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Copyright © 1995 - 2006 by Nero AG Contents 1 For users in a hurry ............................................................................................ 6 1.1 1.2 Five easy steps to a finished CD/DVD ............................................................ 6 Copying a disc in four easy steps................................................................. 12 2 General information about Nero Burning ROM 7 ........................................... 15 2.1 2.2 2.2.1 Media supported by Nero............................................................................... 15 Nero Express 7................................................................................................ 15 Differences to Nero Burning ROM 7 ................................................................. 15 3 Creating a CD .................................................................................................... 17 3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3 3.3 3.3.1 3.4 3.4.1 3.5 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.6 3.6.1 3.6.2 3.7 3.7.1 3.8 3.8.1 3.9 3.9.1 3.10 3.10.1 Data CD............................................................................................................ 17 Creating a CD-ROM (ISO)................................................................................ 17 Background information for advanced users .................................................... 18 Audio CD ......................................................................................................... 23 Creating an audio CD ....................................................................................... 23 Extracting audio files from a CD and then burning them .................................. 25 Background information for advanced users .................................................... 26 Mixed Mode CD ............................................................................................... 40 Creating a Mixed Mode CD .............................................................................. 40 CD EXTRA ....................................................................................................... 41 Creating a CD EXTRA ...................................................................................... 41 Bootable CD and DVD .................................................................................... 43 Conditions......................................................................................................... 43 Background....................................................................................................... 44 Template for making a bootable CD ................................................................. 44 Making bootable CDs ....................................................................................... 45 Video CD/Super Video CD.............................................................................. 46 Creating a Video CD......................................................................................... 46 Creating a Super Video CD .............................................................................. 48 miniDVD........................................................................................................... 50 miniDVD erstellen ............................................................................................. 50 Hybrid CDs ...................................................................................................... 51 Creating a Hybrid CD........................................................................................ 51 CD-ROM (UDF) ................................................................................................ 52 Creating a CD-ROM (UDF)............................................................................... 52 CD-ROM (UDF/ISO) ......................................................................................... 54 Creating a CD-ROM (UDF/ISO) ....................................................................... 54 4 Copying a CD .................................................................................................... 56 4.1 4.2 4.3 Direct copy or copy of an image file?........................................................... 56 Copying using an image file .......................................................................... 56 Copying using a fast copy (on the fly).......................................................... 58 Nero Burning ROM 7 Contents · 3 5 DVD erstellen .................................................................................................... 61 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 DVD-Video erstellen ....................................................................................... 61 Creating a DVD-ROM (ISO) ............................................................................ 62 Creating a bootable DVD-ROM ...................................................................... 62 Creating a DVD-ROM (UDF) ........................................................................... 62 Creating a DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO) .................................................................... 62 Copying a DVD................................................................................................ 62 6 About burning ................................................................................................... 63 6.1 6.2 6.2.1 6.3 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.4 Choose Recorder............................................................................................ 63 Burning a disc................................................................................................. 64 Viewing a log file............................................................................................... 66 Additional information for advanced users ................................................. 67 The Burn tab ..................................................................................................... 67 Book Type bestimmen ...................................................................................... 69 Use Multiple Recorders.................................................................................. 71 7 Image file ........................................................................................................... 72 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4.1 7.4.2 What is an image file? .................................................................................... 72 Creating an image file .................................................................................... 72 Burning an image file ..................................................................................... 73 Nero ImageDrive ............................................................................................. 74 Installation of Nero ImageDrive ........................................................................ 74 Activating drives using Nero ImageDrive.......................................................... 74 8 Setting options for Nero Burning ROM 7........................................................ 76 8.1 8.1.1 8.1.2 8.1.3 8.1.4 8.1.5 8.1.6 8.1.7 8.1.8 8.1.9 8.1.10 8.1.11 Tabs ................................................................................................................. 76 Compilation....................................................................................................... 77 Cache ............................................................................................................... 77 Language.......................................................................................................... 77 Sounds.............................................................................................................. 77 Audio................................................................................................................. 77 Expert Features ................................................................................................ 77 Database .......................................................................................................... 77 Ultrabuffer ......................................................................................................... 78 File Browser...................................................................................................... 78 Mics .................................................................................................................. 78 LightScribe........................................................................................................ 78 9 Saving tracks using Nero Burning ROM 7...................................................... 79 9.1 9.2 Saving audio tracks........................................................................................ 79 Saving data tracks .......................................................................................... 79 10 LightScribe ........................................................................................................ 81 10.1 10.2 Nero Burning ROM 7 LightScribe System requirements ................................................................ 81 Printing LightScribe labels ............................................................................ 81 Contents · 4 10.3 10.4 Creating a compilation, and burning and printing LightScribe labels....... 82 LightScribe FAQs ........................................................................................... 92 11 Miscellaneous ................................................................................................... 95 11.1 11.1.1 11.2 11.3 11.3.1 11.3.2 11.4 11.4.1 11.5 11.5.1 11.5.2 11.5.3 11.6 Virus Checker.................................................................................................. 95 Updating the database...................................................................................... 95 Nero Burning ROM 7 level indicator ............................................................. 95 Overburning .................................................................................................... 96 What is overburning?........................................................................................ 96 Overburning a CD............................................................................................. 97 Automatic system shutdown at the end of the burning process ............... 98 Activating automatic system shutdown............................................................. 98 Verifying compilations with Nero Burning ROM 7....................................... 99 Writing data to a CD or DVD involves more risks than writing data to a hard disk. .................................................................................................................. 99 Using the Verify option...................................................................................... 99 How the Verify option works ............................................................................. 99 Erasing data from rewritable discs ............................................................... 99 12 FAQs ................................................................................................................ 101 12.1 12.1.1 12.1.2 12.1.3 General questions about Nero Burning ROM 7 ......................................... 101 Can Nero Burning ROM 7 burn and copy CDs on the fly? ............................. 101 How do I create a CD image file? ................................................................... 101 I have entered my serial number, but I cannot open Nero Burning ROM 7. Why is this?............................................................................................................. 101 12.1.4 How can I avoid 'Buffer underrun' errors? ...................................................... 101 12.1.5 I can't select any language other than English. .............................................. 102 12.1.6 Since I installed Nero Burning ROM 7, my computer is behaving unpredictably. What is the cause of this?............................................................................... 102 12.1.7 I can read the CD/DVD that I have burnt in my recorder, but not in all CD/DVDROM drives. Why is this? ............................................................................... 102 12.1.8 How do I remove the irritating 2-second pause between audio tracks? ......... 103 12.1.9 The audio CDs which I have burnt have sound interference such as crackling, humming or rustling. Why is this?................................................................... 103 12.1.10 One of the following error messages appears during the burning process. Why is this?............................................................................................................. 103 12.2 12.3 Context-sensitive help ................................................................................. 104 Contact .......................................................................................................... 105 13 Glossary .......................................................................................................... 107 Nero Burning ROM 7 Contents · 5 1 For users in a hurry 1.1 Five easy steps to a finished CD/DVD With Nero Burning ROM 7 you can quickly and easily create your own discs and copy (non-copy-protected) discs. With Nero Burning ROM 7, you have a powerful burning software which enables you to easily burn data, music and videos onto discs. Nero Burning ROM 7 is the ideal software for power users - making it possible to work individually to a large extent. You have full control over the projects you want to burn and you can specify the file system, the length of the file names and the required font. You want to change the name of the disc? No problem, Nero Burning ROM 7 will assist you and provide you with several options. Even if you want to burn projects with unusual formats, Nero Burning ROM 7 assists you and enables you to create discs which can be read by both Apple and Windows computers. UDF format discs are also no problem. You can customize the tool bar and change the shortcuts of Nero Burning ROM 7 - in other words, you have a program which is as individual as you are. Despite the scope and the vast ability of Nero Burning ROM 7, it remains an easy-to-use burning program which creates your own discs in just a few easy steps. First select the disc type (a type supported by your device) to be burned (CD / DVD / Blu-ray / HD DVD), then select the type of project before adding the required data, and then you are ready to start burning quickly and reliably, in proven Nero quality. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 6 Step 1: Launching the program Start Nero Burning ROM 7 using the command sequence 'Start' >'All programs' > 'Nero 7 Premium' > 'Audio' / 'Data' > 'Nero Burning ROM'. The program starts with the window in which you select the media type and specify the compilation type. Step 2: Selecting the media type If you have installed a recorder that can burn a number of media types (e.g. CDs, DVDs), then click on the drop-down list box and select the media type to be burned. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 7 Step 3: Specifying the compilation type Select the desired compilation type. The window in the compilation area will display the possible compilations for the media type selected. For example, to burn an Audio CD you must use the media type 'CD' and to burn a DVD-Video you must use the media type 'DVD'. Click on the 'New' button to finish selection of the compilation. The Nero Burning ROM 7 file browser opens in which you select the files to be burned. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 8 Step 4: Running a compilation Compiling the files is child's play: Select the desired files on the right-hand side of the file browser and drag them to the left-hand side. Repeat this step until all of the files are in the compilation area of the file browser. Click on the to switch to the burning area. icon The Nero Burning ROM 7 file browser is configured as standard to show the file structure of your PC on the right-hand side and the files to be burned on the lefthand side. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 9 If there is no file browser open yet, you can repeat this step by clicking on the icon. You can tell whether the data will fit on the disc or the disc will be too small by the color of the full-o-meter. If the color of the full-o-meter is green, the data will fit on the disc. If the color is yellow, the data might fit on the disc. This depends on the disc inserted. Commercially available CDs, for example, are available with a capacity of 650 MB and 700 MB, i.e. in the example shown the data would fit on a CD with 700 MB, but not on a CD with 650 MB. If the color is red, the data will not fit on the disc unless you have inserted a special size of disc, for example a CD with 800 MB. Step 5: Starting the burn process Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 10 On the 'Burn' tab you can make the final settings before the burn process. Note, however, that all of the settings are preset as standard to the most suitable value. Insert the disc and click on the 'Burn' button. The burn process is started; while it is running you can specify whether the files burned onto the disc should be verified and/or the PC shut down after the burn process (provided this is technically possible and you have the administrator rights required for this). Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 11 The outcome of the burn process is displayed once it is finished. Click on 'OK' to finish or on 'Burn again' if the compilation should be burned again. 1.2 Copying a disc in four easy steps Step 1: Launching the program Start Nero Burning ROM 7 using the command sequence 'Start' >'All programs' > 'Nero 7 Premium' > 'Audio' 'Data' > 'Nero Burning ROM'. The program starts with the window in which you select the media type and specify the compilation type. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 12 Step 2: Selecting the media type If you have installed a recorder that can burn a number of media types (e.g. CDs, DVDs), then click on the drop-down list box and select the media type to be copied. Step 3: Specifying the compilation type Select the compilation type 'CD Copy' or 'DVD Copy' according to the media type selected. Step 4: Starting the burn process Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 13 A: Direct copy (only for systems with two drives) Insert the disc to be copied in the source drive and the empty disc in the target drive and close both trays. Click on the 'Burn' button to start the copy process. B: Copy via image file (for systems with one drive) Insert the disc to be copied in the drive and close the tray. Click on the 'Burn' button to start the copy process. The burn process is started; while it is running you can specify whether the files burned onto the disc should be verified and/or the PC shut down after the burn process (provided this is technically possible and you have the administrator rights required for this). The outcome of the burn process is displayed once it is finished. Click on 'OK' to finish or on 'Burn again' if the compilation should be burned again. Nero Burning ROM 7 For users in a hurry · 14 2 General information about Nero Burning ROM 7 2.1 Media supported by Nero Nero Burning ROM 7 is able to burn different types of media. Both DVDs and CDs can be burned with a DVD recorder. Only CDs can be burned with a CD recorder. The following table shows the possible compilations for the various media types. CD CD-ROM (ISO) Audio CD Mixed Mode CD CD EXTRA CD Copy Video CD Super Video CD miniDVD CD-ROM (Boot) CD-ROM (Hybrid) CD-ROM (UDF) CD-ROM (UDF/ISO) DVD DVD-ROM (IS0) DVD Copy DVD-Video DVD-ROM (Boot) DVD-ROM (UDF) DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO) 2.2 Nero Express 7 2.2.1 Differences to Nero Burning ROM 7 Nero Express 7 is an assistant-driven application based on Nero Burning ROM 7. You can switch from Nero Burning ROM 7 to Nero Express 7 at any time during compilation of a project if the compilation in question is also to be burned using Nero Express 7. If the If the icon is activated, you can switch to Nero Express 7. icon is deactivated, you cannot switch to Nero Express 7. Nero Burning ROM 7 General information about Nero Burning ROM 7 · 15 Even though Nero Burning ROM 7 can burn a greater number of compilations than Nero Express 7, there are also compilation templates that are found exclusively in Nero Express 7: ! MP3 CD and MP3 DVD ! WMA CD and WMA DVD ! Nero Digital Audio CD and Nero Digital Audio DVD You can still burn these compilations using Nero Burning ROM 7. To do so, simply select Data CD or Data DVD as the compilation and add MP3, WMA or Nero digital audio files. With Nero Express 7 you can burn all of the compilations marked with an X in the following table. CD Data disk Audio CD MP3 disk WMA disk Nero Digital Audio Video CD Super Video CD DVD-Video Copying a disc Image file Saved compilation X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X DVD X You will find further information about using Nero Express 7 in the manual written especially for Nero Express 7. Nero Burning ROM 7 General information about Nero Burning ROM 7 · 16 3 Creating a CD 3.1 Data CD You can save all kinds of data on a data CD, i.e. these compilations can be used for all file types and every kind of original file can be burned. You can burn a data CD using the following compilations: ! ! ! CD-ROM (ISO) CD-ROM (UDF) CD-ROM (UDF/ISO) A special feature of data CDs is the option of creating a multisession CD. This means that the CD does not have to be written in one session (as with audio CDs and DVD videos, for example), instead it can be written in a number of sessions until it is full. 3.1.1 Creating a CD-ROM (ISO) 1. Start Nero Burning ROM 7. 2. If you have installed a recorder that can burn a number of media types (e.g. CDs, DVDs), then click on the drop-down list box and select the media type to be copied. 3. Select the 'CD-ROM (ISO)' compilation, thereby bringing the 'Multisession' tab to the foreground. Select the desired multisession option. Start Multisession disc: A multisession disc will be started, i.e. you create the first session and can burn further sessions later once the first session has been burned. All of the burned sessions are visible later in the drive and you can access all of the data. Continue Multisession disc: A further session will be burned onto a disc already burned with at least one session. All of the burned sessions are visible later in the drive and you can access all of the data. If you select this option, there must be a multisession disc in the recorder. No Multisession: A multisession disc will not be created. This option still enables the disc to be written until it is full. Note, however, that only the last session will be visible then and you will only have access to the data from this last session. Creating a CD · 17 Nero Burning ROM 7 Additional information on the multisession options and the other tabs can be found in the chapter 'Background information for advanced users'. 4. Click on the 'New' button to finish selection of the compilation. The Nero Burning ROM 7 file browser opens in which you select the files to be burned. 5. Select the desired files on the right-hand side of the file browser and drag them to the left-hand side. Repeat this step until all of the files are in the compilation area of the file browser. icon to switch to the burning area. You are then ready 6. Click on the to burn the CD. For information on how to do this, please read the chapter 'Burning a disc'. 3.1.2 Background information for advanced users This chapter describes the tabs not explained in the previous chapter (see the relevant subsections) as well as providing additional information on multisession CDs and describing the ISO and UDF file systems: Nero Burning ROM 7 Creating a CD · 18 3.1.2.1 Additional tabs for data CDs On the 'ISO' tab you can toggle between Mode 1 and Mode 2/XA format as required. You should not need to verify the format ­ in the past there were problems with CD drives that could not read Mode 1 CDs, but very few of these drives will still be in use today. If these options are grayed it means that selection is not logically meaningful at present. Mixing Mode 1 and Mode 2/XA tracks on a CD would result in an unreliable and potentially unreadable CD format. In the 'File/Directorynames length` section you can specify the ISO level for the length of the names. Up to 31 characters are permitted for Windows 95 and higher. Names cannot be more than 11 characters long for Windows 3.1 (8 for the name and 3 for the extension). ISO Level 2 will be best in most cases ­ if you know that the CD must also be readable on a Windows 3.1 system then you should select Level 1. On the 'Label' tab you can give your CD a name and overtype the default name 'New'. You can use letters A-Z, digits 0-9 and the underscore character (_) ­ diacritics (accents) and spaces are not supported. On the 'Dates' tab you can specify the date of the compilation and of its files. The current date and time are entered for the compilation as default, also the creation date of the files. Use the 'Misc' tab to specify which files will be buffered in the cache. Files that are on slow media (floppy disks and network drives) and are very small are moved to the cache by default. You specify the location of the cache on the Cache tab in the File menu (Preferences option). 3.1.2.2 How are Multisession CDs structured? This chapter explains the background to Multisession CDs and is pretty technical ­ it is intended mainly for users who already have some experience of CD burning and want to know a little more. The 'normal' user who just wants to create a Multisession CD with Nero Burning ROM 7 can skip this chapter. The ISO file system has a very useful feature that helps us to create Multisession CDs: The way files are stored in ISO tables of contents is that the absolute start block of each file and the file's length in blocks is given. Absolute means that all blocks in all CD tracks are numbered sequentially. So what happens when a file's start block belongs to a different track than the one where the TOC you want to create is located? No problem! CD-ROM drivers and recorders will simply read the file from another track. CDs are written session by session and track by track, so of course only tracks that have already been written can be addressed. This is why a reference track must be specified first when creating Multisession ISO CDs with Nero Burning ROM 7. Nero Burning ROM 7 reads this track in and remembers the positions of the files that are on it. At the next write session these positions are then re-written for unchanged files. Additional Multisession information on the CD When a new Multisession CD is started, Nero Burning ROM 7 saves not just the files and folders but also their source location on the hard disk. When a Multisession compilation is updated, this additional information is used to automatically replace, add or delete modified files. Nero Burning ROM 7 Creating a CD · 19 Multisession CDs can still be created even if there is no additional Nero Burning ROM 7 information on the reference track. The disadvantage of this however is that the references to the hard disk which we mentioned above will not be known to Nero Burning ROM 7 and so there can be no automatic update. 3.1.2.3 Creating a data CD (not multisession) The procedure for creating a data CD without multisession is identical to the procedure described in the chapter 'Creating a CD-ROM (ISO)'. You simply have to check the option 'No Multisession' on the 'Multisession' tab. Please note that when a CD is burned without a multisession, a table of contents (TOC) for the CD is created at the end of the burn. If the 'Finalize CD` option is selected the CD is write protected and no further burning is possible. If this option is not selected then further sessions can be burned but only the last session is visible, so the CD looks like there's nothing else on it ­ not so! We suggest that you use the 'Creating a data CD (with multisession)' option when creating a data CD with several sessions. 3.1.2.4 Creating a data CD (with multisession) The procedure for creating the first session of a data CD with multisession is identical to the procedure described in the chapter 'Creating a CD-ROM (ISO)'. You simply have to check the option 'Start Multisession disk' on the 'Multisession' tab. The procedure for creating the second and each subsequent session of a data CD with multisession is identical to the procedure described in the chapter 'Creating a CD-ROM (ISO)'. You simply have to check the option 'Continue Multisession disk' on the 'Multisession' tab and insert the CD containing the existing sessions in the recorder. If you want to create a data CD that consists of several sessions, we advise that you create a Multisession CD. Every complete write process with Nero Burning ROM 7 on a CD, from inserting the CD you want to write to the CD being ejected, generates a session on the CD. A session in turn contains one or more tracks. All CDs with several sessions are 'Multisession CDs'. There are basically two types of Multisession CD: ! Multisession CD for linked files, e.g. for backups ! Multisession CD for independent files Multisession CD for linked files Multisession CDs are advisable, say, when making a weekly Backup of a number of folders on a CD. When an ISO compilation is created the required folder is written to the CD in every new session. Since only a few files may have changed, writing the entire folder again would have the following disadvantages: ! Burning would take an unnecessarily long time because redundant data are being written each time. Nero Burning ROM 7 Creating a CD · 20