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Copyright © 1995 - 1998 by ahead software gmbh Contents Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 CD-Recording as a New Technology 1.2 Applications for CD-Recording 1.3 Layout of the Manual 1.4 Conventions 5 5 5 6 7 2 INSTALLING NERO 2.1 System Requirements 2.1.1 Hardware Requirements 2.1.2 Overview: Components for CD-Recording 2.2 The Installation 2.2.1 Installation of the SCSI Host Adapter 2.2.2 Installation of the CD-Recorder 2.2.3 Installation of Nero 2.2.3.1 Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 2.2.3.2 Windows 3.1x 2.2.4 Uninstalling Nero 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 3 QUICKSTART 3.1 Create a New Compilation 3.2 Determining Maximum Write Speed 3.3 Simulation of the Write Procedure: 3.4 The Burn Process (Write Process) 13 14 14 15 15 4 FUNDAMENTALS OF CD-RECORDING 4.1 The Rainbow Books 4.1.1 Red Book 4.1.2 Yellow Book 4.1.3 Green Book 4.1.4 Orange Book 4.1.5 White Book 4.1.6 Blue Book 4.2 Definition of Concepts 4.2.1 Tracks 4.2.2 Sectors 4.2.3 Table of Contents 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 20 20 20 20 1 Contents 4.2.4 Single-Session, Multi-Session 4.2.5 Disc At Once, Track At Once 4.3 Recording Formats 4.3.1 Audio-CD 4.3.2 CD-ROM 4.3.3 ISO 9660 4.3.4 Mixed-Mode CD 4.3.5 Enhanced Music CD 4.3.6 Photo-CD 20 20 21 21 21 21 22 23 23 5 NERO 5.1 Basic Process 5.2 Terms and Concepts 5.3 User Interface 5.3.1 Title Bar 5.3.2 Menu Bar 5.3.3 Toolbar 5.3.4 Status Bar 5.3.5 Right Mouse Button - Context-Related Menus 5.3.6 Nero Windows 5.3.6.1 The File Browser Window 5.3.6.2 The CD-ROM Compilation Window 5.3.6.3 The Audio-CD Compilation Window 5.3.6.4 The Mixed-Mode-CD Compilation Window 5.3.6.5 The Multisession-CD Compilation Window 5.4 Finally: Nero burns... 5.4.1 Burn Dialog 5.4.2 Write Speed Test 5.4.3 Simulation 5.4.4 Writing methods 5.4.5 Burn Process (Write process) 25 25 25 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 30 31 32 33 34 35 35 36 36 37 37 6 STEP BY STEP 6.1 CD-ROM 6.2 Audio-CD 6.3 Image File 6.3.1 Creating the Image File 6.3.2 Writing the Image File 6.4 CD-Copy 6.4.1 Copying a complete CD 6.4.2 Save an audio track as a Wav.file 6.4.3 Saving data tracks 39 39 41 42 42 42 44 44 45 46 2 Contents 6.5 Mixed-Mode CD 6.6 Multisession CD 48 50 7 REFERENCE 7.1 The FILE Menu 7.1.1 FILE> New 7.1.2 FILE> Open 7.1.3 FILE> Close 7.1.4 FILE> Save 7.1.5 FILE> Save as... 7.1.6 FILE> Compilation Info (CD-ROM) 7.1.6.1 The INFO Property Sheet 7.1.6.2 The MULTISESSION Property Sheet 7.1.6.3 The FILE OPTIONS Property Sheet 7.1.6.4 The VOLUME DESCRIPTOR Property Sheet 7.1.6.5 The DATES Property Sheet 7.1.6.6 The BURN Property Sheet 7.1.7 FILE> Compilation Info (Audio-CD) 7.1.7.1 The INFO Property Sheet 7.1.7.2 The AUDIO-CD Property Sheet 7.1.7.3 The BURN Property Sheet 7.1.8 FILE> Refresh Compilation 7.1.9 FILE> Write CD 7.1.10 FILE> Burn Image 7.1.10.1 The INFO Property Sheet 7.1.10.2 The BURN Property Sheet 7.1.11 FILE> CD-Copy 7.1.11.1 The IMAGE Property Sheet 7.1.11.2 The COPY OPTIONS Property Sheet 7.1.11.3 The BURN Property Sheet 7.1.12 FILE> Preferences 7.1.12.1 The GENERAL Property Sheet 7.1.12.2 The CACHE Property Sheet 7.1.12.3 The LANGUAGE property Sheet 7.1.13 FILE> Page View 7.1.14 FILE> Print 7.1.15 FILE> Exit 7.2 The EDIT Menu 7.2.1 Menu commands with an active File Browser window 7.2.1.1 EDIT> Select All 7.2.1.2 EDIT> Invert Selection 7.2.1.3 EDIT> Properties 7.2.2 Menu options with an active CD-ROM or Audio-CD window 7.2.2.1 EDIT> Undo 7.2.2.2 EDIT> Cut 7.2.2.3 EDIT> Copy 7.2.2.4 EDIT> Paste 7.2.2.5 EDIT> Delete 7.2.2.6 EDIT> Select All 53 53 53 54 56 56 56 57 58 59 61 63 64 65 66 66 66 67 67 68 70 71 71 72 72 73 76 76 76 77 78 79 79 79 80 80 80 80 80 81 82 82 82 82 82 83 3 Contents 7.2.2.7 EDIT> Invert Selection 7.2.2.8 EDIT> Properties 7.2.2.9 FILE> Add File 7.2.2.10 EDIT> Create Folder 7.2.2.11 EDIT> Find 7.2.3 Shortcut keys for the EDIT menu 7.3 The VIEW Menu 7.3.1 VIEW> Toolbar and VIEW> Status Bar 7.3.2 VIEW> New File Browser 7.3.3 VIEW> Original or VIEW> ISO 9660 7.3.4 VIEW> By Name, By Type, By Size, By Date, By Position 7.4 The CD-RECORDER Menu 7.4.1 CD-RECORDER> Choose Recorder 7.4.2 CD-RECORDER> CD-Info 7.4.3 CD-RECORDER> Save track 7.4.4 CD-RECORDER> Erase CD-ReWritable 7.4.5 CD-RECORDER> Eject CD 7.5 The WINDOW Menu 7.5.1 WINDOW> New Window 7.5.2 WINDOW> Overlapping 7.5.3 WINDOW> Horizontal 7.5.4 WINDOW> Vertical 7.5.5 WINDOW> Arrange Icons 7.6 The ? Menu (Help) 7.6.1 HELP TOPICS 7.6.2 About Nero 83 83 87 88 88 89 89 89 90 90 90 91 91 92 93 96 96 97 97 97 97 98 98 99 99 99 8 THE NERO MULTI MOUNTER 101 9 APPENDIX A - ISO CHARACTER SET AND CONVERSION RULES 103 9.1 Conversion Rules 9.2 ISO 9660 characterset 103 105 10 APPENDIX C - SHORTCUTS (HOTKEYS) 10.1 In the FILE Menu 10.2 In the EDIT Menu 10.3 In the CD-RECORDER Menu 107 107 107 107 11 GLOSSARY 109 4 Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 CD-Recording as a New Technology At the beginning of the 1980's, the CEO of a large electronics company which was intensively driving the development of the digital compact disc (CD) - used at that time primarily for music - was asked if there was truly a market for these little discs. Since then, the question has provided its own answer. Analog black records can now only be found at flea markets, and in most music stores the space for cassettes is less and less to make room for CDs. Its memory capacity of 650 MB and the excellent price-performance relationship, combined with problem-free usage and data security, made the data processing world sit up and take notice of the new medium. At the same time, people were really only thinking of a read-only technology (ROM = Read Only Memory) in 1985. In 1989 a process was developed with which a CD can be directly written by means of a laser beam. The way for the self-creation of CDs was thus opened. At the moment you can distinguish a CD recordable from the nonwritable by their gold or green burning side. Massproduced CDs are silver, and they cannot be burned on a CD-recorder. With the passage of time, the self-creation of CDs to meet individual needs has been made easy and economically feasible thanks to improved hardware and practical software. You have just such a product in your possession right now: Thanks to its user-friendly interface and optimized processes, Nero - Burning Rom makes it possible for you to easily and quickly create your own CDs. 1.2 Applications for CD-Recording The CD is an ideal medium for the distribution of information of any kind (text, images, sound, data and programs). Along with relatively low production costs, it provides high memory capacity with direct access and a long life span, and is thus without competition at this time, even when you only have low production numbers. For this reason, a majority of all PCs today are already equipped with a CD-ROM drive. The self-created CD opens a wide range of application possibilities: 5 Chapter 1 Let's assume that you, as a program developer, have generated a test version of your software and copied it directly to a CD-R. You may immediately test it for functionality and performance and then pass it on to the pressing operation to have it copied. The same is true with electronic books and CBT applications (Computer Based Training), for example. Until today, magnetic tapes and streamers were generally employed for data security and for hard drive back-up, while microfilm and microfiche were widely used for archiving of data. Access to data stored in this manner is complicated and relatively slow. Here the CD represents an attractive alternative because you can access your data with more convenience and speed. If you want to archive your Photos in digital form, a CD is ideal for this, because it can handle the large file sizes. For example Photo-CDs have an application in the archiving of medical image data. Suitable data compression technologies make it possible to store entire films on Movie CDs. For music lovers, the self-creation of personal Audio-CDs should be among the most fascinating possibilities offered by CD-Recording. With this technology, you could compile your own entirely personal "The Best on CD" list, for example. Speaking of that: The protection of intellectual property is guaranteed by national and international laws and regulations. Before you write data which is not yours onto a CD, you must therefore check into the legality of making the copy. The creation of copies of outside-sourced data is usually allowed only under specific conditions, or not at all. The responsibility for this in any case is entirely yours. 1.3 Layout of the Manual This manual consists of a total of seven chapters which are supplemented by an Appendix and an extensive glossary. You have just finished reading Chapter 1. Chapter2 describes the installation of Nero with Windows. Chapter 3 presents a simple example to show you how to create your first CD. Chapter 4 covers the basics of CD-Recording. Chapter 5 will familiarize you with Nero in detail. You will learn more about procedures, the individual windows and the actual writing or burn process there. Chapter 6 is a step-by-step description of how you can create and write an ISO compilation, an Audio-CD or an image file. Chapter 7 contains the Nero Reference. The indiviual menu items are systematically explained there. 6 Introduction In the Appendices, you will find tables with the allowed character sets and a summary of key shortcuts. The Glossary is found at the end of the manual. Here, you will find brief explanations of all of the important terms used. 1.4 Conventions We have added brief commentaries and icons in the margins throughout the manual. They are intended to help you find important information at a glance. When you see this icon, it means: Caution! Pay special attention at this point. 7 Chapter 1 8 Installing Nero 2 Installing Nero In this chapter, you will find out which components you need for CDRecording and how you install and configure Nero with Windows 3.1x, Windows NT and Windows 95. 2.1 System Requirements 2.1.1 Hardware Requirements As the minimal configuration for all Windows operating systems, you must have: A PC with a 486 processor or higher and speed of at least 33 Mhz, a minimum of 8 MB RAM and an SCSI Host Adapter with WINASPI support. The PC must have a CD-ROM drive in order to install Nero. If your CDRecorder is recognized as a CD-ROM drive when running with Windows, you may also use the recorder. Up to now, Windows 95 has supported all of the drivers which are required for this. You may experience less success with Windows 3.1x. Your hard drive should be as fast as possible. The access time should be under 19 milliseconds. The necessary transfer rate from the hard drive to the recorder depends on the speed with which your recorder can write. If you have a 1x recorder, we recommend a transfer speed of at least 1 MB/second, and correspondingly 4 MB/second with 4x. Otherwise the data are not continuously transferred to the recorder; the result can easily be a buffer underrun condition, the "worst possible scenario" in CD-Recording. For Nero, you need approximately 4.8 MB of hard drive space. 2.1.2 Overview: Components for CD-Recording You will require the following components CD-Recording: for - an SCSI-Host Adapter with a power cable, - a CD-Recorder (either an internal or external device) and a terminator as required (if not installed internally), - you already have therecording software(Nero - Burning Rom ), - and, of course, you will need CD-Recordables . You can find out which CD-recorders are currently supported by Nero in the Appendix covering Supported CD-Recorders , or you can get this information from your supplier. 9 Chapter 2 2.2 The Installation 2.2.1 Installation of the SCSI Host Adapter Install the SCSI Host Adapter according to the manufacturer's instructions. Don't forget to also install the software for the SCSI Adapter. If necessary, you must also install the ASPI Manager for Windows which is supplied with your SCSI Adapter. And finally, you must restart your PC. Caution: Not all SCSI Host Adapters support WINASPI. You must therefore make absolutely sure when you buy your adapter that it supports WINASPI. 2.2.2 Installation of the CD-Recorder Please refer to the installation instructions supplied with your recorder for detailed procedures. Caution: If you only have one recorder connected to the SCSI Adapter or if your recorder is the last SCSI device connect ...