CD Recordable Solutions

You'll learn just enough technical specifications to understand your CD burner and how to get the most out of your hardware and software. This book explains the difference between CD-recordable and CD-rewritable, how a CD writer works, and how to build DVD compatible CDs. It also discusses how to organize what you record, how to create a media catalog, backups and archiving, and how to verify and test that your CD doesn't become a coaster!

Specifically, in this book, you'll learn how to:

• Optimize your CD drive and software
• Customize audio CDs with your favorite songs - in MP3 and standard audio formats
• Backup computer systems and files on CD - including creating bootable and auto-install CDs
• Understand copyrights and ownership rights
• Create professional labels for your CD collection
• Build Video and DVD compatible CDs

CD-R fundamentals

• Ann introduction to CD-R
• CD-A technical overview
• Choosing a drive
• CD, CD-R, or CD-RW ?
• Software overview

• Organizing what you read and write
• Backups end archiving
• Creating media catlogs
• Audio CDs
• Diagnostic, installer, and autolaunch CDs

• Troubleshooting
• Verification and testing
• Mass duplication

• Using toast (Mac OS)
• Using easy CD creator
• Unix/Linux tools
• Video production
• Backup and archiving software
• Labelling software
• Index