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Configuration Options

To open the Configuration/Information window, click in the main program window. The Configuration/Information window opens, displaying tabs that contain configuration information related to your current burning task. (Only the Information tab appears if you have not selected a burning task.) Which tabs appear and which options they contain depend on the burning task you have selected.

Information Tab

The Information tab displays information about the selected disc drive, the disc in the drive, as well as the current project. Click the + box next to an item to view more detailed information.

    • If you change discs or select a different drive, click Refresh to ensure that the most updated information is displayed.

Data Tab

The Data tab displays options for making a Data, CD Extra, or Mixed Mode CD.

    • Make this disc bootable: You can create a bootable CD, DVD, Blu-ray or HD DVD disc, which you can use to boot your computer from your CD, DVD, Blu-ray, or HD DVD disc drive if your operating system ever fails. Burning a bootable CD, DVD, Blu-ray, or HD DVD disc requires a bootable file (either on your hard drive or on a bootable floppy disc). Check Use a bootable image file, then click Browse... to locate the file you want to use, or check Use a bootable floppy disc.

    • Make auto-run disc: When this option is enabled, a computer runs the selected auto-run file when the disc is inserted. Click Browse..., then locate the auto-run file you want to use. When this option is disabled, the computer takes no action when the disc is inserted.

    • Change disc icon: You can change the icon that appears when this disc is viewed in Windows Explorer. Click Browse..., then locate the icon (.ICO) file you want to use.

    • File system: Set the File system (ISO9660/Joliet, UDF 1.5, UDF 2.0, or UDF 2.5) of the disc you are burning.

    • Auto-split content by capacity: automatically divides the files to be burned into volumes (portions) according to the size of the destination disc.

Audio CD Tab

The Audio CD tab displays options for making an Audio CD music disc, or CD Extra or Mixed Mode CD.

    • Enable CD text: allows you to add textual information (album or artist name) to audio tracks. Enter the desired information in the entry boxes provided.

    • Normalize volume of all tracks on the CD: adjusts the volume of all of the audio tracks on the CD to the same level.

    • Auto-split content by capacity: automatically divides the files to be burned into volumes (portions) according to the size of the destination disc.

    • Insert audio gap between tracks: allows you to add silence between tracks. Enter the desired duration in the Seconds box.

MP3 Quality Tab

The MP3 Quality tab displays options for making an MP3 music disc.

    • Quality: Select a quality from the drop-down box.

    • Auto-generate playlist: creates a playlist based on the songs you have added to your disc.

WMA Quality Tab

The WMA Quality tab displays options for making a WMA music disc.

    • Quality: Select a quality from the drop-down box.

    • Auto-generate playlist: creates a playlist based on the songs you have added to your disc.

Video Tab (for VCD)

The Video tab displays options for making a VCD or video DVD.The options described below pertain to VCDs only.

    • TV format: Set the TV format (NTSC or PAL) of the video you are burning to disc.

    • Back up photos on disc: Make backup copies of your original photos whose resolution is higher than that of your final movie production.

    • First Playable Action: Set the first action the VCD Player will take when you insert this disc into the VCD Player.

Video Tab (for DVD)

The Video tab displays options for making a VCD or video DVD.The options described below pertain to DVDs only.

    • TV format: Set the TV format (NTSC or PAL) of the video you are burning to disc.

    • Save to Hard Drive: Check an option to burn both a disc image and a DVD folder, or only a DVD folder, to your hard drive. If you check the Create DVD folder on hard drive option, click Browse... to locate the folder you want to use.

    • Back up photos on disc: Make backup copies of your original photos whose resolution is higher than that of your final movie production.

    • Enable DVD Auto-fit: Check this option to automatically fit the video onto one disc with the best quality.

    • Audio Format: Select LPCM (an uncompressed audio format) or Dolby Digital (uses the Dolby Digital Consumer Encoder format).

Note: In your version of Power2Go, this feature may be limited. To obtain the full functioning of this feature, please purchase or install the retail version of Power2Go. (To check your version of Power2Go, click the About button.) Version information is provided in the Readme file.
    • First Playable Action: Set the first action the DVD Player will take when you insert this disc into the DVD Player.

HighMAT Tab

The HighMAT tab displays options for making a HighMAT disc.

    • Slide Duration: Select a duration from the drop-down box. To control a slideshow manually, select Manual.

    • Transition: Select the transition type (None or Wipe Right) you want to use in your slide show.

    • Background Music: To set background music on your disc's menu page, click Browse..., then locate the music file you want to use.

    • Menu Background Image: To set a background image on your disc's menu page, click Browse..., then locate the image file you want to use.

Note: For best results, it is suggested that you use an image whose original resolution is 640 x 480 (or as close as possible).

Common Tab

The Common tab displays options available when burning different kinds of discs.

    • Disc name: Enter a name for the disc. The disc name appears on a disc player when the disc is played.

    • Use original date and time: This option uses the original date and time of the files that will be burned to the disc.

    • Use current date and time: This option uses the current date and time on your computer.

    • Use this date and time: This option uses a date and time of your choosing.

Burner Tab

The Burner tab displays information about your disc burner and options for controlling its functioning.

    • Burner: Displays the selected disc burner.

    • Write speed: Select a write speed from the drop-down list.

    • Number of copies: Enter the number of copies of the disc you want to burn.

    • Enable buffer underrun protection: Enabling this option ensures that data is written to disc without interruption. (An interruption in data can result in an unusable disc.)

    • Write simulation before burning: Perform a write simulation to verify that your burner can burn to the disc at the selected speed without error.

Note: If you have enabled buffer underrun protection or have previously burned discs using the current configuration, you do not need to run a simulation.
    • Close disc: Checking this option write-protects the disc. No further data can be appended to the disc after the current burning session.

    • Verify recorded data: Check this option to compare recorded data to the source data to ensure accurate burning.