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  • Page 1 h a r i s n g i n e e r i n g User’ s Manual...
  • Page 2 CharisMac End User License Agreement NOTICE TO END USER: CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING LEGAL AGREEMENT. USE OF THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED WITH THIS AGREE- MENT, AND ANY UPDATES THERETO THAT YOU MAY OBTAIN FROM CHARISMAC (THE “SOFTWARE”), CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT, PROMPTLY RETURN THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOM- PANYING ITEMS (INCLUDING WRITTEN MATERIALS, MANUALS, AND PACKAGING) TO THE LOCATION WHERE YOU OBTAINED THEM...

  • Page 3: Technical Support

    THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUEN- TIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE WARRANTY ABOVE GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION. 7.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction Getting Started System Requirements Installing Discribe Getting Technical Support Overview A Word About CD-R and CD-RW Discribe’s Quick Start Menu Making an Audio CD Creating A Data CD Copying a CD Discribe Pull-Down Menus 24 File Pull-Down Menu Utilities Pull-Down Menu Web Pull-Down Menu Discribe’s Other Functions...
  • Page 5 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Creating an Image Writing the Saved Image to CD CD to CD-RW Copy Select Your Read Device CD Extra Video CD DVD Video/Audio Universal Disk Format (UDF) Troubleshooting Glossary of CD and DVD Terms Supported Drives...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    Introduction PLEASE RECORD RESPONSIBLY. BEFORE COPYING ANYTHING ONTO A CD-RW OR CD-R DISC, PLEASE BE SURE YOU ARE NOT VIOLAT- ING COPYRIGHT LAWS. MOST SOFTWARE COMPANIES ALLOW YOU TO MAKE A BACK-UP OR ARCHIVE COPY OF SOFTWARE. CHECK YOUR SOFTWARE’S LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.
  • Page 7 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Introduction Thank You for purchasing CharisMac Discribe, the Ul- timate CD Recording software! Discribe was designed to allow you to easily take advantage of all the features of your CD recorder. You can do some amazing things with Discribe.

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Getting Started Getting Started System Requirements Before installing Discribe, check that you have these minimum system requirements: • Power PC or greater Macintosh • 32Mb RAM • Quicktime 2.0 or better (Quicktime 4.0 or higher recommended) • Supported CD recorder (for the most current list, please visit www.charismac.com) •...
  • Page 9 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software recorder to not be seen by the Discribe software. Discribe must be installed on a hard disk. Once you have installed the software, store the original program CD-ROM in a safe place. 1. Disable any unnecessary extensions and restart your Macintosh prior to installing Discribe.
  • Page 10 Getting Started NOTE Note: Please Take A Moment To Complete Your Registration Card And Drop It In The Mail, or register online at www.charis- mac.com/Register. Registration Entitles You To Technical Support and Product Upgrades.

  • Page 11: Getting Technical Support

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Getting Technical Support CharisMac is serious about customer satisfaction. If you encounter difficulty installing or using Discribe, please do the following: 1. Check the troubleshooting section in this manual. The common problems and their solutions can be found there.

  • Page 12: Overview

    Overview Overview A Word About CD-R and CD-RW CD-R is the term used to denote CD-Recordable me- dia, or discs. CD-R discs are recorded permanently. Once information is written, it cannot be erased. Data can be added until the disc is full (see “Multi-Session recording).

  • Page 13: Discribe's Quick Start Menu

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software ed by the Discribe splash screen. After a few seconds the splash screen will give way to Discribe’s Quick Start menu. Discribe’s Quick Start Menu While unlike a traditional “wizard” this menu allows for quick and easy selection of the most commonly used functions: burning Data CDs (HFS), Audio CDs and Disc Copy.

  • Page 14: Making An Audio Cd

    Quick Start You’ll also find buttons that provide you with addition- al information about your recorder and disc informa- tion for the disc in the recorder. Additionally, you can extract audio tracks from CDs or launch AudioScribe; the direct-to-disk recording application included with Discribe.
  • Page 15 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Adding Audio Tracks Drag AIFF, MP3, WAV, Sound Designer II (SDII) files or tracks from mounted Audio CDs to the window. You can drag one or multiple files to the window in any combination. Files that are in MP3, WAV and SDII file format will need to be converted into a file format that Discribe can use to write to CD.

  • Page 16: Quick Start

    Quick Start • Stereo • 16 Bit • 44.1 KHz Tip: SDII, MP3 and WAV files will be converted into this format, files added from a mounted audio CD do not have to be converted, but can be converted by hold- ing down the Command key when dragging tracks from a mounted audio CD to the interface.
  • Page 17 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Sequencing Audio Tracks Click the Audio... button and you will be presented with an Audio Picker window. Click and drag the audio track to the desired location within the Audio Picker window. You can select multi- ple files in the same way that the Finder’s ‘List’...
  • Page 18 Quick Start length of time. NOTE Note: The first audio track must have a pre-gap of two and is not user definable. By default, Discribe will set the pre-gaps of tracks 2 and higher to 2 seconds. Previewing Audio Tracks You can preview the audio within the track by select- ing the desired track and clicking the Play button.
  • Page 19 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software This also allows you to listen to the tracks and make sure that the tracks are sequenced the way you want them. Previewing also lets you listen to extracted tracks for any audio artifacts that may have been intro- duced during the extraction process if the tracks were saved to the hard disk.
  • Page 20 Quick Start write speed that the current selected writer supports. Open Next Session - Writes to the disc leaving the disc open for another session to be written later. Verify After Writing - Allows freshly written data discs to be verified against the original to ensure that the copy and the original are the same.

  • Page 21: Creating A Data Cd

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Creating A Data CD From Discribe’s Quick Start menu click the Data CD button. Notice the change in Discribe’s interface. You can pro- ceed by doing one of the following: Drag and Drop Directly to the Discribe Window Drag the data you wish to write to CD from your hard disk to the Discribe window.
  • Page 22 Quick Start into the window. Click the Data... Button Click the Data... button to reveal the Macintosh HFS Picker window. Here you can drag files from the desk- top to the picker window. The Macintosh HFS Picker window acts much like the list view in a Finder win- dow, allowing you to rename and move files and fold- ers around to suit your needs.
  • Page 23 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software name editing window will appear. Macintosh HFS Picker Options Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the Macintosh HFS Picker window. New Folder - Creates a new, “Untitled Folder,” within the Macintosh HFS Picker window.
  • Page 24 Quick Start Writing the CD Once the data has been added and arranged to your sat- isfaction just click OK to return to the Discribe main window. Verify that the correct CD-RW writer is se- lected then click the Write Disc... button. Set up your options for Write/Test Write, Open Next Session, Write Speed, Verify After Writing, Using BURN-Proof/JustLink and In Background, then click...

  • Page 25: Copying A Cd

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Copying a CD From the Discribe Quick Start menu click the Copy a CD button. Notice the change in Discribe’s interface. Select the Source Drive Under Source will be listed a pop-up menu that states, “No reader selected.” Select the drive (other than your CD-RW drive) to be used as the read source for your original CD.
  • Page 26 Quick Start the current CD in the Source drive. Writing the CD Verify that the correct CD-RW writer is selected then click the Write Disc... button. The Write Options dia- log will show up. Set up your options for Test Write, Ignore Read Errors, Using BURN-Proof/JustLink, Write In Background, Write Speed, Cache Disc to File Before Writing, and Verify After Writing, then click the Start button to be-...

  • Page 27: Discribe Pull-Down Menus

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Discribe Pull-Down Menus A quick overview of all of Discribe’s pull-down menus reveals many useful functions: File Pull-Down Menu Open Project - Open a previously saved Discribe project file Save Project - Saves the current Discribe project into a file Save Project As...
  • Page 28 Pull-Down Menus with Discribe according to your specific needs: Preferences: Application Startup Show Disable Inits Warning - When this box is checked a warning will appear each time Discribe is launched reminding you to disable any unneces- sary extensions prior to burning a CD. Show Quick Start - When this box is checked the Quick Start screen will appear after the Discribe application is launched.
  • Page 29 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software audio tracks, whether AIFF, MP3, WAV or SDII created during the audio extraction process. Default to Disc-at-once audio - When this box is checked audiodiscs will be burned in Disc-at-once audio format. Unchecking thebox will result in Track-at-once burns.

  • Page 30: Utilities Pull-Down Menu

    Main Functions Utilities Pull-Down Menu Recorder Information - Shows information on the currently selected recorder Disc Information - Shows information of the disc within the currently selected recorder Extract Audio... - Allows you to Extract a single track from a mounted Audio CD Write Physical Image...
  • Page 31 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Support - Selecting this item takes you to the Discribe support section of our website Product - Selecting this item takes you to the Discribe product section of our website Home - Selecting this item launches your default web browser and takes you to the Charismac homepage Store -Takes you to our online store so you can order a full version or a Discribe upgrade.

  • Page 32: Discribe's Other Functions

    Main Functions Discribe’s Other Functions If the disc format you wish to write to CD is not a part of the Quick Start menu, don’t fret. Discribe has a host of other powerful features that can be accessed through the main interface.

  • Page 33: Macintosh Hfs

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software intosh HFS option. Macintosh HFS The Macintosh HFS function copies data from a mounted volume to a CD. The volume can be a hard disk, hard disk partition, CD-ROM, removable media, mounted disk image, etc. of any size, but must contain less than 650 MB of data.

  • Page 34: Main Functions

    Main Functions NOTE Note: It is not recommended that you write CDs from mounted server volumes. Server traffic can be unpredictable in nature and can cause a write failure due to lack of throughput. Setting Up Your Volume Set your volume up any way you like it. Keep in mind that the name of the volume will become the name of the CD, and the volume’s icon will become the CD’s icon.
  • Page 35 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software you’ve dragged over. Create a Mac / ISO Hybrid - Checking this op- tion allows you to create a Hybrid CD-ROM (cov- ered later in this manual). Bootable - If checked, Discribe will prompt for a bootable CD to be inserted into the CD writer so that driver information can be read from a known good bootable CD.

  • Page 36: Multi-Session Macintosh Hfs Cd-Roms

    Main Functions Adding Audio Discribe will allow you to add audio to the end of your data track, if you wish to add audio you can simply drag-n-drop an audio file on the window. Or you can click the Audio... button for the Audio Picker window. If you’ve added audio tracks into the Audio Picker window, click OK to proceed to the write process.
  • Page 37 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software ISO-9660 Discribe has the ability to create ISO-9660 CD-ROM discs for use with Windows based personal computers. This format is ideal for sharing files like web pages, JPG, GIF, text documents and for PC specific data, but won’t work well for backups for most Macintosh soft- ware.

  • Page 38: Iso-9660

    Main Functions give to your written CD-ROM. Like: • Publisher ID • Data Preparer ID • Application ID • Copyright File ID • Abstract File ID • Bibliography File Edit Your Data The next step is to edit the file list for your ISO-9660 CD.
  • Page 39 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software desired, turning the arrows down on a folder reveals the data inside. You can drag and drop files in new fold- ers to change their hierarchy. ISO-9660 Picker Options At the bottom of the ISO 9660 Picker are options that are useful in the creation of your ISO-9660 CD-ROM.
  • Page 40 Main Functions Cancel - Returns you to the main Discribe software window without saving any changes OK - Saves changes to the current project. Select the options that suit your needs and click, OK. Writing the CD Once the data has been added and arranged to your sat- isfaction just click OK to return to the Discribe main window.

  • Page 41: Iso-9660 Xa

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software ISO-9660 XA Discribe has the ability to create ISO-9660 XA CD- ROM disk for use with Windows based personal com- puters. The XA signifies “Extended Architecture” of the Standard ISO-9660 format, and is ideal for multi- media-related files, like Quicktime movies, etc.
  • Page 42 Main Functions • Application ID • Copyright File ID • Abstract File ID • Bibliography File Edit Your Data The next step is to edit the file list for your ISO-9660 XA CD. Click the Data... button to open the ISO-9660 Picker window.
  • Page 43 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software At the bottom of the ISO 9660 Picker are options that are useful in the creation of your ISO-9660 CD-ROM. Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the ISO-9660 Picker window.

  • Page 44: A Word About Multi-Session Iso-9660 Xa Cd-Rom Discs

    Main Functions Open Next Session, Write Speed and Verify After Writing, then click the Start button to begin the write process. A Word About Multi-Session ISO-9660 XA CD- ROM Discs One of the great things about the ISO-9660 XA format is it’s ability to write single volume multi-session CD- ROM.

  • Page 45: Audio Cd

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Audio CD Adding Audio Tracks Drag AIFF, MP3, WAV, Sound Designer II (SDII) files or tracks from mounted Audio CDs to the window. You can drag one or multiple files to the window in any combination. Files that are in MP3, WAV and SDII file format will need to be converted into a file format that Discribe can use to write to CD.

  • Page 46: Sequencing Audio Tracks

    Main functions prompt you where you would like the files saved to. Click the Audio... button and you will be presented with an Audio Picker window. This window will show all the tracks that have been added to your current audio project. You can add tracks by clicking the Add...

  • Page 47: Setting Audio Tracks Pre-Gaps

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software files). Setting Audio Tracks Pre-Gaps Click the Audio... button and you will be presented with an Audio Picker window. Discribe allows you to customize the pre-gap, or, the space at the beginning of a track, from 0 to 9 seconds. To set the pre-gap on a track or tracks, select the de- sired track(s) in the Discribe Audio Picker window and click the pre-gap pop-up menu and select the desired...
  • Page 48 Main Functions NOTE Note: The first audio track must have a pre-gap of two and is not user definable. By default, Discribe will set the pre-gaps of tracks 2 and higher to 0. Previewing Audio Tracks You can preview the audio within the track by select- ing the desired track and clicking the Play button.
  • Page 49 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Writing the CD Once the data has been added and arranged to your sat- isfaction just click OK to return to the Discribe main window. Verify that the correct CD-RW writer is se- lected then click the Write Disc... button. Set up your options for Test Write, In Background, Open Next Ses- sion, Write Speed and Verify After Writing, then click the Start button to begin the write process.

  • Page 50: Build-A-Mac Hfs

    Main Functions Build-A-Mac HFS Discribe has the ability to write a Macintosh HFS CD- ROM without the use of another volume for your data to reside on. You can proceed by doing one of the following: Drag and Drop Directly to the Discribe Window Drag the data you wish to write to CD from your hard disk to the Discribe window.
  • Page 51 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software when it mounts on the desktop. Macintosh HFS Picker Options Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the Macintosh HFS Picker window. New Folder - Creates a new, “Untitled Folder,”...
  • Page 52 Main Functions ware window without saving any changes OK - Saves changes to the current project. Writing the CD Once the data has been added and arranged to your sat- isfaction just click OK to return to the Discribe main window.

  • Page 53: Mac/Iso Hybrid

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Mac/ISO Hybrid Discribe has the ability to write a Macintosh HFS CD- ROM along with ISO-9660 data on the same CD- ROM. The beauty of this type of CD is that it contains a self contained Mac HFS volume, and a self-con- tained ISO-9660 volume and both volumes have the ability to share data between each other.

  • Page 54: Iso And Shared Portion Of Hybrid

    Main Functions You will be presented with the following dialog box: Within the dialog box, select the mounted volume you wish to use for your Mac / shared data. For more information on the creation of bootable CDs see the section of Creating a Bootable CD-ROM else- where in this manual.
  • Page 55 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software 9660 Picker window. This means that they are shared. Good job. Set up the options in the ISO-9660 picker window as desired. Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the Macintosh HFS Picker window.
  • Page 56 Main Functions placing spaces with underscores and changing all letters to uppercase. For example, a file called, “CD Artwork For Ad,” will be changed to, “CD_ARTWO.RK_.” In general it is best to leave the naming convention on the Macintosh setting. Add...

  • Page 57: Disc Copy Image

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Disc Copy Image Copies a disc image previously saved to your hard disk by Discribe using the Copy Disc... function under the Utilities pull-down menu. Creating an Image First you need to create an image from a desired CD- ROM.

  • Page 58: Cd To Cd-Rw Copy

    Main Functions CD to CD-RW Copy A very useful function is Discribe’s direct CD to CD copy function. This function allows you to use another CD-ROM or CD-RW drive to be selected as your read device and then write the data directly from that drive to the CD- RW drive of your choice.
  • Page 59 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Speed and Verify After Writing, then click the Start button to begin the write process. NOTE Note: Take care in selecting a write speed with the CD to CD-RW Copy function. Slower Macs, slower CD-ROM and CD-RW drives may not be able to supply data fast enough to the target CD-RW drive.

  • Page 60: Cd Extra

    Main Functions CD Extra CD Extra CD-ROMs are CDs which contain Audio and Data on the same CD. It is essentially a two ses- sion CD-ROM, on which Discribe writes the Audio first, then the data second. From Discribe’s main interface select CD Extra from the format pop-up menu.
  • Page 61 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software interface window, or you can click the Audio... button to open up the Audio Picker window. Using the audio picker you can drag in audio tracks and arrange the au- dio at will. Set up the options in the audio picker window as de- sired and when finished click OK.

  • Page 62: Video Cd

    Main Functions Video CD A Video CD is a CD that contains MPEG 1 data that can be watched on your computer and/or many com- mercial DVD players). Discribe can create a Video CD using properly formatted MPEG 1 streams. The MPEG-1 streams that Discribe can handle must meet the following criteria: Resolution: 352x288 (PAL), 352x240 ("FILM"), or...
  • Page 63 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software rearrange your MPEG streams to suit your needs. NOTE Discribe will reject incompatible files by not allowing them to be added to the project. If you have the MPEG Picker window open click OK to return to Discribe’s main window. Also note that you can add Audio files to your Video CD project.
  • Page 64 Main Functions Writing the CD Verify that the correct CD-RW writer is selected then click the Write Disc... button. Set up your options for Test Write, Using BURN-Proof/JustLink, In Back- ground, Open Next Session, and Write Speed, then click the Start button to begin the write process.

  • Page 65: Dvd Video/Audio

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software DVD Video/Audio Discribe’s DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) Video/Audio function allows you to write DVD video and audio as well as data to CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW media. Please note that in or- der to write to DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW you will need a DVD drive capable of han- dling each type of media.
  • Page 66 Troubleshooting Video in Discribe’s format pop-up menu. Notice the option in the main window called Include Desktop Database, in general when writing a DVD disk used for video or audio playback you would not want these Mac specific files written to to the disk. We’ve disabled this option by default.
  • Page 67 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software for your guidelines. DVD Picker Options Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the DVD Picker window. New Folder - Creates a new, “Untitled Folder,” within the DVD Picker window.
  • Page 68 Glossary ware window without saving any changes OK - Saves changes to the current project. If you have the DVD Picker window open click OK to return to Discribe’s main window. Writing the Disc Verify that the correct CD-RW writer is selected then click the Write Disc...

  • Page 69: Universal Disk Format (Udf)

    DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Universal Disk Format (UDF) This format allows data to be written in the UDF For- mat (Universal Disc Format) and is cross-platform compatible working on any platform that supports reading UDF discs. In theory, any disc written in this format with video data will be readable in a DVD set-top reader for play- back.
  • Page 70 Glossary Drag in any data (including DVD video) that you would like written to the media into the main Discribe window or click the Data... button to open Discribe’s DVD Picker window and drag the selected files there. NOTE Please not that the sizes of the media differ from one format to the next.
  • Page 71 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software DVD Picker Options Resolve Aliases - When this option is checked alias files will be resolved to the original when they’ve been added into the DVD Picker window. New Folder - Creates a new, “Untitled Folder,” within the DVD Picker window.

  • Page 72: Troubleshooting

    Glossary Troubleshooting The following list includes some common problems that might be encountered while working to create your CD. Q: Does Discribe work with iTunes? A: Discribe 4.5 includes a Firewire driver that allows iTunes to write to a supported CD-RW drive. Be sure to disable the Firewire Authoring Support and Author- ing Support files which get installed with the iTunes installer.
  • Page 73 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software not see the drive, here are a few more suggestions: 1. Quit Discribe and then cycle the power on your CD- RW drive (turn it off for 20 seconds and then turn it back on). Now reopen Discribe and see if the drive is detected.
  • Page 74 Glossary consumed in accessing them may cause the recorder’s buffers to “run out” of information temporarily. Dur- ing the actual write process, this would make the disc being written to useless. Use Norton TM Speed Disk or another drive utility to test the hard drive for frag- mentation.
  • Page 75 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Note that SCSI IDs 0, 3 (internal CD player), and 7 are generally re-served for the Macintosh itself. ATAPI - It is possible that the drive was unable to reg- ister it’s ‘bios’ information with the Macintosh at boot time.

  • Page 76: Glossary Of Cd And Dvd Terms

    Glossary Glossary of CD and DVD Terms AC-3 Dolby® digital surround sound for DVD-Video capable of playing 5.1 discrete channels of audio for the ultimate in surround sound (example, front set of left & right speakers, center channel, rear set of left & right surround speakers + subwoofer).
  • Page 77 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software ASMO (Previously called MO7) a high capacity Mag- neto-Optical drive capable of storing up to 7Gb of computer data, on a removable rewritable optical car- tridge. ASMO drives may also be able to read CD- ROM & potentially DVD-ROM discs ATAPI AT Attachment Peripheral Interface.
  • Page 78 Glossary of errors detected in the user data block. Bridge Disc A technique for storing data on a CD- ROM/XA disc that allows it to be played back on a CD-I and Photo-CD player, and a CD-ROM drive. Buffer A piece of memory that temporarily stores da- ta, usually a small amount.
  • Page 79 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software CD-DA Compact Disc-Digital Audio. Jointly devel- oped by Philips and Sony and launched in 1983, CD- DA is the first and most popular incarnation of the compact disc, used to digitally record and play back music at unprecedented quality. It has gained world- wide acceptance as a standard to which all digital au- dio CD discs and CD drives adhere.
  • Page 80 Glossary ins. The CD-MO standard is defined in Part I of the Or- ange Book, but the technology never took off and has been replaced with CD-ReWritable (CD-RW). CD-R This is a relatively new outgrowth of CD-ROM technology, whereby data can be easily recorded to a writable CD by a laser instead of being manufactured.
  • Page 81 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software the same formats and capacities of CD-R discs, but are fully erasable and rewritable. The CD-RW discs can be rewritten up to 1,000 times, but are not compatible with older (say, 12X or slower) CD-ROM drives, or consumer type CD players.
  • Page 82 Glossary a disc spins a constant speed, with the result that the tracks nearest the center pass under the reading head at a lower speed that the tracks nearer to the outer edge of the disk. This is the approach normally taken in mag- netic disks, so the sectors on the disk are physically shorter near the center and longer near the edge of the disc.
  • Page 83 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Disc or Optical Disc Throughout this glossary, disc with a “c” is used for optical media, since that is the spelling used in the standards defining compact discs. Contrast with “disk”. Disc-At-Once A method of recording a CD-R disc that is best suited for mastering a Compact Disc for repli- cation.
  • Page 84 Glossary standard CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, and DVD- Video discs. DVD-RAM discs are housed in a car- tridge similar to an MO cartridge, and cannot be read by standard DVD-ROM drives. DVD-R Write once recordable version of DVD having a capacity of 3.9GB or 4.7GB and using the Micro UDF logical file system.
  • Page 85 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software taining up to 98 audio tracks in the first session, and usually 1 data track in the second session. Enhanced CD came about as better solution for putting audio and data tracks on a single CD-ROM than mixed mode discs.
  • Page 86 Glossary pre-formed track spiral, which the recording laser beam will follow when inscribing information onto the disc. This type of disc is therefore called pre-grooved. A translucent green or gold layer of recording material (organic dye) is laid on top of the polycarbonate, then a reflective layer of gold (hence the name “Gold Disc”).
  • Page 87 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software standard interface for hard disk drives since the early 90s. Since IDE had some limitations (only 2 devices could be supported by a controller, and only supported devices with less than 500Mb capacity), Enhanced IDE (EIDE, also called ATAPI) was born. Today EIDE is the standard storage peripheral interface used on PC computers to attach hard drives, CD-ROM drives, CD recorders, and DVD-ROM drives...
  • Page 88 Glossary ISO Image Or CD-ROM Image, image, or disc im- age. An exact representation of the entire set of data and programs, as it will appear on CD, in terms of con- tent and logical format, simulated on some other medi- um.
  • Page 89 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software disc with 2 sides, with up to 2 layers per side, giving a total disc capacity of up to 17GB! Layered EDC/ECC See EDC and ECC Lead-In Area On a CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD- RAM, or DVD+RW disc, a data area at the beginning of the disc that is left blank for the disc’s (or session’s) Table of Contents (TOC).
  • Page 90 Glossary This glass master is then used to create the stamper that will be used to replicate mass quantities of discs. Megabyte (MB) A measure of data storage; one Megabyte equals 1,024,000 bytes of data. See also Byte. Micro UDF (M-UDF) A file system similar to ISO9660, but designed for DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RAM, &...
  • Page 91 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Video CD. MPEG-2 is a much higher level of quality (720 x 480 @ 60 fields per second), and is used for full length motion pictures and video distributed on DVD discs. The MPEG standard has been adopted by ISO. Multi-Function Recorder A CD recorder capable of recording more than 1 type of writable media.
  • Page 92 Glossary ser to the disc using the Power Calibration Area (PCA) area on the recordable disc. See also PCA, Running Orange Book The Philips/Sony specification for Compact Disc Magneto Optical (CD-MO), Compact Disc Write-Once (CD-WO, but commonly called CD- Recordable or CD-R), and Compact Disc ReWritable (CD-RW).
  • Page 93 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software on a conventional stamped CD. CD-ReWritable (CD- RW) and DVD-RAM is based on Phase Change tech- nology. PhotoCD See Kodak PhotoCD Physical Standards For Compact Discs, these are usu- ally referred to as the Color Books. These standards define the mechanical and electrical specifications for the construction of the disc.
  • Page 94 Supported Recorders List of Supported CD Recorders the polycarbonate substrate for the recording laser beam to follow when writing data onto the disc. Pre-Master The may be a tape, hard disk drive, CD-R or CD-RW disc that contains data in the Compact Disc format.
  • Page 95 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Real-Time In Compact Discs, refers to the playing or recording time as these processes are actually taking place. Also refers to single speed (1X) recording or playback. Red Book The original Philips/Sony color book spec- ification that describes the layout and physical format of audio Compact Discs.
  • Page 96 Supported Recorders laser power to a CD-R or CD-RW disc. Running OPC continuously monitors the laser power, and can adjust the laser power “on the fly” to compensate for dust, fin- gerprints, or other contamination on the disc. This en- sures a very consistent, robust recording.
  • Page 97 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Track Adjacent bands of the data spiral on a Compact Disc. A Compact Disc (of any format) may have up to 99 tracks. Track-At-Once (TAO) The most common method of recording a CD-R disc currently. Track-at-once simply means that one track at a time is recorded on the disc.
  • Page 98 Contact Info performance devices such as keyboards, mice, and some storage products such as lower performance CD- RW and floppy drives. Bandwidth is only about 1.2Mb per second (maximum), and around 600Kb per second sustained. Fast enough to record a CD at 4X. USB is attractive for attaching peripherals as ports are stan- dard on both PC and Macintosh computers, and is eas- ily “plug &...
  • Page 99 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software the Red Book digital audio standard.
  • Page 100 List of Supported Recorders SCSI Drives Acer CR-1420C DynaTek CDM-4000 HP CD-Writer 6020 HP SureStore 4020 Imation CDR 8x20 Imation CDRW 8x2x20 External Imation CDRW 8x2x20 Internal JVC Writeable CD-ROM JVC XR-W1001 JVC XR-W2010 JVC XR-W2012 (OEM) JVC XR-W2020 JVC XR-W2022 (OEM) Kodak PCD 200 Kodak PCD 225 Kodak PCD 600(6x)
  • Page 101 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software Philips CDD522 Philips OMNIWRITER 2x6 Philips OMNIWRITER 2x6 (OEM) Philips SCSI Rewriteable 2x2x6 Pinnacle Micro RCD 4x4 Pinnacle Micro RCD-1000 Pinnacle Micro RCD-202 Pinnacle Micro RCD5020 Pinnacle Micro RCD5040 Pioneer DR-504X Pioneer DW-S114X Plasmon RF4100 Plasmon RF4102 Plextor PX-R24CS Plextor PlexWriter 4x12 Plextor PlexWriter 8x20...
  • Page 102 SANYO BurnProof CRD-BP2 12x4x32 SANYO CRD-R800S 8x20 SANYO CRD-R800S 8x20 (GENERIC) SANYO CRD-RW1 8x2x20 SANYO CRD-RW1 8x2x20 (GENERIC) SANYO CRD-RW2 12x4x32 SANYO CRD-RW2 12x4x32 (GENERIC) SONY Rewriteable CRX140S SONY Rewriteable CRX145S SONY Rewriteable CRX160S 12x8x32 Smart & Friendly 2x6 Sony CDU920S/921S Sony CDU924S Sony CDU926S Sony CDU948S...
  • Page 103 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software ATAPI/Firewire/USB Drives DVD-RAM/R/-RW/+RW: Apple SuperDrive Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103 Matsushita DVD-RAM/R LF-D310 Matsushita DVD-RAM/R LF-D311 Matsushita DVD-RAM/R LF-D233 Ricoh DVD+RW MP5120 Ricoh DVD+RW RW5120 CD-R/RW: Acer CD-R/RW 16X10 16x10x40 Acer CD-R/RW 24X10 24x10x40 AOPEN Rewriteable 4x4x20 ARCHOS MiniCDRW XS4x4x24 ARCHOS MiniCDRW XS8432 CyQ've CQ-1232 DVD/CDRW 12x10x32 CyQve CRW-C446plus...
  • Page 104 Mitsumi 4x8 CR-4801T Mitsumi Rewriteable 4x2x8 Mitsumi Rewriteable 4x4x8 Mitsumi CR-48X8TE 16x10x40 Mitsumi CR-48X9TE 24x12x40 Mitsumi CR-48XATE 32x12x40 NEC NR-7700A 12x10x32 NEC NR-7800A 16x10x40 Panansonic PowerBook CDRW 4x4x16 Panasonic CW-7585 CDRW 8x4x32 Panasonic CW-7586 CDRW 8x4x32 Panasonic UJDA710 8x4x24 Philips ATAPI CD-R/RW 8X4X32 Philips Hercules 2 CDRW 4x4x24 Philips Hercules 2b CDRW 4x4x32 Philips IDE ReWritable 2x2x24...
  • Page 105 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software QPS CDRW/RW SM-208B 8x4x32 QPS CDRW/RW SW-212B 12x8x32 QPS CR-4802TE 4x2x8 QPS CR-48X8TE 16x10x40 QPS CR-48X9TE 24x12x40 QPS CR-48XATE 32x12x40 QPS CD-RW CR-4804TE QPS CRD-BP1400P 16x10x40 QPS CRD-BP1500P 24x10x40 QPSCRD-BP1500U 24x10x40 QPS CRD-BP1600 32x10x40 QPS CRW2100E 16x10x40 QPS CRW2200E 20x10x40 QPS DVD-RW DVR-103 QPS DVD/CDRW RW9120...
  • Page 106 Ricoh MiniCDRW 4x4x20-ATAPI (MP) Ricoh MiniCDRW 4x4x20-ATAPI (RW) Ricoh Rewriteable MP6200A Samsung CDRW/DVD SM-308B 8x4x32 Samsung CDRW/RW SM-208B 8x4x32 Samsung CDRW/RW SM-408B 8x8x32 Samsung CDRW/RW SW-212B 12x8x32 SANYO CRD-BP1400P 16x10x40 SANYO CRD-BP1400P 16x10x40 (Generic) SANYO CRD-BP1500P 24x10x40 SANYO CRD-BP1500P 24x10x40 (Generic) SANYO CRD-BP1500U 24x10x40 SANYO CRD-BP1500U 24x10x40 (Generic) SANYO CRD-BP1600 32x10x40...
  • Page 107 DISCRIBE CD Mastering Software WAITEC Rewriteable WT2422EI Wearns CDRW 4x4x24 Yamaha CDR401 Yamaha CRW2100E 16x10x40 Yamaha CRW2200E 20x10x40 Yamaha Rewriteable CRW2216E Yamaha Rewriteable CRW4001 Yamaha Rewriteable CRW4261 Yamaha Rewriteable CRW4416E Yamaha Rewriteable CRW8424E Yamaha Rewriteable CRW8824E...
  • Page 108 If your drive is not on this list it may still be supported. CharisMac Engi- neering™ continues to qualify and add support for additional drives. Contact CharisMac regarding support for any CD recorder not on this list. Mail Address: CharisMac Engineering, Inc. 10000 Hill View Rd.
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