CDR WRITER 1 CD-ROM PROFESSIONAL'S CD-RECORDABLE HANDBOOK -===========================================- THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PRACTICAL DESKTOP CD RECORDING JANUARY 1997 (SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS AT THE END OF THIS FILE!) FULL CD! CD WRITER PROGRAMS -=================- WINONC (3.0192) WIN-ON-CD TOGO! 192 (C) CEQUADAD INCLUDING: SPEED'O'METER & DRIVER DISK FULL CD FROM CEQUADRAT WINONCD (3.0) WINONCD TOGO! FOR WINDOWS 95/NT (3.0) WINONCD,DRIVER DISK UPDATE 3.00.124. PERSONAL (4.03C) PERSONAL ARCHIVER+, WINDOWS NT (4.03C) PERSONAL ARCHIVER+, WINDOWS 3.1X (4.03C) PERSONAL ARCHIVER+, WINDOWS 95 (4.03C) CD-R SOFTWARE TUTORIAL FOR THE PERSONAL ARCHIVER PLUS CD-R SOFTWARE 4.03C WINDOWS 3.11. TAO (5-96) TRACK AT ONCE COPY TOOLS DAO (3.2C) DISC AT ONCE COPY UTILITIES FOR DOS (CRACKED) DAO (2.3) DISK AT ONCE + CD2CD FOR DOS REGISTERED D2D (1.20) DISC 2 DISC (9-95) WIN3.11/WIN95 VERSION WIZARD CD WIZARD FOR WINDOWS 95/WINDOWS NT. COREL CD-CREATOR CDR-READER FOR WINDOWS FULL CD CDRWIN1 SCSI CD-ROM RECORDING TOOLS (C) GOLDEN HAWK TECH. CDRWIN2 2/25/97 NEW CDRWIN CDR TOOL CD-ROM + GOLDEN HAWK KEYMAKER! MIN VERSION V3.0A - 25-FEB-97] DOS/WIN31/WIN95 GEARW95 (4.0) GEAR MM FOR WINDOWS 95/NT GEAROS2 (3.3) GEAR MM FOR OS/2 WARP GEARMMML (3.3) GEAR MM CD DESKTOP VERSION MULTILANGUAGE- FULL CD ROM SPIRA CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS SUPPORT: PHILIPS CDD-2000,PIONEER DW-S114X RICOH RS-1060C, SONY CDU-920S, AND YAMAHA CDR-100/102 OR COMPATIBLES..... SPIRA CD-RECORDING SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 95. HPSURE HP SURESTORE ADAPTEC (2.0) ADAPTEC CD CREATOR (2.0) EASY CD PRO ADAPTEC EZ-CD PRO WIN95/NT 3.51/4.0 (3.1) EASY CD PRO MM WINDOWS 3.1 (2.21) EASY CD REGISTRATION PATCH (1.2) EASY CD PRO DELUXE 95/3.1, MULTILANGUAGE EASY CD PRO DELUXE, MULTILANGUAGE, CD-RIP. THIS IS A SHRINKWRAP VERSION OF CD PRO, IT IS MULTILANGUAGE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO RUN, WINDOWS *WHATEVER LANGUAGE*. CDR PUB (4.72) CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS 95 CDR PUB (4.72) CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS NT CDR PUB (4.65) CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS 95 IS A CROSS- PLATFORM AND MULTIPLATFORM DESKTOP CD-ROM RECORDING SOFTWARE. CDWRITER THIS WINDOWS 3.1 WRITER PROGRAM WORKS WITH THE PHILIPS 521 AND 522 RECORDERS ONLY JVC (1.41C) JVC CD-R EXTENSIONS, DOS/WINDOWS A POWERFUL SYSTEM EXTENSION WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO WRITE TO A CD-R DISC DYNAMICALLY, LIKE A FLOPPY DISK OR ANY OTHER DISK DRIVE. YOU SIMPLY INITI- ALIZE A BLANK CD-RECORDABLE DISC, ASSIGN THE AVAILABLE DRIVE LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE, AND ACCESS THE JVC CD-R DRIVE LIKE ANY OTHER DEVICE. PINNACLE (2.12) DISC ARCHIVE 95 (C) PINNACLE MICRO INC. IS A WINDOWS 95 AND NT 4.0 PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ARCHIVE TO AND RESTORE FROM THE PINNACLE MICRO RCD (OR COMPATIBLES). TOOLS/UTILITIES -==============- CDMATIC A CD REGISTRATION PROGRAM, LOOK AT YOUR CD ONLY ONCE...! WIN95/3.1/DOS JVC (1.41C) CD-R EXTENSIONS V1.41C FOR WINDOWS 3.1/95/NT CD-R EXTENSIONS IS VERY NICE PACKET WRITING SOFTWARE, IN OTHER TERMS IT MEANS THAT THIS PIECE OF SOFTWARE ALLOWS YOU TO MOUNT YOUR CD-R DRIVE LIKE A HARD DRIVE! CD GRAB CD GRAB PRO VERSION 3.21, GRAB THOSE TRACKS! CD WORKSHOP (2.00) VERSION 2.00.0382 (C) CYBERDYNE SOFTWARE WIN95/NT GOOD CD GRABBER FOR WINDOWS. GRAB IT... TOOLS CHECKCD TOOL FROM CEQUAD READCD TOOL FROM CEQUAD EMULATORS (1.0) VIRTUAL CD-ROM WITH KEYMAKER, WINDOWS 95. (1.0) FAST CD PERSONAL EDITION 1.0 CRACKED WIN95/NT3.51 THIS IS A CD EMULATOR WHEREBY IT LETS YOU IMAGE A CD ROM TO YOU HARDRIVE AND LET'S YOU RUN THE APP/GAME THERE. DISCDECTIVE (2.92) ENTERPRISE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL'S DISC DETECTIVE IS A GOOD DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR BOTH CD-ROM AND CD-R. THIS IS A LIMITED VERSION, BUT IT HAS A LOT OF FUNCTIONALITY. CDMATCH JANUARY 1996 RELEASE WINDOWS VERSION CDMATCH.EXE, CDMORE.DLL, DMEMSIZE.EXE, DMEMSIZE.PIF, CTL3DV2.DLL, AND README FILES. AUDIOEXT THESE AUDIO EXTRACTION UTILITIES SHOULD WORK WELL, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE A LITTLE TOUGH TO LEARN. MAKE SURE YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH CONTAIN A GOOD EXPLANATION READING AUDIO OVER THE SCSI BUS. CD WORX (2.11) CD WORX FOR WINDOWS 95/NT 4.X, CRACKED. LABELS (1.0) SCANMOS CD LABEL PRO 04/12/96 WIN3.11, WIN95 YOU CAN MAKE PROFESSIONAL CD COVERS ! CDR EXPLORER(1.11) CD-ROM EXPLORER, UNIVERSAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA CATALOG FOR CD-ROMS AND OTHER REMO- VABLE MEDIA. CDE CREATES AN ACTIVE DATA FILE TO EXPLORE AND CATALOG ANY DRIVE. SCSI UTILITIES -============- ADAPTEC DRIVERS WIN95 32 BIT DRIVERS UPDATE EZ4UP.EXE : EZ-SCSI 4.0E SPECIAL WORM/CDR UPGRADE ASPI32UP.EXE : ASPI LAYER UPGRADE WIN95/WINNT DRIVERS EZ-SCSI/DOS/WINDOWS 3.X/WINDOWS 95 [09/23/96] EZSCSI (4.0) EZSCSI SCSITUTR SCSI TUTOR EZSCSI (4.01) THIS IS THE NEWEST UPGRADE OF THE SUPREME EZ SCSI SOFTWARE FROM ADAPTEC. EZ-SCSI CONTAINS SEVERAL APPLICATIONS, IT INCLUDES A BACKUP PROGRAM FOR SCSI DATSTREAMERS/TAPESTREAMERS, A COPY CD TO CD UTILITY FOR CD-WRITERS, A REGULAR CD-WRITER PACKAGE, BENCHMARKS FOR SCSI HARDDISKS, IN OTHER WORDS, TOO MUCH TO MENTION. WINDOWS '95 AND NT. SCSI TOOLSET WINDOWS EASY TO USE, WINDOWS BASED SET OF SCSI SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTICS AND UTILITIES FOR PROFESSIONALS. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWS FOR EASY TESTING, EXER- CISING, TRANSFERRING, PROGRAMMING, VALIDATING, SCANNING, ETC. OF MOST SCSI DEVICES. LIMITED PROGRAMS, FOR INFORMATION: -================================- GOLDEN RETRIEVER THIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER (DEMO) PROGRAM FROM CD CAMBRIDGE WILL IMPORT AND INDEX UP TO 2 MEGABYTES OF DATA. THE FULL VERSION HAS WRITING CAPABILITY THROUGH SEVERAL CD-R PACKAGES. INSTALL THE BORLAND DATABASE ENGINE TO INDEX DBASE AND PARADOX FILES. ALCHEMY IMAGE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH'S ALCHEMY WILL INDEX DATA FROM YOUR HARD DISK AND WRITE TO CD-R FOR ARCHIVING OR DISTRIBUTION. LOOK AT THE IMR DATABASE TO SEE THE POSSIBILITIES OR BUILD YOUR OWN (SIZE LIMITED). CAPACD EWB AND ASSOCIATES PRODUCES CAPACD, WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TO PLACE HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA ON A CD-R OR CD-ROM. THIS DEMONSTRATION VERSION WON'T WRITE TO DISC, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU WHAT COMPRESSION RATIOS ARE POSSIBLE FOR YOUR DATA. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CD-ROM PROFESSIONAL'S CD-RECORDABLE HANDBOOK FULL CD -==========================================- FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS!! ------------------------ THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PRACTICAL DESKTOP CD RECORDING JANUARY 1997 TABLE OF CONTENTS [FOREWORD, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS] INTRODUCTION TO CD-RECORDABLE: THE SUBJECT AND THE HANDBOOK CHAPTER 1: WHY USE CD-RECORDABLE TECHNOLOGY? ============================================= FROM CD-ROM TO CD-RECORDABLE WHY USE CD-RECORDABLE TECHNOLOGY? TEN REASONS TO USE CD-RECORDABLE: CD-R AND THE LOW-COST FACTORS, EFFICIENCY, STANDARDIZATION, DURABILITY/DATA INTEGRITY, EASE OF USE, CONTROL AND SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS, "ORIGINAL DOCUMENT" AND OTHER LEGALITIES, VERSATILITY, WIDESPREAD EXISTING HARDWARE BASE USES FOR CD-RECORDABLE: CD-R FOR CD-ROM DEVELOPMENT, ASSET STORAGE, PROTOTYPING, BETA TESTING, INPUT FOR REPLICATION, CASE STUDY, DATA STORAGE, "NEARLINE" STORAGE, ARCHIVAL STORAGE, BACKUP, CASE STUDY FOR CD-R AND DATA STORAGE: DATA/WARE DEVELOPMENT'S, ENTERPRISE AUTHORING SYSTEM DATA DISTRIBUTION, FREQUENTLY CHANGING DATA, LIMITED DISTRIBUTION DATA, CUSTOMIZED DATASETS, CASE STUDY WHEN TO CHOOSE CD-R TECHNOLOGY CHAPTER 2: UNDERSTANDING CD-RECORDABLE ======================================= THE HISTORY OF CD-R CD-R STANDARDS: CD-R DATA STRUCTURE CD-R WRITING MODES: DISC-AT-ONCE (SINGLE-SESSION), TRACK-AT-ONCE MULTISESSION, MULTIVOLUME MULTISESSION AND LINKED MULTISESSION TRACK MULTISESSION (MULTITRACK) PACKET WRITING OR INCREMENTAL WRITING ISO 13490: A LOGICAL FILE FORMAT FOR APPENDABLE DISCS CD-R INCOMPATIBILITY: CD-R HARDWARE, CD-R MEDIA, CD-R SOFTWARE CD-ROM DRIVES: PHYSICAL COMPATIBILITY, LOGICAL COMPATIBILITY CHAPTER 3: CD-RECORDABLE DRIVES ================================ CD-R: A BRIEF GENEALOGY: FIRST GENERATION: THE TIME OF GIANTS SECOND GENERATION: SMALLER SIZE, LOWER COST THIRD GENERATION: THE PRESENT PICKS CD-RECORDABLE DRIVES: WHAT'S INSIDE?: MECHANICAL SPIN OPERATION THE CONTROLLER, WRITE-ONCE/READ NEVER, SEEK TIME/ACCESS TIME CONSIDERATIONS IN BUYING A CD-RECORDABLE DRIVE: HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, INTERNAL DATA BUFFER SIZE DATA TRANSFER SPEED, HARD DRIVE THERMAL RECALIBRATION AND BUFFER UNDERRUN, RELIABILITY, SCSI INTERFACES AUDIO FUNCTION,AUTOCHANGERS, MULTIPLE DRIVE UNITS, AND DUPLICATORS, CD-RECORDABLE DRIVE FEATURES, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, HEAT, MOUNTING CONSIDERATIONS, LOADING MECHANISMS CONSIDERATIONS IN CHOOSING A CD RECORDER CD-RECORDABLE DRIVES IN DETAIL: OLDER MODELS AND USED RECORDERS, MERIDIAN DATA CD PROFESSIONAL AND VR PROFESSIONAL, JVC PERSONAL ROMMAKER/PINNACLE, MICRO RCD 202, PHILIPS CDD521/KODAK PCD 200, PHILIPS CDD521/KODAK, CD 200 ENHANCED/UPGRADED, RICOH RS-9200, SONY EDW-1/CDW-1 SONY CDW-900E CURRENT GENERATION RECORDERS JVC XR-W-2001/PINNACLE MICRO RCD-1000, KODAK PCD 225 (PHILIPS CDD522), KODAK PCD 600, PHILIPS CDD522 PHILIPS CDD 2000/HEWLETT-PACKARD 4020I, PLASMON RF 4102 RICOH 1060C, SONY CDU 920S/SPRESSA 9211, YAMAHA CDR 100/CDE 100, YAMAHA CDR 102/CDE 102, MITSUMI CR-2200CS THE PIONEER DW-S114X CD RECORDING SYSTEMS: JVC PERSONAL ROMMAKER, THE TODD ENTERPRISES CD-R CUBE, THE DYNATEK CDM 4000 CD RECORDER FEATURES: A TABLE CHAPTER 4: CD-RECORDABLE MEDIA =============================== PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRESSED CD-ROM PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CD-R MANUFACTURING PROCESS: CD-ROM AND CD-R: PREMASTERING, MASTERING ELECTROFORMING, REPLICATION, DYE COATING, METALIZATION AND SPIN COATING, LABEL PRINTING TYPES OF CD-R MEDIA: CYANINE, PHTHALOCYANINE, AZO PMA AND PCA: OPTIMUM POWER CALIBRATION, WRITE STRATEGY CD-R DATA CAPACITY: 18, 22, 63, 74 MINUTES CD-R MEDIA AND RECORDING SPEEDS ARCHIVAL LIFE HOW TO CARE FOR CD-R DISCS (AND HOW NOT TO): CLEANING CD-R LABELING CD-R, DESTROYING CD-R CHAPTER 5: INSTALLING A CD RECORDER ==================================== CARE AND HANDLING OF YOUR CD RECORDER THE SCSI BUS: CABLE LENGTH, SCSI IDS, SCSI TERMINATION HOST REQUIREMENTS: SCSI CONTROLLER INSTALLATION MOUNTING THE RECORDER INTERNALLY INSTALLING AN EXTERNAL RECORDER INSTALLATION OF CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE MEMORY MANAGERS, SCREEN SAVERS, SCHEDULERS, AND OTHER HEADACHES FOR THE WELL-INSTALLED CD RECORDER CHAPTER 6: CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE ================================== CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE PRICES AND FEATURES: CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE AND THE HARDWARE PLATFORM/OPERATING SYSTEM/ OPERATING ENVIRONMENT CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE AND THE DISC FORMATS IT SUPPORTS CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE AND THE RECORDERS IT SUPPORTS OUTPUT OPTIONS IN CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE INTERFACE/BATCH PROCESSING AND CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND UPGRADE POLICIES IMAGE CREATION FROM SOURCE FILES: THE CORE CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE TASK AUDIO FEATURES AND CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE WHO WROTE WHAT? THE OEM/VAR QUESTION CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE AND ITS REAL WORLD HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE: THE LIST CD-R SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS CD-ROM STRATEGIES: CD-GEN CEQUADRAT USA, INC.: WINONCD TO GO CEQUADRAT USA, INC.: WINONCD COREL CORPORATION : COREL CD CREATOR CREATIVE DIGITAL RESEARCH: CDR PUBLISHER CUSTOM COMPUTER SYSTEMS: CDWRITER DATAWARE TECHNOLOGIES: CD RECORD (CD-IT!ALL--OPTIMAGE; MULTIWRITE--KODAK) ELEKTROSON: GEAR INCATSYSTEMS: EASY-CD PRO (DISCMAKER--DATADISC; PINNACLE--RCD PC) INFOSCIENCE: CD PRODUCER INFOSCIENCE: CDR-QUIK JVC: PERSONAL ROMMAKER JVC: PERSONAL ARCHIVER MONIKER: SPIRA OPTICAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL: QUICKTOPIX FOR WINDOWS YOUNG MINDS, INC.: SIMPLICD CD-R SOFTWARE FOR WINDOWS 95 CEQUADRAT: WINONCD 3.0 FOR WINDOWS 95 COREL CORPORATION: CD CREATOR 2 CREATIVE DIGITAL RESEARCH: CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS 95 ELEKTROSON: GEAR 3.2 FOR WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS NT INCATSYSTEMS: EASY-CD FOR WINDOWS 95 AND NT INCATSYSTEMS: EASY-CD PRO FOR WINDOWS 95 JVC: PERSONAL ROMMAKER AND PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR WINDOWS 95 MONIKER: SPIRA FOR WINDOWS 95 OPTICAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL: QUICKTOPIX FOR WINDOWS 95 CD-R BACKUP PROGRAMS INCATSYSTEMS: EASY-CD BACKUP (PINNACLE--WINDOWS BACKUP UTILITY) YOUNG MINDS: SIMPLISTORE CD-R SOFTWARE FOR OS/2 CIRRUS TECHNOLOGY: UNITE CD MAKER ELEKTROSON: GEAR FOR OS/2 MICRO DESIGN INTERNATIONAL: EXPRESS WRITER FOR OS/2 CD-R SOFTWARE FOR THE MACINTOSH ASTARTE: TOAST CD-ROM PRO (CD-IT!ALL--OPTIMAGE) CEQUADRAT: VULKAN ELEKTROSON: GEAR FOR MACINTOSH INCATSYSTEMS: EASY-CD MAC JVC: PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR MAC JVC: PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR MAC OPTICAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL: QUICKTOPIX FOR MACINTOSH SONY CORPORATION: CD CONSTRUCTOR SONY CORPORATION: HYBRID FORMATTER CD-R SOFTWARE FOR UNIX CREATIVE DIGITAL RESEARCH: CDR PUBLISHER DATAWARE TECHNOLOGY: CD RECORD FOR UNIX ELEKTROSON: GEAR 3.2 FOR UNIX JVC: PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR UNIX JVC: PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR UNIX YOUNG MINDS: CD STUDIO CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE FOR NETWORK USE SMARTSTORAGE: SMARTWRITE CELERITY SYSTEMS: VIRTUAL CD WRITER YOUNG MINDS: AUTOCDR AUDIO SPECIALTY PROGRAMS ASTARTE: TOAST CD-DA FOR MAC OPTICAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL: DISC-TO-DISK FOR WINDOWS OPTICAL MEDIA INTERNATIONAL: DISC-TO-DISK FOR MACINTOSH PROGRAMS WITH EMBEDDED RECORDING SUPPORT IMAGE MANAGEMENT RESEARCH (IMR): ALCHEMY CD CAMBRIDGE: GOLDEN RETRIEVER COMPRESSION SOFTWARE FOR CD-R AND CD-ROM EWB AND ASSOCIATES: CAPACD CD-ROM-USA, INC.: CRI-X2 CHAPTER 7: RECORDING CDS ON A NETWORK ====================================== USING NETWORK VOLUMES OR DRIVES AS A DATA SOURCE RECORDER ATTACHED TO A FILE SERVER AN NLM-BASED SOLUTION: CELERITY'S VCD WRITER DEDICATED CD-RECORDABLE SERVER YOUNG MINDS' AUTOCDR: HIGH-VOLUME, DIVERSE CLIENT CD RECORDING SMART STORAGE SMARTWRITE: LOW VOLUME OR HIGH VOLUME PROPRIETARY TURNKEY DEDICATED CD-R SERVER MERIDIAN DATA'S NETSCRIBE: A PROPRIETARY HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SOLUTION OTHER NETWORK RECORDING SOLUTIONS DRIVE LETTER NETWORK ACCESS: MONIKER'S SPIRA MANY CD-R OVER THE NETWORK: INTAGLIO'S CDR-2004 WHAT'S AHEAD FOR CD-R AND NETWORKS? CHAPTER 8: LABELING CD-R DISCS =============================== JEWEL CASE LABELING CADDY LABELING THE TRICADDY THE MINIMALIST LABEL: THE FELT-TIP PEN CRACK-AND-PEEL STICK-ON LABELS FACTORY LABELED MEDIA PRINTABLE MEDIA BUBBLE JET CD-R PRINTERS DESKTOP SILK-SCREEN PRINTERS THERMAL TRANSFER AND DRY OFFSET CD-R PRINTERS CUSTOM SILK-SCREENED MEDIA LABELING TIPS FUTURE MEDIA, FUTURE LABELS CHAPTER 9: TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING RECORDED DISCS ====================================================== CD-R TESTING: SHIFTING RESPONSIBILITIES OF PITS AND PLAYERS UNDERSTANDING ERROR CORRECTION AND ERROR DETECTION THE E ERRORS, LEVEL 1 THE E ERRORS, LEVEL 2 THE OTHER PARAMETERS TESTING: LOW TECH TO HIGH TECH: DATA FORMAT, LOGICAL FORMAT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS USING CD TESTING PRODUCTS TO TEST RECORDED DISCS TESTING WITH SOFTWARE: LOGICAL, NOT PHYSICAL, CHECKCD CD WORKSHOP, DISC DETECTIVE, DISC INSPECTOR FOR WINDOWS 95 TESTING WITH HARDWARE: LOW LEVEL, PHYSICAL, AND SOMETIMES EXPENSIVE, THE CLOVER QA 101, AUDIO DEVELOPMENT'S CD CATS SYSTEMS, THE AEROSONIC BIT FOR BIT VERIFIER, THE CD ASSOCIATES SL 25 CD-R ANALYZER, THE CD ASSOCIATES SL 100 CD-R ANALYZER PREVENTING CD-R ERRORS PREVENTING CD-R ERRORS: STEP 1, THE ISO 9660 IMAGE PREVENTING CD-R ERRORS: STEP 2, THE RECORDING ENVIRONMENT PREVENTING CD-R ERRORS: STEP 3, MEDIA, RECORDER, AND CD-ROM DRIVE RECORDER DRIVES THE BASICS: MSCDEX ERRORS AND WHAT THEY MEAN CDR101: NOT READY READING DRIVE "X." ABORT, RETRY, FAIL? CDR103: CD-ROM NOT HIGH SIERRA OR ISO 9660 FORMAT READING DRIVE D. ABORT, RETRY, FAIL? UNREADABLE DISCS HAPPEN CHAPTER 10: THE FUTURE OF CD-RECORDABLE =============================================== PACKET WRITING CD-ERASABLE/REWRITABLE HIGH-DENSITY CD-RECORDABLE (HDCD) UDF: THE FILE FORMAT OF THE FUTURE WHAT'S NEXT? APPENDIX A: STANDARDS ============================= RED BOOK COMPACT DISC + GRAPHICS (CD+G) YELLOW BOOK: MODE 1 AND MODE 2 LOGICAL VARIATIONS ON YELLOW BOOK, ISO 9660 ROCK RIDGE INTERCHANGE PROTOCOL (RRIP) APPLE EXTENSIONS, HYBRID, SHARED HYBRID EL TORITO (BOOTABLE CD-ROM), MPC, MPEG CD-I AND CD-ROM/XA DATA INTERLEAVING: FORM 1 AND FORM 2: ADPCM AUDIO GREEN BOOK WHITE BOOK ENHANCED CD: MIXED-MODE, CD-I READY, HIDDEN TRACK OR CD-ROM READY, STAMPED MULTISESSION, CD PLUS, OR "BLUE BOOK" OTHER OPTICAL STORAGE FORMATS: MO (MAGNETO-OPTICAL) PHASE-CHANGE, WRITE ONCE, READ MANY (WORM) COMPACT DISC-MAGNETO-OPTICAL (CD-MO) APPENDIX B: CD-RECORDABLE RESOURCES =========================================== MANUFACTURERS OF CD RECORDERS: JVC XR-W-2001, KODAK PCD 225, PCD 600, MITSUMI CR-2200CS, PHILIPS CDD522, KODAK PCD 225, CDD 2000, PIONEER DW-S114X, DRM 5004 JUKEBOX, PLASMON RF 4102 RICOH 1060C, SONY CDU 920S/SPRESSA 9211, YAMAHA CDR/CDE 100, CDR/CDE 102 CD-RECORDABLE SOFTWARE: TOAST CD-ROM PRO FOR MAC TOAST CD-DA FOR MAC, CD CREATOR FOR WINDOWS CD CREATOR 2 FOR WINDOWS 95, CD CREATOR FOR MACINTOSH, CD-GEN FOR WINDOWS, VIRTUAL CD WRITER, WINONCD, WINONCD FOR WINDOWS 95 WINONCD TO GO!, UNITE CD MAKER OS/2, CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS, CDR PUBLISHER WINDOWS MULTIMEDIA, CDR PUBLISHER FOR WINDOWS 95 CDR PUBLISHER FOR UNIX, CDWRITER, CD RECORD FOR WINDOWS, CD RECORD LITE--WINDOWS, CD RECORD FOR MACINTOSH, CD RECORD FOR UNIX, GEAR FOR WINDOWS, GEAR 3.2 FOR WINDOWS 95 AND WINDOWS NT GEAR FOR MACINTOSH, GEAR FOR OS/2, GEAR FOR UNIX EASY-CD FOR WINDOWS, EASY-CD PRO FOR WINDOWS EASY-CD PRO FOR MACINTOSH, EASY-CD FOR WINDOWS 95 EASY-CD PRO FOR WINDOWS 95, EASY-CD BACKUP CD PRODUCER, CDR-QUIK, PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR WINDOWS PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR WINDOWS, PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR MAC, PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR MAC, PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR WINDOWS 95, PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR WINDOWS 95, PERSONAL ROMMAKER FOR UNIX, PERSONAL ARCHIVER FOR UNIX, EXPRESS WRITER FOR WINDOWS EXPRESS WRITER FOR OS/2, SPIRA FOR WINDOWS, SPIRA FOR WINDOWS 95, QUICKTOPIX FOR WINDOWS, QUICKTOPIX FOR WINDOWS 95, QUICKTOPIX FOR MACINTOSH, DISC-TO-DISK FOR WINDOWS, DISC-TO-DISK FOR MACINTOSH, SMARTWRITE LV SMARTWRITE HV, CD CONSTRUCTOR FOR MACINTOSH, HYBRID FORMATTER FOR MACINTOSH, SIMPLICD, SIMPLISTORE, CD STUDIO, AUTOCDR DATABASES WITH EMBEDDED CD-R FUNCTIONALITY: GOLDEN RETRIEVER, ALCHEMY COMPRESSION SOFTWARE FOR CD-R AND CD-ROM: CAPACD, CDR-X2 CD-R HARDWARE/SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS: MASTERPEACE (CDM 4000) PERSONAL ROMMAKER, NETSCRIBE, EXPRESS WRITER, TODD CUBE CD-R/CD-ROM TEST EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE: DISC DETECTIVE, DISC INSPECTOR CD CATS--SA3 BASIC AND ADVANCED, SL25/SL100, QA 101 CD RECORDER RESELLERS CD-RECORDABLE MEDIA MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS CD-R MEDIA RESELLERS CUSTOM CD-R SCREEN PRINTING CD-R DISC AND JEWEL CASE LABELERS CD-R PRINTERS CD-R DUPLICATORS CD-ROM/AUDIO MASTERING AND REPLICATION: MASTERING (REPLICATION) FACILITIES INDEX