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About the Nero Help Manual
This help manual describes Neros many different functions. There are lots of different burning programs but Nero is unique, Nero offers more! With Nero you can burn all kinds of media: Audio CD When you create an audio CD, compressed music files are automatically converted into CDA format without having to change any settings. Data CD (ISO) HFS CD Mixed Mode CD CD EXTRA Video CD/Super Video CD When you create a video CD, uncompressed video files are automatically converted into MPG-1 format without having to change any settings. To create a Super Video CD, you either need to have your data in MEG-2 format already or you will need to convert your files into this format using the DVD plugin, which you can buy at an extra charge. Bootable CD and DVD Hybrid CDs UDF Format (CD and DVD) and of course you can also copy CDs (and DVDs).
The Nero Cover Designer enables you to create your own individual covers for your CDs. The Nero Wave Editor enables you to edit audio files. Nero CD-DVD Speed is a benchmark program which provides detailed information about the speed of your CD and DVD drives. Knowledge of audio extraction capability (Digital Audio Extraction - DAE) is particularly important for saving audio tracks on hard disk and for copying audio CDs because audio data is extracted digitally from CDs. Nero DriveSpeed enables you to adjust the reading speed of your CD drive if it is too noisy when running. Nero ImageDrive enables you to view the content of an image file.
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Nero InfoTool provides you with detailed information about the capabilities of your CD/DVD drives. Note: Nero InfoTool is not always included with Nero; you can download it free from http://www.cdspeed2000.com.
The structure of the Help Manual
This Help Manual is structured as follows: The chapter entitled 'Menu structure' describes Neros menu structure and explains what each command does. The chapter entitled 'Nero Express' offers a brief description of Nero Express as well as explaining the differences to Nero. The chapter entitled 'Preferences' describes the tabs and how to change the general settings for burning with Nero to suit your own personal needs. The chapter entitled 'Choose Recorder' tells you how to select a recorder. If you can only see one recorder In the Choose Recorder screen, you probably only have one physical recorder installed, but thanks to Nero you will also have a socalled Image Recorder which enables you to create image files on your hard disk which you can burn onto a medium later on. The chapter entitled 'Before you burn your first disc' tells you how to create the various kinds of CDs. The Help Manual is structured as follows: Before you burn your first disc: This section contains useful tips, tricks and information about burning media. Creating a CD/DVD: This section tells you how to burn a medium. Copying CDs: This section tells you how to copy a medium. Image file: Here you can find out how to create and burn an image file. Saving tracks using Nero: This section tells you how to save tracks on a disc onto your hard disk. Nero Toolkit: This contains useful tools to make your work easier. Miscellaneous: This section contains information about programs like the Virus Checker and other helpful tips on burning, such as how to overburn. Additional modules: This section contains information about the additional Nero modules available. FAQs: Here you will find the answers to frequently asked questions. Glossary: The glossary explains some of the terms associated with burning media.

Click on this command to display the details of the files in the File Browser, i.e. with additional information next to the name such as the file size, file type, creation date, etc.

Arrange Icons

When you select this command you will see various options for arranging files.

Original

A black dot in front of this command indicates whether the original file and folder names are being used or whether the name needs to be converted in accordance with ISO Level 1, ISO Level 2, Joliet. See also: ISO Level 1, ISO Level 2, Joliet
ISO Level 1, ISO Level 2, Joliet
A black dot in front of this command indicates whether the original file and folder names have been converted in accordance with ISO Level 1, ISO Level 2, Joliet or whether the original name should be restored.

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See also: Original ISO Level 1, ISO Level 2, Joliet allows 8.3 format file names (8 characters for the file name and 3 for the file extension) and 8-character directory names in Level 1. You can only use the characters A-Z, 0-9 and the underscore (_); special characters like , $, % and & may not be used. The maximum number of directory levels is 8 (including the master directory).

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Refresh
Refreshes the content of the File Browser.

Recorder

Choose Recorder
This displays the recorder(s) installed and enables you to select the recorder you require.

Select Robot

Opens a dialog for selecting the robot. (Only available if the plug-in has been purchased)

Burn Compilation

Opens the 'Burn CD dialog box. This command is only available when a compilation is active.

Copy Disk

This opens the Copy CD dialog box and enables you to make the desired settings and start copying your CD.

Burn Image

Opens the dialog box for selecting an image file. After a selection has been made it launches the 'Burn CD dialog box.

Burn HD Backup

This opens a dialog box in which you can select the hard disk and partition. Once you have done so, the Burn CD dialog box will open. Note: Please make sure you read the Important Information which appears before the dialog box in which you select the hard disk.

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Caution: At the moment it is not possible to perform a backup of the hard drive of NTFS partitions under Windows XP. Windows XP would no longer run after a restoring the backup.

Burn HFS Partition

This command is only available if an HFS hard drive is installed. It allows CDs to be created using the HFS file system of a Macintosh computer. Nero is capable of creating both 'pure HFS-CDs as well as hybrid CDs containing HFS and ISO data.

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8. Use the Misc tab to specify which files will be buffered in the cache. Files that are on slow media (floppy disks and network drives) and are very small are moved to the cache by default. You specify the location of the cache on the Cache tab in the File menu (Preferences option). 9. Once you have selected your settings, click the New button on the right. Select the ISO track you want to continue. This will usually be the last ISO track on the CD, so this selection is preset. Click the OK button. The files and folders that are already on the CD are now read and automatically updated. A Nero Multisession compilation window now opens. The new Multisession compilation window displays all of the files and folders found on the CD. Depending on the selected update options some files and folders will be gray and some black. Black files and folders are the ones that have been added or replaced. Folders in which at least one file or folder has been replaced or added are also displayed black so it is clear where the changes are. Files and folders that are shown grayed in the compilation window are not written again during burning. They already exist on the CD. Nero will therefore only write a reference to these files on the CD. 10. Compile the files for the CD using Drag&Drop editing by simply clicking on the required files in the File Browser and dragging them into the compilation window. Clicking the right mouse button opens a context menu where you can selectively add or omit certain file types. In addition there are a number of commands that you will also find in Windows Explorer, such as 'Copy', 'Open and 'Cut'. When compiling with Drag&Drop the directory structure is moved across too, i.e. if you drag an entire folder into the compilation window the folder will be created on the CD you wish to burn. If you drag a lot of individual files however this may affect the clarity of the CDs contents. To avoid this you can create new folders within the compilation. To do this, select the Create Folder option from the Edit menu or click the right mouse button and choose the command from the context menu. A folder you have just created is assigned the name New by default and can be renamed immediately. You can create as many folders as you need and pull the existing files across using Drag&Drop. You can of course drag other files into the compilation window from the File Browser. 11. Click on the Write CD button or select the Write CD command from the File menu to open the write dialog box. This option is only available when the compilation window is active, as can be seen from the fact that the title bar is blue. If the File Browser is selected (and the title bar of the compilation window is therefore grayed) the option is not available and CD writing cannot be started. In this case click anywhere in the compilation window. The Write CD dialog box now opens - it is the same as when creating a new compilation but the Burn tab is now in front. 12. If you now wish to finish the CD, activate the Finalize CD checkbox. This option finalizes and write protects the CD which you have created. In the Action section activate the other check boxes you require in addition to the Write check box. You will find more information about this section in Before you burn your first disc.

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Copying audio tracks Copying CDA files to a hard disk offers the user more ways of using audio files. Unlike drag&drop, tracks can be converted to other formats.

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The chapter 'Burning audio files from your hard disk' explains how to burn compilations with copied audio tracks. You will find full details about copying CDA files in the chapter 'Saving audio tracks'.
Source medium is hard disk
The advantage of burning audio files that are on a hard disk is that the CD can be written using 'Disc-at-once'. This means that you can get more out of the functionality of many recorders. For example, you can write CD text, specify the pause length or set additional index positions - these capabilities are only available with 'Disc-at-once'. The disadvantage is that the audio files need storage space on the hard disk. Depending on the audio format, around 10 MB per minute is required (in WAV format). If the files are compressed, e.g. in MP3 format, then the space requirement is cut by 90%. You can test the advantages of MP3 compression with Nero: You can convert up to 30 audio files to MP3 format. The chapter 'Saving audio tracks' tells you how to do this. The chapter 'Burning audio files from your hard disk' explains how to burn compilations with copied audio tracks.
Burning audio files from CD
Now lets take a step-by-step look at how to create an Audio CD using Nero. All settings may be left at their default values. 1. Insert an empty CD-R into the CD recorder. 2. Insert an Audio CD into your CD drive. 3. Start a new compilation by clicking on the appropriate button or the File menu and the command New. 4. Click the 'Audio CD' icon - the Audio CD tab is in front. Use the tabs to specify the attributes of the compilation, such as the name of the CD, different characteristics and restrictions. 5. Use the CDA Options tab to specify the strategy which Nero will use to handle the CDA files on an Audio CD (see also: Dragging & dropping audio tracks). 6. Once you have selected your settings, click the New button on the right. You will now see the empty compilation window for CD. If a File Browser is not open yet you can open one by selecting New File Browser from the View menu or clicking the appropriate 'File Browser' icon. To specify that Nero is started with an open File Browser, check Start with File Browser in the General section on the File Browser tab (File -> Preferences). 7. Insert the first original CD from which you wish to extract audio tracks into your CD-ROM drive and open this drive with the File Browser.

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shows the individual steps being logged as they are executed. A typical final message would be: 'Burn process was successful with 12x (1800 KB/s). The CD is then ejected. The messages shown can either be saved, printed or discarded. Close the window by clicking on the Discard or Close buttons. 14. You can now check what has been written to your new CD by inserting it again and clicking the 'CD Info icon.
Creating a Super Video CD
You can make Super Video CDs when the files are already in the MPEG-2 format or when other video formats are converted to it. For licensing reasons this plugin cannot be supplied with Nero. However you can purchase the DVD plugin on the Ahead Software AG website at www.nero.com. Now lets take a step-by-step look at how to create a Super Video CD using Nero: All settings may be left at their default values. 1. Insert an empty CD into the recorder. 2. Start a new compilation by clicking on the appropriate button or the File menu and the command New. 3. Click the 'Super Video CD' icon in the New Compilation dialog box which opens when Nero is started. If Nero is already running you can open this dialog box by selecting the 'New Compilation icon on the toolbar. 4. The Super Video CD tab offers a number of options which you can use to tailor the Video CD to your specific requirements. The 'Create standard compliant CD' checkbox should be enabled to ensure that you make a Super Video CD that can be played in a DVD player. You specify the color format to which the video files will be converted in the 'Encoding resolution section: Pal or NTSC. If you want to be able to add pictures to the video, then they can be copied to a separate directory. In this case check the Store source pictures in checkbox. The 'Use CD-i application' checkbox is only intended for users with experience of CD-i applications. 5. On the Menu tab you can create a menu that appears when the Super Video CD is inserted. Activate the checkbox and use the boxes to specify how the menu will look. If you click the Set as default button, the settings for menu entries will be saved and will be loaded automatically the next time a Super Video CD is created. 6. On the ISO tab you can select the ISO level for the length of the names in the 'File-/Directorynames length' section. Up to 31 characters are permitted for Windows 95 and higher. Names cannot be more than 11 characters long for Windows 3.1 (8 for the name and 3 for the extension). ISO Level 2 will be best in most cases if you know that the CD must also be run on a Windows 3.1 system then you should select Level 1. 7. On the Label tab you can give your CD a name and overtype the default name 'New'. You can use letters A-Z, digits 0-9 and the underscore character (_) diacritics (accents) and spaces are not supported. 8. On the Dates tab you can specify the date of the compilation and of its files. The current date and time are entered for the compilation as default, also the creation date of the files.

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To specify that Nero is started with an open File Browser, check Start with File Browser in the General section on the File Browser tab (File -> Preferences). 8. Compile the files for the CD using Drag&Drop editing by simply clicking on the required files in the File Browser and dragging them into the compilation window. Clicking the right mouse button opens a context menu where you can selectively add or omit certain file types. In addition there are a number of commands that you will also find in Windows Explorer, such as 'Copy', 'Open and 'Cut'. 9. When compiling with Drag&Drop the directory structure is moved across too, i.e. if you drag an entire folder into the compilation window the folder will be created on the CD you wish to burn. If you drag a lot of individual files however this may affect the clarity of the CDs contents. To avoid this you can create new folders within the compilation. To do this, select the Create Folder option from the Edit menu or click the right mouse button and choose the command from the context menu. A folder you have just created is assigned the name New by default and can be renamed immediately. You can create as many folders as you need and pull the existing files across using Drag&Drop. You can of course drag other files into the compilation window from the File Browser. 10. Click on the Write CD button or select the Write CD command from the File menu to open the write dialog box. This option is only available when the compilation window is selected, as can be seen from the fact that the title bar is blue. If the File Browser is selected (and the title bar of the compilation window is therefore grayed) the option is not available and CD writing cannot be started. In this case click anywhere in the compilation window. The Write CD dialog box now opens - it is the same as when creating a new compilation but the Burn tab is now in front. 11. In the Action section activate the other check boxes you require in addition to the Write check box. You will find more information about this section in 'Before you burn your first disc'. You must remember that when you create a UDF-CD with only one session you must activate the 'Finalize CD' checkbox. This setting write protects the CD and no further writing is possible. All settings on this and the other tabs can now be reviewed and changed if required. 12. Click on the Burn button to start the burn process (or the simulation depending on the chosen option). All the selected steps now run in sequence until writing is complete. You can monitor progress in a status window which shows the individual steps being logged as they are executed. A typical final message would be: 'Burn process was successful with 12x (1800 KB/s). The CD is then ejected. The messages shown can either be saved, printed or discarded. Close the window by clicking on the Discard or Close buttons. 13. You can now check what has been written to your new CD by inserting it again and clicking the 'CD Info icon.

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appropriate button until a zigzag line (a so-called "saw tooth") can be seen. The upper row corresponds to the left stereo channel and should have an even "zigzag line" (or more specifically a "saw tooth") and the lower row (right stereo channel) a horizontal line. 7. When looking closely at audio data it usually corresponds to one of the following three quality stages: If there is a repetitive, regular zigzag line in the upper half over the entire area and a horizontal null line in the lower half, your CD/DVD-ROM drive has very good audio read qualities. If your drive can also read audio data quickly there is nothing to prevent you using your drive for fast copies of all kinds. If the zigzag line appears exclusively in the upper row but sometimes has irregularities compared to previous or later runs, as if parts had been cut out and added again at some other point, your CD/DVD-ROM drive suffers from the "jitter effect" and is therefore only suitable to a limited extent for fast copies. If used for fast copies or to save audio tracks the burnt CD and/or the saved file may possibly contain unpleasantly audible clicks in the audio data. The CD/DVD-ROM drive can be used without any problems for fast copies of data CDs but only conditionally (i.e. allowing for loss of quality) for copying CDs with audio tracks. If the zigzag line sometimes appears in the upper and sometimes in the lower row or if both displayed channels contain only "nonsense" (for example both channels have horizontal lines or quite different forms than the expected zigzag line on the left/upper channel) your CD/DVD-ROM drive does not have such good audio read quality. In this case we would seriously discourage you from using your CD/DVD-ROM drive for fast copies of CDs containing audio tracks or for saving audio tracks. The CD/DVD-ROM drive may, however, be used without any problem for fast copies of data CDs. Nero CD-DVD Speed You can also verify the audio read quality (DAE - Digital Audio Extraction) of the CD-/DVD drive using the benchmark program Nero CD-DVD Speed, a component of the Nero CD. You will find more details of this program in the chapter on Nero CD-DVD Speed.
See also: Copying using an image file Copying using a fast copy (on the fly) Setting speed on CD/DVD-ROM drives
Setting speed on CD/DVD-ROM drives
Nero can specifically set the read speed on CD/DVD-ROM drives. This feature is primarily used to resolve problems when reading audio data (particularly the so-called "jitter effect"), the frequency of which also increases on many drives at higher read speeds. A lower read speed can often also give drives the ability to correct any read errors which occur by reading in sectors again. Sometimes noise can be avoided by reading more slowly from slightly scratched audio CDs.

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Burning the image file
This is a step-by-step guide to burning a previously created image file using Nero: 1. Select the command Choose Recorder from the Recorder menu and select the recorder installed (not the image recorder) and confirm the selection using OK. 2. From the File menu select the Write CD Image command. 3. A dialog box will open and you can select the image file you would like to burn. Nero currently supports NRG, ISO and CUE-Sheet formats. Select the desired file and click on the Open button. The Write CD dialog box will then open the procedure is the same as for producing a new compilation but the Burn tab is now in front. 4. Now check all settings on this and other tabs one more time and amend where necessary. 5. Confirm your selection by clicking on the Burn button. Nero now carries out all the necessary stages as defined. A status window will appear showing the stages implemented and informing you how the burn process is progressing. As soon as Nero has finished the write process a window will appear with a result message such as "Burn process 24x (3600 KBs) successful". 6. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box. The CD is then ejected. The messages shown can either be saved, printed or discarded. Close the window by clicking on the Discard or Close buttons. 7. Now you can verify what has been written onto your CD by inserting the CD once more and clicking on the Medium Information icon.

Nero ImageDrive

The Nero ImageDrive program is only available in the retail version! Up until now one problem with image files was that you were no longer able to see the content. If you had saved a number of image files and/or not given the image files unambiguous names the only way out was to burn the image to find out what it contained. Nero ImageDrive helps you in this situation by allowing you to inspect the structure of the image file.

What is Nero ImageDrive?

ImageDrive produces a "virtual" drive which is added to the existing drives and also contains a drive letter. This means that you can allocate a drive letter to an image file and also treat it like an inserted CD. However this does mean that the contents of an image cannot be amended.

On the internal functioning of this command: Nero tries first of all to find the format of the data tracks. Then all blocks of data tracks are saved to the image file. Finally, if necessary, further adaptation work is undertaken to allow the data tracks to be burnt onto non-empty CDs. For the experts among you: the ISO file system has to be "relocated" if necessary. Do not despair: Nero will handle the whole thing for you without you having to give it a thought.
Note: Nero controls the saving of ISO and HFS data tracks. The vast majority of existing CD ROMs for PCs and Apple Macintosh are saved in this format. However if the data on the CD is neither in ISO (PC) nor HFS (Macintosh) format the results when burning onto a non-empty CD can be non-functional. You can find the format of the data track from the display of the track list after selecting the Save Track command. If the appropriate track is displayed neither as ISO, HFS, hybrid nor Joliet but only as "data mode 1", without any more
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details, proceed with care! Nero allows you the opportunity to save and burn data tracks in unknown formats onto it (for example native Unix file systems). Here all blocks of the track are then simply copied 1:1. The responsibility for deciding whether you can burn such a track "without relocating it" onto a nonempty CD is left entirely up to you.
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Nero Toolkit

Nero CD-DVD Speed
The program is located in the Nero Toolkit folder and is started as follows: Start > Programs > Ahead Nero > Nero Toolkit > Nero CD-DVD Speed. Note: The user interface of Nero CD-DVD Speed is currently only available in English! Nero CD-DVD Speed is a benchmark program which can be used to obtain detailed information on the capabilities of your CD/DVD drives. Knowledge of audio extraction capability (Digital Audio Extraction - DAE) is particularly important for saving audio tracks on hard disk and for copying audio CDs because audio data is extracted digitally from CDs. We cannot give any generally valid figures just for extraction from audio CDs. It is useful to know the audio extraction speed capability of the installed equipment particularly when making fast copies of audio CDs, to avoid the buffer running empty. Detailed information on how audio extraction capability can be tested using Nero can be found in the Section Verifying audio read quality'. Nero CD-DVD Speed provides you with information on the following sectors: Extraction speed (data transfer rate) Access time CPU load Quality of audio extraction (Digital Audio Extraction DAE) Spin up/spin down time Scanning a CD for damaged sectors 1. Insert an audio CD into the CD-/DVD drive. 2. Start the program and select the desired drive by clicking on the drop down button and selecting the drive. 3. Click on the Start button to carry out the most important tests. 4. Look in the 'DAE quality' sector to find out how big the DAE value of the selected drive is. If it has good DAE capability there will be a tick in this sector. If no tick has appeared you should use another drive for digital extraction of audio files.

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7. Click on the Close button to minimize the program. This means that the program is not ended but the program icon appears in the tray icon field.
It is possible to make amendments to the possible speed settings and language after clicking on the Options button. Define DriveSpeed settings for another drive by clicking on the drop down button and selecting the desired drive. More information on Nero CD-DVD Speed and Nero DriveSpeed can be found on the website WWW.CDSpeed2000.com. Here you will find many useful tips on the use of the program as well as the latest versions of the program.

Nero InfoTool

This tool is not always included in the Nero Toolkit and may be downloaded separately free of charge from http://www.cdspeed2000.com. This program will provide you with very useful information on: All CD/DVD drives or recorders installed. Amongst other things it will tell you which read and write functions the recorder supports and the modes supported when burning, such as DAO, SAO, RAW and much more. Discs inserted Hard disks installed Burn software installed

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Miscellaneous

Virus Checker

The Virus Checker is only available with the retail version of Nero. For safety reasons, an antivirus program has been integrated into Nero, which checks the data to be written onto the CD in order to ensure that no files with viruses are included on the CD. You can keep the antivirus database, which is the key part of any antivirus software, constantly updated via the Internet.

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Updating the database
1. Set up an Internet connection. 2. Start Nero. 3. Choose Update Antivirus scanner from the Help menu. 4. In the dialog box which appears, click on OK to start the update. A link is created to the FTP server and the database is automatically updated. After the update has been successfully completed, you will see a message telling you that the database is now up-to-date. 5. Click on the OK button to close the dialog box. Note: We recommend that you update the antivirus database regularly.

Nero level indicator

The level indicator is at the bottom of the Nero main window. The level indicator allows you to tell whether the data you have selected will fit on the disc. As data is normally measured in megabytes and audio data in minutes of playing time, the Nero level indicator switches between megabytes and minutes depending on the type of data being written to CD. A blue bar in the level indicator shows the size of the current compilation. Standard CDs normally have a capacity of 650 MB (or 74 minutes). There are now blank CDs available with a capacity of 80, 90 and 99 minutes. Therefore the capacity of blank CDs is currently between 74 and 99 minutes. The Nero level indicator attempts to accommodate this by showing a yellow line at 74 minutes (or 650 MB) and a red dashed line at 80 minutes (or 700 MB). If you want to move these markings, you can do so using the Nero Preferences menu item. See the section 'Modifying the Nero level indicator'. You should note however that the value you enter here only affects the display of the level indicator. It is not possible, by changing these values, to create extra storage space where none actually exists. If you want, you can also switch off the display of the level indicator from the Nero Preferences dialog box.

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Autodetection of CD/DVD-ROM drives
Using the Autodetect CD-ROM option, Nero attempts to identify the specific properties of the CD/DVD-ROM drive by sending commands to the drive and checking the data returned by the drive. However, this process does entail some risks, as there are no definitive standards for the commands used to control CD/DVD-ROM drives. Sending unsupported commands to a CD/DVD-ROM drive can cause the computer to crash. For this reason, we recommend that you

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close all other programs and save important documents before starting the autodetection process.
1. From the Recorder menu, choose the Autodetect CD-ROM menu item. A dialog box appears which contains a list of the CD/DVD-ROM drives not currently supported by Nero, from which you can select the drive you have. 2. In addition you can also set the CD/DVD-ROM bus type. If this is already set either to SCSI or to IDE, you should only change this setting if you are sure that it is wrong, as Nero takes the information from the CD/DVD-ROM driver and therefore, it should be correct. If you have an IDE CD/DVD-ROM drive, the 'Commandset' list box contains only one line, and the setting can therefore not be changed. This is because IDE drives are more standardized than SCSI CD-ROM drives. If you have a SCSI CD-ROM drive, you should only change the setting in the 'Commandset' list box, if it is 'unknown' or if the autodetection process has already failed. Otherwise it is highly probable that Nero has already selected the correct setting. 3. Now put the Nero CD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive to test the drive. For the autodetection process you must only use this CD. If you use a different CD, the detection process will definitely fail. Important: If you are running a demo version of Nero, you can download a CD image file from our website www.nero.com. You must then burn this image onto an empty CD using the Burn Image command from the File menu. (Please do NOT drag this file into an ISO compilation.) You can then use the CD you have burnt in the autodetection process. 4. Wait for a short period until the drive has analyzed the CD. You can normally tell that the analysis has finished when the light on the front of the drive stops flashing. If the Nero installation program starts, you must cancel it immediately, because you have already installed Nero. The Nero installation program will start if you have activated the Windows option 'Auto Insert Notification'. 5. Now click on OK. Nero will now attempt to analyze the CD/DVD-ROM drive. You can follow the progress of this in the status dialog box which appears. If after a few minutes there are no more changes in the status dialog box and your computer no longer reacts when you click with the mouse, this means that the autodetection process has failed. In this case you will probably have to restart your computer and enter different drive parameters in the first dialog box which appears in the autodetection process. If the process continues to fail after several attempts, you will find below information about what you can do. When the CD/DVD-ROM drive has been successfully detected, the audio and data read speeds which have been measured will be displayed. These values may not correspond exactly to the values given by the manufacturer, as they are dependent, amongst other things, on the type of data (audio or data) and on your system environment. In particular, the audio read speeds are generally significantly slower than the data read speeds. If the audio read speed is below 150 KB/sec. (this corresponds to 1X speed) or if the entire audio line is grayed out, you will unfortunately not be able to make fast copies of audio or mixed mode CDs, as all recorders expect to receive data at a speed of at least 1X, but your drive can only read audio

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Each MPEG file forms one track. In theory a maximum of 99 tracks are possible on one Super Video CD. The files are played on the Super Video CD in the same order as they were added using Nero. The first file is therefore displayed as track 1, although it is actually the second track on the CD. The first track is reserved for special entries. You can use the following options when creating a Super Video CD. Create standard compliant CD: This checkbox is used to determine whether a standard compliant Super Video CD should be created. In 'normal' situations, this box should be checked in order to ensure that the CD can be played on most DVD players. However, if you want to create a special Super Video CD which is not standard compliant, you can uncheck the box. Encoding bitrate: The special feature of the DVD encoder is the variable bit rate (VBR), which means that each scene is compressed in such a way as to achieve the best compromise between quality and file size. Try to fit to disk size: The quality of the encoding adapts to the size of the disc. This means that the more space available on the disc, the better the result. You do not need to consider the technical requirements, you just have to enter the playing time (in minutes) of the disc. User defined: The user determines the quality of the encoding. When you click on the 'User defined' option, the SVCD area on the tab changes, and a pull-down list allows you to set the encoding quality. Compatibility: This button allows you to change the parameters set by Nero, as some players do not need the standard parameters. You must choose the option you want. Encoding resolution: In this field you can set the encoding resolution.

13.10 MPEG-2/DVD Enkoder

In order to be able to create DVSs, the video files must be in an MPEG-2/DVD compatible format, or must be converted to this format. In the case of existing files, this means that you simply have to drag and drop them in the compilation window. The MPEG-2/DVD encoder includes the DVD encoder functionality. This means you can also produce SVCDs. The special feature of the MPEG-2/DVD encoder is the option of converting files at a variable bit rate (VBR). This VBR function saves storage space by automatically reducing the data rate for redundant and/or imperceptible graphics and sound data. The transfer rate of the data stream is increased to the maximum for fast movements and very detailed scenes.

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Ahead would like to supply the MPEG-2/DVD encoder free of charge, but for licensing reasons this is not possible. However you can buy the MPEG-2/DVD plugin. You can find detailed information on buying the plugin at www.nero.com.
Conversion of video files using the MPEG-2/DVD plugin is only possible with Nero Vision Express. As a Nero user, you have free use of Nero Vision Express.

Yes. Nero can copy CDs on the fly. 1. In the 'New compilation' dialog box, click on the 'CD-Copy' icon or 2. from the File menu choose the CD-Copy item. 3. On the Copy options tab check the 'On the fly' checkbox. Select your CD/DVD-ROM drive as the drive with the source CD. See also: Copying using a fast copy (on the fly) Verifying audio read quality

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14.1.2
How do I create a CD image file?
To create a CD image file with Nero, you use the so-called 'Image Recorder'. You can select this recorder using the Choose Recorder item on the Recorder menu. The Image Recorder behaves in the same way as a real recorder, but writes the data into an image file instead of onto a CD. When you write a compilation using the Image Recorder, Nero prompts you to enter the name of the image file and then creates the file. Please bear in mind that image files can be large. Make sure that you choose a destination drive with enough free space for the file. If you want to burn the image file onto a CD later, we recommend that you also choose a fast drive. Network drives are not a good choice in this respect, as they also handle other users' jobs which means that they can suddenly become very slow. As a result there can be a risk, when burning a CD from an image file, of the data being sent too slowly, which may cause errors on the CD. See also: Creating an image file

14.1.3

I have created a multisession CD, but I can only see the first or the last session in Explorer. Why is this?
All Windows systems show only the last session on a CD. Using Nero's Multi Mounter, you can 'convince' the Windows operating systems to show the tracks and sessions of your choice. There is more information about this in the section 'Nero Multi Mounter'.

14.1.4

I have entered my serial number, but I cannot open Nero. Why is this?
Why is this? You probably have a demo version of Nero which has expired. Please contact us to obtain either a new demo version or a full version of Nero.

14.1.5

Although the speed test and the simulation ran correctly, when I burn the CD I get SCSI error messages such as 'Host adapter error' or 'Queueing failed'. What should I do?
The problem is probably caused by communication difficulties between the SCSI host adapter and the recorder. If you have an SCSI host adapter with its own BIOS (in particular Adaptec 2940/3940 or 2940UW) and you find the following options in the controller BIOS (generally by pressing Ctrl+A when starting up the computer), try entering the following settings for the SCSI ID (device number) of your recorder (e.g. ID no. 5): 5): Initiate Sync Negotiation: No Maximum Sync Transfer Rate: 5 or 10 (half the previous value).