS, YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION FROM THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OF THE MATERIALS TO AVOID VIOLATING THE LAW WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGES OR OTHER REMEDIES.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page vii Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM vii Contents 1 Getting Started with Creator Classic 2 Making Data Discs About Creator Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting Creator Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Creator Classic User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving and Opening a Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page viii Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Contents Renaming Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Finding Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Burning Your Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Retrieving Files and Folders Recorded to Multiple Discs . . . . . . .
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page ix Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Contents 4 Making MP3 Player Discs 5 Making Enhanced CDs 6 Making Mixed-Mode CDs 31 What is an MP3 Player Disc?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting an MP3 Player Disc Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adding MP3 Files to Your Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Working with MP3 Files in Your Project . .
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page x Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Contents Burning Your Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 7 Making Bootable Discs 8 Using Additional Features 57 What is a Bootable Disc?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verifying That Your System Supports Bootable Disc . . . . . . . . . . Finding or Creating a Bootable Floppy . . . . . . . . . . . .
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page xi Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Contents 9 Creator Classic Reference 77 Creator Classic Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edit Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . View Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 2 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 1: Getting Started with Creator Classic About Creator Classic Use Creator Classic to back-up, share, or archive your important files to CD or DVD, or large projects to multiple discs. Create advanced format, bootable, music discs and more. With Creator Classic, burning a disc is a simple process: 1 Start a Creator Classic project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 3 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 1: Getting Started with Creator Classic The Creator Classic User Interface Creator Classic has a different user interface depending on the type of project you are working with. The user interface for a data project is displayed below to show parts of the interface that are common across all project types.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 4 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 1: Getting Started with Creator Classic Saving and Opening a Project You can save your project or open existing projects. To save a project using a different name: 1 Choose File > Save Project List As. 2 Type a file name, and select a location for the file. 3 Click Save. To overwrite the current project: ■ Choose File > Save Project List.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 6 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs What is a Data Disc? A data disc is a CD or DVD that contains only computer data, and no digital audio tracks. With Creator Classic, you can make your own data discs by recording files and folders from your hard disk and other discs.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 7 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs Adding Files and Folders to Your Project You can add files and folders from your hard disk and other discs to your project. Tip The Disc Info Bar at the bottom of the Project Window displays the current size of your project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 8 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs Recording a Large Project to Multiple Discs You can record a large project to two or more discs.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 10 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs You can rename a file or folder in any of these ways: ■ Right-click the file or folder in the project and select Rename. ■ Select the file or folder in the project and choose Edit > Rename. Finding Files You can find a file currently included in your project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 11 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs Burning Your Disc When you have added and organized all of the files that you want to record to your project, you are ready to burn your project to disc. To burn your project to disc: 1 Insert a blank disc into your recorder. Note If you plan on using a disc already containing data, see Making a Multisession Disc on page 13. 2 Click Burn .
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 12 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs Retrieving Files and Folders Recorded to Multiple Discs The Roxio Retrieve program allows you to retrieve files and folders that were recorded to multiple discs using Creator Classic. You can choose to retrieve all files and folders on the disc or specific files and folders only.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 13 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 2: Making Data Discs Making a Multisession Disc A session is a recorded area on a disc that contains one or more music or data tracks. A disc can have either a single session (as is the case with most music CDs) or multiple sessions, which are called multisession discs. Note A multisession music CD is not recommended.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 16 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs What is a Music CD? A music CD is a compact disc (CD) that can be played on both audio CD players and computer disc drives; however, they contain no computer data. With Creator Classic, you can make your own music CDs by recording tracks from other music CDs, and from audio files (MP3, WAV, or WMA files) stored on your hard disk and other discs.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 17 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Starting a New Music CD Project You can start a new project in any of these ways: ■ Choose File > New Project > Music CD. ■ In the Project Window, click the Music button and select Music CD. Music Button An untitled project appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 18 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Name Note If the disc information (disc title, artist name, and track titles) is not displayed in the Source Window, click the Name icon to download the information from an online music database on the Internet. Tip The Disc Info Bar at the bottom of the Project Window displays the current size of your project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 19 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Adding Audio Files to Your Project You can add MP3, WAV, and WMA audio files on your hard disk to your project (if you are recording tracks from music CDs, see Adding Audio Files to Your Project on page 19). You can audio files in any of these ways: ■ Drag one or more audio files from the Source Window to the Project Window.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 20 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Playing a Track You can play one or more tracks in your project to hear how they will be recorded to your CD. This is especially useful if you want to preview any effects applied to your tracks. You can play a track in any of these ways: ■ Select one or more tracks and click the Play icon.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 21 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Applying Transition Effects to Tracks You can apply Transition effects such as fade-in, fade-out, and crossfade to your tracks: To apply a transition effect: 1 Select a track in the project. 2 Do any of the following: ■ Click the Transitions icon. ■ Choose Track > Transitions Effects. ■ Right-click the track and select Transitions Effects.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 22 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs 3 Select the effects you want to apply as well as the duration (in seconds:frames) of the effects. ■ Fade-in: This effect gradually increases the volume level at the beginning of the track from low to the track’s normal level in the amount of time you specify.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 23 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Disc Title Artist Name Renaming Tracks You can rename tracks in any of these ways: ■ Right-click the track that you want to rename and select Rename. ■ Select the track that you want to rename and choose Edit > Rename.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 24 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Burning Your Disc When you have added and organized all of the tracks and audio files that you want to record to your project, you are ready to burn your project to disc. To burn your project to disc: 1 Insert a blank disc into your recorder. 2 Click Burn . The Record Setup dialog box appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 25 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs disc case. You can choose to start Label Creator by clicking Label Creator, or you can continue without starting Label Creator by clicking No. Converting a Track to an MP3, WAV, or WMA Audio File You can convert a track on an existing music CD and save it to your hard disk as an MP3, WAV, or WMA audio file.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 26 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs 4 In the Save In drop-down list box, select a location for the file. 5 In the File Name text box, type a name for the file. 6 In the Save as Type drop-down list box, select the format type: 7 ■ *.MP3 ■ *.WAV ■ *.WMA In the Format drop-down list box, select the format quality that you want for the file.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 27 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Accessing the Online Music Database If you have Internet access, you can access an online music database to automatically retrieve information about a commercially produced music CD, including the disc title, artist name, and track titles. To access the online music database: 1 Insert the music CD into your drive and allow the CD to spin-up.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 28 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Using the Gracenote CDDB Service Creator Classic uses the Gracenote CDDB® Music Recognition Service (SM) from Gracenote to display artist, title, track, and other information. To see or edit the full Gracenote CDDB information for a CD, choose Disc > CDDB Disc Information.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 29 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 3: Making Music CDs Advanced Music CD Topics Entering a UPC You can enter a Universal Product Code (UPC) for identifying your music CD. A UPC can be entered from the Project Properties dialog box. To enter a UPC: 1 Choose File > Project Properties. The Project Properties dialog box appears.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 32 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs What is an MP3 Player Disc? An MP3 Player Disc is a CD or DVD data disc that can be played on an MP3 Player (any player that supports MP3 data files). With Creator Classic, you can make your own MP3 Player Discs by recording MP3 files stored on your hard disk and other discs.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 33 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Starting an MP3 Player Disc Project You can start a new project in any of these ways: ■ Choose File > New Project > MP3 Player Disc. ■ In the Project Window, click the Music button and select MP3 Player Disc. Music Button An untitled project appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 34 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Adding MP3 Files to Your Project You can add MP3 audio files that are on your hard disk or another disc to your project. Note The order you add MP3 files to your project is the order the files are displayed in the MP3 playlist file. See Using the MP3 Playlist Editor on page 37 to rename and edit the playlist file.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 36 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Renaming Files and Folders You can rename files and folders in your project. This does not rename the original name of the file or folder on your hard disk. You can rename a file or folder in any of these ways: ■ Right-click the file or folder in the project and select Rename.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 37 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Using the MP3 Playlist Editor The MP3 Playlist Editor allows you to edit the MP3 playlist file (the default name of the file is playlist.m3u). The first time you add MP3 files to the project, the MP3 playlist file is generated and added to the root directory of your project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 38 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Burning Your Disc When you have added and organized all of the MP3 files that you want to record to your project, you are ready to burn your project to disc. To burn your project to disc: 1 Insert a blank disc into your recorder. 2 Click Burn . The Record Setup dialog box appears. 3 Click OK.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 39 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 4: Making MP3 Player Discs Making MP3 Files With Creator Classic, you can make your own MP3 files from tracks on your music CDs. This process is commonly referred to as encoding or ripping MP3 files. To make MP3 files using Creator Classic, see Converting a Track to an MP3, WAV, or WMA Audio File on page 25. Note Roxio AudioCentral also allows you to rip MP3 files.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 42 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs What is an Enhanced CD? An enhanced CD is a multisession CD that contains both music tracks and computer data. The first session on the CD contains the music tracks, so a home or car stereo CD player can play them. The second session contains data intended for your computer’s disc drive.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 43 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs Starting an Enhanced CD Project You can start a new project in any of these ways: ■ Choose File > New Project > Enhanced CD. ■ In the Project Window, click the Other button and then select Enhanced CD. Other An untitled project appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 44 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs Adding Tracks to Your Project You can add tracks from an existing music CD to the Audio Project of your Enhanced CD project (if you are recording audio files, see Adding Audio Files to Your Project on page 46). To add tracks: 1 Insert the music CD into your drive and allow the CD to spin-up.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 45 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs 3 Do any of the following to add the track to your project: ■ Drag one or more tracks from the Source Window to the Audio Project in the Project Window. ■ Select one or more tracks in the Source Window, and then click Add icon. ■ Select one or more tracks in the Source Window, and choose Edit > Add to Project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 46 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs Adding Audio Files to Your Project You can add MP3, WAV, and WMA audio files from your hard disk and other discs to the Audio Project of your Enhanced CD project (if you are recording tracks from music CDs, see Adding Tracks to Your Project on page 44). 1 Click the Audio Project in the Project Window to select it.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 47 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs Adding Files and Folders to Your Project You can add files and folders from your hard disk and other discs to the Data Project of your Enhanced CD project. 1 Click the Data Project (the disc icon below the audio project) in the Project Window to select it.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 48 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 5: Making Enhanced CDs Burning Your Disc When you have added and organized all of the audio tracks and data files that you want to record to your project, you are ready to burn your project to disc. To burn your project to disc: 1 Insert a blank disc into your recorder. 2 Click Burn . The Record Setup dialog box appears. 3 Click OK.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 50 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs What is a Mixed-Mode CD? A mixed-mode CD is a single-session CD that contains both computer data and music tracks, and is typically used for entertainment and educational programs. Data is written to the first track on the CD followed by one or more music tracks.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 51 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs Starting a Mixed-Mode CD Project You can start a new project in any of these ways: ■ Choose File > New Project > Mixed-Mode CD. ■ In the Project Window, click the Other icon and then select MixedMode CD. Other An untitled project appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 52 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs Adding Files and Folders to Your Project You can add files and folders from your hard disk and other discs to the Data Project of your Mixed-Mode CD project. 1 Click the Data Project (the disc icon above the audio project) in the Project Window to select it.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 53 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs Adding Tracks to Your Project You can add tracks from an existing music CD to the Audio Project of your Mixed-Mode CD project (if you are recording audio files, see Adding Audio Files to Your Project on page 54). To add tracks: 1 Insert the music CD into your drive and allow the CD to spin-up.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 54 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs 3 Do any of the following to add the track to your project: ■ Drag one or more tracks from the Source Window to the Audio Project in the Project Window. ■ Select one or more tracks in the Source Window, and then click Add icon. ■ Select one or more tracks in the Source Window, and choose Edit > Add to Project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 55 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 6: Making Mixed-Mode CDs ■ Drag one or more audio files from Windows Explorer to the Audio Project in the Project Window. ■ Copy and paste one or more audio files from the Source Window or Windows Explorer to the Audio Project in the Project Window.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 58 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs What is a Bootable Disc? A bootable disc is a CD or DVD that contains a bootable image, which is an exact representation of a bootable floppy disk or hard disk. With Creator Classic, you can make a bootable disc that can be used to start your system.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 59 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs Verifying That Your System Supports Bootable Disc To start your system from a bootable disc, the system itself must support the bootable disc feature.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 60 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs 5 Click OK. Note To make a bootable floppy under Windows NT and Windows 2000, please refer to your Windows User’s Guide. Additional Bootable Floppy Information The floppy disk you need to create is dependent on the system you are planning to boot from.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 61 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs Making a Bootable Disc with Creator Classic To make a Bootable Disc: 1 Do any of the following to start a new project: ■ Choose File > New Project > Bootable Disc. ■ In the Project Window, click the Other icon and then select Bootable Disc. Other The Choose Type of Bootable Disc dialog box appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 62 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs ■ Floppy Disk Emulation (2.88 MB): Select this option if you want a bootable disc that is an exact representation of a 2.88 MB bootable floppy. This option allows you take a bootable floppy image and copy it to a 2.88 MB partition on the disc. With this option selected, your bootable image cannot exceed 2.88 MB.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 63 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs Note When the disc has been burned, take it to the system you want to boot from. Make sure it has bootable disc support enabled, insert the bootable disc in your CD or DVD drive, and reboot the system. If you are able to start your system from the bootable disc, you have successfully made a bootable disc.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 64 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 7: Making Bootable Discs Sector Count The Sector Count specifies the number of virtual/emulated sectors the system will store at the load segment during the initial boot process. To create a standard bootable disc, you will not need to change this value.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 66 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Creating and Recording Disc Image Files A disc image file is a complete copy of the data as it will appear on the disc you wish to record—only it’s stored on your hard disk instead of recorded to a blank disc. You can create a disc image file for any type of project in Creator Classic.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 67 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features 4 Type a file name and select a location for the file. 5 Click Save. The Burn Disc Progress dialog box appears. 6 Click OK when the recording is finished. To burn the disc image file to disc: 1 Choose File > Record Disc from Image. The Record Disc From Image File dialog box appears.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 68 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features 3 Insert a blank disc into your recorder 4 Click OK. 5 After the disc has been successfully burned, you are prompted to launch Label Creator to make a custom disc label or insert for your disc case. You can choose to start Label Creator by clicking Label Creator, or you can continue without starting Label Creator by clicking No.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 69 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Selecting Disc Size The Disc Info Bar at the bottom of the Project Window displays the current size of your project, the number discs required to burn the project, and the disc size of the media in your recorder.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 70 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Understanding the Record Methods The record method determines how the data in your project is written to the disc in your recorder. You can select the record method from the Record Setup dialog box that appears after you click the Burn button.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 71 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features If you are making a music CD, this option finalizes the session so that the disc can be played on home stereo equipment. If additional sessions are added later, only the first session on the CD can be played on most stereo equipment. ■ Finalize Disc: Select this option to finalize both the session and disc.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 72 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features File Filter Tab 2 Click the File Filter tab. 3 Select your options from the dialog box. Click the Help button on the dialog box for information on the various options. Erasing a ReWritable Disc If you are using a rewritable disc, you can erase it completely so that it is blank.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 73 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Caution If you have copied extremely sensitive data to a rewritable disc (such as private personal information) we strongly recommend that you destroy the disc rather than choose the option of erasing it and re-recording over the data.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 74 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Viewing Disc Information The disc information dialog box displays information about the discs in your CD or DVD drives and recorders. To view disc information: Choose Disc > Disc Information.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 75 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 8: Using Additional Features Starting Roxio Retrieve You can start the Roxio Retrieve application to retrieve files and folders from large projects that were burned to multiple discs. To start Roxio Retrieve: ■ Choose Tools > Roxio Retrieve. Starting Label Creator You can start the Label Creator to make a custom disc label or insert for your disc case.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 78 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 9: Creator Classic Reference Creator Classic Menus The following menus are available in Creator Classic: ■ File Menu ■ Edit Menu ■ View Menu ■ Disc Menu ■ Tools Menu ■ Track Menu ■ Help Menu File Menu The following table lists the commands under the File menu. Command Description New Project Starts a new Creator Classic project.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 79 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 9: Creator Classic Reference Command Description Create a Disc Image Creates a disc image file that can be burned to disc at a later time. Record Disc from Image Records a previously saved disc image file. Project Properties Displays the Project Properties dialog box. Recent File Opens a recent Creator Classic project. Exit Quits Creator Classic.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 80 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 9: Creator Classic Reference View Menu The following table lists the commands under the View menu. Command Description Disc Info Bar Shows or hides the Disc Info Bar at the bottom of the Project Window. Source Tree View Displays the folder tree structure in the Source Window. Project Tree View Displays the folder tree structure in the Project Window.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 81 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 9: Creator Classic Reference Disc Menu The following table lists the commands under the Disc menu. Command Description Eject Ejects the disc in the recorder. Erase Disc Erases the ReWritable disc in the recorder. Disc Information Displays the Disc Information dialog box. CDDB Disc Information Displays the Gracenote CDDB Disc Information dialog box.
ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 82 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Chapter 9: Creator Classic Reference Help Menu The following table lists the commands under the Help menu. Command Description About Creator Classic Opens the About dialog box for Creator Classic, which displays the application's version number and copyright notice.
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ECDC_6_0_UserGuide_CC.book Page 85 Monday, December 16, 2002 1:45 PM Easy CD & DVD Creator 6 Expanded User’s Guide: Creator Classic Index removing before making the disc 9, 35 renaming before making the disc 9, 36 retrieving 12 G gap 22 getting started 1 Gracenote CDDB Service 28, 82 H hard disk emulation 62 help for Creator Classic 4 help menu 82 I image file 66 info bar 8 Internet 27, 74 ISRC 29 K M .
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