User Guide Ulead Systems, Inc. May 2004 First English edition for Ulead Burn.Now version 1.5, May 2004. Copyright © 2003-2004 Ulead Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or storing in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form without prior written permission of Ulead Systems, Inc. Software license The software described in this document is furnished under a License Agreement which is included with the product. This Agreement specifies the permitted and prohibited uses of the product. Licenses and trademarks ICI Library © 1991- 1992 C-Cube Microsystems. Ulead Systems, Inc. the Ulead logo, and Ulead Burn.Now are trademarks of Ulead Systems, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. 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Burning CDs enables you to free up valuable space on your computer and retain important backups. Moreover DVDs, which have superior data storage capacity, are ideal for burning very large files, such as video footage and multimedia files. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the thought of burning your own discs, Ulead Burn.Now offers the solution you've been looking for. It is easy to use, yet versatile enough to handle a wide range of tasks and media without requiring you to make tricky technical decisions. All you really need to decide is what kind of discs you want to use, and what you want to burn on them. Things you can do in Burn.Now Make a data disc There is no limit to the type of information you can burn to disc with Burn.Now. Whether you need to back up important word-processed documents, spreadsheets, presentations and projects, or compile photos, video footage, sound clips and more to share with your family and friends, Burn.Now has all the options you need. Burn.Now supports both ISO and UDF file systems for writing data to discs. Furthermore, if you are working with rewritable discs, whether CD or DVD, Burn.Now enables you to edit the contents of discs that have already been burned. There is no need to wipe the whole disc and start over, if you only wish to remove or add files, or simply to reorganize your folders and files. Make an audio disc With Burn.Now you can also make your own audio discs. You can collect all types of sound files, and create an Audio CD, DVD-Audio disc, or "Audio-only" DVD-Video disc. 6 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE Make an MP3 disc In addition to audio discs, you can also collect MP3 files and compile them into an MP3 disc. MP3 files are a very popular format, and are primarily played back on personal computers, although they can also be played on CD players that support the format. Since they are relatively small files, the total play time of MP3s for the same amount of disc space is far greater than that of traditional audio formats, although there is a slight compromise in sound quality. Copy discs One of the simplest ways that you can distribute and share discs is by burning copies of them. Burn.Now offers several ways of copying discs. The fastest and most convenient method is by directly duplicating an existing disc. This enables you to burn an exact replica straight to another disc without requiring any step in between. This is a speedy method that has the further advantage of not requiring a large amount of space on your computer if you copy on-the-fly. Alternatively, you can burn an image of the contents of the disc and store the image on your computer. A disc can be burnt directly from the image file. This takes a little longer, but is more stable and allows you the flexibility of creating the image file on one occasion, and burning at a later date, as well as being more convenient for burning multiple copies and for backup purposes. ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE 7 What's new Create DVD-Audio discs Burn stereo-quality music on DVD that can be played on DVD-Audio capable players. Create "Audio-only" DVD-Video discs An "Audio-only" DVD-Video disc is the same as the regular DVDVideo disc except that there is no video content recorded on the disc. Burn stereo-quality music on DVD that can be played on your computer, home or car DVD player. MP3 encoding Rip and convert audio files to MP3 using the Rip CD Audio and Convert Audio Files functions. Convert audio files Convert your audio files to other popular audio formats. Rip tracks from audio CDs Easily extract your files from your audio CDs and convert them to popular formats such as MPA, WAV, and WMA. Double-layer DVD burning support Burn a double-layer DVD up to 8.5GB of video, audio, image, or data files. UDF system driver for a wide range of Windows O/S UDF system driver is now compatible with Windows XP, 2000, Me, and 98. UDF defect management (DRT-DM) Distributed Real-Time Defect Management (DRT-DM) improves writing reliability for DVD-RW and CD-RW. 8 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE System requirements To run Ulead Burn.Now, you must have the following minimum requirements: · · · · · · · Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP DirectX 8.0 driver or above Intel Pentium III processor or above (at least 500 MHz CPU) 128 MB RAM (256 MB or higher recommended) 30 MB of available hard disk space for installation CD or DVD-ROM drive Windows compatible DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-RAM, or CD-R/RW burner drive that supports MMC (Multimedia Command) standard ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE 9 Basics Burn.Now has a simple, straightforward user interface that frees you from the task of configuring complex settings. All you need to do is choose the type of disc to create, compile and then burn the disc. This section introduces you to the Burn.Now interface. The user interface: an overview Select a Task dialog box The easiest way to make sure you are heading in the right direction when compiling a new disc is by beginning with the Select a Task dialog box. This is displayed each time you launch Burn.Now, but can also be opened again by selecting Disc: Create Disc [Ctrl + N] or by clicking on the Toolbar. 10 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE The Select a Task dialog box displays the four available task types on the left side. When a task type on the left is selected, all the options available for that task are displayed on the right. A brief description of the selected option is displayed in the lower half of the Options Panel. Note: If you click Exit, Burn.Now will be closed. Disc Layout Window The Disc Layout Window is the area where you add and organize the data to burn to disc. The appearance of the Disc Layout Window depends on the type of task chosen. When compiling data discs and MP3 discs, the Disc Layout Window of Burn.Now displays two window panes beneath the Toolbar, similar to the panes in Microsoft Windows Explorer. The pane on the left displays, and also enables you to create, a folder system for organizing your files, while the pane on the right displays all subfolders and files contained within the selected folder (shown highlighted) on the left. You can sort your files and folders on the right by clicking on the column header. ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE 11 When compiling audio discs, the Disc Layout Window displays a single pane listing selected audio tracks and displaying their file information. Below the Disc-space Meter is the Status Bar, which displays information about the current device name, project size, and task type. Toolbar and Menus The Toolbar enables you to access the most commonly used functions easily. All of the buttons on the Toolbar are available through the menus, and some are also available through the context menu in the Disc Layout Window. Disc-space Meter The Disc-space Meter is located underneath the two panes. The measurement markings on the meter indicates how much space is available on the target CD or DVD. A progress bar on the Discspace Meter starting from the left side indicates the amount of space to be occupied on the disc; or the total time of tracks when compiling an audio CD. The progress bar extends to the right as more data are added. Safety markers (colored dotted lines) on the right running vertically down the meter indicate capacity limits. The blue marker indicates the recommended maximum capacity, while the red one indicates the absolute ...