Roxio Compact Disc Creation

CD Creation Setup Options

The CD burner drives in many campus computer labs can be used for creating CDs to archive information and share information with others. The CD burner drives have the ability to write to the CD in increments, which means you may start creating the CD in one sitting and add more data to it later.

There are several options available to you as you use the CD burner drives. For basic instructions on how to use the CD Burner, see Creating a CD. The following document describes the different setup options available to you when you are ready to record information to a CD.

This document contains information on the following:

Accessing the Advanced CD Creation Dialog Box
CD Creation Setup Options

Accessing the Advanced CD Creation Dialog Box

When you are ready to record your selected files or folders onto your CD, you may access and change several options including the number of copies, write speed, and write method. These options are detailed in the CD Creation Setup Options section. To access these options, follow the instructions in this section.

On the toolbar at the middle of the screen, click RECORD
The Record CD Setup dialog box appears.
In the CD Creation Setup dialog box, click OPTIONS
The the lower portion of the CD Creation Setup dialog box appears.
In the dialog box, make the appropriate selections. See CD Creation Setup Options for an explanation of each setting.
Click START RECORDING
The Record CD Process dialog box appears and the CD begins recording.

CD Creation Setup Options

CD-R Devices

Select CD-R Drive: Select the CD burner you want to use for recording CDs. If more than one CD burner is connected to your system, select the CD-Recorder you want to use from the pull-down list.
NOTE: Campus computer labs will have only one burner connected to each computer, so you should not have to change this setting.
Write Speed: Select the speed of the drive for recording CDs. If you consistently get errors while burning or find that your burned CDs do not work properly, your computer may not be fast enough to write at higher speeds. If this is the case, try reducing the write speed. The default speed is generally best for most recordings.
NOTE: The number of people logged on to a shared drive at any given time impacts the speed of data transmission. When burning a CD, data must record at a constant rate or the burn may fail. For that reason, you will achieve more reliable results if the file you are recording is located on your C: drive. We recommend that before you begin recording a CD, you copy the file you want to record from its current location (e.g., H: drive) to your C: drive. For more information on copying files, see File Management within Office 2000 Programs.
Number of Copies: Type or select the number of copies (i.e., number of discs) you want to make from the CD Layout you are about to record.
HINT: You may want to make two copies: one for normal use and one for backup.

Record Options

Test Only: Select this option to simulate recording to the CD. No files will actually be recorded onto the CD. This setting will verify that the CD is recordable and all recording devices are functioning properly.
Test and Record CD: Select this option to first test the CD and recording devices, and then record (create) a CD if the test process is successful.
Record CD: Select this option to begin recording the CD without a test. This is the default option.

Record Method

Definitions of terms used in this section:

Track: An individual group of information. This can be a single song or other group of data.

Session: Think of a session as a "recording session." Just as it implies, a session is a group of information recorded at one time, in the same recording session. A session may contain one track (as is usually the case with Data CDs) or several to many tracks (as in most Audio CDs).

Track-At-Once: Select this option to record a single track at a time. Tracks recorded in Track-At-Once mode are separated by gaps. If a data track is followed by an audio track, the gap is 2 or 3 seconds. The gap between audio tracks is usually 2 seconds.

Don't Finalize Session: This option is primarily for audio CDs. Select this option to add more songs to the CD at a later time.
NOTE: In this mode, the CD will not be readable until the session is closed. Once you have added all the songs you want and choose to listen to the CD on a home or car stereo CD player, close the session.

Finalize Session and Don't Finalize CD: Select this option to finalize the current session, but allow more information to be added. Since the CD is not finalized, you can continue to record additional data to the CD until it is full. This option is the default setting and is correct for most CD recording purposes.

Finalize CD: To write-protect the CD, select this option. You will not be able to add any further data to the disc.

Disc-At-Once: Select this option to write and close a CD in one operation without turning the writing laser on and off between tracks. This eliminates any gaps between tracks and write-protects the CD. You can select this option if you are recording WAV or MP3 files stored on your hard-drive, or music CD tracks.
OPTIONAL: Select Allow another recording if you wish to allow more information to be added later.
Set as Default: This button is for changing the CD Creation Setup default options. In the campus computer labs, do not use this button for any reason.