| Introduction |
| Section I CD-R Fundamentals |
| Chapter 1 - An Introduction to CD-R |
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What is CD Recording?
What Can You Create on a CD?
What Can You Do with a CD-R?
Why Use a CD?
Copyright and Ownership
What Can You Copy?
Backups
Audio CDs and "Personal" Use
Getting Permission
Certifying Your Ownership
Copyrighting a Text-based Document
Copyrighting a Visual Document (Photo/Video)
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| Chapter 2 - CD-R Technical Overview |
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What Is a CD?
How Information is Stored
Mass Producing CDs
What is CD-R?
Writing Data to a CD-R
What is CD-RW?
Writing Data to a CD-RW Disc
What is DVD?
Writable DVD
DVD-Video
DVD-Audio and SuperAudio-CD
DVD or CD?
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| Chapter 3 - Choosing a Drive |
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Drive Types
Internal or External?
Interfaces
Parallel
IDE/EIDE
SCSI
USB
FireWire
Writing Speeds
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| Chapter 4 - CD, CD-R, or CD-RW? |
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Death to CD!
Death to CD-R!
Death to CD-RW!
Compatibility
Comparing CD to Other Removable Formats
A Word About Reliability
Handling and Cleaning
What NOT to Do
Long-term Storage
Picking Up and Handling CDs
Cleaning
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| Chaptr 5 - Software Overview |
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Recording Formats
Data CDs
CD-Audio
Mixed-Mode Discs
Writing Modes
Track-at-Once Mode
Disc-at-Once Mode
Sessions
Packet Writing
An Overview of Creating CDs
Writing a CD with Toast
Writing a CD with Easy CD Creator
Writing a CD with Unix/Linux
Advanced Software Tools
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| Section II Writing CDs |
| Chapter 6 - Organizing What You Read and Write |
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Finding the Space
Clearing Files You Don't Need
Creating CD Partitions
Using Removable Storage
Using Network Drives
Using Disk Images
Files and Directory Structure
Audio CD Layouts
Archive CD Layouts
Installer CD Layouts
Image/Video Archive Layouts
File Formats
Naming Conventions
The File's Name
File Extensions
Cross-Platform CDs
Final Preparations
Check for Disk Problems
Defragmenting your Drive
Quit Unnecessary Applications
Viruses
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| Chapter 7 - Backups and Archiving |
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Backups
Choosing What to Backup
Choosing When to Back Up
Backup Methodologies
Media Storage
Cross-Platform Compatibility
Archiving
Storage Levels
Choosing When to Archive
Choosing What to Archive
Protecting your Archives
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| Chapter 8 - Creating Media Catalogs |
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Image Sizes and File Formats
Organizing the Media Structure
Using Catalog Software
Manually Creating Catalogs
On Disc
On Paper
On the Web
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| Chaper 9 - Audio CDs |
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Audio File Formats
CD Digital Audio
AIFF
WAV
MP3
Future Formats
Audio Sources
Ripping from an Audio CD
Downloading from the Internet
Digitizing Analog Audio
Checking your Machine's Hardware
Analog Recording Steps
Connecting your Analog Source
Recording the Audio to a File
Filtering the Audio
Writing an Audio CD
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| Chapter 10 - Diagnostic, Installer, and Autolaunch CDs |
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Creating Bootable Diagnostic CDs
Installing the Operating System
Adding Diagnostic Software
Adding Software Installers
Creating a Bootable CD
Booting from CD
Installer CDs
Creating Personal Installer CDs
Creating CDs for Installing your own Software
Autolaunchers
Benefits
Dangers
Creating an Autolaunch CD
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| Section III Writing CDs for Business |
| Chapter 11 - Troubleshooting |
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Problems Before Writing
Media
Space
Software
Drive "Not Ready"
Dealing with "Buffer Underrun"
Record at a Lower Speed
Record from an Image
Defragment your Drive
Shut Down Unnecessary Applications
Problems Reading What You've Written
Reading Problems with Individual Drives
Reading a CD-R/RW in Another CD-R/RW Drive
Disc Isn't Recognized
Truncated Filenames
Audio Imperfections
Mixed-mode Discs Show Only One Session
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| Chapter 12 - Verification and Testing |
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Creating a Test Machine
Verifying the Contents
Text
Application Specific Documents
Images
Audio CDs
Video CDs
Testing the CD
Checking the Directory Structure
Checking Files and Sizes
Try a Different Machine
Try a Different Platform
Final Note on Verification
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| Chapter 13 - Mass Duplication |
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The Mass-Duplication Process
Preparing a Master
Personal CD Duplication
Write Many
Write Once, Copy Many
Write Image
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| Section IV CD Writing Software |
| Chapter 14 - Using Toast (Mac OS) |
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Installing Toast
Recording a Data CD with Toast
Recording an Audio CD with Toast
Recording a Windows/Unix-Compatible CD with Toast
Recording a Hybrid CD with Toast
Copying a CD with Toast
Creating a Bootable CD with Toast
Creating an AutoStart CD with Toast
Setting Toast Preferences
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| Chapter 15 - Using Easy CD Creator (Windows) |
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Using Easy CD Creator
Installing Easy CD Creator
The Create CD Wizard
Writing a Data CD with Easy CD Creator
Writing an Audio CD with Easy CD Creator
Creating a Bootable CD with Easy CD Creator
Solving Problems with Disc Images
Setting CD Properties
Copying a Disc with CD Copier
Using directCD
Formatting the Disc
Copying Files to the Disc
Ejecting the Disc
Adding More Files
Deleting Files
Setting directCD Options
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| Chapter 16 - Unix/Linux Tools |
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Obtaining and Compiling Unix/Linux Tools
Installing cdrecord
Installing a cdrecord Front End
Using cdrecord
Selecting the Right Drive
Writing a CD with cdrecord
Using CDR Toaster
Writing a Data CD with CDR Toaster
Writing an Audio CD with CDR Toaster
Copying a Disc with CDR Toaster
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| Chapter 17 - Video Production |
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Video Sources
DV Camcorders
Traditional Video
Video Formats
MPEG
QuickTime
RealAudio/RealVideo/RealMedia
AVI
Video CD
DV
DVD
iMovie
Importing Video from a DV Device
Laying Out Your Story
Adding Transitions
Adding Titles
Adding Effects
Adding Music/Voiceovers
Exporting a QuickTime Movie
VideoStudio
Starting a New Project (Start)
Importing Video from a DV Device (Capture)
Laying Out Your Story (Storyboard)
Adding Effects (Effects)
Adding Titles (Title)
Adding Music/Voiceovers (Voice/Music)
Creating a File for Video CD or DVD (Finish)
Authoring a DVD, VCD, or SVCD
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| Chapter 18 - Backup and Archiving Software |
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Retrospect
Backing Up Files with Retrospect
Adding/Updating Files to an Existing Backup
Restoring Files from a Previous Backup
Automating the Backup Process
Take Two
Backing Up with Take Two
Creating a Bootable Floppy
Creating a Disc Catalog
Creating a Catalog under Windows
Creating a Catalog under Mac OS
Creating a Catalog under Unix
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| Chapter 19 - Labeling Software |
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CD Label Creator
Ultimate Label Printer Pro
Using cdlabelgen
Using Templates
Labeling Devices
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| Index |
