RecordNowTM User Guide December 2002 Copyright Copyright © 2000-2002 VERITAS Software Corp. All Rights Reserved. Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 For Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 For Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 For Windows XP Home and Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Navigation and Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Removing RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Chapter 2. Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 What Is a Music Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 What Is a Data Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 What Are the Different Types of Disc Media? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 How Much Information Can I Record onto a Single Disc? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 What Is an Optical Recorder? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 What Does Burning a Disc Mean? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 What Is Disc Layout? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 What Should I Know about Recording Speeds? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Understanding Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 3. Using the RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 iii Making an Exact Copy of a Disc with RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Making a Data Disc with RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Making a Music Disc from Audio Files with RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Making a Music Disc from Other CDs with RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Making a Disc for an MP3 Player with RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Additional Features of RecordNow Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Using the Erase Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CDDB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Chapter 4. Using RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Recording with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The RecordNow Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Creating a Disc-to-Disc Copy with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Creating a Global-Image File with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Creating a Data Disc with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Creating an Audio Disc with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 CD Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Adding CD Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Creating a Video CD with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Creating a Mixed-Mode or CD Extra disc with RecordNow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 5. Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Recording Options... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Data Job Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Audio Job Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Disc Image Job Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 RecordNow Options Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 General Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 View Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Data Disc Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 iv Using RecordNow Audio Disc Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Temporary Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Blank Size Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Job/Round Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Advanced Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Wizard Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Wizard Panel -- DVD options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 CDDB Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Chapter 6. Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 The File Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Disc Explorer and Drive Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Extracting Audio Files to WAV or MP3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Extracting Data Files to Create ISO Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Testing Data Extraction Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Testing Audio Extraction Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Combining Jobs into a Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Running Concurrent Recording Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 The Activity Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Using DJ-Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Chapter 7. Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Recordings Fail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Can't Add Data Files to a Music Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Unreadable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Optical Drive Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Drive Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 Table of Contents v vi Using RecordNow Introduction 1 RecordNow is the ideal disc-mastering software application for performing a wide range of data and audio recording tasks. Recording enthusiasts of all levels of experience will appreciate the ease of use and control RecordNow offers. Features such as the RecordNow Wizard guide users through the basic recording functions in just a few simple steps. Some of RecordNow's advanced features include: simultaneous or sequential recording jobs, detailed activity logs, customized drive settings, and the ability to save jobs for future use. Other recording features include: Audio mastering from WAV, MP3, or WMA files that are playable on your stereo, CD-ROM drive (using a program such as Windows Media Player), or MP3 player. Data disc creation for archiving and sharing. Exact copies of your disc media retaining all disc layout information (i.e., a Disc-at-Once disc remains Disc-at-Once, keeping the exact track and gap layout). Global-Image files that can be stored on your hard drive and used to create copies at a later time or sent across a network to your business colleagues. Advanced job, workspace, and log features that allow you to open several jobs at once, queue jobs to run sequentially, save groups of jobs as a workspace, and view a detailed activity log so you can track exactly what is happening with your recordings. RecordNow Wizard -- the easiest way to make data, audio, MP3 discs, or exact copies of a disc. System Requirements The system requirements will vary depending on the operating system used and the speed of the recorder. This section details the various requirements. For Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 Hard drive with at least 10 MB of free space for installation 7 System Requirements 32 MB RAM, or more Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater for reading Help files CD or DVD drive capable of reading and writing to media For 8x speed recorders, or slower : 133 MHz processor, or faster Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive For 8x speed recorders, or higher: 300 MHz processor, or faster Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive For Windows 2000 and Windows Millennium Hard drive with at least 10 MB of free space for installation 64 MB RAM, or more Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater for reading Help files CD or DVD drive capable of reading and writing to media For 8x speed recorders, or slower: 150 MHz processor, or faster Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive For 8x speed recorders, or higher: 300 MHz or faster processor Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive For Windows XP Home and Professional Hard drive with at least 10 MB of free space for installation 128 MB RAM, or more (256MB or more for double-byte language systems) 8 Using RecordNow Installation Instructions Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater for reading Help files CD or DVD drive capable of reading and writing to media For 8x speed recorders, or slower: 233 MHz processor, or faster Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive For 8x speed recorders, or higher: 300 MHz or faster processor Bus-mastering EIDE controller DMA enabled on the hard drive Installation Instructions To install RecordNow: 1. Place the RecordNow disc into your CD-ROM drive. If the Install Wizar ...