User manual DIGITAL ATLANTIC CD ROLLER

User's Manual © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. CDRoller - User's Manual © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. All rights reserved. No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means - graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems - without the written permission of Digital Atlantic Corp. This document is as current as possible but the accompanying software product may have changed since its publication. The instructions in this document make no claim to describe all details or variations in the equipment, procedures or processes described, nor to provide directions for meeting every possible contingency during installation, operation or maintenance. Digital Atlantic Corp. reserves the right to change any information contained in this document or accompanying software at any time without prior notice. Contents I Table of Contents Introduction. 1. Installing CDRoller. 2. Uninstalling CDRoller. 3. Opening and Closing CDRoller. 4. How to register the program. 5. How to upgrade CDRoller. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. Overview. 3 4 11 12 13 14 15 ................................................................................................................................... 15 6.1. Disk recognition. ................................................................................................................................... 15 6.2. Using Session Selector. ................................................................................................................................... 17 6.3. Searching the lost UDF files on CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks. ................................................................................................................................... 17 6.4. Applying Scan UDF Disc. ................................................................................................................................... 18 6.5. Recovering files. ................................................................................................................................... 20 6.6. Reading ................................................................................................................................... 21 mini DVD-R discs created by Hitachi or Panasonic DVD camcorders. 6.7. Recovering files from DVD discs created by Roxio Classic Creator 6. ................................................................................................................................... 22 6.8. Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD cameras. ................................................................................................................................... 22 6.9. Recovering video data off the discs created by DVD recorders (standalone devices). 23 ................................................................................................................................... 6.10. Reading mini DVD-R/RW discs created by Sony DVD Camcorders. ................................................................................................................................... 24 6.11. Identifying Raw ISO Data ................................................................................................................................... 25 6.12. Recovering DVD video data using Wizard interface. ................................................................................................................................... 26 6.12.1. Creating ....new ... .... .... ... ....recovered video. .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... 28 . ... a ... .... DVD with ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... 7. Additional features. Overview. 29 ................................................................................................................................... 29 7.1. Testing disc. ................................................................................................................................... 29 7.2. Extracting Audio Tracks. ................................................................................................................................... 30 7.3. Extracting ISO Image File. ................................................................................................................................... 32 7.4. Creating................................................................................................................................... 32 Short CD/DVD Image. 8. Contacting Technical Support. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 34 35 I II CDRoller - User's Manual A.1. Main Window. ................................................................................................................................... 35 A.2. Main Menu Commands. ................................................................................................................................... 37 A.3. The Toolbars. ................................................................................................................................... 38 A.4. Preferences ................................................................................................................................... 39 A.4.1. A.4.2. A.4.3. A.4.4. A.4.5. A.4.6. Browser .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . ... UDF Reader... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . ... .... ISO Reader ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . ... .... CD/DVD... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . Library Audio Extraction .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . ... .... ... .... ... Disc Test .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... .... ... .... ... .... ... .... ... ............... . ... 39 41 45 46 47 48 Annex B License Agreement 50 © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Introduction. 3 Introduction. CDRoller is a powerful, easy-to-use and low-cost toolset for CD/DVD data recovery. Powerful: CDRoller finds, retrieves and copies the lost data from CDs and DVDs that seem to be inaccessible for Windows standard tools. While this does not include the disks that are physically damaged, the program will: · Effectively retrieve the data off the discs created by "drag and drop" CD/DVD writing software, such as well-known Roxio (Adaptec) and Ahead Nero software packages, CeQuadrat's PacketCD, Instant Write, B's CLiP and others. · Recover CD and DVD data created by standalone devices that record directly onto disks, including: Sony digital cameras, Hitachi, Panasonic, Canon and Sony DVD camcorders, personal DVD recorders, etc. · Includes a built-in Video Splitter. Splits the recovered VOB or VRO files into a several clips (scenes), automatically converting a "raw" DVD-video into MPEG files without loss of quality. Specially tested on the discs, created by Hitachi DVD camcorders. · Retrieve back up files from the discs recorded in the several stages (multisession discs). · Include a built-in UDF Reader. There is no need to install a third-party software, for example Roxio (Adaptec) UDF Reader driver. · Find and retrieve the lost files on UDF discs, including: accidently deleted files, files on quickformatted disc, files on incorrectly closed disc, etc. · Identifies the lost files on ISO/Joliet discs with the damaged file system (volume descriptors, path tables and directories), using the raw data only. · Simply retrieve data from scratched, damaged or defective discs. · Extract tracks from audio CDs · Test CD/DVD readability Easy-to-use: All features are integrated into a common and easy-to-use intuitive shell. Low-cost: A single user's license costs only 29.50 USD. Toolset: The program contains a set of instruments to work with different formats of CDs (DVDs) and file systems. CD/DVD Data Recovery: Unfortunately, there is a lot of factors that can cause you to lose access to the data on your disks. System or power failures, hardware problems, media and CD/DVD mastering software problems... Often, when a disc becomes inaccessible more than a single factor has contributed to the problem. Fortunately, many of such problems that prevent "normal" access to the data can be bypassed when using CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 4 CDRoller - User's Manual 1. Installing CDRoller. To install CDRoller, you need at least: · Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP/2003/XP operating system · Intel Pentium or compatible CPU · 16 MB of RAM · 7 MB free hard disk space · CD/DVD drive(s). The devices with IDE or SCSI interfaces are highly recommended. Note. You must have administrator rights to install the program under Windows NT4, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. There are no special considerations for installing CDRoller. It uses no .INI files, and only uses the registry for holding installation options. It will initially use default options that will be changed further via the user preferences. To install CDRoller: 1. Run the installation file. The installation program displays a Welcome page similar to the one shown here. Click the Next button. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 1. Installing CDRoller. 5 2. The installation program displays a License Agreement page similar to the one shown here. Read the license agreement displayed and if you agree to its terms click the I accept the agreement. You must agree to terms of the license agreement to install CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6 CDRoller - User's Manual 3. The installation program displays a Destination Location page similar to the one shown here. CDRoller consists of a number of files containing the program and help information. It is recommended that you accept the default folder structure provided in the installation program. When you're satisfied with the installation folder specification, click the Next button. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 1. Installing CDRoller. 7 4. The installation program displays a Select Start Menu Folder page similar to the one shown here. By default, the installation program creates an CDRoller folder on your start menu. This is what you'll see when you choose Start | Programs on the Windows taskbar. If you want to use an existing folder, choose it from the list shown; if you want to use a different name, type it in the text field. When you're satisfied with your start menu folder selection, click the Next button. 5. The installation program displays a Select Additional Tasks page similar to the one shown here. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 8 CDRoller - User's Manual If you work with CDRoller the first time, we recommend you to read the Quick References before start of the program. Please consult our User's Manual to read more about specific features of CD/DVD data recovery, for example: retrieving the data off the discs created by digital cameras, DVD camcorders, or standalone DVD recorders. 6. The installation program displays a Ready To Install page similar to the one shown here. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 1. Installing CDRoller. 9 You've made all the choices necessary to begin installation. Click the Install button to begin installing CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 10 CDRoller - User's Manual 7. After the copying of files to your computer has been completed, the installation program displays a Finish page similar to the one shown here. If you install CDRoller under Windows 95/98/ME, we recommend you to restart your computer. Click the Finish button. Installation of CDRoller is complete. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 2. Uninstalling CDRoller. 11 2. Uninstalling CDRoller. To uninstall CDRoller you can either: · Use the menu selection created for this purpose. · Select the Add/Remove Programs applet from the Windows Control Panel. CDRoller does not install any system DLLs and does not modify Windows in any manner. Uninstalling this program will not affect other applications. To uninstall CDRoller, click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, then choose Programs | CDRoller | Uninstall CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 12 CDRoller - User's Manual 3. Opening and Closing CDRoller. Opening CDRoller. To open the program, click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar, then choose Programs | CDRoller | CDRoller. Closing CDRoller. Close CDRoller as you would any other Windows application by using the File | Exit menu item or Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 4. How to register the program. 13 4. How to register the program. Unregistered version does not permit copying CD/DVD objects for the purposes of recovering data the program checks readability of CD/DVD files, but it can not save the files to the destination drive. To enable the full functionality you have to purchase the software and register your copy of CDRoller with the help of your license key. You can always order CDRoller using credit cards or another methods of payments if you visit web page at http://www.cdroller.com/htm/purchase.html. To register the program: 1. Open CDRoller. 2. Select Help | Register option in the Main Menu. 3. Enter your name and personal license key. 4. Click Accept button and restart CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 14 CDRoller - User's Manual 5. How to upgrade CDRoller. To upgrade CDRoller: 1. Uninstall an old version of the program. 2. Download a trial copy of CDRoller at http://www.cdroller.com/htm/download.html and install it. 3. Register a trial copy with the help of your licence key. Note. To upgrade your previous version of CDRoller (3, 4 or 5) to CDRoller 6, you should contact our Sales Dept at sales@cdroller.com. Please send us your personal license key, or the name and and email address that you used when purchasing the software, or any other info (your order ID, post address, etc.) that may help us to identify your purchase status. Your request will be responded shortly, usually within 2 to 12 hours. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 15 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. Overview. The process of CD/DVD data recovery is not easy and, unfortunately, it's very hard to create a "magic" tool can retrieve all data in all cases on all discs. In this section, we will try to give you a base recommendations how to achieve a positive result quickly and with a high reliability. Also, you can always receive a technical support at support@cdroller.com , all your questions regarding the problems with CD/DVD data recovery will be responded within 2 to 24 hours. We consider the following steps can be high-lighted: 1. Disk recognition. 2. Using Session Selector to access to all sessions on multisession disk. 3. Searching the lost UDF files on CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks 4. Applying Scan UDF Disc to search for the lost objects on all types of UDF disks. 5. Recovering CD/DVD files. Note. The 2nd...4th steps may be skipped. This depends on the disk type determined at the 1st step. Separately, we high-light the following problems: · Reading mini DVD-R discs created by Hitachi or Panasonic DVD Camcorders · Recovering the files from DVD discs created by Roxio Classic Creator 6 · Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD cameras · Recovering video data off the discs created by DVD recorders (standalone devices) · Reading mini DVD-R/RW discs created by Sony DVD Camcorders · Identifying Raw ISO Data · Recovering DVD video data using Wizard interface . 6.1. Disk recognition. Open CDRoller and insert the disk into the drive. The program must analyse your CD/DVD immediately after insertion. After the disk has been verified, the Main Window displayes it similar to the one shown here. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 16 CDRoller - User's Manual Look at the File System column. This may give us an important info about the type of the disk. In the picture shown above, this is a disk in which UDF file system has been placed onto a single session. We will name the disk has one or more such sessions as "UDF disk ". If all sessions are displayed with "ISO/Joliet" in the File System column, we will name such disk as "ISO disk", i.e the disk with ISO 9660 file system. At first, click the Recover All button in the Toolbar in order to retrieve all files and folders off the disc or selected (current) session. Also, check out a readability of the root directory (folder), just left double click on the disk name, or use the Open command from the Side Bar. Please answer to the following questions: Is the root folder readable or not? Can i browse the disk contents? The answers may be applicable at the next stages of cd/dvd data recovery. Troubleshootings. 1. If the program can not recognize your disk automatically, click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar, or insert the disk first and then open CDRoller. Also, to read the unclosed disks, i.e the disks left "as-is" by CD/DVD mastering program we recommend you to use the following method: · Uncheck Detect disc insertion by Windows under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog and wait for the end of disk reading processed by another CD related program. · Select the Refresh command from the File menu, or click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. 2. To read UDF disks we recommend you to use CD-RW (DVD-) drives - the disks are recorded with so-called packet-written technology and old CD-ROM / DVD-ROM drives may not access to their data. 3. Some drives may not support our special methods. These devices may hang the program when analyzing the disk. In this case, uncheck Always use a drive capabilities under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog, insert the disk and try to recognize it again. 4. If you get 'Unknown file system...' message and you're sure the files data were placed on the disc, please try to scan your disc without using the file system structures: - If you know ISO/Joliet file system was actually placed on the disc, try the Identify Raw ISO Data command. - In case of UDF disc, if you know a name of CD/DVD mastering program (or standalone device), which actually created your disc, try the forced scan, selecting the software or device profile in the © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 17 forced scan list under the UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog. 6.2. Using Session Selector. We often receive the emails similar to the following one: "I have copied back up files to a CDR in several stages, but the last time I backed up, I was only able to see the most recent batch of files. The others seem to have disappeared... I presume they are still there on the CD but "hidden" in some way - may be a different volume ?" Fortunately, CDRoller offers the tool named as "Session Selector" to access to the data placed into different sessions (volumes) on your CD-R/DVD-R. These disks are known as multisession CD/DVDs. By default, CDRoller displayes contents of the most recent session. To select a new session, just click a new item with 'Disc Session' type in the main program window. Then, try to apply the Recover All command, or simply Open a new session. Probably, you will detect a new files that have been "hidden" before. Note. Recover All retrieves all files from the selected (current) session only. Hint. Sessions Selector may be also extremely useful if the root folder of the last session seems to be unreadable at the "Disk recognition" stage, but some important files may be located (duplicated) in the previous session(s). 6.3. Searching the lost UDF files on CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks. A correct reading of UDF files and folders on write-once media (CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R) is provided by Virtual Allocation Table (VAT). Each time, when you add, change or delete files on CD-R/DVDR/DVD+R media, UDF mastering program creates a new VAT that reflects a new state of your disk. A new VAT is being placed on the disk physically, when you eject the disk from CD/DVD drive. VAT's location is crucial for the disks created with the help of drag & drop software, such as well-known Roxio © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 18 CDRoller - User's Manual (Adaptec) DirectCD and Drag-To-Disc. If the VAT can not be found or is corrupted, files will be missing. If your CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R is recognized as UDF one, but when you try to open the disk, you get the error message about unreadable root folder - this means the last VAT is not found. Also, if you have accidently deleted some files, a new VAT does not point to them. To recover the deleted files, you should use the previous VATs. There are two main ways to find the lost files: 1. Using Scan UDF Disc from the Tools menu. 2. Searching an old VATs in order to recover the files from the previous backups. The first method is described in the section 6.4. To search all VATs, please do the following: · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Check on the 'Search of all VATs' box on the UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. After a while the program will display a progress dialog similar to the one shown here: · when the process is completed, you should see the confirmation message: · Click the OK buttons in this and all further dialogs. The program considers an each backup as a separate "session". When you will see a new disk image (icon) in the program window, please use built-in Session Selector (see the section 6.2) for access to all backups. Note. Please do not search all VATs on the following disks: - CD-RW/DVD-RW/DVD+RW, - DVD-R and DVD+R created by DVD personal recorder (standalone device) and DVD camcorder. These disks do not contain VAT at all. 6.4. Applying Scan UDF Disc. In addition to another methods of CD/DVD data recovery, Scan UDF Disc gives you a good chance to retrieve several types of files, including: · Files are not visible in Windows Explorer - the writing process was interrupted by a system or power failure before UDF folders were placed on the disc, but most or all of the files were written to the disk. This means that the files may be on the CD (DVD), but Windows Explorer cannot see them. · Lost files - complete files that do not have a file name associated with them. They can also be files © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 19 that you accidently deleted from the CD (DVD). · Files on the disks quick-formatted by Roxio DirectCD and Nero InCD. · Files located in unreadable (damaged) UDF folders, including the root one. · Files located on Sony Mavica CD finalized with failure on the camera. To start Scan UDF Disc select the same option in the Tools menu or in the Side Bar. The program displays a progress dialog similar to the one shown here. After CD/DVD scan is completed or canceled, found files and/or folders are displayed in the Lost objects detected on disc... window similar to the one shown here You can rename the selected folders, open them with the help of Open command, or left double clicking on their names. If the lost folders have been found, try to open them first. This may give you a chance to recover the files with original names that are located in the found folders. When applying the Recover All / Recover Selected commands, the program automatically identifies the types of files, initially shown as FileXXXX ones, or the files having an intermediate extensions, such as .ole2 for MS Office ones. If you know an original type, you can rename the selected files manually, with the help of Rename command, or/and use New Extension option to speed up the re-naming process in case of the large © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 20 CDRoller - User's Manual list. Hints and Tips. If you're going to retrieve UDF files from the same disc at the different times, you can save the table of contents (names,locations, attributes) of the found files into separate file by Save Table Of Contents command from the File menu. Further, check on the Load Table Of Contents from file box on the UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog. Next time, when you will run Scan UDF Disc the program will display the list of the found objects shortly, without scanning the disc, and you can continue to retrieve the files data. Trouble Shooting. If the program can not recognize UDF disk, but you are certainly sure the disk contains the files, we recommend you to try the forced scan of the disk. This may be useful if the disk was incorrectly finalized, and the system data are not accessible. For example, this problem often occures on Sony Mavica CD when the finalization step failed on the camera. To start the forced scan, you should initially know what CD/DVD mastering program (or device) formatted your disk. For example: Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD, Nero InCD, PacketCD or Sony Mavica CD digital camera. Further, you should assign an appropriate profile in the Forced scan list under the UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog and click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Note. Obviously, there is no 100% guarantee to recover all displayed files completely, please keep in mind, that some files may be erased or partially re-written by a new ones. The program can restore those FILES DATA, which else it is possible to rescue. 6.5. Recovering files. To recover the found files and folders, you can use Recover All and Recover Selected options, or simply drag and drop selected items to the destination you have chosen on your HDD. When selecting Recover All / Recover Selected options, the program displays a Data Recovery dialog similar to the one shown here. Key Features. · Saves recovered data into intermediate file. Further, a recovery of the selected file can be continued with the help of Resume Recovery option in the program window. · Displays the current results (recovery details). · Saves recovery results (report) into HTML file. · Changes a recovery settings, without leaving the process. · Skips file during the recovery process, if you decide a file isn't so important. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 21 6.6. Reading mini DVD-R discs created by Hitachi or Panasonic DVD camcorders. 6.6.1. Basic recommendations. · We strongly recommend to use DVD-RW drives ("dvd writers"). DVD-ROM drives ("dvd readers") often can not access to the "troubled" or non-finalized DVD discs. · You should uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into the drive. · First, we strongly recommend to try the Recover DVD Video option. In addition, you can try to read the "troubled" discs, using a different settings under UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog (Chapters 6.6.2 and 6.6.3). 6.6.2. Reading non-finalized (open) DVD-R disc. Symptom. Disc was not finalized, you lost an access to the data due to Disk Error message when you turned on the camera. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled DVD-R. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Hitachi DVD-R (O) on the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Do you see the VTS_01_1.VOB file in the Lost objects detected... window? If yes, go to the step 6.6.4. 6.6.3. Reading DVD-R disc that was finalized with error. Symptom. The disc finalization was accidently interrupted, for example, due to the power failure. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled DVD-R. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Hitachi DVD-R (F) on the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Does the program scan your disc? Are any files found within the first 100..200 sectors? If yes, try to select and rename the largest file to the .vob one with the help of Rename option in the Tool Bar and go to the step 6.6.4. 6.6.4. Recovering the found VOB files. Select the VOB file(s) and apply the Recover Selected command. If a recovery process seems to be stalled ("frozen"), please click the Save Recovered button in the Data Recovery window.. When recovering, you can assign a new settings in the Data Recovery window, for example, selecting the Fill sector by zeroes in the Overread list. 6.6.5 Viewing the VOB files. To view the VOB files, we recommend PowerDVD from CyberLink at http://www.gocyberlink.com/. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 22 CDRoller - User's Manual 6.6.6. Creating a new DVD with recovered video . 6.7. Recovering files from DVD discs created by Roxio Classic Creator 6. Symptom. The files and folders only from the first session (backup) seem to be shown on the DVD disc (DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW) created by Roxio Easy Creator Classic 6. Cause & Troubleshooting. If you have not changed the default settings in the Project Properties, Easy Creator Classic (EZ Classic) writes the both UDF and ISO (Joliet) file systems on the DVD discs. Unfortunately, probably due to the bug, EZ Classic hides a new files in UDF folders, but always shows them in ISO/Joliet ones. A solution is the following: · Run CDRoller without any discs inserted. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar and check on Read only ISO 9660 tracks box on the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the DVD into the drive and click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Only ISO/Joliet files and folders will be shown. · If the disc contains a several sessions, use the built-in Session Selector. 6.8. Retrieving the photos from mini discs created by Sony Mavica CD cameras. 6.8.1. General requirements and settings. · CD-RW or DVD-RW drives (cd or dvd "writers") are more preferable in comparing with CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives (cd or dvd "readers"). · You should uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows box on the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into the drive. 6.8.2. Reading mini disc that was finalized with failure on the camera. Symptom. The disc finalization was accidently interrupted, for example, due to the power failure. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows is UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled disc. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. · Does the program recognize your disc? If not, please go to the step 6.8.3 · If you can see the disc icon in the program window, try to open the disc by left-double clicking its name. Do you get the message about unreadable root folder? If yes, try to run Scan UDF Disc from the Tools menu and go to the step 6.8.4 if the program has found the lost files. 6.8.3. Reading non-finalized (open) disc. Symptom. Disc was not finalized, you lost an access to the data due to Disk Error. You was able to view the photos earlier (prior to the disk error). Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows box is UNCHECKED on the Browser tab in the © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 23 Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled disc. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Sony Mavica (O) (or Sony Mavica CD) under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. If the Lost objects detected... window pops up shortly, please follow the "Basic Recommendations", displayed in the window, and try to identify the lost photos with the help of Identify Raw ISO Data command. Otherwise, the program tries to scan your disc. Are any files (photos) found? If yes, go to the step 6.8.4. 6.8.4. Recovering the found (indexed) files displayed in the "Lost objects detected..." window. · Apply Recover All / Recover selected to retrieve the found files (photos) automatically. · Select file(s) and use Rename or/and New Extension commands to re-name the indexed files to .jpg ones, and then copy them to HDD with the help of Recover selceted or drag&drop operations. 6.9. Recovering video data off the discs created by DVD recorders (standalone devices). 6.9.1. Basic recommendations. · We strongly recommend to use DVD-RW drives ("dvd writers"). DVD-ROM drives ("dvd readers") often can not access to the "troubled" or non-finalized DVD discs. · You should uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into the drive. · First, we strongly recommend to try the Recover DVD Video option. In addition, you can try to read the "troubled" discs, using a different settings under UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog (Chapters 6.9.2 and 6.9.3). 6.9.2. Reading non-finalized (open) disc. Symptom. Disc was not finalized at all, you lost an access to the video data when you turned on the recorder. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled disc. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Rec DVD+RW (O) (in case of DVD+RW disc created by Thomson RCA, Philips, etc), or LiteOn DVD+R (O) or Sanyo DVD+R (O) (if the DVD+R disc was created by Lite-On or Sanyo DVD recorder) under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. The Lost objects detected... window must appear immediately. Do you see the VTS_01_1.VOB file? If yes, go to the step 6.9.5. 6.9.3. Reading the disc was finalized with error. Symptom. The disc finalization was accidently interrupted, for example, due to the power failure. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 24 CDRoller - User's Manual Preferences. · Insert the troubled DVD. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Rec DVD+RW (F) (in case of DVD+RW disc created by Thomson RCA, Philips, etc), or LiteOn DVD+R or Sanyo DVD+R (F) (if the DVD+R disc was created by Lite-On or Sanyo DVD recorder) under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Does the program scan your disc? Are any files found within the first 100..200 sectors? If yes, try to select and rename the largest file(s) to the .vob one(s) with the help of Rename or/ and New Extension options and go to the step 6.9.5. 6.9.4. Reading quick-erased DVD-RAM disc. Symptom. Disc was accidently quick-erased by DVD-RAM recorder. All movies seem to be lost. Troubleshooting . · Do not record any new movies. · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the troubled disc. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Rec DVD-RAM (E) under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. The Lost objects detected... window must appear immediately. Do you see the VTS_01_1.VOB file? If yes, go to the step 6.9.5. Note. This feature was tested on the discs erased by Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder only. If you have any questions, please contact our Support Dept. at support@cdroller.com 6.9.5. Recovering the found VOB files. Select the VOB file(s) and apply Recover Selected command. In case of non-finalized (open) disc (6.9.2) or quick-erased DVD-RAM (6.9.4), an actual length of the lost video data is unknown. If a recovery process seems to be stalled ("frozen"), please click the Save Recovered button in the Data Recovery window. Also, when recovering the files, you can assign a new settings in the Data Recovery window, for example, selecting the Fill sector by zeroes in the Overread list. 6.9.6. Viewing the VOB files. To view the VOB files, we recommend PowerDVD from CyberLink at http://www.gocyberlink.com/. 6.9.7. Creating a new DVD with recovered video . 6.10. Reading mini DVD-R/RW discs created by Sony DVD Camcorders. 6.10.1. Basic recommendations. · We strongly recommend to use DVD-RW drives ("dvd writers"). DVD-ROM drives ("dvd readers") often can not access to the "troubled" or non-finalized DVD discs. · You should uncheck the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog before you will insert the troubled disc into the drive. · First, we strongly recommend to try the Recover DVD Video option. In addition, you can try to read the "troubled" discs, using a different settings under UDF Reader tab in the Preferences dialog (Chapter 6.10.2). © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 25 6.10.2. Reading non-finalized (open) DVD-R/RW disc. Symptom. Disc was not finalized by your Sony DVD camcorder. Troubleshooting . · Remove any disks from your CD/DVD drive(s). · Run CDRoller. · Click the Preferences button in the Tool Bar or select the same option from the View menu. Make sure that the Detect disc insertion by Windows and Always use a drive capabilities boxes are UNCHECKED under the Browser tab in the Preferences dialog. Click the OK button to close the Preferences. · Insert the non-finalized DVD-R or DVD-RW into the drive. · Click the Preferences again. Set the Forced scan to Sony DVD-R (O), Sony DVD-RW (O), or Sony DVD201-RW under the UDF reader tab. Click the OK button and close the Preferences again. · Click the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. Do you see some VTS_01_XX.VOB files in the Lost objects detected... window? If yes, go to the step 6.10.3. Note. Each displayed VOB file can contain a few video clips 6.10.3. Recovering the found VOB files. Select the file(s) and apply Recover Selected command. If a recovery process seems to be stalled ("frozen"), please click the Save Recovered button in the Data Recovery window. Also, when recovering the files, you can assign a new settings in the Data Recovery window, for example, selecting the Fill sector by zeroes in the Overread list. 6.10.4. Viewing the VOB files. To view the VOB files, we recommend PowerDVD from CyberLink at http://www.gocyberlink.com/. 6.10.5. Creating a new DVD with recovered video . 6.11. Identifying Raw ISO Data In addition to another methods of CD/DVD data recovery, Raw ISO Data Identifier gives you a good chance to find and retrieve the lost files from the troubled discs, created by Ahead Nero Burning ROM, Adaptec (Roxio) Easy CD/DVD Creator, Sonic software and other programs, including: - CDs and DVDs with currently unreadable system area (so-called Primary and Secondary ISO Volume Descriptors). When trying to recognize these discs the first time, CDRoller generates "Unknown file system..." error message. - Discs with the damaged and corrupted folders. - UDF Discs having ISO-alike files locations. Note. Please use this option only if another methods of CD/DVD data recovery have not given an effect before. To start Raw ISO Data Identifier, please select the Identify Raw ISO Data option from the Tools menu, or Side Bar. The program scans the disc and tries to find and identify the files on the track of "raw" CD/DVD sectors, without using the ISO/Joliet File System structures. After a process is completed or canceled, a found files are displayed in the Lost objects detected ... window similar to the one shown here © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 26 CDRoller - User's Manual First, try to Recover All or Selected files. These commands also allow to complete an identification of files that have not been preliminary identified on the scan stage, or have an intermediate extensions. For example, .ole2 for MS Office files. If you know an actual file name, you can Rename the selected file manually, or/and use New Extension command to speed the re-naming process in case of the large list of one-type files. If scan of the disc takes a lot of time, we recommend to Save Table Of Contents. Further, check on the Load table of contents... box under the ISO Reader tab in the Preferences dialog. Next time, when you will select Identify Raw ISO data, the program will display the list of files shortly, without a new scan, and you can continue to recover a found files. 6.12. Recovering DVD video data using Wizard interface. CDRoller Wizard interface is designed for novice users and allows to recover DVD videos and photos off the discs, created by standalone devices (camcorders, personal DVD recorders), using the simple "step by step" procedure. To display the Wizard dialog, just select the Recover DVD Video option from the File Menu. Every Wizard dialog contains a brief instructions, describing a possible user actions in order to achieve the best results in DVD data recovery. At the 1st step, please select your computer DVD drive. We recommend to use the computer DVD-RW drives (dvd writers) in order to read non-finalized or "troubled" DVD discs. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 6. Recovering CD/DVD Data. 27 At the 2nd step, just insert your DVD and click the Next button. At the 3rd step, please select DVD video recorder (camcorder or standalone dvd recorder) that placed a video or/and photos on your disc. You can use Any recorder setting and try to scan each of displayed tracks, starting on the track with the highest length. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 28 CDRoller - User's Manual Finally, just recover the found video (VOB files). You can also try to scan another track, shown at the 3rd step. Note. To view the VOB files, we recommend PowerDVD from CyberLink at http://www.gocyberlink.com/. 6.12.1. Creating a new DVD with recovered video. Split video option splits a recovered VOB or VRO files into a several clips (scenes), automatically converting a "raw" DVD-video data into MPEG files without loss of quality. In contrast to VOB files, MPEG files can be simply viewed with the help of any DVD-compatible software (player) and also can be loaded into your DVD mastering software, for example: Sonic MyDVD, Nero Vision, etc. Before splitting, you should recover the found VOB or VRO files off DVD, for example with the help of Recover All or Recover Selected commands. Further, just select VOB or VRO file in the CDRoller window again, click the Split Video in the Side Bar (left panel of the window where you see the file) and assign the recovered file name in the next dialog. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 7. Additional features. 29 7. Additional features. Overview. · · · · · In addition to CD/DVD data recovery the program offers set of features for: Testing Disc Extracting Audio Tracks Extracting ISO Image File Creating Short CD/DVD Image All mentioned features are integrated into a common intuitive shell of CDRoller. 7.1. Testing disc. With the help of Disc Test, you can check if a CD or DVD contains errors. It can be useful to: - Check the quality of the CD/DVD media. - If you have a CD/DVD recorder, you can check whether the data (files and folders) on the CD/DVDR(W) is written correctly. - Get advanced information from the Disc Volume. The test can be used for both CD-ROM and CD-Audio. It also examines Multisession and Mixed mode discs. The list of tests includes ISO 9660 File System test, Disc Surface test and Digital Audio Extraction (DAE) Quality test. Since the program automatically determines the disc type, it always knows what the test from the list can be applied to the CD/DVD inserted into the drive. By Disc Test options, you can manually include (exclude) an appropriate test to (from) the list, set scan ratio while testing CD/DVD surface and also select checks of all sessions or only current session on multisession disc. We recommend you to run the disc test periodically on the discs with ISO/Joliet file systems, in order to make sure a valuable files were really ("physically") placed on the disc, particularly in the following situations: - if your DVD was created by Nero Burning ROM. - if your CD with photos was burnt from memory cards. To start the disc test, please select the Test Disc option in the Tools menu. The program displays a progress dialog similar to the one shown here. After all tests have completed, the program generates the report(s). An example of ISO/Joliet File System report is shown here. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 30 CDRoller - User's Manual Note. The Disc Test is not available for the UDF disks. 7.2. Extracting Audio Tracks. To extract ("rip") audio track(s): 1. Insert CD audio into the drive. 2. After disk recognition left double click on CD name in the Main Window. The program displays the Main Window similar to the one shown here. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 7. Additional features. 31 3. Select the track(s). 4. Click the Recover Selected command in the Side Bar, or simply drag and drop selected track(s) to the destination on HDD. 5. The program displays a progress dialog similar to the one shown here. To extract audio tracks the program utilize the method known as Digital Audio Extraction (DAE). Key features: · Applies a set of different extraction methods with Dynamic, Fixed synchronization with "jitter" correction, re-read block of sectors in case of error or/and lost of synchronization. · Autodetects an appropriate read function for CD drive. · Supports WAV, MP3, MP2, OGG or RAW formats of output file. · Supports Windows ACM (Windows Audio Compression Manager). · Supports Lame and Blade MP3 encoders (DLLs) and Ogg Vorbis, high-quality and patent-free audio codec. · Extracts audio tracks "on-the-fly", directly to the output file without creating an intermediate WAV file. Hint. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 32 CDRoller - User's Manual To change default settings (select another encoder, extraction method, etc.) use Audio Extraction tab in the Preferences dialog. 7.3. Extracting ISO Image File. IS0 Image is a single large file that is a representation of the whole set of data and programs as it will appear on a CD or DVD. A disc image refers to both content and logical format. It can be useful to: · Replicate your CD (DVD) further using CD/DVD mastering programs such as Adaptec Easy CD Creator, Nero Burning ROM, Goldenhawk CDRWin, etc. · Write the disc image to hard drive once, then record it several times to different CDs (DVDs) to save processing time. · Create a disc image file to be written to CD (DVD) on another system (UNIX, Macintosh). · Back up CD/DVD data. To extract ISO Image File: 1. Insert the disc into the drive. 2. After disk recognition select Tools | Extract to ISO Image File option. 3. The program displays a progress dialog similar to the one shown here. Key Features. · Saves recovered data into intermediate file. Further, you can continue to Extract ISO Image File with the help of Resume Recovery option in the program window. · Displays the current results (recovery details). · Saves recovery results (report) into HTML file. · Changes a recovery settings, without leaving the process. Note. ISO image file can be created only if the disk with a single data track originally was created using ISO-9660 or Joliet format. UDF disks, such as those created with DirectCD, Nero InCD and PacketCD, cannot be copied in this manner. 7.4. Creating Short CD/DVD Image. The Short CD/DVD Image is a file that contains ALL DIRECTORY STRUCTURE (directory tree) of the disk, including complete folders and files names with attributes. This enables you to browse through the folders, search for the files or/and folders which you need (with the help of Tools | Find option), detect the prorerties of them, using the Properties command, but in order to retrieve any file, you should insert a "real" CD or DVD. When you insert a disc that has the image that has been created before, CDRoller determines this image as a "mirror" of the real CD(DVD), displays it with an appropriate icon in the Main window and further, utilizes image to access to any folder quickly without reading of inserted CD(DVD). This is an extremely useful if your "real" CD (DVD) has become a disc with unreadable folder(s) and, therefore you can not access to its files. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 7. Additional features. 33 To create Short CD/DVD Image: 1. Insert CD or DVD into the drive. 2. Select Tools | Short CD/DVD Image option. You can create the image with CD (DVD) name (label) or manually assign a new name for each inserted disk. In case of multisession disc, you can create CD/DVD image for each session. All CD/DVD images automatically are placed into a separate directory assigned under the CD/DVD Library tab in the Preferences dialog. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 34 CDRoller - User's Manual 8. Contacting Technical Support. The goal of the CDRoller Support Team is to provide our users unrivaled technical assistance when implementing CDRoller technologies. Our commitment to you is very simple. Top-notch support and immediate solutions to your technical problems. Since we have customers throughout the globe, we will do our best to respond to requests 24 hours a day. In fact, our support staff works staggered shifts for just this purpose. You do not have to purchase the software in order to receive support, all your questions regarding CDRoller will be responded within 2 to 24 hours. If you have purchased the product, please include the email address that you used when purchasing the software - we use this to confirm your purchase status and support requests from customers receive priority over others. You can contact our support department via email at: support@cdroller.com . To be notified about new versions of CDRoller and new products please subscribe to our mailing list at http://www.cdroller.com . All questions regarding orders, licenses or other services should be directed to sales@cdroller.com. If you have any suggestions or comments regarding CDRoller, we'd like to hear from you. Please feel free to send an e-mail to suggest@cdroller.com . All suggestions will be at least considered and you will probably see them as new program's features in the future releases. If you have any problem with our web site at http://www.cdroller.com, please do not hesitate to contact our webmasterer at webmaster@cdroller.com. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 35 Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. A.1. Main Window. The main program window consists of List Window, Status Bar at the bottom, Side Bar at the left, List of available folders, Tool Bar and Main Menu on the top. The List Window displays the disc contents as main folder containing drives, discs, sub-folders, files or audio tracks. A graphic symbol, or icon associates with every folder, file or audio track. CDRoller assigns a proprietary icon to each type of CD/DVD media: CDROM, CD-R, CD-RW have the icon as , all types of DVD media icon, CD-DA (Audio CD) is displayed with icon, symbol as associates with Mixed CD (data plus audio) and empty drive (drive without any disc) has the icon as . Short CD/DVD image has appropriate icon as image that is the "mirror" of inserted disc. , and the icon as is assigned to the To select an item in the List Window, click on its icon or name. If you want to work with multiple items in a folder, you can select (mark) each of them, using the check box near an each item. The total size of selected files is diplayed by the status bar. To select all items in the current folder, or return to the prior level in the directory structure, you may also use an options from the secondary Tool Bar. Side Bar similar to Microsoft Outlook offers an intuitive list of commands depending on your situation (disc type, file system, data recovery problems, etc.). To adjust a column's width, you may move the mouse pointer to the right border of the column heading box. The mouse pointer changes to a double-headed horizontal arrow with a vertical bar in the middle. That means you move the border. Hold down the mouse bottom and drag the border left or right as © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 36 CDRoller - User's Manual needed. When the border is in its preferred location, release the mouse button. Every item displayed in the List Window has its own Pop-up menu - if you right-click on it, a menu will show up by it, displaying all the options available over the selected item. All buttons on the Toolbar and Side Bar have a hint - if you don't know what the button does, just place the mouse over it and wait for a second, and a short description will appear. CDRoller supports drag-and-drop - meaning that any file and/or folder can be copied to desired location on HDD, or any audio track can be extracted to the output file by drag-and-drop. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 37 A.2. Main Menu Commands. A.2.1. File Menu (shortcut Alt + F) Command Open Recover All Recover DVD Video Refresh Properties Exit Shortcut Ctrl + O F9 F7 F5 Alt + F4 Description Opens current (selected) disc, session, folder or file. Recovers all available objects. Runs video data recovery using the wizard interface. Causes all discs in all drives to be examined. Displays properties of the selected object(s). Ends your CDRoller session. A.2.2. View Menu (shortcut : Alt + V) Command Side Bar Status Bar Tool Bar Icons Size Vertical Lines Horizontal Lines Highlight Full Row Shortcut Description Shows/Hides Side Bar. Shows/Hides Status Bar. Selects a size of icons in the Tool Bar (Small or Large). Shows/Hides the vertical lines. Shows/Hides the horizontal line below every item in the window. If Checked, the whole line will have the selection or the focus rectangle around it. If Unchecked, only item's main text will be highlighted. Controls the sequence or order of the folder contents by Name, Type, Size, Date or in Reverse Order. Sets up program options. Sort By Preferences Ctrl + P A.2.3. Tools Menu (shortcut : Alt + T) © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 38 CDRoller - User's Manual Command Find Shortcut F3 Description Activates the Search Window to search contents of the inserted discs and also in the collection of previously created Short CD/DVD Images. Creates and adds a new CD/DVD image to the library. Runs Disc Test. Creates ISO 9660 Image File. Runs Scan UDF Disc Runs search and identification of ISO files, without using a system and directories structures. Short CD/DVD Image Test Disc Extract To ISO Image File Scan UDF Disc Identify Raw ISO Data Ctrl + I Ctrl + T Ctrl + E Ctrl + U Ctrl + R A.2.4. Help Menu (shortcut : Alt + H) Command Contents Ordering Information FAQs Technical Support Home Page About CDRoller Shortcut F1 Description Opens the CDRoller online help. Displays information about ordering CDRoller. Displays Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) with answers about CDRoller. Displays information about technical assistance. Visits the CDRoller web page. Displays copyright notice and enables you to register. A.3. The Toolbars. A.3.1. Main ToolBar. The buttons of the Main ToolBar duplicate the corresponding options in the File, View and Tools menu. A.3.2. Secondary ToolBar. Up One Level button returns focus to the parent item, usually to the parent folder (opens the folder of the higher level) that contains current folder. Select All selects all items (files, sub-folders or audio tracks) in the current folder. Deselect All unselects all items (files, sub-folders or audio tracks) in the current folder. Show/Hides files checkboxes shows/hides checkboxes near each file or folder. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 39 A.4. Preferences A.4.1. Browser Hardware Access Method (default value is: CDRoller proprietary driver for Windows 9x/ME or Windows NT native access for Windows NT4/2000/XP) Detects one of two methods to access hardware. We strongly recommend you using default settings, and select ASPI mode only if you have a serious problems with base method. Note. This option sets the fundamental mode of application operating.To apply new setting you should restart the program. Date Format (default value Short Form) Sets the Date format used by the program to display the Date information. Time Format (default value Short Form) Sets the Time format used by the program to display the Time information. Treat KByte as: (default value 1024 bytes) Detects the way of 'kilobyte consideration' as 1024 bytes exactly (in 1024 bytes mode) or as 1000 bytes (in 1000 bytes mode). It may be useful for correct file (folders or audio tracks) size calculation, before these items will be sent to hard disk. Search of the lost data track (default value Checked) If Checked , the program searches the lost data track when a new disc is inserted or after Refresh command, and, if found, displays its contents in the List Window. Detect disc insertion by Windows (default value Checked) If Checked the program detects arrival or removal of the CD (DVD) using Windows "standard" tools (messages). This starts disc recognition automatically, without requirement of the refresh. If the program can not recognize your disc automatically, try to uncheck this option and repeat examination of a new disc by clicking the Refresh button in the Tool Bar. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 40 CDRoller - User's Manual Read damaged sectors "as is" (default value Unchecked) If Checked , when reading system area and folders, unreadable sectors will be accepted "as-is". This may be useful in some circumstances, but it should be understood that the content of these "accepted" sectors could be all zero or partially correct data ­ there is no way to tell. You should use this mode only if the program can not "recognize" your damaged CD/DVD or you vitally need an access to the unreadable folder. Please keep in mind that your CD/DVD drive may not support reading of disk sector "as is" or the content of that sector may be denied by the further checks in compliance with ISO 9660 and UDF requirements. Read only ISO 9660 data tracks (default value Unchecked) If Checked, the program searches and verifies only ISO system area on data tracks after insertion of new disc. Discs with another file system, such as UDF, require additional recovery procedures that may take a some time, especially while reading multisession ones. If you are sure that your disc is actually recorded in ISO 9660 format, you should check on this option in order to accelerate the disc recognition. Obviously, to read the discs with UDF file system, this option has to be unchecked Always use a drive capabilities (default value Checked) If Checked, when reading the damaged sectors, the program will apply some low-level methods and algorithms based on the capabilities of your CD (DVD) drive. In some circumstances the drive can slow the process when meeting a bad zones (unreadable sectors). In this case we recommend you to uncheck this option. Display deleted files and folders (default value Checked) If Checked, the program displays files and folders having deleted characteristics on CD-RW/DVDRW/DVD+RW/DVD-RAM disks with UDF system. The objects are shown with special Inaccessible file icon in the List Window. You can try to recover them with the help of Scan UDF Disc command from Tools Menu. Apply MRW reader (default value Unchecked) If Checked, the program automatically recognizes CD-RW disk formatted in the "Mt.Rainier" CD-RW format (CD-MRW) placed into non-Mt.Rainier drive, and presents the data portion of the disk as a "read only" UDF format disk. We also recommend you use this to read the disk inserted into CD-MRW drive if your MRW disk was not ejected (closed by cd mastering program). For example, if the writing process was interrupted by a system or power failure. Hint. To check the drive capabilities, use Properties command applied to the "empty" drive in the List window and select Features tab in the Properties dialog. Display adviser window (default value Checked) If Checked, a separate panel ("adviser") with some recommendations and results of disc analysis will appear inside the program window. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 41 A.4.2. UDF Reader Lost objects (default value Files and folders) Determines what objects (files and/or folders ) will be looked for by Scan UDF Disc. Forced scan (default value Don't apply) If the selected setting is different from the default value, the program will force the drive to scan your CD/DVD in order to find the lost files without using the data of system area. We highly recommend you to use this only if the inserted disk has not been recognized by CDRoller before, and you are also sure the disk contains the files. This may be useful if the disk was incorrectly finalized and system area was not written properly. For example, this problem often occures on Sony Mavica CD when the finalization step failed on the camera. If you actually know the name of CD/DVD mastering program (or device) that formatted your disk, try to select an appropriate value from the list of the following profiles: © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 42 CDRoller - User's Manual Value Sony Mavica CD Sony Mavica (O) DirectCD CD-R DirectCD-RW74 DirectCD-RW80 InCD3 InCD3 -RW74 -RW80 Description The disk was mastered by Sony Mavica CD digital camera The disk is still open (non-finalized) by Sony Mavica CD digital camera CD-R was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD CD-RW 74 min was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD CD-RW 74 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-R was formatted by CEQUADRAT PacketCD CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by DirectCD CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.3 CD-RW was formatted by CEQUADRAT PacketCD CD-RW was formatted by VOB InstantWrite CD-RW 80 min was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 DVD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 DVD+RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.4 CD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Roxio Drag-ToDVD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD+RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD+R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD+R was mastering by LiteOn DVD recorder DVD+R is still open (non-finalized) by LiteOn DVD recorder DVD-R was created and finalized by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD-R is still open (non-finalized) by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD-RAM was mastering by Hitachi DVD camcorder DVD+RW was created and finalized by standalone DVD Recorder (Thomson RCA, Philips, etc.) DVD+RW is still open (non-finalized) by standalone DVD Recorder (Thomson RCA, Philips, etc.) DVD-RAM disc was mastering by standalone DVD recorder DVD-RAM disc was quick-erased by standalone recorder (e.g Panasonic DVD-RAM recorder) © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. PacketCD-R DirectCD-MRW InCD3 -MRW PacketCD-RW InstWrite CD-RW InCD4 -RW80 InCD4 -DVD-RW InCD4 -DVD+RW InCD4 -MRW DragTo CD-RW DragTo CD-MRW DragTo DVD-RW DragTo DVD+RW DragTo DVD-R DragTo DVD+R LiteOn DVD+R LiteOn DVD+R (O) Hitachi DVD-R (F) Hitachi DVD-R (O) Hitachi DVD-RAM Rec DVD+RW (F) Rec DVD+RW (O) Rec DVD-RAM Rec DVD-RAM (E) Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 43 Sanyo DVD+R (F) Sanyo DVD+R (O) Sony DVD-R (O) Sony DVD-RW (O) Sony DVD201-RW DragTo DVD-RAM B's CLiP DVD-RW B's CLiP DVD+RW Sony abCD CD-RW Pan Rec DVD-R (O) InCD4.3 CD-RW InCD4.3 CD-MRW InCD4.3 DVD-RAM InCD4.3 DVD-RW InCD4.3 DVD+RW DragTo7 CD-R DragTo7 CD-RW DragTo7 CD-MRW DragTo7 DVD-RW DragTo7 DVD+RW DragTo7 DVD+R DragTo7 DVD-RAM DVD+R was created and finalized by Sanyo DVD+R/RW standalone recorder DVD+R is still open (non-finalized) by Sanyo DVD+R/RW standalone recorder DVD-R is still open (non-finalized) by SONY DVD Camcorder DVD-RW is still open (non-finalized) by SONY DVD Camcorder DVD-RW disc was created by Sony DCR-DVD201 camcorder DVD-RAM disc (4.7GB) was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc DVD-RW disc was formatted by BHA B's CLip Software DVD+RW disc was formatted by BHA B's CLip Software CD-RW disc was formatted by Sony Vaio abCD software DVD-R disc is still open (non-finalized) by Panasonic standalone recorder CD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 CD-MRW (" Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD-RAM was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD-RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 DVD+RW was formatted by Nero InCD v.4.3 or 5 CD-R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) CD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) CD-MRW ("Mt. Rainier" CD-RW) was formatted by Roxio Drag-ToDisc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD-RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD+RW was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD+R was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) DVD-RAM disc (4.7GB) was formatted by Roxio Drag-To-Disc v.7 (7.5 or 8) Warning . Please use the forced scan at your own risk. There is no 100% guarantee to retrieve all files from all disks in all cases. Please keep in mind, that some files may be incorrectly written, erased or partially re-written by a new ones. Unpack files after forced scan (default value Unchecked) If Checked, the program will try to decode the files found by the forced scan on the disks compressed by Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD. The found files can be recovered with the help of Recover All, Recover Selected or drag & drop commands in the "Lost objects detected..." window. Hint. AIDEX RunTime decoder (aidex.dll) must be assigned in the Path to external decoder (DLL) to unpack compressed files. Load Table Of Contents from file (default value Unchecked) © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 44 CDRoller - User's Manual If Checked, you are prompted to select a file with the table of contents of the objects found by Scan UDF Disc before, instead of new scan of your disk. Always try to identify file type (default value Checked) If Checked, the program will try to identify the types of found files at the scan stage (preliminary identification). On some discs and drives this may slow the scan process. Apply DVD Reader (default value Checked) If Checked, the program will try to recognize and verify DVD disk automatically. However, in some circumstances, for example when the disk is extremely corrupted, it is more useful to present DVD disk as a "read only" UDF format CD. If Unchecked, only CD identification methods will be applied. Search of all VATs (default value Unchecked) Virtual Allocation Table (VAT) is an important part of the UDF File System. VAT's location is crucial for CD-R/DVD-R/DVD+R disks created with the help of drag & drop software, such as well-known Roxio (Adaptec) DirectCD and Drag-To-Disc. If the VAT can not be found or is corrupted, files will be missing. If the option is Checked, the program will try to search all VATs. This may give you a chance to find and recover the files from the previous backups, including the files accidently deleted by drag & drop software. If some old VATs are found, the program displayes their files and folders in a separate sessions. Further, all sessions can be viewed by the built-in Session Selector. Always check file integrity (default value Checked) When Checked the program always test the file before decompression, using the data of file header. If an important file data seem to not be recovered, try to uncheck this option. Please keep in mind that you may get an unpredictable results, so try this only at your own risk. Always read Full TOC (default value Checked) Try to uncheck this box if CDRoller seems to hang up your system when analyzing the disc. This problem can be caused by DVD43 driver installed in your system. This driver is bundled with some DVD programs (DVD Idle Pro or DVD Region), and can prevent a normal work of CDRoller. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 45 A.4.3. ISO Reader Read Path Table (default value Big Endian (Motorola) By default, the program does use the Path Table because this is the most fast method to access the directories on your ISO 9660 CD. CDRoller uses the Big Endian addresses by default, because Windows doesn't use them, so CDRoller offers an alternative method at once, if your CD is not visible by Windows. However, for a particular disc, if the default settings doesn't work properly, you can try another settings. For example, if the Path Table seems to be invalid, you can select Don't use path table. This will force CDRoller to start from the Root directory and scan all directories on the CD. Apply forced scan if Path Table is invalid (default value Checked) If Checked, the program will automatically scan the directories in case of inaccessible Path Table. Ignore Joliet file system (use only ISO 9660) (default value Unchecked) If Checked, any Joliet directory information on the disc will be ignored and only the ISO-9660 directory will be displayed. This may be useful if the Joliet directory information is corrupted and the CD files seem to be inaccessible. With the help of ISO-9660 directories you can try to access the files data, bypassing the Joliet file system. Load Table Of Contents from file (default value Unchecked) If Checked, you are prompted to select a file with the table of contents of the objects found by Identify Raw ISO Data before, instead of new scan of your disk. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 46 CDRoller - User's Manual A.4.4. CD/DVD Library Apply To CD/DVD Images, group of options : - "Open" (default value Checked); - "Send" (default value Checked); When Checked the program tries to perform appropriate command for CD(DVD) image. If there is no disk inserted into CD/DVD drive, the program prompts you to insert the disk to perform Files Open and Files Copying. File Name (default value by Volume Name) The File Name can be created either by choosing the Disk Volume Name (by Volume Name mode) or summarizing the word 'CDIM' with four random digits (Random mode) or inputting CD(DVD) Image file name manually (Manual mode). When a new disc is inserted (default value Unhecked) When Checked the program creates CD/DVD Image for a newly inserted disc. Directory for CD/DVD Images (program directory path by default) Assigns the directory on your HDD to store created CD/DVD Images. Directory for Temporary Storage (default value Windows Temporary Directory) Assigns the directory on your HDD to be used as Temporary Storage for drag-and-drop and Files Open. Warning . Please do not select "Directory for Temporary Storage" as destination folder for Recover All and Recover Selected operations. When you close CDRoller, the program automatically cleans out this temporary folder, and all recovered files and subfolders will be lost! © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. Annex A Controls and dialog boxes. 47 A.4.5. Audio Extraction DAE Method (default value Dynamic Sync Width) By the Dynamic Sync Width method the program tries to synchronize new audio data with the previously read block of audio sectors by changing the overlap area between two consecutive read blocks. Fixed Sync Width means that a set amount of frames is used for blocks synchronization. Read error detection and lost synchronization control also occure in both methods. The audio extraction by Burst Copying method is the fastest. Burst copy doesn't use any synchronization and error recovering. Read Command (default value AUTODETECT) If AUTODETECT (recommended setting) option has been selected, the program tries itself to find an appropriate read algorithm for user's CD drive. SCSI READ CD function is the base command recommended by SCSI-3 Standard for reading audio frames. It is supported by all ATAPI drives that have DAE feature, and some SCSI devices. SCSI READ (10) function may be used for DAE on SCSI drives support SCSI-2 Standard. Note. The list of audio read commands used by program in AUTODETECT mode is not limited by two ones mentioned above. Some known read functions are absent in the selection list because a wrong chosen extraction command may cause problems on some SCSI systems. Swap Channels (default value Unchecked) When checked, the program itself will exchange left and right channels in the audio samples before writing them into output file. This may be suitable for some CD drives to exchange stereo channels while extraction. "Big Endian" (default value Unchecked) Motorola " Big Endian" mode is often used on drives from Grundig, IMS, Kodak, Ricoh and some others. WARNING . Check this option only if the extracted output file seems to consist of noise! Wave Format (default value 44,100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo) Indicates a brief description of audio compression format that has been selected. © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp. 48 CDRoller - User's Manual Select Encoder (default value Internal WAV) Assigns an appropriate encoder from the list of available ones. File extension (default value .wav) Indicates the extension of output file (.wav, .mp3 or .raw). Options Activates an options dialog box to select audio compression format. High Quality (default value Unchecked) For some audio compression formats, specifying this flag might improve the audio quality or other characteristics. A.4.6. Disc Test File System Test group. Show the details of "import" file (default value Checked) For multisession discs only. When Checked, a report window displays some info whether a file was imported from the prior session ("came from session # ..."), or not. Include to Disc Test (default value Checked) When Checked File System Test will be included to the list of available tests. Check on the disc (default value All available sessions) If All available sessions option has been selected the program checks file systems of all sessions on multisession disc. In case of Selected session only the selected session is examined. Note. There is no difference between these two settings for single session disc. Disc Surface Test group. Scan ratio Track Bar (default position 20 to 2000 sectors ) Sets the current ratio of read sectors to total sectors in the block. For example, "20 to 2000 sectors" setting means that the program reads 20 sectors in the block of 2000 sectors and therefore, then skips © 2003 - 2007 Digital Atlantic Corp.