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Page 1: ...Manual Nero Express ...

Page 2: ...or protected trademarks of Nero AG Gracenote is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Gracenote Inc in the United States and or other countries The Gracenote logo and logotype and the Powered by Gracenote logo are trademarks of Gracenote Adobe Acrobat Acrobat Reader and Premiere are brands or protected trade names of Adobe Systems Incorporated AMD Athlon AMD Opteron AMD Sempron AMD Turio...

Page 3: ... audio book CD 25 6 4 Automatic Music Recognition 26 6 4 1 Identifying Audio Files 26 6 5 Copy Audio CDs to Hard Drive 27 6 5 1 Copy Audio CDs to Hard Drive 30 7 Video and Slide Show 34 7 1 Compiling Video CDs Super Video CDs 34 7 1 1 Customizing the menu 36 7 2 Compiling DVD Videos 36 8 Loading a disc image or saved project 38 9 LightScribe 39 9 1 Printing LightScribe labels without compilation 3...

Page 4: ...w 59 14 Final screen 61 15 Configuration options 62 15 1 Settings for the compilation 63 15 2 Cache settings 63 15 3 Expert Features 64 15 4 Ultrabuffer settings 64 15 5 LightScribe settings 65 16 Technical Information 66 16 1 System requirements 66 16 2 Formats supported 66 16 2 1 Disk types 66 16 2 2 Disc formats 66 16 2 3 Audio formats and codecs 67 16 2 4 Metadata 67 16 2 5 Video formats and c...

Page 5: ...wn in red and underlined Indicates keyboard shortcuts for entering commands 1 2 About Nero Express Nero Express provides all the performance and efficiency of Nero Burning ROM with a sim plified user interface Whether you are a beginner or an expert Nero Express guides you quickly and easily through your desired burning tasks The default settings are selected to automatically produce the best poss...

Page 6: ...h task that describes all of the steps required for its completion Completing a task Depending on the task you will have to go through various steps until you reach the end Each individual step consists of a new screen For each screen the manual contains a chap ter in which all areas are described in detail Burning a Compilation Burning marks the end To do this set the burn parameters and click th...

Page 7: ...follows 1 Click the StartSmart icon The Nero StartSmart window opens 2 Click the button The list of Nero applications appears Nero StartSmart window 3 Select the Nero Express entry in the selection list 4 The Nero Express window opens You have launched Nero Express via Nero StartSmart Nero Express 7 ...

Page 8: ...options and features Nero Express Start Screen The following compilation methods are available Data Allows you to compile and burn all types of files and folders Music Allows you to compile and burn audio and audio book files in the for mats you want Videos Pictures Allows you to compile and burn video and or picture files as VCD SVCD or DVD Video Image Project Copy Allows you to copy a source dis...

Page 9: ...s only available in the extended area of the start screen If you decide to create a project with Nero Express the op tion Saves the active project is displayed in all of the other win dows at this point Saves the active project Opens the Save As window to save your compilation The file links and settings to be burned are saved Options Opens the Options window to customize Nero Express to suit your...

Page 10: ...s Defines the settings for burning a SecurDisc disc Burn Label Opens the Burn Label window in which you can create or load a label in order to print a label and or print directly on the data side of special CDs DVDs in the recorder Available with a Labelflash recorder only The recorder must be selected to enable the option Recorder Defines the recorder that you want to use for burning and or the N...

Page 11: ...CD DVD Essentially all compilation screens have the same structure Compilation screen The following setting options are available in the compilation screen Button Add Opens the Add files and folders window Button Delete Removes the selected file Button Playback Plays a selected audio or video file Button Back Returns to the start screen Button Next Switches to the Final Burn Settings screen Button...

Page 12: ...o CDs only Check box No pause between tracks Establishes that the audio files merge into one another without a pause If the box is unchecked a pause of two seconds is in serted between the files Available for Audio CDs only Selection list DVD9 8152MB DVD5 4483MB If the DVD recorder is capable of burning DVDs with 2 layers DVD DL and if you want to burn files larger than 4483 MB you can select the ...

Page 13: ...on method for a standard data CD DVD The Image Recorder is also suitable for creating an image of a disc type not supported by the connected recorder You can therefore create a DVD image for instance without having installed a DVD recorder You can write the image to a disc at any time You can find more information on Blu ray support at www nero com link php topic_id 416 To create a data CD DVD pro...

Page 14: ...ick the Add button The Add files and folders window opens Add files and folders window 4 Select the files that you want to add to the compilation and click the Add button 5 Repeat the previous step for all files that you want to add Nero Express 14 ...

Page 15: ...ion by entering a xtended area of the compilation screen a of the compilation screen The SecurDisc Digital Signature dialog box opens To be able to view copy protected files you will need a special app led SecurDisc Viewer whi www securedisc net To protect the data on your SecurDisc CD DVD from unauthorized access with a password to protect PDF files with duplication protection to remove duplicati...

Page 16: ... the Next button The SecurDisc Key Creation Process dialog box opens 3 Move your mouse at random until the creation process is complete You can monitor the status of the creation process using the progress bar The Next button is enabled as soon as the process is complete 4 Click the Next button The SecurDisc Key Setting Ended dialog box opens 5 Enter a file name for the key you have created and cl...

Page 17: ...otection check box The SecurDisc Protect Data dialog box opens 2 Enter the desired password in the Password input area and then click the OK button 8 Click the OK button The corresponding dialog box will open to inform you that the disc is being digitally signed with the selected key Nero Express 17 You can pass on the relevant public key to recipients to enable them to verify the signature 9 Clic...

Page 18: ...nd selecting the password The wizard estimates the security level i e the quality of the password during entry You have now protected the data on your SecurDisc CD DVD ag g Data Tracks With Nero Express you can save a data disc as an image file burned to a recordable disc The result is a copy of the origin To save the data disc as an image file proceed as follows 1 Insert the data disc in a drive ...

Page 19: ...hen the save process is complete the window closes automatically You have successfully created an image file starting from a data disc Now you can burn the image file to a disc 5 Select a file name and 6 In the Save As drop down menu select the desired output format ISO or NRG for the im age file 7 Click the Start button ...

Page 20: ...o create an Audio CD proceed as follows 1 Click the Music menu icon in the Nero Express start screen The compilation methods for music are displayed 2 Click Audio CD The My Audio CD compilation screen for Audio CDs appears My Audio CD compilation screen 3 Add button Click the The Add files and folders window opens 4 Select the audio files that you want to add to the compilation and click the Add b...

Page 21: ...ard Drive 30 6 1 1 Customizing properties of the audio file You can display and or make changes to the audio file properties on the Track Properties Indexes Limits Splits and Filters tabs of the Audio Track Properties window To open the window select an audio file in the compilation screen My Audio CD for Audio CDs and click the Properties button 6 1 1 1 Track properties On the Track Properties ta...

Page 22: ...onal Standard Re cording Code ISRC Identifies the CD title using a 12 character digital code The ISRC is entered in the subcode and included silently If you do not know the ISRC you should leave this input field blank Check box Copy protection Enables copy protection Check box Cross fade with previous track Defines a crossfade between this and the previous audio file You can specify the length of ...

Page 23: ...on Button Playback Plays the audio file from the marked position During playback the Stop button is shown Button Stop Stops playback of the audio file If playback is stopped the Play button appears again Button Split at Index Posi tions Splits the audio file at the set index positions Button Zoom In Enlarges the graphical representation of the audio file Button Zoom Out Reduces the graphical repre...

Page 24: ... file All frequencies be low a certain threshold hiss level are removed Check box Fade In Fades in the volume of an audio file from zero to full volume This filter can be useful for shortening files Check box Fade Out Fades out the volume of an audio file from full volume to silence This filter can be useful for shortening files Check box Stereo Widening Increases reduces the stereo effect of an a...

Page 25: ...al You can opt for a single format or a mix of audio formats of your choice Nero Express does not convert the audio files when creating a jukebox disc In other words MP3 files are burned as MP3 files for example Most CD players cannot play such discs There is no difference between creating a jukebox disc and creating an Audio CD Please be sure to select the corresponding entry in the start screen ...

Page 26: ...agged with all information During the following actions original Audio CDs can be automatically identified in Nero Ex press with Gracenote MusicID Nero Express 26 Saving Tracks from the Audio CD to Hard Drive Copying Audio CD lated content delivery For more information please visit www gracenote com Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote Gracenote is the industry s...

Page 27: ...nverted into a format that the computer can read The audio file is usually compressed The Audio CD can be automatically identified with Gracenote MusicID So called metadata such as title genre and track title are accessed by the Gracenote Media Database and as sociated to the tracks That way you have audio files that are accurately and fully named af ter the encoding process Music recognition tech...

Page 28: ...drive The disc is analyzed and the required information is sent to Gracenote If an exact mat ching entry is found in the Gracenote Media Database then that metadata will be used and displayed If several entries are found the Matches window opens and the possible metadata re cords are displayed 3 Select the metadata record that matches your Audio CD 4 Click the Send New Data button if none of the m...

Page 29: ... Gracenote opens After entering the additional information you have to close this window so that the Edit MetaData window displays again 8 Click the Submit Data button Changed or new Audio CD metadata is sent to Gracenote and added to the Gracenote Media Database The Edit MetaData window is closed and the information is passed on to the Copy Au dio CDs to Hard Drive window 9 Select the tracks that...

Page 30: ...adata that is identified with Gracenote is written to the audio file The Progress window indicates the saving progress When the save process is com plete this window closes automatically 15 Nero Express 30 Copy Audio CDs to Hard Drive window is closed You have saved your audio files ve Open the window in the extended area of the start screen by clicking Save Click the Close button The 6 5 1 Copy A...

Page 31: ...Title Selection List Displays the tracks on the Audio CD You can select individual tracks to copy by selecting the respective check box Button Refresh Sends a new query to the Gracenote Media Database and com pletes the Audio CD s metadata including artist title name and genre if a matching entry exists in the database Button Edit Metadata Opens the Edit MetaData window Here you can edit the Audio...

Page 32: ... window Output directory Selects the storage location for the output file Button Browse Opens a browser window where you can select a storage location Drop down menu Mode for creating file name Selects the method to be used for creating the name of the output file Check box Automatically ge nerate a playlist of stored audio tracks Creates a playlist of the saved audio files Nero Express 32 ...

Page 33: ... file The se lected file format is available as the first entry the next time it is cal led up Button Settings Opens a window where you can define options such as bit rate and frequency for the output audio file Check box Force compatibil ity with iPod Makes Nero Digital Audio available for an iPod Is only available if you selected the Nero Digital Audio output format ...

Page 34: ...rs additional features Please see the separate Nero Vision user manual for full instructions on how to produce professional looking slide shows When creating a slide show as a VCD SVCD the picture files involved are sto red in a DAT file This kind of file can no longer be modified or viewed using an image processing program If you would like to save the original formats on your CD as well select t...

Page 35: ...splayed on the compila uit your requirements e Enable S VCD Menu check box ed the S VCD Menu check box the My Super Video CD Menu 7 Click the Close button The video an tion screen 8 Customize the properties of the video and or picture files to s 9 When needed select th 10 Click the Next button If you have select screen appears My Video CD Menu compilation screen he menu to suit your requirements C...

Page 36: ...utton Show full screen menu Shows a preview of the full screen menu Check box Set as Default Saves the current menu settings as default values 7 2 Compiling DVD Videos Using Nero Express you can burn DVDs made up of DVD Video files from your hard drive You can show your burned DVDs on almost all DVD players You can use Nero Express to burn a DVD if the DVD video title i e a complete DVD folder str...

Page 37: ...l DVD Video files that you want to add to the compila Video files are added to the compilation and are displayed in the compilation screen tion 6 Click the Close button The DVD r stalled you can select the MB option in the drop down menu ccessfully compiled a DVD Video and can now burn this compilation Compilation screen 11 If the DVD Video files selected are larger than 4483 MB and if a DVD recor...

Page 38: ...proceed as follows 1 Click the Image Project Copy menu icon in the Nero Express start screen The Copy Entire CD Copy Entire DVD and Disc Image or Saved Project options ap pear 2 Click the Disc Image or Saved Project option The Open dialog window opens 3 pen button Select the image file nrg or saved compilation you want and click the O The selected file loads and the Final Burn Settings screen appe...

Page 39: ...so LightScribe settings 65 9 1 Printing LightScribe labels without compilation To create and print a LightScribe label for your CD DVD proceed as follows 1 In the Recorder section of the extended area in the start screen select the LightScribe re corder you want to use 2 Insert a blank LightScribe disc into the LightScribe recorder with the label side facing down The Print LightScribe Label menu i...

Page 40: ...ed values in the input fields and enable the option button for the desired print quality 8 Click the Print button The printing process begins You can follow the process status in the status bar As soon as printing is finished the Nero LightScribe dialog appears and displays a message cess w continue by selecting another option from the final screen or by exiting Nero Express roperties window 41 Fi...

Page 41: ...This option button is set to Normal by default Input field Number of copies Defines the number of copies you require Drop down menu Drive Defines the desired recorder Available only if multiple LightScribe recorders are avail able Check box Automatically shut down the PC when done Shuts down the computer after the label has been printed if possible Button Print Starts printing the label Button Pre...

Page 42: ...selected drive 6 Select the recorder you want from the Current Recorder drop down menu 7 Add to the desired values in the input fields as necessary and select the required check bo gs in the extended area the process status in the status ba As soon as the printing is finished the Nero g appears and displays a message about the result of the printing pro rn process click the Save button 13 To print...

Page 43: ...ve successfully created and printed a LightScribe label as an integral part of your CD DVD project and can now continue by selecting another option from the final screen or by exiting Nero Express See also LightScribe Print Properties window 41 Final screen 61 ...

Page 44: ...ate disc Please see the separate Nero CoverDesigner user manual for full instructions on how to make professional looking covers and labels This feature is only available in recorders that support Labelflash technology 10 1 Burn Label screen In the Burn Label window you can create or load a label and write it on a Labelflash DVD Information on the selected printing quality and rotation speed is di...

Page 45: ...eating the label by default i e the area on the data side of your DVD that is not al ready taken up by data You cannot increase the radius of the print area 10 2 Printing Labelflash labels and DiskT 2 Basically it is irrelevant whether you print on the label or the data side when creating labels The label is actually printed outside the normal burn process You can print on the label side of the DV...

Page 46: ... professional looking covers and labels 4 If you want to change the area in which the label is printed change the print area accordingly using the input fields Inner Radius and Width 5 the print properties If you want to view or change 1 Click the Change button The Labelflash Print Properties window opens 2 If you want to change the printing quality select a quality level from the Print quality pr...

Page 47: ...uccessfully printed a label 7 Click the Burn button 1 The labeling procedure starts and the Labelflash printing or DiscT 2 printing win dow opens The window shows the estimated printing time and the print progress Whe printing is complet 8 Click the OK button 9 The dialog box is closed and the disc ejected ...

Page 48: ...ediate step into the creation and burn process of a pro ject SecurDisc recorder If a SecurDisc recorder is installed on your computer you can select it to create and burn SecurDisc data CDs and or DVDs in Nero Express Corresponding options e g SecurDisc Data CD are available in the start window In addition to the installed recorders Nero Image Recorder is also available in Nero Express Nero Image ...

Page 49: ...s for your project accord ing to your requirements and to start the burn process proceed as follows 1 Compile a project of your choice The Final Burn Settings screen opens 2 Insert a suitable blank disc in the selected drive 3 Select the recorder you want from the drop down menu Current Recorder 4 Add t xes 5 Add to the desired settin 6 Click the Burn button The Burn Process screen appears and the...

Page 50: ...t can be burned using it Additional options can be en abled disabled In some recorders you can change the Book Type settings Available for data DVDs and DVD Videos only Not available when saving with Nero Image Recorder Input field Disc name Defines the name of the CD DVD Not available for Audio or audio book CDs Input field Title CD TEXT Defines the title of the Audio CD if CD Text is supported A...

Page 51: ...options and features is available in all Nero Express screens The following setting options are available Button Saves the active project Opens the Save As dialog box You can save your compilation here Selection list Write speed Defines the speed at which the disc is burned Only the burn speeds that are supported by the selected recorder are dis played Not available when saving with Nero Image Rec...

Page 52: ...yers Available for Video CDs and Super Video CDs only Check box Video Files If the check box is selected Nero Express looks for FourCC codes in AVI files during the burn process and replaces them The original files are not modified The compatibility of MPEG 4 video files DIVX with MPEG 4 compliant DVD players can be increased Only available if your project includes videos in AVI format 11 4 Burnin...

Page 53: ... in the status bar As soon as the burn or save process is finished the Nero Express displays a message about the result of the burn process Burn progress window t or save a log of the burn process click either the Print or Save but You have successfully saved a project with Nero Image Recorder and can now continue by selecting another option from the final screen or by exiting Nero Express 8 Click...

Page 54: ...ring the data sufficiently quickly The read speed should be at least twice as fast as the write speed The read drive must be capable of delivering information on the number and type of ses sions otherwise Nero Express may not be able to produce an exact copy If you want to copy Audio CDs we recommend the copy image method because the quality of the read audio files can suffer depending on the driv...

Page 55: ...rompted to remove the source CD DVD and to insert a suitable blank disc after the image file has been written The burn process then starts automatically whether your CD DVD can be copi the actual physical burn process 1 Click the Image Project Copy menu icon in the Nero Exp The corresponding copy options appear 2 Click the option you require Copy Entire CD or Copy Entire DVD The Select source and ...

Page 56: ...opy Process screen 8 Click the Next button You have successfully copied a CD DVD and can now continue by selecting another op tion from the final screen or by closing Nero Express See also Final screen 61 Nero Express 56 ...

Page 57: ...mation on the selected destination drive Check box On The Fly Enables direct copying from the source to the destination drive Data is not buffered on the hard drive during this proc ess The option On the fly is only available if there are at least two drives connected does not apply for Nero Image Recorder If this check box is not selected an image file will be created first which is then burned S...

Page 58: ...ons are available in the extended area Check box Read all subchannel data Reads all subchannel data during copying Subchannel data is used to save additional information e g CD Text Check box Determine maximum speed Not available for Nero Image Recorder Check box Simulation Performs all steps in the burn process without using the laser beam You can assume that if simulation is successful the burn ...

Page 59: ...ces to existing content The data can be restored Full erasing removes the data from the disc by overwriting it with zeroes The contents can not be restored with conventional methods Repeated full erasing increases the probability that third parties will not be able to reconstruct the contents Erase Rewritable Disc window The following configuration options are available in the Erase Rewritable Dis...

Page 60: ... disc using this method takes between one and two minutes The Full erase rewritable disc method physically erases all data from the disc The contents cannot be restored with con ventional methods Repeated full erasing increases the prob ability that third parties will not be able to reconstruct the con tents Erasing the disc using this method takes longer than the other method depending on the typ...

Page 61: ... Burn the same project again Returns to the Final Burn Settings screen You can burn the same project again with the same or different set tings Entry New project Opens the Nero Express start screen You can create a new project here Entry Nero CoverDesig ner Opens Nero CoverDesigner Please see the separate Nero CoverDesigner user manual for full instructions on how to make professional looking cove...

Page 62: ...e Contains options for the cache Font Contains selection options for the font Sounds Contains selection options for sounds in connection with burn tasks Audio Displays the directory for the audio plug ins Expert Features Contains options for configuring overburning and burning We recommend that you retain the default settings Database Shows the path to the local Audio CD database and offers the op...

Page 63: ...refresh Deletes the archive bits of saved files Check box Allow semicolons in Joliet names Allows the use of semicolons in addition to standard uppercase and lowercase letters and Unicode charac ters and German umlauts in file names in the Joliet file system Check box Show original path with ISO compilation Lists the full path of the added files in the compilation screen in the Source column 15 2 ...

Page 64: ...s feature is only available if the Enable Disc at once CD overburning option is enabled Check box Do not eject disc after burning Enables the option that your disc remains in the re corder and is not ejected when the burn process is fin ished Check box Enable all supported recorder formats for image recorder Enables the option that all supported recorder formats for the Image Recorder are availabl...

Page 65: ...ghtScribe drive Selects the drive with the LightScribe recorder Selection list Genre Specifies the genre Selection list Current template Defines a template for labels Selection list Default print resolution DPI Adjusts the desired print resolution Check box Printing LightScribe labels Enables the option to automatically burn a LightScribe label This tab is only available if a LightScribe recorder ...

Page 66: ...ll the LightScribe system software separately You can find the la test version at www nero com link php topic_id 114 gen_id 8 Optional LightScribe capable burner LightScribe host software must be installed and disc d Blu ray disc Optional SecurDisc capable drive rted es LightScribe capable disc Optional Labelflash capable recorder and Labelflash Optional Blu ray capable recorder an 16 2 Formats su...

Page 67: ...ok AA Audio Interchange File Format AIFF AIF Compact Disc Digital Audio CDA Musical Instrumental Digital Inte Moving P Moving Picture Experts Group 1 Aud Moving Picture Experts Group 4 MP4 Nero Digital MP4 OGG Vorbis OGG OGM Recource Interchange File Form Windows Media Audio WMA 16 2 4 M tadata e Advanced Streaming Format ASF Audio Video Interleave AVI OGG Vorbis OGG OGM Recource Interchange File ...

Page 68: ... full range of features Only Nero Express Essentials SE does not offer the following features Unrestricted encoding in Nero Digital Audio format Creating and burning Super Video CDs 16 2 5 Video formats and codecs Advanced Streaming Format ASF Audio Video Interleave AVI Digital Video DV Moving Picture Experts Group 2 MPG Moving Picture Experts Group 4 MP4 Nero Digital MP4 QuickTime Movie MOV Video...

Page 69: ... in standard functionality Linking to Erasing rewr Retrieving disc information Creating labels with LightScribe not included in standard functionality Creating la Burning SecurDisc data CDs DVDs with SecurDisc not included in standard functionality Music title recognition with Gracenote not included in standard functionality ...

Page 70: ... and a scan rate of 44 1 kHz Block A block refers to the smallest information unit on able in on sector Blu ray Blu ray technology refers to burning on special data carriers In comparison to DVD s which use a red laser in order to read and write data Blu ray discs are written wi The shorte with greater accuracy Data can be written in a more compact manner and takes up less space on the disc A Blu ...

Page 71: ...mes one frame contains 24 data bytes and 9 control bytes Similarly frame scribes Image An image refers to a single file on the hard drive that contains the image for a complete disc A disk image can be used to create exact copies on media at a later point in time if problems occur during the write process or if no re Joliet Joliet refers to an extension of the ISO 9660 standard for file names Joli...

Page 72: ...or copying to a disc The data is transferred directly from the original storage location to the disc to be burned To do this Nero uses a compilation a small file that simply refers to the transferred data SecurDisc SecurDisc refers to a security technology that protects data carriers from unauthorized ac cess SVCD A Super Video CD abbreviated SVCD is a CD format for movie files that uses the MPEG ...

Page 73: ... video data in MPEG 1 format In doing so the video quality from a VCD is similar to a VHS video VCDs can store up to 74 minutes of eo material including stereo sound on a 650 MB f DVD players can play VCDs Video The V vid disc Most optical PC drives and the ma jority o ...

Page 74: ... M Manual conv Music Audio formats 25 Filter 23 Indexes 22 Track properties 21 N Nero CoverDesigner 40 42 44 Nero Image Recorder burn 50 52 Image File 52 Load image file 38 O On the fly 54 On the fly copying 54 Options Configure 62 Set 62 P Playlist Create 33 Program Launching the Program 7 Startup 7 R Recorder Activating Nero Image Recorder 48 burn 49 dio Au convert 30 Copy 54 Identify 26 Obtain ...

Page 75: ...isc Slide Show Menu Startup Program 7 ystem requirements 66 T Tracks Save 30 34 36 34 34 34 50 Image File 50 Nero Image Recorder 50 52 Options 51 Recorder 49 Writing 50 Nero Im Select Rewritable disc Delete 59 61 38 5 36 V Video Create a VCD SVCD DVD Video file MPEG1 MPEG2 Video W Writing Burn Settings S ...

Page 76: ... 892 8499 Nero Inc 330 N Brand Blvd Suite 800 Internet Hwww nero com Glendale CA 91203 2335 Help Hhttp support nero com USA Fax 818 956 7094 E mail HUS CustomerSupport nero com Nero KK Rover Center kita 8F B 1 2 2 Nakagawa chuou Tsuzuki ku Internet Hwww nero com Yokohama Kanagawa Help Hhttp support nero com Japan 224 0003 Copyright 2008 Nero AG and its licensors All rights reserved ...

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