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  • Page 1 Developer’s Guide...
  • Page 2 Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 by MF Digital. All rights reserved. Information is provided by MF Digital on an “AS IS” basis without any other warranties or conditions, expressed or implied, including but not limited to...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DIRECTOR EasiAPI 22nd FEB. 2013 D E V E L O P E R ’ S G U I D E ABOUT MF DIGITAL ............................ 4 INTRODUCTION ............................5 ETWORK NTEGRATION ..........................7 HARED ETWORK ESOURCE ......................... 7 LIENT UPPORT ...............................

  • Page 4: About Mf Digital

    G U I D E About MF Digital MF Digital is recognized as the world’s premiere manufacturer of CD/DVD duplication and publishing systems. MF Digital’s product line spans from manual CD-R and DVD-R duplicators, to advanced, automated authoring systems ready for easy integration into almost any network topology.

  • Page 5: Introduction

    G U I D E Introduction In the years since MF Digital designed its first CD duplicator, the need for a new breed of CD/DVD duplicator has come to the fore. One that can serve as an enterprise wide network enabled CD / DVD disc-on-demand system.
  • Page 6 Director is the proven combination of MF Digital's award winning software and unmatched autoloader technology. Director is analogous to a network print server. While a network print server functions as a shared resource allowing multiple users access to printing, the Director allows users across a local or wide area network the ability create discs on demand.

  • Page 7: Network Integration

    ETWORK ESOURCE While the Director can run on its own without being attached to a network, it really begins to excel as a shareable network resource. Multiple users can access the director from either a local or wide area network. Jobs, which consist of a user defined selection of files available from any accessible network resource, and user CD artwork, to be printed on the disc for easy identification, can be launched remotely or locally.

  • Page 8: Capacity & Throughput

    CD-R/RW or DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW. Units equipped with a DVD Recorder can write both CDs and DVDs. A 300 disc input / output can keep the Director running for hours fully unattended. Full, preemptive multitasking allows the Director to produce up to four different jobs submitted by up to four different users at the same time.

  • Page 9: Integrity Of Copies & Quality Assurance

    MF Digital's drives all produce high quality, professional-caliber discs. Married with quality media, the Director can reach its peak performance. You are assured of finished discs that are of the highest production values. More so perhaps in media than in many things you get what you pay for.

  • Page 10: Integrated Printing

    A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks necessary to operate the machine. MF Digital’s EasiAPI allows a developer to write an application that can take full control of the Director without the need of knowing the intricacies of writing CD-Rs and DVD-Rs.

  • Page 11: The Job File

    For instance, if you submit a JOB with a quantity of 50 and 1 fails during the recording process the Director will use 51 total pieces of media to complete your request. See TotalDoneCounter under Registry Entries to alter the way Director processes your desired quantity.

  • Page 12: Director Easiapi 22Nd Feb

    Director. For example if your application builds the image file on your “C” drive then the Director must also refer to your drive as “C”. It is best to map a drive whereby both your PC and the Director reference the same shared drive as say “Z”. Another way around this is to copy the file to the Director or use UNC file naming.

  • Page 13: The Image Script File

    API. An exception to this would be if the DATA from “disc to disc” did not change but the printed label on each disc did. In terms of imaging here is what the Director can do for you:  Mode One or Data CDs are authored in either Joliet for extended file names and ISO 9960 which utilizes the 8 dot 3 naming convention ...

  • Page 14: Audio Isc

    Adding folders in this way negates the need to use the AddFile command. AddFolder = is a Dynamic method of adding folders and files to your disc. This means that the Director does not look for any specific file structure when it collects the files to build your disc’s image; instead it copies all of the contents of the target folder to your finished disc.

  • Page 15: The Label File

    UPC = Universal Product Code. A 13-digit descriptor that can be written to an audio CD. The Label File When creating these files it is best to create templates using the Director's GUI, saving and then submitting a job. This saved file can then be used as the basis for creating your own JOB files.
  • Page 16 D E V E L O P E R ’ S G U I D E submit properly, or at all if the files are too different from the one the Director is expecting. The Label (*.LBL) defines the appearance of the disc in terms of what is printed physically on the disc.
  • Page 17 DIRECTOR EasiAPI 22nd FEB. 2013 D E V E L O P E R ’ S G U I D E RectTop# Y-axis location of the top left corner where bitmap is printed (1/100 inch resolution) RectLeft# X-axis location of the top left corner where bitmap is printed (1/100 inch resolution) FontHeight# Size of font expressed in points (1/720 inch resolution) CharSet# Selecting one of the following numbers specifies the character set of the font.

  • Page 18: Complete Bat

    StrikeOut# Defaulted to zero. If set to “1” the text will have a strike-out through it OMPLETE Director can be configured to run a batch file at the end of a job. By simply placing your batch file named complete.bat in the /Director folder the Director application will execute it at the end of any given job passing the JOBID and job status as command line arguments.

  • Page 19: Registry Entries

    MF Digital allows an unprecedented amount of control of not only the process of moving your data to disc but of the way Director software looks and operates. Many options are available to change through the Windows registry. This was done as a measure of security; so as not to have just anyone capable of making changes to your Director.
  • Page 20 Director’s location. A POP3 mail account must be setup for the Director to use this feature.  DatabaseAddress The IP address of the database in which user records, and job logs are stored. The database must be stored on the Director. The 127.0.0.1 loop back is the Page 20...
  • Page 21  JavaSupport Enabled or set to “1” by default, this allows for the disabling of the Java based client included with the Director software. Set it to “0” to and you will no longer have access to the Director via the Java client> This IS only for older NT based Director.
  • Page 22 50 for a duplication job, but 1 of them fails during the burn. Normally, Director will have used 51 pieces of media to complete the above job. When TotalDoneCounter (“1”) is enabled the Director will stop at your requested quantity, regardless of outcome.

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