Ulead BURN.NOW 1.5 User manual

User Guide
Ulead Systems, Inc.
May 2004

First English edition for Ulead Burn.Now version 1.5, May 2004.
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Table of Contents
Welcome to Ulead Burn.Now .................................... 5
Things you can do in Burn.Now ................................. 5
What’s new ............................................................ 7
System requirements .............................................. 8
Basics ....................................................................... 9
The user interface: an overview ................................ 9
Setting preferences ................................................12
Choosing a disc burner ...........................................13
About file systems ..................................................14
Making a data disc .................................................. 16
Compiling a data disc ..............................................17
Burning the data disc ..............................................18
Making an audio disc .............................................. 20
Compiling an audio disc ..........................................22
Adding CD-Text (Audio CD only) ..............................24
Burning the audio disc ............................................25
Making an MP3 disc ................................................ 27
Compiling an MP3 disc ............................................28
Burning the MP3 disc ..............................................29
Converting audio files ............................................. 31
Convert Audio Files dialog box .................................31
Ripping CD audio .................................................... 33
Disc burning options ............................................... 35
Close disc .............................................................35
Direct burn ............................................................35
Perform test before burning .....................................36
Buffer underrun protection ......................................36
Editing a disc .......................................................... 37
Modifying disc contents ...........................................37
Burning the edited disc ...........................................39
Copying a disc ......................................................... 40
Making a disc to disc copy .......................................41

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Creating a disc image file ........................................42
Burning a disc from a disc image file ........................ 43
Handling rewritable discs ....................................... 44
Erase ...................................................................45
UDF Format .......................................................... 45
UDF Certify ...........................................................46
Checking burner and disc information .................... 47
Checking burner capabilities .................................... 47
Checking disc properties .........................................48
Appendix A: Menus and commands ......................... 50
Appendix B: Troubleshooting .................................. 52
Appendix C: Glossary .............................................. 55
Index ...................................................................... 59

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Welcome to Ulead Burn.Now
In an increasingly technologically demanding world, file sizes are
getting larger and the need for storage space to keep up with the
pace is high. Burning CDs enables you to free up valuable space on
your computer and retain important backups. Moreover DVDs,
which have superior data storage capacity, are ideal for burning
very large files, such as video footage and multimedia files.
If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the thought of burning your own
discs, Ulead Burn.Now offers the solution you've been looking for. It
is easy to use, yet versatile enough to handle a wide range of tasks
and media without requiring you to make tricky technical decisions.
All you really need to decide is what kind of discs you want to use,
and what you want to burn on them.
Things you can do in Burn.Now
Make a data disc
There is no limit to the type of information you can burn to disc with
Burn.Now. Whether you need to back up important word-processed
documents, spreadsheets, presentations and projects, or compile
photos, video footage, sound clips and more to share with your
family and friends, Burn.Now has all the options you need.
Burn.Now supports both ISO and UDF file systems for writing data
to discs. Furthermore, if you are working with rewritable discs,
whether CD or DVD, Burn.Now enables you to edit the contents of
discs that have already been burned. There is no need to wipe the
whole disc and start over, if you only wish to remove or add files, or
simply to reorganize your folders and files.
Make an audio disc
With Burn.Now you can also make your own audio discs. You can
collect all types of sound files, and create an Audio CD, DVD-Audio
disc, or “Audio-only” DVD-Video disc.

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Make an MP3 disc
In addition to audio discs, you can also collect MP3 files and compile
them into an MP3 disc. MP3 files are a very popular format, and are
primarily played back on personal computers, although they can
also be played on CD players that support the format. Since they
are relatively small files, the total play time of MP3s for the same
amount of disc space is far greater than that of traditional audio
formats, although there is a slight compromise in sound quality.
Copy discs
One of the simplest ways that you can distribute and share discs is
by burning copies of them. Burn.Now offers several ways of copying
discs.
The fastest and most convenient method is by directly duplicating
an existing disc. This enables you to burn an exact replica straight
to another disc without requiring any step in between. This is a
speedy method that has the further advantage of not requiring a
large amount of space on your computer if you copy on-the-fly.
Alternatively, you can burn an image of the contents of the disc and
store the image on your computer. A disc can be burnt directly from
the image file. This takes a little longer, but is more stable and
allows you the flexibility of creating the image file on one occasion,
and burning at a later date, as well as being more convenient for
burning multiple copies and for backup purposes.

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What’s new
Create DVD-Audio discs
Burn stereo-quality music on DVD that can be played on DVD-Audio
capable players.
Create “Audio-only” DVD-Video discs
An “Audio-only” DVD-Video disc is the same as the regular DVD-
Video disc except that there is no video content recorded on the
disc. Burn stereo-quality music on DVD that can be played on your
computer, home or car DVD player.
MP3 encoding
Rip and convert audio files to MP3 using the Rip CD Audio and
Convert Audio Files functions.
Convert audio files
Convert your audio files to other popular audio formats.
Rip tracks from audio CDs
Easily extract your files from your audio CDs and convert them to
popular formats such as MPA, WAV, and WMA.
Double-layer DVD burning support
Burn a double-layer DVD up to 8.5GB of video, audio, image, or
data files.
UDF system driver for a wide range of Windows O/S
UDF system driver is now compatible with Windows XP, 2000, Me,
and 98.
UDF defect management (DRT-DM)
Distributed Real-Time Defect Management (DRT-DM) improves
writing reliability for DVD-RW and CD-RW.

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System requirements
To run Ulead Burn.Now, you must have the following minimum
requirements:
• Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
• DirectX 8.0 driver or above
• Intel Pentium III processor or above (at least 500 MHz CPU)
• 128 MB RAM (256 MB or higher recommended)
• 30 MB of available hard disk space for installation
• CD or DVD-ROM drive
• Windows compatible DVD-R/-RW, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-RAM, or
CD-R/RW burner drive that supports MMC (Multimedia
Command) standard

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Basics
Burn.Now has a simple, straightforward user interface that frees
you from the task of configuring complex settings. All you need to
do is choose the type of disc to create, compile and then burn the
disc. This section introduces you to the Burn.Now interface.
The user interface: an overview
Select a Task dialog box
The easiest way to make sure you are heading in the right direction
when compiling a new disc is by beginning with the Select a Task
dialog box. This is displayed each time you launch Burn.Now, but
can also be opened again by selecting Disc: Create Disc [Ctrl +
N] or by clicking on the Toolbar.

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The Select a Task dialog box displays the four available task types
on the left side. When a task type on the left is selected, all the
options available for that task are displayed on the right. A brief
description of the selected option is displayed in the lower half of
the Options Panel.
Disc Layout Window
The Disc Layout Window is the area where you add and organize
the data to burn to disc.
The appearance of the Disc Layout Window depends on the type
of task chosen. When compiling data discs and MP3 discs, the Disc
Layout Window of Burn.Now displays two window panes beneath
the Toolbar, similar to the panes in Microsoft Windows Explorer.
The pane on the left displays, and also enables you to create, a
folder system for organizing your files, while the pane on the right
displays all subfolders and files contained within the selected folder
(shown highlighted) on the left. You can sort your files and folders
on the right by clicking on the column header.
Note: If you click Exit, Burn.Now will be closed.