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Direct burn ....................................................................................................... Test before burning ........................................................................................... Buffer underrun protection ................................................................................. Check source files ............................................................................................. Verify after burning ........................................................................................... Burn with synchronization info ............................................................................ 35 36 36 36 36 37 37 Span disc ............................................................................................... 38 Editing a disc ......................................................................................... 40 4 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE Modifying disc contents .......................................................................................40 Burning the edited disc .......................................................................................42 Copying a disc ....................................................................................... 43 Making a disc to disc copy ...................................................................................43 Creating a disc image file ....................................................................................44 Burning a disc from a disc image file .....................................................................45 Handling rewritable discs ...................................................................... 46 Erase ..............................................................................................................46 UDF Format ......................................................................................................46 UDF Certify ......................................................................................................47 Checking burner and disc information ................................................... 48 Checking burner capabilities ................................................................................48 Checking disc properties .....................................................................................49 Appendix A: Menus and commands ....................................................... 50 Disc menu .................................................................................................................... 50 Edit menu ..................................................................................................................... 50 View menu ................................................................................................................... 51 Tools menu ................................................................................................................... 51 Burner menu ................................................................................................................. 51 Appendix B: Glossary ............................................................................ 52 Index .................................................................................................... 56 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE 5 Welcome to Ulead Burn.Now Ulead Burn.Now is an easy-to-use burning tool versatile enough to handle a wide range of recording tasks and storage media. All you really need to decide is what kind of discs you want to use, and what you want to burn on them. You can burn files and projects to CDs, DVDs, and dual-layer DVDs. Burn.Now allows multisession burning of dual-layer DVD-R using Layer-Jump Recording technology. It also supports the next-generation Blu-ray Discs (BDs). Things you can do in Burn.Now Make and edit a data disc Stores a collection of all types of files onto a disc. Burn.Now supports both ISO and UDF file systems, including UDF 2.5 for writing data to discs. If you are working with rewritable and appendable 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 and edit an MP3 disc Collects MP3 files and compiles them into an MP3 disc. MP3 is a very popular format because of its relatively small file size. It is primarily played back on personal computers and some set-top players that support it. Burn.Now also lets you edit appendable MP3 discs. Note: If an MP3 disc is not DVD+/-RW, a new data session is created after editing. This new session may not be readable on some MP3 players that reads the first session only. Burn.Now Make an audio disc Collects all types of sound files, and creates an Audio CD, DVD-Audio disc, or Music DVD-Video disc. Make a bootable disc If you are using the ISO 9660 or ISO 9660 + Joliet file system, you can create bootable discs that contain all the necessary operating system files for your computer to start up without having to access the hard disk. 6 ULEAD BURN.NOW USER GUIDE Copy discs directly Burns an exact replica of a disc 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. Copy DVD-Video directly Burns an existing VIDEO_TS folder directly to a disc. The VIDEO_TS folder (Video Title Set) contains all the unencrypted files of the original DVD video. These are VOB (Video Object) files which contain the video and audio of the movie and the IFO (Information) files which contain the menu navigation information. Burn from disc image Alternatively, you can burn an image of the contents of a 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. Write to Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burns data to the next-generation Blu-ray Disc format. A single-layer BD can hold up to 25 GB of video and other data types while its dual-layer counterpart can store up to 50 GB. Use various disc tools Burn.Now offers various disc tools. When using rewritable discs, you can erase the entire contents to start from scratch. ...