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1. 65 TOO Dto 43 Track15 16 25 26 27 29 30 31 34 43 55 56 66 67 71 74 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Track list 27 Track mode 57 Uninstallation 9 O EE NERONE 58 752. Print CD cover Prints a cover and label for the current CD on the default printer Whether these buttons actually are enabled depends on the capabilities of the device the situation and the selection state of the tracks i e the play back button is disabled if a data or no track is selected Note There is also a context menu that appears if you click the right mouse button within the track list Track list The track list shows each track on the CD with its name type Audio CD ROM or CD XA and the length in minutes and seconds and in Megabytes Above the track list the CD title is displayed If the CD has not yet been given a title it says unknown CD The icons on the left indicate the track type and its state There are different icons for video audio and data tracks The icons are shaded if the corresponding track has not been copied yet The titles of each track can be edited by choosing the Edit title command in the track s context menu Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 27 CD View Context menu RSI CD i i p Yoy Are Everything d FP Linen To Lire You In The P Cant Wa Try FPL Weil Als Bi With Toc FP Bun To Ma HB Ten Rovers D ever Gonna Let You Go OO O 0 Estence Disc Info Submk CEDE er ry CD View options citra Go bo CO s sab ik CODE Mure Eris CD View s context menu is displayed if you right click into the track list It contains
3. 50 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH TRACKCPY EXE TRACKCPY EXE Using TRACKCP Y EXE you are able to copy tracks from the command line TRACKCPY EXE offers a similar functionality as RSJ CD View Commands The following commands are supported help command Shows explanations to the entered command If no command is entered a list of all commands is shown dir drive Shows the content of a drive Example dir d This command shows the track directory of the CD in drive d speed factor Sets the writing speed for all of the following write operations The factor is entered as a multiple of 150k sec Example speed 2 oets the writing speed to 2x 2300 k sec Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 51 TRACKCPY EXE copy source drive track number target drive gt copies the entered track Example trackcpy copy e 1 d Copies the first track of the CD inserted in drive e to the recorder drive d finalize drive Finalizes the current session of a drive Example finalize d eject drives Ejects the medium from a drive Example eject d blank drive track numbers Deletes the specified track in the drive Possible only for CD RW recorders and harddrives If the specified track number is 0 all tracks get deleted Example blank d 0 Deletes all tracks of the CD inserted in drive d quit Exit the program 52 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH T
4. o D cdmmc YAMAHA CRW44165 10e To change the dive letter for a recorder please chek its entry in the list usmg the right mouse button To change the drive letter for a recorder please click its entry in the list using the right mouse button Note Under certain conditions you have to restart your computer for the installation program to be able to detect your recorder If this is the case please reboot your machine and use the Installation command under Startmenu gt Programs gt RSJ CD Writer and click the Next button un til you come to the above page If your recorder is still not recognized please follow the steps as de scribed under Tips and Tricks in the appropriate section 8 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Installation Installation log file The installation will create a log file install log in the target directory that might be helpful in case of problems Registering a demo version If you install RSJ CD Writer as a demo it will run for 30 days The Info command of the CD icon in the system tray right bottom corner of the screen next to the clock can be used to display information about the remaining trial period Ie Bo 1203 If you decide to get the full version you will receive a file cdwfs key that removes the 30 day limit To install this file please proceed as follows e Choose the Installation command under Startmenu gt Programs gt
5. CD View Server Submit Lache Lache Usage For freedb queries first ty local cache then Internet C use Internet only C use local cache only Location Path C Program Files ASJ CO wirntersfreedb Es Mas size jo MB 0 means no limit Current size kb cancel amo The Max size field allows you to specify a maximum size that should be used for caching If you enter O here the cache has no size limit The options of the cache usage have the following meaning first try local cache then Internet performs internet queries if the CD is not found in the local cache use Internet only uses only Internet for queries use local cache only uses only data located in the local cache for queries Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 39 CD View Printing CD booklets and labels You can print CD booklets and labels from within CD View While the 5 button in CD View s toolbar or the Print CD cover immediately command in the context menu immediately print a cover without any questions asked you can use the RSJ CD Cover Editor command in the context menu if you want to change the layout of the cover before you print it More information about cover printing can be found in the RSJ CD Cover Print chapter 40 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH RSJ CD Cover Print RSJ CD Cover Print RSJ CD Cover Print allows you to create booklets and labels for your CDs If you start
6. e SCSI host adapter with Windows NT 2000 XP driver support e g Adaptec Future Domain or NCR or ATAPI adapter with Windows NT 2000 XP driver support e supported CD Recorder Our website http www rsj de shows a list of supported CD recorders If your recorder is not in the list of supported drives the installation program trys to detect it automatically because RSJ CD Writer does support automatic detection of MMC and ATAPI compatible drives Software The following software requirements must be met e Windows NT 4 00 SP 3 or better or Windows 2000 or Windows XP e SCSI IDE host adapter driver support e Internet connection for freedb access e Microsoft Windows Media Player Version 6 x or higher for MP3 support http www microsoft com e does not run with Windows 95 98 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 69 System requirements CD ROM Generally CDs created by the RSJ CD Writer file system can be read by all current CD ROM drives The following restrictions apply e Verify that the driver software used supports multiple sessions e g MSCDEX EXE if you want to read multi session CDs e For reading of CD RWs a CD RW capable CD ROM drive is required 70 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Appendix Appendix The appendix contains general information and specifications concerning restrictions Restrictions In the current version the following restrictions apply e Only one file may be open for
7. www microsoft com windows windowsmedia Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 29 CD View Copy tracks In order to copy one ore more tracks open a CD View session for the target device and one for each source device The tracks to be copied are selected and then dragged to the target s CD View session using the left mouse button The tracks will appear in the target window with their original name and receive a shaded track icon indicating that the corresponding tracks have not yet been copied The source column of the track list shows from which device the track will be copied Note When tracks are dragged over the target CD View a gray line is displayed indicating where the dragged track s would be inserted If this line is not displayed or the mouse pointer turns to a no drop sign you attempted to either drop the files on a CD ROM or before already copied tracks on a recorder Once tracks are copied you can not change their order anymore nor can you place additional tracks before or between them After dropping the tracks on the target CD View change their order by simply picking them up and dropping them at the desired location Before pressing the record button verify that the recording speed setting is not too fast for the source device s After starting the copy process a window appears where the copy status is displayed Copying track 26 4 OP XC From E to D Status Read cache
8. CD View CD View Interface The CD View user interface consists of a tool bar a track list of the CD and a status bar Tool bar The tool bar contains the following elements La a ME AE ER Play Starts audio play back of the selected track You need a sound card to play back tracks from hard disks or CD ROM drives or recorders However most CD ROM drives and recorders have a headphone connector that can be used as well Pause stop play back Pauses or resumes play back Start recording Starts the copy record process in TAO mode DAO Starts the copy record process in DAO mode Finalize CD After all tracks have been copied finalize the session with this button Please note the information in chapter Finalize CD Eject Opens the drive door Recording speed Adjusts the current recording speed 1x means 150K sec 2x 300k sec Make sure that the source drive delivers data fast enough for the current speed setting Delete track Deletes all selected tracks Rescan track directory Reads the table of contents of the inserted CD i e after the CD was replaced All entries of tracks that are prepared for copying will be erased Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View ct CD View Options Displays the CD View options dialog where you can adjust audio parameters and turn freedb support on or off Pl Query freedb Performs a freedb query about the currently insterted CD
9. finalized Kodak recorders need this option During the write process the recorder door must not be opened since this might destroy the CD If this option is not checked the drive door is locked until the session is closed Otherwise the door can be opened i e by pressing the recorder s eject button any time during the write process Be cautious with this option Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 19 CD Writer File System Settings Automatic tray retraction If this option is set the recorder drive door is automatically closed when the recorder is accessed The command required for this feature takes a couple of seconds to complete depending on the recorder type since the recorder is frequently accessed file dialogs context menus this can be quite annoying In this case leave this setting turned off Please note that some recorders do not support this feature Track Mode Select desired track mode here See Technical details ISO Level Choose the desired ISO level See Track Modes 20 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD Copy Wizard CD Copy Wizard If you want to create a 1 1 copy of a CD RSJ CD Copy Wizard offers the easiest solution This wizard creates copies of Audio CDs CD ROM s and Data CDs R5J CD Copy Wizard Choose the desired source and target drive and recording speed here Source drive 8 D CD Recorder UNKNOWN Recording speed 1 Ix zm Iw
10. If CD View does not know the CD it will display a track list as shown here n ja E as OD ie iere cn m Tueng Se er m eie E fun Tow S Hi TT T co 03 HA Aikio 34 1 45 7 HA dux ZA 36 1 Ho fado Eb Ri HA Aun Bd 69 5 HS Akin 32B 35 0 Hu fuk 40 41 3 HA Bun Ejh ERS PIL Aiki 11 57 10 6 FILE din sl Aa Al mi E After a successful freedb query the track list is updated with the title information from freedb Tk r y Ji stars OF Swing dudo 544 57 5 Ma Jl born To The Waterins Mago x53 0 2 M a JA Portobello Balla Live aab 4 31 45 7 NJA J Testing By The Pool Remix Mudo 3 28 35 1 MA d tunnel Of Love Sancho 8 08 z ni J konso And hist Aud 5 54 59 5 mia JA Where Do You Think Youre Gang dac 3 28 35 0 MIA Ji wak of Life Base 4 06 41 3 MA S Private Investigation Mage 5 40 2 N A J Telegraph Bad Live Faernis Asado 10 57 1206 MA 34 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View CD View s context menu contains additional freedb related commands PLC MU i E Bi xj elele El Ss x ej wj 3 CD tile bus Moran Por d bed Query CD titles via freedb Performs a freedb query for the currently inserted CD This way you can access the freedb data base to retrieve the CD title strings Submit new freedb entry If your CD cannot be found in the freedb data base you can submit a new entry using this command freedb options Displays
11. RSJ CD Cover Print from within CD View it will be initialized with the title data of the currently inserted CD otherwise you ll have to manually enter the title strings User interface CD Cover Print s main window basically consists of a tabbed window that allows you to switch between four different pages Sess EE a E AE EEE EE T A SHEET TAS ASIA CD title Front inlay Back inlay Disclabel 000 CLP IA CRON I TOC ICH F Pik FEL Ml NT OW B NI TNC RIEL j oH BD PENTE of Civil vou AE EH i CHULO BLA LPFIHE Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 41 RSJ CD Cover Print The CD title page is used to enter edit the CD s title artist and song titles Of course you can also enter general CD information if you want to create a data CD label The Front inlay Back inlay and CD Label pages allow you to preview the result of your work If one of the preview pages is active you can use the format window to apply any of the format options to change the look of the label CD Cover Print toolbar CD Cover Print s toolbar contains the following commands E CD View s CDs This dialog displays all CDs ever edited with CD View If you select a CD in the upper list its track titles are displayed in the field below Print Prints the booklet and CD label without any questions asked using the default printer Show hide format window Shows or hides the format window Save layout as default Saves the current fo
12. Request Invalid Block Address The CD and the file system do have a different status Release CD with Emergency eject command The reason could be a buffer underrun Please reduce the writing speed Medium Error Unable to read PMA The CD is either damaged or dirty TOC or sub code If cleaning does not solve the problem the CD must be replaced Medium Error Absorption Control The track could not be written Error correctly In general this error arises after the CD was removed improperly and replaced by another CD A system reboot without closing the CD might cause this error too The CD is defective and must be replaced Hardware The CD Recorder has located an Error internal error Remove the CD with emergency eject switch off and reactivate the recorder and try again If the error persists the Recorder needs service 64 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Error solutions Adl Sense Key Cause Correction Unit Attention The CD was manually replaced drive door not locked or the external recorder was turned off and back on by accident To avoid loss of data use the Emergency eject command Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 65 Error solutions Other errors The following table contains a list of errors which cannot be assigned to a special command Especially an incorrect configuration may cause these errors Errors Cause Correction CD with write CD ROM is inserted O
13. a special RSJ CD R icon If you do not see it it might be necessary to use the Refresh command in the View menu my Computer loxi Eile Edit wiew Favorites T BE3 amp Address 1 1 Ar ME Kk ES Compact Disc CD R Gi F 18 lg My Computer 2 10 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Copying files to CD Writing to the CD You can use any program that is capable of copying or creating files to copy data to the CD recorder To copy a file using Windows Explorer drag the file s with the mouse to the CD recorder object C d d d lt I My Computer Bl x Eile Edit view Favorites Te Address E My Computer 344 Floppy WIMSx C wekroat D As Wek E CD R bd 18 p l My Computer 2 As you can see copying files to CDs using RSJ CD Writer is the same as copying to hard disks Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 11 Copying files to CD Finalize the CD After you have written the data to the CD you have to finalize the current session This ensures that all data in the cache is written to the medium and therefore prevents data loss Additionally to make the CD readable for normal CD ROM drives the session has to be written to the disk To finalize the current session choose Finalize CD in the recorder s context menu 344 Floppy WIMSx C wekroat Ds A rs xplore AERE Search F uii
14. all available commands Further information about the context menu and its option can be found in CD View s online help hit F1 or above under Toolbar 28 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View Status bar The status bar displays general information about the CD inserted as well as the current status of the program Usually the status line indicates the number of tracks the space occupied by the tracks and the free space on the CD Eventual error messages are displayed here as well Copy multimedia files into Audio tracks You can also copy various multimedia files to CD using CD View To do so simply drag these files from an Explorer window to CD View WAV Files CD View can copy WAV files to CDs These files must have the following format e 16 Bit e Stereo e 44 1 KHz e uncompressed The WAV file format is quite versatile and supports many features including loops and compression CD View supports none of these additional features so WAV files that are to be copied by CD View must be in raw format just like the ones created by i e the Windows sound recorder Other file formats If you have Windows Media Player Version 6 and up installed you can copy any multimedia file to CD that is supported by Windows Media Player This includes MP3 files and WAV files in other formats than the CD audio format Windows Media Player is available as part of Internet Explorer 5 or separately at http
15. data DVDs but at the moment it is not possible to create video or audio DVDs To create a data DVD please use the filesystem and then finalize the DVD The supported DVD types are DVD R DVD R DVD RW DVD RW Information about the usage of DVD RW and DVD RW Before using a rewritable DVD you have to format it Please do this selecting blank CD in the context menu This can take about half an hour The maximal filesize is 2 GB Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Creating Audio CDs Creating Audio CDs If you want to copy only specific tracks titles use CD View If you want to copy the whole CD RSJ CD Copy Wizard is the better solution RSJ CD View E Ma ES Target window gt sjo aj Ser Ss ax Unknown CD RSJ CD View D Ox Hu 3 06 31 3 ela fi This Is My Hollywood Au 2 41 27 1 CDROM drive Au i20 23 6 iis Follow these steps to copy an Audio CD using CD View e Inserta blank CD into the CD Recorder e Start CD View by choosing RSJ CD View in the context menu of the target drive CD Recorder e Start a CD View session for each source drive the entry RSJ CD View is located in the context menu of any CD Recorder and CD ROM drive e CD View should show a blank window for the CD Recorder no tracks on the CD e CD View s status bar at the bottom of the window shows information about the number of existing tracks the MBs us
16. do so double click it in an Explorer window or use the Run command in the Start menu You will be guided through the installation process simply follow the instructions on the screen Below you can find a detailed description of the CD Writer specific installation options freedb support freedb org is a service that provides a huge database of CD data CD track titles and more The freedb support in RSJ CD Writer is designed to work right out of the box with one exception If you access the Internet through a corporate network it is likely that you have to use a proxy server If so you have to provide its name port and eventually login information on the server page of the freedb options dialog before you can access freedb o0 if you are using freedb for the first time you should perform the following Steps e Enter proxy information on the Server page if necessary e Click the Server List button on the server page and get a new server list oelect a server that is close to you If you use a proxy select a server using the HTTP protocol e Provide a user name and your e mail address needed for submissions Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 7 Installation CD recorder detection The installation program automatically detects your CD recorder s and displays them in a list RS CD Writer for Windows NT xl The following CD recordar have been Fours in your zystem m a data
17. i tas i Check CD Shows options to Finalize an open sessio Hjerte Finalize CD Remove write protection Blank CD 12 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Copying files to CD The following dialog will appear Finalize CD Choose task to perform Finalize session with write protection C Temporary close without finalizing session C Emergency eject Cancel Finalize current session Finalize session with write protection Temporary close without finalizing session Emergency eject Closes the current session Flushes the cache and writes the table of contents TOC and session information to the CD This task takes up approximately 16 20 MB of disk space and makes the CD readable for normal CD ROM drives Same as above but additionally write protects the CD To remove the write protection choose Remove write protec tion in the recorders context menu Flushes the cache to the CD and writes the TOC Use this option if you want to eject the CD without investing the 16 20 MB for session information right now Until you finalize the session the CD can be read only by the recorder not by normal CD ROM drives This option discards the cache and can be used to eject the CD in case of errors All data written since the last finalization will be lost Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 13 Creating data DVDs Creating data DVDs Using RSJ CD Writer you can create
18. storing data ona CD Joliet This is the Windows standard for long file names on CDs It allows up to 64 characters per file name MP3 is a compressed form of audio data Postgap Distance between the end of the song and the end of the track Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 73 Glossary Head Cache Rock Ridge Extensions Status Bar Windows Media Player Distance between the beginning of the track and the beginning of the The read cache is needed to balance short term reading delays and ensures a minimum writing speed while copying tracks This standard is used to store long file names and Unix attributes especially within the Unix area The status bar displays general information about the CD inserted as well as the current status of the orogram Data on CDs is stored in tracks The size of a track describes the play back time of the track and the length of the track in megabytes Data tracks are stored with the TRK extension Audio tracks are stored with the WAV extension A microsoft program to play multimeda files You can download it from htto www microsoft com 74 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Index Index AUGIO esposa 57 Audio parameters 27 Booklets and labels 41 BUA PFO Ol uter tcliasi tes eris 60 CD Label Positioning Wizard 46 CD View15 23 24 25 26 29 33 CDWPOPUP 64 co
19. write access at a time Mastering The RSJ CD Writer file system was not designed for mass production of CDs Application examples are among other things filing of data production of application specific CDs the use of CDs as transfer medium e g DTP and the production of prototypes If you want to create a master CD we recommend to point out to the CD producer that a new CD should be created that contains all data in one single track Otherwise the photo CD similar format of the CD Writer CDs might cause problems creating or using the glass master several tracks more than one session etc Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 71 Conditions of use Conditions of use The product contains data processing programs and their documentation We would like to point out that at the current state of technology it is not possible to develop data processing programs which work totally free of errors in all environments especially if they work with other programs Object of this contract is however a data processing program which is fundamentally useful as an application The responsibility for choice installa tion and use as well as the results intended exclusively bears the purchaser The program may be used with or in connection with only one single machine If the programs are altered or connected with other programs they may also be used only on one machine The delivered altered or linked programs may be copied i
20. 11 Fhalze le GCD aii 12 Creating data DVDS ssis a 14 Information about the usage of DVD RW and DVD RW 14 Creating Audios EDS 15 Notes ADO Ui DAO casa aa 17 Pause UMES acsi ibus e torso unm ne rocoso lali caian 17 CD Writer File System Settings 18 A te tate reca I E eL E EA ED ET 19 Filesystem Seling S rrara RS OM Didi a ete DM E 19 CD CODY Wiza d m 21 DE VIOW 23 Taide rel Ue rro sa 23 SUG AO m iis 23 Sart KOM Ine orar Med 23 Start from the context Menl oooocoocononnononcinnonacncnionananacoconnonnaci nanaanesss 24 Command line start for CD ROM or CD Recorder 24 Hard disks temporary storage oooocccoocccccooocccononcncconnnnncnonnnncnnnnnnncnns 23 CD View NCA OB oo t eee to E cip eus pur Alit a is 26 FOOLB A arrene HO 26 4 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Table of contents dete RUIT UU NE 27 COMME XT IMG iU M ER 28 A T oce abe Mai Cu LUN cUm NT CP TTD ONDES 29 Copy multimedia files into Audio tracks oooooocccnconoccccnoooannnnconanannnoos 29 NA Satriani dd 29 Otis THE TOMA Sii atado cd FREE ESS TEE Dui D EC LUS 29 Ho ACIS e O O II E AME 30 ENalze tine Dada 32 Track size and required Space ooocccnnocnncnooccnonoonnnonnonanonnnnnnccnannnconnanccnonannos 33 Ie CSIC RR T MUR
21. 33 Performing freedb queries cooooccccnonocccononccononnncconananononnnnoconnnnncnnnnnncnnno 34 MESA OPINAS cc aden oamaueemuens 36 Printing CD booklets and labels dieto rtt enda cer ratos 40 RSJ CD Cover Pri 41 PP teda disent uten o en doeet atado pane tutus 41 CDE Over PIR BIO OBE auis eed bite anon ciusand needa RN DUE E CEU 42 TAS TOM SEASON C e s n 43 CD Cover Prnt ODIOS segren tcm adve teta ob e eite dore told 44 CD GoOVer Proud id dotan 44 RSJ CD Boot ius 47 TRACKCPY EXE cinc 51 COMM AIS ri ett 51 ACI Command t 51 ella soli MERC MH E 51 Pecuarias 51 copy source drive track number gt target drives 52 Mallo lt del 52 Cistseli RR 52 blank drive track numbers ssssssssssssssssrrrssseserrrrssssssrrrrrrssserrrrrrsssssren 52 ad eMe T DIET 52 Technical details unicidad dra 54 189986 m d MH M RC 54 FOMA Or aT O RUNI 54 yc E E ET ER EA A oe Ee nn eee Rn E nD 54 MUNSeESSION e BI T TER 55 ACK AIO CS cU TT NE HER ENIS EER SIDERNE 56 A EEN PEEL SEERE TE ERE EEN ENES SE SEES TES EEDEDER 56 OCIS A OM ES EEN OO 56 Modern FON 2 con tbt Dto ab Aa 56 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 5 Table of contents Mode 2 FOr 0 ME NN RO RETE RERUM 56 MOGE 2 A chan ecuessaecsondeanmenetastoneetes 56 XA Photo CD MUSSO LE RD 57 A P CM VALL ELA Ax I SARUM p AM MALLA 57 anlem C RR 57 MU SESSI
22. Joliet This is the Windows standard for long file names on CDs It allows up to 64 characters per file name Generally both standards are written to the CD If a writable CD that already has been written to is reinserted always the best possible standard is used to display directory and file names If CDs are to be accessed under DOS either the ISO level in the recorder s settings dialog has to be set to 1 8 3 names or their must not be any file names that violate the 8 3 file name convention 58 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Technical details Burn Proof RSJ CD Writer supports Burn Proof Recorders with that feature will automati cally compensate buffer under runs Buffer under runs occur when a copy source cannot deliver data quickly enough to the CD as it is recording This is usually due to heavy system load or a souce device that is simply not fast enough How can l activate the burn proof feature There is no user option concerning the burn proof feature The recorder s driver checks if burn proof is supported or not If burn proof is supported it is automatically activated Burn proof and RSJ CD View or the RSJ CD Copy Wizard If the recorder supports burn proof there will be no more buffer under run errors Burn proof and the filesystem Up to now if there was a buffer under run the current track was finished and a new track started when there was enough harddisk cache Using a recorder w
23. ON ls lie cacas cos ea dio o 57 Ral A EO TT 58 Rock Ridge Extensions e 58 Jolla rd ende De UM ECCL IM IM ATUM I IDEE De 58 A FOO A A eti RD C a RI 59 TIS And WICK ansiada 60 Incorrect SCSI termination or wiring eene 60 If your recorder is not recognized by RSJ CD Writer 61 Error solutions in EDMOND ies eR IER IDEE II 63 HOD CBE Witter Eror LOG ara 63 WEADIG OF ecc TET TERUEL ERE 64 INSI S cuts nac Eu m ER aM PM lee e mo Lee de aio t A ce 66 FAO ord uere io UIN A A AME M PLA E I AN 67 System requirements 1 eeeee eere seen nena 69 A oboen cc ea bccn Gat reed eee le sas 69 A A Pici eat ease 69 EA UEM CE D RUE MM EAM ON 70 leer etse T1 ROS IICA TTL TM 71 in T DN 71 CondilioDnS OL USO 2 2 0 020 2 0 000 2200020 220 ts ds 72 GlOSSA Vina 73 A Oe ene Te Ree eee EE SE RE cr wr 15 6 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Installation Installation The CD Writer installation program will automatically identify your CD recorder and install the software on your computer Note To install the RSJ CD Writer software you need to be logged onto the system with administrator privileges If you use an external CD recorder make sure it was turned on before the system was started If not turn it out and restart the system before installing RSJ CD Writer To start the installation program please execute the file cdwnt exe to
24. RACKCPY EXE Further examples trackcpy copy e 1 di finalize ds quit Using this command the first track of the CD ROM drive e is copied to the CD recorder After that the session gets finalized and the program ends Please note the qui command at the end of the line if omitted Trackcpy exe shows a command prompt after finalizing the CD trackepy copy e Lh de copy et 2 dti Copy e 3 di finalize d grs This command copies track one to three to the recorder and finalizes the session Notes The purpose of TRACKCPY EXE is the automation of track based copy processes In general we recommend the use of CD View in order to copy tracks if the same copy process should be executed repeatedly trackcpy exe can be integrated into a Batch Program To end trackcpy exe you have to use the Quit command That s why every call of trackcpy exe should contain the parameter quit Otherwise the Batch Program is not finished If an error occurs during the execution of a command the program ends in any case and returns an error code unequal 0 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 53 Technical details Technical details This chapter describes the format of a CD In fact you do not need this knowledge in order to use the RSJ CD Writer file system However you will get a deeper insight into the subject ISO9660 This standard of ISO International Organization for Standardization defines the method which sho
25. RSJ CD Writer this will start the installation program e Check the Register demo button on the first page and click next e Follow the instructions on the screen Alternatively you can manually install the new key file by copying it to the WINNT System32 Drivers directory Please make sure the file is named cdwfs key You need to reboot your machine so the new key file is recognized Uninstallation To uninstall RSJ CD Writer please use the Uninstall command under Startmenu gt Programs gt RSJ CD Writer or use the add remove programs icon in Windows Control Panel Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 9 Copying files to CD Copying files to CD This chapter describes the usage of RSJ CD Writer demonstrated through simple examples Introduction to the file system After installation the file system will be started automatically so you do not need to start any programs in order to use the file system Since the CD Recorder receives its own drive letter you can use the recorder like any other drive To simplify matters we have assumed the following drive letters for our examples C hard disk D CD ROM E CD Recorder Note that the drive letters on your machine might be different Note The recorder s drive letter can be changed using Windows NT s Disk Administrator or by our installation program Open My Computer to check which drive letter is used by the CD recorder Your recorder receives
26. RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 1 RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT The information in this manual is subject to change without further notice Although we put great accuracy into the development and documentation of our products occasional errors cannot be avoided RSJ Software will in no case be liable for errors or any consequential damages such as loss of data or production deficits c Copyright 2003 by RSJ Software GmbH Germering All rights reserved Kodak and Kodak Photo CD are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company MS MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP MSC and MSCDEX are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation ISO and ISO 9660 are trademarks of the International Organization for Standardization IBM and PC are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corporation 2 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Preface Preface With RSJ CD Writer you have purchased a product which is totally different to other existing mastering programs you will notice that right from the start RSJ CD Writer provides an own drive letter for your CD Recorder With this drive letter you can write files on CD by using common commands COPY XCOPY or the Explorer Using freedb you can get information about the CD via Internet You can write MP3 files to audio CDs and you can print your own CD Cover using the RSJ CD Cover Editor RSJ CD Writer s
27. TTT TTT Ty Copy operation iil The window contains two progress indicators where the gap degree of the reading buffer and the progress of the copying process are displayed 30 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View The read cache is needed to balance short term reading delays and ensures a minimum writing speed while copying tracks The read cache should have the following status Track type Source Target Full reading Low reading buffer buffer Data track CD While writing Copying process must be minimum speed is truncated if necessary kept Data track a C Unimportant Unimportant Audio track CD While writing Copying process must be minimum speed is truncated if necessary kept Audio Track Fixed disk too While reading minimum slowly to store speed is kept Audio data applies to old CD ROM only Possible errors in Audio files CD CD Audio data might While reading the not be read with minimum speed is kept the minimum but it may happen that the speed the minimum speed cannot be copying process kept while writing and does not have to therefore the copying be truncated process must be truncated necessarily applies to old CD ROM only As this table shows copying Audio tracks from CD to CD e g CD ROM to the CD Recorder means the greatest risk If both drives do not operate at the same speed either the reading or writing speed cannot be kept If the minimum speed while reading Audio tracks c
28. Use DAO mode audio CDs only Back Cancel Help Follow these steps to copy a CD using the CD Copy Wizard e Start the CD Copy Wizard by choosing RSJ CD Copy Wizard in the start menu e Insert the source CD e Select the desired source drive Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 21 CD Copy Wizard e f your CD ROM drive is not able to read Audio CDs or if you don t have a CD ROM drive you can use your CD recorder as source and target drive The CD will be copied to a hard disk and then back to the recorder e f you are using two drives insert the target CD e Select target drive e f you like to avoid the pauses between the tracks please mark the DAO option e hen press Next e Click on Finish to start the copy operation During the copy process a dialog is displayed that shows the operation s progress 22 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View CD View The RSJ CD Writer file system copies and processes data on a file basis Since there are different CD formats and only the CD ROM format provides files the CD View application was included in the CD Writer product Introduction CDs store data in tracks each CD can hold up to 99 tracks While CD ROMs usually contain only one track that contains all files data Audio CDs store each title in a single track CD View processes data on a track basis no matter what they contain It copies all kind of CDs in just a
29. a dialog where you can change freedb specific options Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 35 CD View freedb options The freedb options dialog allows you to configure the way freedb is accessed CD View The CD View page allows you to configure how freedb is accessed by CD View freedb Access Options The following options are available Automatically query performs a freedb query each time CD View rescans freedb data when the track directory the CD is rescanned 36 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View Auto queries use uses only data located in the local cache for queries local cache only Server The Server page allows you to configure a proxy server for freedb access Please ask your network administrator if and which proxy settings you need T OSEE freedb Access Options E I reedb freedb org cddb cddb cqi Toe Name pine Username ASEO Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 37 CD View Submit At the Submit page please provide a user name and your e mail address The e mail address is needed for submissons only freedb Access Options LIMEN D NEN 38 O Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View Cache Specify the hard disk directory that should be used for freedb data caching here The local cache is used to avoid duplicate internet queries for already known or queried CDs freedb Access Options a P 2 x
30. annot be observed the copying process does not have to be truncated but the Audio data may have defects in the form of jumps or reruns This applies to old CD ROM only Note The CD Recorders have an additional buffer storage which sometimes is bigger than the reading buffer used by CD View Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 31 CD View In that case the reading buffer will be emptied completely before copying and may depending on the speed of the source drive be re filled very slowly or not at all Usually this only happens when copying from CD ROM drives to a CD Recorder The copy process can always be aborted by pressing the Abort copy button This button displays the following dialog Abort copy operation C Abort after current track is done Do not abort If you choose Immediate abort the copy progress is aborted immediately The current track on the target device will definitely be unusable The second option abort after current track is done ensures that the current track is not damaged and copied in its entirety Finalize the CD If you performed a TAO copy operation you have to finalize the session after all tracks have been written To do so press the Finalize CD button CD icon in the targets CD View session This task may take a couple of minutes However to reduce finalizing time you can adjust the speed setting to its maximum value since this task does not depend o
31. by Windows Under NT4 use the SCSI Adapters control panel applet under Windows 2000 use Device Manager to verify this If the recorder is detected by Windows open the CDDRV INF file in the Windows NT installation directory systems32 drivers make a backup copy of the file first because any update RSJ CD Writer will contain a new CDDRV INF with a text editor After installation open the CDDRV INF file in the Windows NT installation directory systems32 drivers make a backup copy of the file first because any update RSJ CD Writer will contain a new CDDRV INF with a text editor Copy the line of the compatible recorder to the bottom of the file Modify the first four columns of the new line so they match your recorder Move the ID string of the compatible recorder to the compatible ID column Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 61 Tips and tricks Make a backup copy because the installer rewrites the file on the next update otart the RSJ CD Writer Installation program using the Installation command in the RSJ CD Writer Start Menu folder Click Next until you see the recorder list If your recorder is listed click Next another time and Finish to restart your computer If your recorder is not listed contact RSJ Costumer support 62 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Error solutions Error solutions This chapter will assist you in correcting problems which may arise using the CD Writer file s
32. chieved using the adapter s setup program or with onboard SCSI adapters by a special slot adapter However many onboard adapters come with a slot panel that does not provide proper termination of the high order byte of the wide bus These slots should not be used Correct wiring SCSI devices must be connected using a single wire as a daisy chain without any forks With WIDE adapters providing three internal connectors you have to observe that two of these connectors are connected to the same bus Using these two connectors at the same time results in a fork that is not allowed and very likely to cause problems 60 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Tips and tricks SCSI cable length The maximum cable length differs depending on the interface type Number of SCSI 1 SCSI 2 Ultra W SCSI U2W SCSI devices incl 5 7 devices 3 meter 3 meter 1 meter 12 meters If both external and internal devices are used the lengths of both cables have to be added Please make sure that there is a minimum cable length of 30 cm approx 7 5 between each device If these explanations do not solve your problem please ask your hardware dealer or check the manual of your SCSI adapter If your recorder is not recognized by RSJ CD Writer The RSJ CD Writer Installation program automatically detects any not too old recorder If your recorder is not recognized please follow these steps make sure the recorder is detected
33. e memory space must be made available by swapping other programs and data to the hard disk This reduces CD Writers performance and reliability If the cache size is way too large the memory cannot be made available at all and the writing process will be aborted with an error message Self written CDs cannot be read by some CD ROM drives Unfortunately there is no general solution The CD ROM drives have to be able to recognize multiple sessions and read CD XA tracks Some of the drives available today are not able to read CD RW s A reason therefore is that they have other optical features as CD R s or CD ROMs In such a case please try to use CD R s instead of CD RW s Sometimes certain CD recorder and CD ROM drive combinations cause problems For example a NEC 6 speed CD ROM drive CDR502 cannot read CDs written with Yamaha s CDR10OE There still are combinations which cause problems in these cases try and error is the only help In rare cases CD ROM drives cannot cope with more than approx 80 tracks then raise the cache size to reduce the number of tracks Sometimes my CD ROM drive cannot identify all sessions But it should be multi session capable at least according to producer s specification Although there is no limit for the maximum number of sessions on a CD it seems that more than 10 sessions might not be managed by some CD ROM drives In that case the only solution is to copy the CD from the Recorder to a hard di
34. ector This format is used by some older Multimedia applications Mode 2 Form 1 oimilar to Mode 1 Form 1 though 8 unused bytes out of the error correction field are added to the system data at the beginning of the sectors This format is used by Kodak Photo CDs The RSJ CD Writer also uses this format to guarantee that non standard conforming CD ROM drives and drivers identify all sessions Mode 2 Form 2 oimilar to Mode 1 Form 2 2324 bytes of user data fit in one sector Note This format can only be read by recent Photo CD compatible drives all currently sold CD ROM drives 56 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Technical details XA Photo CD Multisession XA XA was launched by several companies to enable the simultaneous reading of image and sound data This is achieved by storing data alternately Because the sector formats of image and sound data differ the more flexible Mode 2 Form 1 resp 2 is used Photo CD Besides the additional data for CDI devices a Photo CD consists of single files that contain the image data Generally Photo CDs differ from Writable CDs only through their imprint Format Mode 2 Form 1 is used so Photo CDs cannot be read by older CD ROM drives Warning The RSJ CD Writer file system accepts Photo CDs as writable but sealed and therefore write protected CDs By choosing Remove write protection in the recorders context menu this write protection can be removed b
35. ed by these tracks and the CD s free space in minutes and MBs Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 15 Creating Audio CDs e Now select the tracks to be copied in the source session s You can also use Window s Explorer as a source to copy WAV or other audio files MP3 CD View creates a single track for each file e f you like to copy tracks from CD ROM start CD View by choosing RSJ CD View in the context menu of the CD ROM e Using freedb you can receive the CDs titles if you want e Drag the selected tracks or files to the targets CD View window e f you want to write WAV or MP3 files to CD drag the files from the Explorer window to the recorders CD View window e Repeat the previous two steps until all desired tracks titles appear in the target CD View in the desired order e Verify the target s recording speed make sure it is not too fast for the source device s If you copy audio tracks from a CD ROM drive note that some CD ROMs read audio data with single speed no matter how fast they can read data tracks e f you like to avoid the gaps between the tracks please adjust the pause times using the appropriate context menu commands and press the DAO copy button when done e For Track at Once mode press the normal Record button in the target CD View s tool bar e After all tracks have been copied you must finalize the session To do so press the Finalize CD symbol button in the target CD View
36. few steps However CD View does not only work with CDs You can use a hard disk to emulate a CD recorder or copy supported multimedia file types to CD Note CD View is an independent program and can not be used with the file system at the same time It works similar to the DOS command DISKCOPY and copies whole tracks irrespective of their content When you work with CD View you usually use two instances of the program one for the source device and one for the target The source can be either a CDROM drive hard disk directory or CD recorder while the target must be either a recorder or a hard disk directory Launching CD View There are three ways to start CD View Use the RSJ CD View entry in the start menu the RSJ CD View entry in the device s context menu or the command prompt DOS window Start from the Start menu To start CD View from the Start menu choose Start Programs RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT CD View CD ROM Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 23 CD View Start from the context menu Open My Computer on your desktop or Explorer choose the desired drive open the context menu with the right mouse button and select RSJ CD View E Mp Compute FH EJ He Start AS CD Wer on the dines folder Erd D Frakke CD Hanner write protection Command line start for CD ROM or CD Recorder In order to start CD View for a CD ROM drive or a CD Recorder the c
37. hat you want to make bootable If you have such a file on another medium RSJ CD Boot can copy it to the target CD for you e f you do not have a boot image file RSJ CD Boot can create one for you by copying a bootable disk i e floppy disk to a boot image file Of course the disk s size must not exceed the free space on the target CD Follow these steps to create bootable CDs e Choose Start Programs RSJ CD Writer CD Boot e Select the CD R drive that contains the CD you want to make bootable and press OK Please select a CD R drive Flease select the CD H drive that contains the CO you want to make bootable CD A drive letter Li Cancel Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 47 RSJ CD Boot e If you already have a boot image file enter its complete path and file name in the Boot image file name field or use the browse button next to the entry field to select it e Select do not use a source device in the Source device field e Press OK R51 CD Boot Drive D Boot image file name boot img E Source device X do not use a source device Press Help for detailled information about how to create a bootable CD caca t e RSJ CD Boot will copy the file to the CD if necessary and make it bootable e Atthe end of the copy process please finalize the CD 48 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH RSJ CD Boot e If you do n
38. hich does not support burn proof this mechanism still exists Using a recorder which supports burn proof this mechanism is deactivated Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 59 Tips and tricks Tips and tricks In this section we would like to provide answers and solutions to some known problems Please read this chapter before contacting your dealer or our customer support Incorrect SCSI termination or wiring Our customer support experience showed that many problems are caused by an incorrect SCSI termination or installation Please make absolutely sure that your system is correctly configured and terminated This especially applies to WIDE or U2W SCSI adapters In the following section we provide a short and hopefully helpful guide concerning correct termination and wiring Termination A SCSI bus always has to be terminated at both ends If there is both an external and an internal wire the internal cable has to be terminated at its end as well as the external cable To do this activate the termination on the last device or use a special terminator Please also make sure that no device in the chain may be terminated This happens for example if the adapter is terminated and a device is attached to the external slot connector If you use a WIDE adapter that has its wide 16 bit bus connected to a narrow 8 bit external port you have to make sure that the high order byte of the bus is properly terminated This can be a
39. mage image Auto adjust font point Ensures that text will fit in its field by reducing the size font size if necessary CD Cover Printout Pressing the print button on the toolbar will print the booklet and CD label on the default printer If you use the Print command in the File menu you can specify a different printer and which parts of the cover you want to print If you print a CD label for the first time you will be asked if you want to run the CD Label Positioning Wizard This is necessary to determine the label s position on the sheet you are using 44 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH RSJ CD Cover Print The CD Label Positioning Wizard This wizard helps you to determine the label position on the label sheets It prints three rulers on one of your label sheets these rulers cross the label circles at certain points All you have to do is to determine the values as indicated by the rulers Example N NS PE The circles mark the CD labels as they are cut into the label sheet In this sample we will determine the position of the left circle The following values will be entered left A value 1 intersection of the eft circle half with the A ruler the intersection of the right circle half is discarded upper B value 22 intersection of upper circle half with the B ruler lower B value 3 intersection of lower circle half with the B ruler In this example we do not use any values f
40. n machine readable or printed style if the copy serves as a backup or to alter the pro gram 3 also applies to copies The program contains a Copyright note This note must be adopted in every single copy every altered version and every part of the program which is connected with another program Other usage of the product is not allowed If you export the program the export regulations of the Federal Republic of Germany must be observed The purchaser may assign his license to a third party in the extent and restrictions of the above mentioned regulations With the assignment the person assigning loses all rights of use for the original all copies altered versions and connections 72 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Glossary Glossary Burn Proof Recorders with the burn proof feature will automatically compen sate buffer under runs CD Copy Wizard Copies entire CDs in just a few steps Cover Editor Creates and prints CD covers for our CD CD View CD View processes data on a track basis no matter what they contain It copies all kind of CDs in just a few steps CDWPOPUP All CD Recorder errors are recorded by the program CDWPOPUP and dumped onto the screen Using Disk At Once you can avoid the gaps between tracks freedb freedb is an online CD data base that RSJ CD Writer accesses to retrieve CD and track title informa tion ISO9660 This standard defines the method which should be used for
41. n the source device Note Although you can create mutlisession CDs with CD View it does not make much sense CD audio players only recognize audio tracks located in the first session This also applies to data tracks copied from normal data CDs depending on the CDROM driver only the files in the last or first session will be recognized 32 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View Track size and required space The size of a track is specified in two different units e Play back time of the track e Length of the track in Megabytes For Audio tracks you may assume a size of approx 10 MB per minute freedb support freedb support in RSJ CD Writer allows you to e query CD data via Internet e query CD data from local database only standard format see below e edit extended CD information to create your own submissions e submit updated or new CD data to freedb freedb allows anyone to download the current database and install it locally If you want to do so be sure to get in in standard format usually distributed in bzipped tar format To unpack this format you will need both bzip2 and GNU tar or a Linux machine The alternate format intended for FAT file systems is not supported by this software Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 33 CD View Performing freedb queries Follow these steps to query title information for a CD e Insert the CD into the drive e Start CD View for this drive
42. nly writable CDs can be protection written to You may recognize writable CDs by their golden sometimes greenish gleaming color There are too many tracks on the CD This can be checked with the Check CD command The CD is full The CD was released with the Close with write protection command Drive cannot be The drive is not ready no CD switched off accessed bad connection Drive was turned off or not connected during system boot e The drive is defective Please send the INSTALL LOG to support rsj de CD cannot be finalized An error occured during the write process If closing the CD does not work even after a second try the CD must be released using the Emergency eject command The CD might be unusable Perhaps there is a Usually a memory fault is not recognized at all no memory fault Parity Bit or signaled through a complete system crash If you are not absolutely sure that the installed memory is o k set the memory access speed in the BIOS setup to its minimum value and try again If it seems ok now the memory in your system is either of poor quality or defect Disabling the 2 level cache in the BIOS setup might be helpful for testing too 66 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Error solutions FAQ s After changing the cache size the writing process is aborted with an error message The maximum cache size mainly depends on the memory RAM installed If the Cache size exceeds fre
43. ntext menu ee 15 Context menu 24 Copy Audio CDs 15 Copy Wizard 21 Copying process 31 33 Cover Print ese 42 Brio PA 16 17 delete tracks 26 GIVE leer ucibus iria ose eode 3 Bii A MES 14 loli os 26 43 mE RR 12 Finalle GD ici iia 33 finalize session 43 Finalize session 26 POCO eR n 34 freedb options 37 freedb queries 35 freedb support 7 Glass master 71 SO96680 ebat 55 JO MOE ca 59 Long file names 99 Mastering 71 Mode T iot 57 MORE 2 5 s ei Ecos 57 Multisession 56 58 mic Ic ANN E 26 Pause times 17 Pholto CD eee 58 Play Dae dni bn em BA skade 26 Play ACK deutet ove tkt 43 e 43 Recording 26 Recording key 16 recording speed 26 Rescan track directory 26 FOSUIN eet 26 Rock Ridge Extensions 59 RSIGD BOOT toe 48 SCSI termination 61 1 0 iens 26 30 31 33 Saus Dit 29 SOD eia 26 43 Support of a new recorder 62 System requirements 69 Table of errors
44. orresponding drive letter must be entered on the command line Example cdview e This example will start CD View and shows the track directory of the CD ROM inserted in drive E 24 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD View Hard disks temporary storage For temporary track storage CD View can also work with hard disks CD View simulates a CD recorder in hard disk sub folders and creates a single file for each track called TRACKxx TRK or TRACKxx WAV xx is the track number from 01 99 respectively Notes The directory should not be altered with applications other than CD View Audio files are very large expect a file size of about 10 MB for a min ute of audio data in CD quality Data tracks are stored with the TRK extension while audio tracks are stored with the WAV extension If you have a sound card installed audio tracks can be played back with a media player application Note Do not use the Windows Sound Recorder to play back CD View s WAV files since these files usually are very large Sound Recorder attempts to load the whole file into memory which might cause the system to hang Use Media Player instead Example cdview c tracks In this example CD View will emulate a CD Recorder in the directory c tracks and will store each track in files called TRACKxx TRK or TRACKxx WAV respectively Note that you must provide a full path including drive letter Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 25
45. ot have a boot image file yet enter a name for the boot image file in the first field RSJ CD Boot will use this name to create a new file on the target CD If you enter an absolute path it must point to the target CD e Make sure the source disk is available i e insert the floppy disk and select a drive in the Source device list e Press OK R5J CD Boot Drive D Boot image file name boot img m Source device Press Help for detailled information about how to create a bootable CD Cancel Help e RSJ CD Boot will copy the entire source disk to the boot image file on the CD and make it bootable Lopying boot image Reading boot image fram device ES 120 KB read Cancel e Atthe end of the copy process please finalize the CD Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 49 RSJ CD Boot d The CD was successfully made bootable Please remember Eo Finalize ib Notes e f you specify a boot file name that does not point to the target CD the file must exist e fthe boot file name points to the target CD and the file does not exist you must specify a source device so RSJ CD Boot can create the file e The source disk must not be greater than the available space on the target CD note that the physical size of the disk applies not the space occupied by files i e if you use a 1 44MB floppy you need approximately 1 4MB free space on the target CD
46. rmat options as new default values The default values will be active next time you start CD Cover Print They are also used by the immediate print function from within CD View CD Label Position Wizard This wizard will help you to determine the position of the CD labels you are using Help Displays the online help 42 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH RSJ CD Cover Print The format window The format window allows you to adjust standard text attributes and the background to use It is accessible only if one of the preview panes is active Use rol the d button in the toolbar to toggle its visibility state Formatting options Title test Other text Background T ext format Font Arial ma fe zu Color NEN Sgt Alignment s You can save the current formatting options as default values at any time using the button in the toolbar The default settings will be restored each time you start CD Cover Print and will be used for the label print option from within CD View Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 43 RSJ CD Cover Print CD Cover Print Options Use the Options command in the View menu to display the options dialog Use window background image 4 Auto adiust font point size Cancel Do not print fold lines Fold lines will be printed only outside the cover across the cover itself Use window back Draw CD Cover Print windows with a background ground i
47. rom the C ruler since the left circle does not hit it Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 45 RSJ CD Cover Print If the label circle intersects both rulers you can enter all 4 values two B values and two C values The Positioning Wizard will automatically choose the value pair that is the best for the following calculation Notes e f your label sheet contains two CD labels please specify intersections of one of the two only The sheets are usually symmetric so you can use the other label by turning the sheet by 180 e Please be as exact as you can when you enter the intersection values and try to estimate comma values This will produce in a much better result Using The Printout The front page is folded once at the fold line cut and then slid into the transpar ent CD cover lid The back page is folded twice cut and then slid into the back part of the CD cover This requires you to remove the usually dark gray CD holder For instructions about how to use the CD label please consult the instructions that came with the label sheets 46 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH RSJ CD Boot RSJ CD Boot RSJ CD Boot allows you to create bootable CDs Using a bootable CD you can start an operating system from CD In order to make a CD bootable the following conditions must be met e he CD must not be created by RSJ CD View or RSJ CD Copy Wizard e A boot image file is needed that must be located on the CD t
48. rve the pause time of the source If the source is a file MP3 etc it is the absolute pause time which is inserted before the track Edit a pause time by simply clicking it with your mouse or by using the appropriate context menu command Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 17 CD Writer File System Settings CD Writer File System Settings The RSJ CD Writer file system is configured just like any other drive in Windows Click on the Properties command in the recorder s context menu this will open its settings dialog that was extended with a page called CD Writer Settings CD Recorder E Settings 18 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH CD Writer File System Settings The individual options are General Speed Cache size Test mode File system settings Eject on close Don t lock drive Use the arrow buttons to adjust the recording speed 1x means 150K sec 2x means 300K sec oize of the memory cache used by the RSJ CD Writer file system Usually about 6MB is enough If you create CDs with lots of files or directories or if you copy at very high speeds 6x and up you should use a larger cache size Check this button to verify if the source device s delivers data fast enough for the selected recording speed If this button is selected the recorder does not write to the medium but pretends to do so Check this box to automatically eject the medium after the session is
49. s tool bar For more information about when to use DAO or TAO mode see Notes about DAO below 16 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Creating Audio CDs Notes about DAO DAO means Disk at Once and allows the creation of exact copies of audio CDs that do not contain gaps between the tracks Live CDs or Musical CDs Additionally it allows you to manually adjust pause times DAO can be used for audio CDs only After a DAO CD is created no additional tracks can be added There fore you must collect all source tracks before you start the copy opera tion You have to copy the whole CD in one step If the tracks come from various sources make sure each source device is available during the copy operation ie CDs cannot be changed If the DAO copy button does not appear RSJ CD Writer does not sup port DAO mode for your recorder Besides this the DAO copy procedure is the same as the former TAO copy procedure which is of course still supported Pause times For DAO copies you can adjust a pause time before each track except for the first Please note Pause times are used only for DAO copies and are only displayed for queued not yet copied tracks They have to be adjusted before the DAO copy operation is started The first track s pause is always 2 If a track s source is located on a CD the pause time displayed is added to the actual pause time from the source CD Use a zero pause time to prese
50. sk and then back to a new CD with one single session How do l erase a CD RW Erase the CD RW by opening the context menu of the drive and choosing Blank CD Please note that you can only delete the whole CD RW My CD is not copied at the speed expected Most of CD RW s are copied with 2x speed Some can be copied with a higher speed Here it depends on the medium If you write to a CD R you can choose the speed The software checks the speed and reduces it if it thinks it s necessary Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 67 Error solutions The Audio CD copied does not contain audio but tracks RSJ CD Writer uses the Windows CD ROM driver to read from the CD ROM drive This driver sometimes is not able to read audio data in a digital mode but may be able to play Audio In this case copy the tracks from the CD Writer to the harddisk and then from the harddisk to the CD Writer How do I finalize a data CD from the command line Finalize the session with CDWTOOL E S How can create a CD from an ISO Image Simply drag the ISO file to the recorder s CD View window and start recording This procedure is the same as with WAV and other audio files 68 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH System requirements System requirements This chapter lists the hard and software requirements for RSJ CD Writer Hardware The following hardware requirements must be met e PC with Pentium CPU or better e 64 MB RAM
51. ts TOC has to be written for each new session T Track 1 Track 2 O Track 3 Track 4 Track C H5 2 A A Session 1 Session 2 Each session has its own TOC After closing a CD without finalizing the session the new data cannot be accessed from normal CD ROM drives because the new TOC was not written to the CD and the CD ROM drive does not see the new track s data The CD Recorder however stores this information in an unused space in the previous TOC and therefore can access the new data Note A session occupies approx 12 20MB of space on the CD So that s why a new session should only be closed if the CD should be ac cessible to normal CD ROM drives Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 55 Technical details Track mode A track consists of sectors that contain 3234 bytes 2352 bytes per sector can be used to store data the rest is used for CD error correction Audio Audio tracks do not have any additional error correction The entire sector is occupied by digitized music For music data no error correction is needed since data errors are not recognized by the listener Mode 1 Form 1 This is the original CD ROM data format 2048 of a sector s bytes are used for data the rest is used for system information and error correction data This format can be read by all CD ROM drives Mode 1 Form 2 This format lacks error correction data so error correction is not provided It allows 2336 bytes per s
52. uld be used for storing data on a CD The CD Writer file system writes CDs using this standard i e an operating system able to read CDs according to ISO9660 standard can read CDs created with RSJ CD Writer Format of a CD An ordinary CD ROM consists of a track directory TOC and one or more tracks Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 5 4 The track directory actually does not contain names or positions of the files stored on the CD but the numbers and positions of the tracks i e songs on Audio CDs The directory of the files is stored in one of these tracks Track Data on CDs is stored in tracks Each CD can contain up to 99 tracks On Audio CDs each title song is stored in a separate track Actual CD Recorders have to write a single track at once without any breaks So if the input data stream is interrupted even for a short time the current track will be corrupted That s why the CD Writer file system collects as much data as possible before it starts burning the CD Additionally the CD Writer file system has to make sure that the files copied are stored in no more than 99 tracks 54 Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH Technical details Therefore the minimum cache size should not be less than 6144 kB 6 MB 99 630 MB a CDs capacity Also a file s data must not be split into two different tracks Multisession CDs Since a storage area on a CD can only be written to once a new table of conten
53. upports DAO disk at once mode This copy mode allows the creation of exact copies of audio CDs that do not contain gaps between the tracks Live CDs Musical CDs You can create data DVDs In each chapter you will find many useful tips and examples on how to success fully use this software We hope that you enjoy working with RSJ CD Writer This documentation offers information on the following subject fields Installation Installation procedure of RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT Operation General guide for the correct usage of the file system and CD View Technical Details Basic background information Reference Description of commands settings and programs Help on errors Definition and removal of eventual malfunctions System requirements Hard and Software requirements for the RSJ CD Writer Appendix Restrictions and Mastering Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 3 Table of contents Table of contents RSJ CD Writer for Windows NT seus 1 aile ETT EVE aa 3 Table OT ele PILAR E EE D TE DES 4 IistallallOTI amina 7 E An 7 CD recorder detec hio earned a E 8 Mstalaton log ki Hc OUT 9 Registering a demo version cceccccesscceessccesssccesseecesseecesseecesseecesseeeesseeeesaees 9 Uninstall soir i EE i dose ra lo oe adi 9 Copying files to CD aii tana 10 Introduction to the file system ssssssssseneeeeennnnnnn 10 Writing to AA dacdensiSawbieedaennusiasarent
54. ut the CD might become unusable for CDI players That s why used Photo CDs should not be written to with RSJ CD Writer Another option to unseal the CD is the CDWTOOL command Multisession Multisession CDs became common with the arise of Photo CDs each Photo CD which is sent in a second time becomes a multisession CD Note CD Writer creates Multisession CDs as well Some CD ROM drives are able to read the new Mode 2 Form 1 sector format but not nec essarily have to be able to read multisession CDs These drives can only access the first session of multisession CDs Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 57 Technical details Long file names Long file name support is based on 2 different standards Rock Ridge Extensions This standard is used to store long file names and Unix attributes especially within the Unix area The RSJ CD Writer file system currently supports file names up to approx 160 characters Generally the file system writes predefined UNIX file attributes to the CD so existing attributes are not used Please note that in UNIX environments upper and lowercase characters in file names are distinguished When reading Unix CDs with the RSJ CD Writer file system it may happen that a file cannot be opened if another file in the same directory has the same name but different upper or lower case characters This standard is the basis of the RSJ CD Wruiter file system and is used for reading and writing
55. ystem RSJ CD Writer Error Log All CD Recorder errors are recorded by the program CDWPOPUP and dumped onto the screen This information is essential if you contact customer support so the program should not be terminated CDWPOPUP includes also an integrated Devicetree functionality which can be useful for support Note A defective CD should not be inserted into the CD Recorder already closed sessions can be read by CD ROM drives anyway RSJ CD Writer Error Log only reports errors returned by the CD recorder File system errors are returned and processed with standard Windows error codes If you have any problem with RSJ CD Writer please send the output of RSJ CD Writer Error Log to support rsj de FI Ti iribar Error Lag Corman Blank Tere 28 06 00 11 58 full Seras Er Track toloring em 30 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 OF Eb 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 DD DD DD 00 00 70 00 04 C4 ED IF 33 DA P 3 0000000 l To send the error log please do the following e Click right mouse button on the CD symbol in the task bar e Select Show Copyright 2003 RSJ Software GmbH 63 Error solutions e Press Save log as Text This will generate a file called cdwpopup txt e Send the file cdwpopup txt to support rsj de Table of errors The following table contains the most important errors that might be reported by RSJ CD Writer Error Log Adl Sense Key Cause Correction Illegal
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