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User Guide
InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation
January 2007

Summary of Contents for BURN.NOW 4.5

Page 1: ...Burn Now User Guide InterVideo Digital Technology Corporation January 2007 ...

Page 2: ...obat the Acrobat logo are Trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Flash are trademarks or registered trademarks of Macromedia Inc in the United States and internationally Avery is a trademark of Avery Dennison Corporation Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and Double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Blu ray Disc and Blu ray Disc L...

Page 3: ...a disc 17 Burn Now Retriever 18 Creating an MP3 disc 19 Compiling an MP3 disc 19 Burning an MP3 disc 20 Creating an audio disc 21 Compiling an audio disc 22 Compiling a CD Extra disc 23 Compiling a Music DVD Video disc 23 Music DVD Video project settings 25 Editing audio files 26 Trim audio 26 Audio gap 26 Export audio tracks 27 Audio effects 27 Adding CD Text Audio CD only 28 Burning the audio di...

Page 4: ...ng disc contents 42 Burning the edited disc 44 Copying a disc 45 Making a disc to disc copy 45 Creating a disc image file 46 Burning a disc from a disc image file 47 Copying a movie 48 Handling rewritable discs 49 Erase 49 UDF Format 49 UDF Certify 50 Checking burner and disc information 51 Checking burner capabilities 51 Checking disc properties 52 Appendix A Menus and commands 53 Disc menu 53 Ed...

Page 5: ...pports both ISO and UDF file systems including UDF 2 6 for writing data to discs If you are working with rewritable and appendable discs whether CD DVD BD or HD 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 Create and e...

Page 6: ...out 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 Copy movies directly Burn an existing VIDEO_TS folder directly to a disc The VIDEO_TS folder Video Title Set contains all the unencrypted files of the original DVD video These are VOB Video Object files which contain the video and...

Page 7: ... Burn Now Use the DVD MovieFactory launcher and select a task when it is associated with Burn Now Open an existing Burn Now project file with ubn extension Click Start Programs and select Ulead DVD MovieFactory 6 0 Ulead Burn Now 4 5 Using Burn Now project files To open a previously saved Burn Now project file either double click the ubn file select it from Existing project in the Select a Task Cr...

Page 8: ...k dialog box This is displayed each time you launch Burn Now The Select a Task dialog box displays the five available tasks on the left side When a task 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 Note If you click Cancel Burn Now will be closed Click to open the Prefer...

Page 9: ...oject to finding product updates See Appendix A Menus and commands for more details The Toolbar enables you to access the most commonly used functions easily The buttons on the Toolbar are available through the menus and some are also available through the context menu in the Main Window The options vary depending on the selected task You can also open Label Once by clicking to print disc labels b...

Page 10: ...dow to the Disc Layout Window Use any of the methods below Drag the files or folders from the Source Explorer Window to the Disc Layout Window Select the files or folders and click Click Add files Disc space Meter The Disc space Meter indicates how much space will be occupied on the target disc A progress bar starting from the left side indicates the amount of space to be occupied on the disc or t...

Page 11: ...tomatically help you burn all files onto several discs For details see Span disc In such a case the Disc space Meter automatically shifts to spanning mode and displays the estimated number of discs required as you add your files Note You can change the selected disc type anytime using Output disc type not available for audio CD Safety markers Project Size Bar Output disc type Disc space Meter in s...

Page 12: ...vailable and maximum disk space in the working folder CD Info Select Get CD Text info from audio CD to extract disc and track information embedded on an audio CD that you copy These are album titles artist names track titles and other information Burn Now is also freedb aware letting you access freedb org for free online music information like artists track lists and others When Get CD info from t...

Page 13: ... write capabilities However instead of directly recording to a burner Select Burner also provides an alternative method When compiling a new disc it is not necessary to burn it immediately to a disc Instead you can select Disc image file and save your compilation as a disc image file to be burnt to disc later See Creating a disc image file and Burning a disc from a disc image file for details Note...

Page 14: ...y Association There are various UDF versions UDF 1 5 readable on Windows 2000 and above and higher versions readable on Windows Vista and above support random packet writing and allows over 4 GB of data to be burnt onto a DVD disc See Appendix B Glossary for information on random packet writing UDF 2 5 UDF 2 5 file system provides the Mirror UDF metadata option storing 2 copies of your data struct...

Page 15: ...the disc type CD DVD BD or HD DVD and then click OK This opens the main window 3 Choose Burner Select Burner to select whether to burn to a physical disc burner or create a disc image file 4 Select the folders and files from the Source Explorer Window and add them to the Disc Layout Window using any of the methods mentioned at Source Explorer Window and Disc Layout Window 5 When you are ready to b...

Page 16: ...nd set the number of copies to burn When renaming the disc label you can use up to 16 characters 3 Under File system select a file system that is appropriate for the device or operating system where the disc will be used See Choosing a file system Closing a disc prevents additional data to be written onto the disc after the burning process is finished 4 Click Advanced Settings to select other burn...

Page 17: ... 3 Choose Burner Select Burner to select your burning device 4 Select the folders and files from the Source Explorer Window and add them to the Disc Layout Window using any of the methods mentioned at Source Explorer Window and Disc Layout Window 5 Click Set Password to set the disc password 6 In the Encryption Set Password dialog box enter and confirm your password Remember to use 6 to 64 charact...

Page 18: ... Retriever to select and copy encrypted files to your local drive To copy files from a secured data disc 1 Run the secured data disc automatically and enter the password in the Enter Password dialog box 2 If the password is correct the Retriever interface opens 3 Select the files to copy and click Copy on the toolbar 4 Enter or browse for the target location in the Browse for Folder dialog box 5 C...

Page 19: ... or create a disc image file See Choosing a disc burner 4 Collect MP3 files from the Source Explorer Window and add them to the Disc Layout Window 5 When you are ready to burn the MP3 disc click Burn disc on the Toolbar Compiling an MP3 disc The Main Window is where you compile and organize MP3 folders and files to burn onto a disc To compile MP3s for your MP3 disc 1 Add the MP3 files and folders ...

Page 20: ...gs to select other burning options For details see Disc burning options 4 Click Burn to start burning the disc Note Only the ISO 9660 file system can be used for MP3 discs To ensure that complete MP3 folder and file names will be retained you can select the Joliet option Joliet is an industry standard extension of ISO 9660 file system which supports Unicode in file names and permits extended file ...

Page 21: ...d in this format can be played in DVD Audio capable players When you play the DVD use the player s controls or its remote control to select and playback tracks Music DVD Video Audio only DVD Video Records audio in DVD Video format A DVD burned in this format is the same as a regular DVD movie disc which can be played on your computer home or car DVD player except that the DVD does not contain vide...

Page 22: ...to burn to disc The procedure for compiling an audio disc may vary depending on the format that you selected To compile tracks for an audio disc 1 Add the audio files and folders to burn from the Source Explorer Window to the Disc Layout Window using any of the methods mentioned at Source Explorer Window and Disc Layout Window 2 To rearrange tracks select the track s then select Edit Move Track Up...

Page 23: ... Window to the Disc Layout Window using any of the methods mentioned at Source Explorer Window and Disc Layout Window Data files will be added as regular files and audio files will be added as tracks Compiling a Music DVD Video disc To compile tracks for a Music DVD Video disc 1 If you chose to create a Music DVD Video formatted disc in the Select a Task dialog box select the audio format for enco...

Page 24: ...out Window toolbar Select Disc Revert to reset all settings of an open project to its previous saved state 5 By default each track has the same name as the audio file To rename a track select the track then either click the track title right click and select Rename or press F2 Note You can add video files such as AVI and Windows Media Video Audio will be extracted from the video files and added as...

Page 25: ...in viewing your video NTSC is generally used in North America and Asia while PAL SECAM is used in most of Europe The TV safe area defines the boundaries within which your track titles will automatically fit Parts of the background image that fall outside the margins may be truncated when viewed on a TV screen Archive source audio and video files burns the source audio files to an archive folder in...

Page 26: ...xtracted by first dragging on the jog bar to the start position and click then drag it to the end position and click Audio gap Audio gap is the silent area between audio tracks in audio CDs that tells the listeners a new track is about to start To change the audio gap length select the audio file s and click to enter a value Note You can also apply fade in out effects on the audio track Notes The ...

Page 27: ...r multiple audio files in Disc Layout Window and click the icon of the audio effect to apply You can apply multiple effects to your audio files Volume Leveling normalizes volume at a fixed level ranging from 83 0 to 95 12 db Vocal Reduction lowers human voice in your audio file Click Reduction diminishes clicking noise in your audio file Hiss Reduction diminishes hissing noise in your audio file T...

Page 28: ... Disc Layout Window the metadata information from these audio files can be used as CD Text track info and included on the disc that you will create If CD Text is in another language select the track and press F2 to edit it directly or you can configure Windows to display the appropriate language For more information see CD and file info To add track and album information 1 To add track information...

Page 29: ...CD Text that is track and album information on the disc CD Text cannot be added if the disc is not closed 4 In the Disc burner area you can confirm whether to save a disc image file or burn directly onto a disc See Choosing a disc burner If you are burning directly to a physical burner the write Speed can also be selected If there is a disc inserted in the burner the program will check the write s...

Page 30: ...s ass idx smi srt ssa sub Notes For details on the other options available in this dialog box see Disc burning options Since the audio size to be burned onto DVD is enormous DVD folders and files will first be created on your hard drive which will then be burned onto the DVD Before burning a DVD Audio or Music DVD Video disc make sure that your hard drive has available space that is equivalent to ...

Page 31: ...local drive Make sure that you have your bootable floppy disk USB flash drive or other source files ready 3 Follow the steps as you would for burning a data disc Converting audio files When creating an audio disc you can convert audio files to several audio file formats mu law au MP3 mp3 MPEG Audio mpa OGG Vorbis ogg Microsoft WAV wav and Windows Media Audio wma You can view the metadata informati...

Page 32: ...files to be converted Output folder Displays the location of the converted audio files Click Browse to locate a folder where the converted audio files will be saved File type Specifies the output format for the converted audio files Quality Specifies the output quality of the converted audio files Options Opens a dialog box where you can specify additional settings for the selected audio encoding ...

Page 33: ... an audio file format from File type 5 Select the output quality from Quality 6 Keep the checkboxes of the audio files to convert selected and click Convert to start the conversion process Press Ctrl or Shift to select or deselect multiple files or checkboxes Note You can select a file and click the title to rename it You can also click metadata information to modify them When you click Convert Bu...

Page 34: ... file types are mu law au MP3 mp3 MPEG Audio mpa OGG Vorbis ogg Microsoft WAV wav and Windows Media Audio wma Rip CD Audio dialog box Audio drive Specifies the CD drive which contains the audio CD CD and File Info Displays a menu for showing file information or updating CD information either from the audio CD or the Internet Play Plays back the selected audio file Audio file list Displays the audi...

Page 35: ...ROM drive 2 Select Tools Rip CD Audio or click on the Toolbar 3 In the Rip CD Audio dialog box the track information of all your CD files are displayed Keep the checkbox es of the track s that you want to rip selected Clear the checkbox es of the track s that you do not want to rip Press Ctrl or Shift to select or deselect multiple files or checkboxes 4 Browse for the folder where the audio file s...

Page 36: ...e Get CD Info from Internet Database dialog box to allow you to query track info from the freedb server Click Access to start the connection then select the information to be included on disc Click Select when done freedb org is an online music database that includes CD artists track lists and others Burn Now lets you connect to the freedb server to get the information from the online database For...

Page 37: ...he disc after the burning process is finished The following guidelines should be followed when deciding whether to close a disc or leave it open A data disc can be left open CD ROM and DVD ROM drives will be able to read open data discs Leave an MP3 disc open to keep adding more MP3 files CD ROM drives MP3 players and CD players that support MP3 playback will be able to play open MP3 discs If an A...

Page 38: ...electing this option simulates the recording process before burning data to disc This helps in checking if the system speed or CD ROM DVD ROM speed is fast enough to send data to the burner at the specified write speed However this doubles the burning time Buffer underrun protection If the burning device has buffer underrun protection capability this feature is enabled in the Burning Options dialo...

Page 39: ...ill make sure the process is successful Burn with synchronization info When creating a data disc you can select this option to include synchronization info when burning The next time you edit the disc in Burn Now the recorded files will be automatically compared with the files in the original location on the hard drive and the disc compilation will be updated based on settings in the Edit Disc tab...

Page 40: ...disc Burn Now can arrange or span your data in two or more discs As you insert your files the Disc space meter instantly shows the estimated number of required discs and the amount of space used on each one Note When creating a bootable disc and you need to apply the Span disc function you can choose to make only the first disc that you will burn bootable or all the succeeding discs ...

Page 41: ...h this method may require more disc space it is the faster and easier way to burn to multiple discs Optimize minimum number of discs rearranges your files to save on disc space Processing time may take longer Clicking OK continues the disc spanning process Tips When burning multiple discs use discs of the same brand and media type to avoid possible differences in size The Span disc function cannot...

Page 42: ...P3 disc to be edited and then click OK The contents of the disc will be displayed in the Disc Layout Window Existing files and folders will be shown in grayed out text but can be moved deleted renamed and reorganized in the same way as when compiling a new disc Once existing files are edited they are no longer shown as grayed text but black Tip Detailed information about both the burner and the di...

Page 43: ...ct the type of disc Data disc or MP3 disc to be edited and then click OK 4 The contents of the disc will be displayed in the Disc Layout Window 5 Select Disc Edit Existing Session 6 Select the session to edit in the Selection Session dialog box and click OK to continue editing 7 To add more files or folders use any of the methods mentioned at Source Explorer Window and Disc Layout Window New and m...

Page 44: ...ck Advanced Settings to select other burning options You can change the write Speed If a disc is already inserted in the burner the program will check the write speed of the burner and the disc and by default will choose the highest speed that both can handle 4 Click Burn to start the burning process Notes If the disc was created in Burn Now the Burn with synchronization info option under Advanced...

Page 45: ...ct Disc then choose your source drive Under Destination choose your burner drive 4 Click to see more burning options 5 Set the Read speed If there is a disc inserted in the source CD ROM DVD ROM drive the program will check the read speed of the drive and the disc and by default will choose the highest speed that both can handle 6 Set the Write speed If there is a disc inserted in the burner drive...

Page 46: ...sk dialog box select Copy Disc 3 Under Source select Disc then choose your source drive 4 Under Destination select Disc image file 5 Click Copy The Save As dialog box will be displayed 6 Select a file format The file can be saved as an ixb file which is the Ulead native format and is readable only in Burn Now You can also save it as an iso file which is the industry standard format and is compatib...

Page 47: ...t Copy Disc 3 Under Source select Disc image file then click Browse to open an image file 4 Under Destination choose your burner drive 5 Click Advanced to see more burning options 6 Set the Write speed If there is a disc inserted in the burner drive the program will check the write speed of the burner and the disc and by default will choose the highest speed that both can handle 7 Specify the numb...

Page 48: ... Copy Movie 3 Under Source browse and select your source folder You can select the DVD Video BDMV or HD DVD Video folders from your hard disk drive or from another disc drive 4 Under Destination choose your burner drive 5 Click Copy to start copying Note Click to see more burning options See Making a disc to disc copy for more information Note You can choose to copy your movie as a disc image file...

Page 49: ... erase Deletes all the information including the file system tracks and sectors from the disc UDF Format UDF Format writes the UDF Universal Disc Format file system to a rewritable disc to enable random packet writing Random packet writing allows disc space to be used more efficiently when burning data onto the disc It allows data to be written onto the disc in the same way as the hard disk freein...

Page 50: ...metadata option This records 2 copies of your data structure in physically separated areas on your disc to enhance the readability of your disc UDF Certify For a UDF formatted DVD RW and CD RW you can apply disc certification to scan the disc and check if there is any problem The certification process marks bad sectors to improve future writing reliability On DVD RW and CD RW burners that support ...

Page 51: ...abilities To find out about the capabilities of your burner select Burner Select Burner and choose the burner drive The dialog box will show the read and write speeds of your burner Click Advanced to see more information about the burner A list of disc formats and write methods will then be displayed Items with check marks indicate the disc formats that your burner can read from and write to as we...

Page 52: ...e more information about your disc Items with check marks indicate the current status of your disc for instance whether it is blank or a formatted disc and the types of operations that can be performed on your disc Note You can also check burner information in Edit Disc Copy Disc or Disc Tools Click in the Select a Task dialog box then select Drive Information Note You can also check disc informat...

Page 53: ... current project to its previous saved state Burn Disc Writes information to a disc Label Once Opens the Label Once program Erase Disc Removes the contents of a disc Format Disc Formats a rewritable disc with the UDF file system Certify Disc Scans and marks the disc for bad sectors Load Eject Disc Inserts removes the current disc into from the burner Preferences Opens the Preferences dialog box Re...

Page 54: ...o file View menu Toolbar Shows or hides the Toolbar Disc space Meter Shows or hides the Disc space Meter Status Bar Shows or hides the Status Bar Tools menu Convert Audio Files Opens a dialog box where you can change an audio file s format and then save it as another file Rip CD Audio Opens a dialog box where you can copy files from an audio CD and then store them in your hard drive Find Finds a f...

Page 55: ...ure Disc At Once A writing mode that allows data to be written continuously on the disc without any interruptions This mode closes the disc after the writing process Dolby Digital audio An audio compression format developed by Dolby Lab for multiple audio channels Burn Now supports 2 audio channels DVD Audio DVD A A format that allocates most of the DVD disc space to audio and is primarily used fo...

Page 56: ...hat is similar to CD audio but with higher sampling frequencies and resolutions It encodes audio on a DVD with a sampling frequency of 48 or 96kHz resolution of 16 20 or 24 bits per sample and with up to eight channels LPCM s maximum bit rate is 6 144 Mb s which is higher than Dolby Digital or MPEG 2 Mount Rainier A storage format for CD RW media that is developed by the Mount Rainier Technical Gr...

Page 57: ...writes data in one uninterrupted sequence that is by session A session is an area on the disc that contains one or more tracks depending on the amount of data burnt at a time This writing method always closes each session but leaves the disc open Session A collection of one or more tracks In CD disc each recording process generates a session containing all the tracks recorded at that time A CD rec...

Page 58: ...ns dialog box 29 audio CD 29 data disc 16 edited disc 44 MP3 disc 20 C CD audio 34 CD Extra 21 CD Text 28 29 55 checking 51 burner capabilities 51 disc properties 52 commands 53 copy 45 copying a disc 45 burning a disc from a disc image file 47 creating a disc image file 46 making a disc to disc copy 45 D data disc 15 burning 16 compiling 15 creating 15 disc burner 13 choosing a disc burner 13 dis...

Page 59: ...ng audio files 26 eject 12 Erase 49 Full erase 49 Quick erase 49 Export audio tracks 27 F file systems 14 ISO 9660 14 UDF 1 5 2 0 and 2 01 14 UDF 2 5 14 UDF ISO 9660 14 format 49 I Incremental Write 56 ISO 9660 14 J Joliet 56 L LPCM 23 56 M Main Window 9 menus 53 Menus and Toolbar 9 Mount Rainier 56 MP3 disc 19 burning 20 compiling 19 creating 19 editing 42 Music DVD Video 21 56 O OGG Vorbis 56 On...

Page 60: ...ning the program 7 S secured data disc 17 Select a Task dialog box 8 Session At Once 57 Source Explorer Window 10 Span disc 40 T Test Write 57 Tools menu 54 Track At Once 57 Trim audio 26 U UDF 14 UDF 1 5 2 0 and 2 01 14 UDF 2 5 14 UDF 2 6 14 UDF Certify 50 UDF Format 49 Full format 50 Quick format 49 UDF ISO 9660 14 user interface 8 V View menu 54 ...

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