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  • Page 1 DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO Series Disc Publishing System User Manual...

  • Page 2: Welcome To The Director/Director Pro System

    DIGITAL. Piracy The copying of audio, video, or software without the permission of the copyright holder is illegal. MF DIGITAL accepts no responsibility for the copyright use or misuse of this equipment. It is the sole responsibility of the user to ensure that the legal rights of copyright in duplicating are respected.

  • Page 3: About Mf Digital

    About MF Digital Thank you for purchasing MF Digital’s DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO publishing system. MF Digital manufactures a wide variety of software and audio duplication and production equipment, including manual and fully automatic Disc duplicators and printers. We hope you will consider us for all of your production needs.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 WELCOME TO THE DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO SYSTEM ................2 ..............................2 OPYRIGHT OTICE / DVD-R/RW R ................... 2 ECORDER ARRANTY OLICY ..................................2 IRACY : ............................ 2 ORPORATE EADQUARTERS ABOUT MF DIGITAL ..............................
  • Page 5 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 ) ........................18 EFAULT OLDER EQUIRED )......................19 EFAULT MAGE OLDER EQUIRED ) ......................19 EFAULT ABEL OLDER EQUIRED ........................19 REATING RIVILEGES ROFILE ........................21 DITING XISTING...
  • Page 6 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 “C ” ) ...................... 54 MAGE NEEDED IF OPTION IS CHECKED ) ............................54 ABEL PTIONAL ) ............................56 OMMENTS PTIONAL ) ............................56 UANTITY EQUIRED ) .............................. 56...

  • Page 7: Installing The Director/Director Pro

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Installing the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO Carefully remove the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO publishing system from the shipping container. Inspect the contents and verify them against the packing slip. Report any errors in shipping as soon as possible.

  • Page 8: Mf Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July

    PC portion of the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO to a UPS. The minimum required size is 500VA. Repairs or alterations should only be attempted by authorized factory trained technicians. MF Digital reserves the right to void the warranty if unauthorized service is performed. Page 8...

  • Page 9: Location Of Director/Director Pro Components

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Location Of DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO Components Front View Loading Arm Output Spindle Reject Area Input #2 Input #1 Rear View System On/Off Switch Mouse Keyboard Power Network Power Cord...

  • Page 10: Removing Packing Restraints

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Removing Packing Restraints The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO ships with a picker arm restraint to reduce the possibility of damage in transit. This restraint must be removed before operation or power-on. Remove the foam block above the transfer arm.

  • Page 11: Installing The Monitor, Keyboard And Mouse

    While networks are commonplace, their connection and interconnection require specific expertise far beyond the scope of this manual. For our Note: purposes here, we will assume you either have expertise with networking computers, or had your unit professionally installed by MF Digital. Page 11...

  • Page 12: Connecting The Network Cable

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Connecting the Network Cable Connect a suitable patch cord to the RJ45 network port on the back of the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO unit. A Category 3 or better cable should be...

  • Page 13: Starting The Director/Director Pro For The First Time

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Starting the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO For the First Time Before Disc creation or duplication can begin it is necessary to review a few details. Power Connection and Settings • Make sure the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO power switch is set to the off position or “0”.

  • Page 14: Application Startup

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Application Startup The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO is a state-of-the-art disc publishing system and duplicator. It is designed to create, duplicate, print and verify most standard disc formats. This startup section will guide you through starting and configuring the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO application.

  • Page 15: Director/Director Pro Application Configuration

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Tabs: System Status Displays the status of jobs after they have been submitted for production. Create Job Brings together the data or audio contents and label components of a disc so it can be produced.

  • Page 16: Printer Driver (Required)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 The System Setup tab is divided into a number of information fields that must be completed. Printer Driver (Required) Printer Driver pull-down used indicate DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO the type of printer that is installed.

  • Page 17: Asynchronous Mode (Required)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Asynchronous Mode (Required) Asynchronous Mode pull-down used instruct DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO how to process jobs. This affects both how jobs are handled and how the drives operate. Jobs and drives can run either synchronously or asynchronously.

  • Page 18: Level 1

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 therefore discs will be mixed together on the output spindle. For example, let us say two jobs of two pieces each are submitted. Job 1 is a 650 MB disc and Job 2 is a 10 MB disc.

  • Page 19: Default Image File Folder (Required)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Default Image File Folder (Required) The DEFAULT IMAGE FILE FOLDER field is used to specify the default location where disc image script (*.ISC) will be saved. The factory setting (C:\discDIRECTOR\Images\) should be sufficient for most uses.

  • Page 20: Mf Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 through the included Network Client, or through other client side applications. New users must first be entered into the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO’s database and their privileges or permissions assigned.

  • Page 21: Editing Existing Privileges Profile

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Editing Privileges Profile name Required. Enter the profile name. Max quantity per day Required. Enter the maximum number of discs this type of user is allowed to record/print per day.

  • Page 22: Deleting Existing Privileges Profile

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Deleting Existing Privileges Profile To delete an existing privileges profile: • Click the privilege profile you wish to delete and click the Delete button below the PRIVILEGES window.

  • Page 23: Editing Existing Users

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Street Address 1 Optional. Enter the user’s street address. (63 characters maximum, A to Z, 0 to 9) Street Address 2 Optional. Enter the user’s street address. (63 characters maximum, A to Z, 0 to 9) City Optional.
  • Page 24 When checked the Archive option on the Job tab will be Archive enabled by default. Using Third Party pre-mastered DVD Image Files on MF Digital Director Many DVD authoring and pre-mastering programs have the ability to create image files. Most will create a UDF compatible image file but filename extensions can vary.

  • Page 25: System Drives

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 System Drives The SYSTEM DRIVES window allows you to specify which hard disk drives the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO uses exclusively. The factory settings should be sufficient for most uses.
  • Page 26 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 network using your own custom applications or scripts. This is accomplished using the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO’s Application Program Interface (SmartAPI) after initial configuration using the System Setup tab. For additional information see the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO’s SmartAPI Programmer’s Guide.

  • Page 27: Creating Disc Labels

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Creating Disc Labels The first step in creating a disc is to create a label that will be printed on the surface of the disc. The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO’s built-in label design software provides a quick and easy way to create simple disc labels that contain text and graphics.

  • Page 28: Creating Text

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 The menu bar contains eight buttons: New, Open, Save, Delete, Select Font, Point Mode, Text Mode and Import Picture. Label Menu Buttons: Creates a new disc label. Open Opens an existing disc label file (*.LBL).

  • Page 29: Changing Text And Text Attributes

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Changing Text and Text Attributes To change the attributes of a piece of text once it has been entered: • Click the Point Mode button on the toolbar.

  • Page 30: Resizing Graphics

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 • Click the Import Picture button on the toolbar. The screen will now display: • Select the graphics file you wish to import (supported formats include BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA, TIF and WMF).

  • Page 31: Repositioning Text, Graphics And Dates

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Repositioning Text, Graphics and Dates To reposition a piece of text, a graphic image or a date field after it has been created or imported: • Click the Point button on the toolbar.

  • Page 32: Saving The Current Disc Label

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Deleting Text, Graphics and Dates To delete a piece of text, a graphic image or a date field after it has been created or imported: • Click the Point Mode button on the tool bar.

  • Page 33: Opening Existing Disc Labels

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Opening Existing Disc Labels Once a disc label has been saved it can be modified at a later date. To open an existing disc label file: • Click the Open button on the menu bar.

  • Page 34: Utilizing .Pdf Files For Printing (Command Module Client Only)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Utilizing .PDF Files for Printing (Command Module Client Only) MF Digital Duplication Systems now allows you to create your Disc labels using the popular Adobe Acrobat File, PDF for printing. To make this process simple, MF Digital has created PDF templates for you to design your artwork on.

  • Page 35: Utilizing .Pdf Files For Printing - Con't (Command Module Client Only)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Utilizing .PDF Files for Printing – Con’t (Command Module Client Only) • After you lay out your design, the template layer needs to be “turned off”. This simply done by using the layers palette.

  • Page 36: Creating Disc Images

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Creating Disc Images After creating a label, the next step in constructing a disc is to specify its contents (disc image). The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO creates industry standard data (Mode 1 ISO 9660 level 2 with Joliet extensions) and audio (Red Book) discs from scratch as well as duplicates existing discs authored in most formats.

  • Page 37: Data Image Editor Toolbar

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Data Image Editor Toolbar The toolbar is located horizontally at the top of the application window and contains ten buttons which are: New, Open, Save, Properties, Disc Capacity, CD, DVD, DL-DVD, Blu-Ray DVD and Wildcard.

  • Page 38: Static And Dynamic Content

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Static and Dynamic Content The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO allows discs to be created from both static and dynamic content. A finished disc created from static content will contain the exact files and folders that are specified when the disc image is created.

  • Page 39: Naming A Folder

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Naming a Folder • Right click the desired folder in the bottom left or right pane (disc image). • Choose Rename from the drop down menu, which appears.

  • Page 40: Saving The Current Disc Image File

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Saving the Current Disc Image File Once a data disc image has been created, it must be saved for the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO to use it as a data source for recording. Disc images can either be saved as script files (with an “ISC”...
  • Page 41 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 The file will automatically be saved with the .isc extension • Click the Save button on the toolbar. The screen will now display: • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the script file.
  • Page 42 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 • To Edit the Volume Properties, click on the Properties Button in the Menu Bar, a window will pop up. Fill in the necessary data as required. • When done, click the OK button.

  • Page 43: Loading An Existing Script File

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Loading an Existing Script File Once a data disc image script file has been saved it can be modified at a later date. To load an existing script file: •...

  • Page 44: Audio Image Toolbar

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 The Audio Image Editor tab is divided into three panes. The top left pane lists all the names and icons of the disk drives available to the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO, as well as files and folders on the currently selected disk drive (source).

  • Page 45: Adding Tracks

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Adding Tracks As depicted below, drag one or more WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit stereo) / MP3 (44.1khz) files onto the text. Multiple files may be selected by pressing and holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while clicking on the tracks.

  • Page 46: Removing Tracks

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Removing Tracks • Right click on the audio track you wish to delete. • Choose Delete Track from the drop down menu. Editing a Track • Right click the track to be edited. The screen will now display: The right hand buttons have the following options: •...

  • Page 47: Inserting, Editing And Removing Silence

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 The COPY PROHIBIT flag is a setting in each track on an audio disc, indicating whether or not that track can be copied by a digital recorder. To change an ISRC code: •...

  • Page 48: Inserting, Editing And Removing Sub-Indexes

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 To insert silence between tracks: • Slide the control to the preferred length of silence. In the example: 48 seconds. • When done, click OK. To edit the amount of silence between tracks: Click on the track you wish to edit, use the slider control to edit the •...

  • Page 49: Saving The Current Audio Disc Image

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 To insert sub-indexes in a track: • Right click the audio track you wish to edit in the lower pane and select edit track. • Move the slide control located at the top left (below large clock) to the location where you want to insert a sub index.

  • Page 50: Loading An Existing Audio Disc Image

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 To save an audio disc image script file: • Click the Save button on the toolbar. The screen will now display: • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the script file.

  • Page 51: Creating Jobs

    A job brings together the various elements of the disc (label, disc image, etc.) so they can be recorded and printed. Using Third Party pre-mastered DVD Image Files on MF Digital Director Many DVD authoring and pre-mastering programs have the ability to create image files.

  • Page 52: Job Menu Bar

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Job Menu Bar Horizontally along the top of the Job tab is a menu bar that contains five buttons: New, Open, Save, About, Help. Job Menu Buttons: Creates a new job.

  • Page 53: Job Id (Required)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 recording will be printed with the disc label selected in the LABEL FILE field. Print First When checked, the discs in the submitted job before recording will be printed with the disc label selected in the LABEL FILE field.

  • Page 54: Image (Needed If "Copy" Option Is Checked)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Image (needed if “Copy” option is checked) The IMAGE field is used to specify the data or audio disc image, (ISC or ISO file) that was previously created, to be used as the data or audio source for recording.

  • Page 55: Mf Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 • Select the appropriate file and click the Open button. Leave the field blank if no label is to be printed. Page 55...

  • Page 56: Comments (Optional)

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Comments (Optional) The COMMENTS field is a user-defined descriptor that is entered into the database of all jobs completed by the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO. The COMMENTS field can contain meaningful information such as documenting operator observations.

  • Page 57: Loading An Existing Job

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the job file. • Enter the name for the job file and click the Save button. Loading an Existing Job Once a job file has been saved it can be modified at a later date.

  • Page 58: Submitting Jobs

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Submitting Jobs After defining or creating a job, the final step in constructing a disc is to submit the job for production. During the production process the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO uses the job as a guide or map for bringing together the various elements of the disc (label, disc image, etc.) to print...

  • Page 59: The Production Process

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 copying discs, unloading discs, etc.), and the estimated time of completion (E.T.C). The lower pane is the COMPLETED JOBS window that lists all the jobs completed by the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO. Information displayed for...

  • Page 60: Removing A Job

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Removing a Job To remove a pending job from the queue so that it will not be produced: • Click the job you wish to remove in the JOB QUEUE window.

  • Page 61: Viewing Logs

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Viewing Logs The DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO maintains a comprehensive database of all jobs completed by the unit. The collected information is useful for a variety of reasons such as, tracking disc usage, helping to diagnose problems, or even for billing clients.

  • Page 62: Viewing The Errors Reported By Director In The Event Viewer

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Viewing the Errors reported by Director in the Event Viewer. When Director reports errors, they are also reported to the Event Viewer. The Event Viewer is apart of the Windows Operating System.
  • Page 63 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 4. To view the error being reported, double click the error event in the list. The Event properties dialog will now appear. In the Description field as shown to the right, the exact error is reported in this case a COPY error.

  • Page 64: Updating Job Records

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Updating Job Records To update job records in the history log: • Click the Refresh button at the bottom of the JOBLOG window. Navigating Job Records To navigate among job records in the history log.

  • Page 65: Duplicating Existing Discs

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Duplicating Existing discs In addition to creating industry standard data and audio discs source files, the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO also duplicates existing discs authored in most formats. Creating an Image File The first step in duplicating an existing disc/DVD is to create an image file of it on the hard disk drive to be used as the master source for recording.
  • Page 66 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 • Select the volume and directory where you want to save the image file. Please note that depending upon the amount of data to be recorded the image file can occupy as much as 4.7 GB (or 25 to 50 GB if Blu-Ray equipped) of hard disk space.
  • Page 67 MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 specified name on the hard disk drive. Upon successful completion, the disc will be unloaded onto the output spindle. Recording an Image File Once created, the image file of the master disc is used as the source for recording.

  • Page 68: Viewing Resources

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Viewing Resources The Resource tab is a simple diagnostic tool that displays the hardware elements connected to the DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO. These include the disc autoloader, CD/DVD or Blu-ray recorders and the printer.

  • Page 69: Upgrading Director/Director Pro Software

    MF Digital Director/Director Pro Series Publishing System User Manual Revised July 2010 Upgrading DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR PRO Software Overview of the process Uninstall Director from the unit by using the “Add/Remove Programs” in the control panel. The “Add/Remove Programs can be accessed by the following path;...

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