Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual
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WAVELAB Burning an audio CD 21 – 581 Cube-Tec International GmbH, in conjunction with Steinberg, provide such a solution as an addition to WaveLab. The product is called DDP- Solution. DDP-Solution includes the following features: • Saves CD images directly to Exabyte tape or hard disk, in DDP format • Automatic Verify • Audio play • DDP report printout • Compatible with Sonic Solutions, SADiE and DCA systems • Automatically creates basic audio CDs from DDP files • Allows for DDP Data Burst before or after the audio data • Allows you to monitor the data transfer rate to and from the drive • Reads DDP image files in the “Import Audio CD Tracks” dialog For further information, see the driver documentation. For further information, contact Cube-Tec International on the web: http://www.ddp-solution.com
WAVELAB 22 – 584 Data CD/DVD Projects Introduction A Data CD/DVD project is an environment that can be used to compile and write a data only CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, Mixed Mode CDs and mixed data/DVD-Audio discs (although this is only possible when a Data CD/ DVD project has been automatically created from a DVD-Audio project, see “Creating a DVD-Audio compatible disc” on page 589). • Data discs exclusively contain computer data. This can be files of any type. How- ever, the files are stored on the CD/DVD in such a way that an audio CD player or a DVD-Audio player cannot recognize them. • The difference between a Mixed Mode CD and a normal audio CD or a mixed data DVD-Audio disc and a normal DVD-Audio disc respectively is that the Mixed Mode CDs/mixed data/DVD-Audio discs contain both computer data and audio data that can be played back by a CD/DVD-A player. • On a Mixed Mode CD, the computer data occupies track 1, and the music occu- pies the subsequent tracks. Computer data on a DVD is stored in a separate di- rectory, and is not shown in the visual menu of a DVD-A player. An alternative to a Mixed Mode CD is the “CD-Extra” format, which also allows audio and data to be combined on the same CD. To create a CD-Extra, you first create and write an Audio Montage and then add the data. See “CD-Extra support” on page 575.
WAVELAB Data CD/DVD Projects 22 – 585 Creating a new Data CD/DVD Project For DVD, creating a new Data CD/DVD project as described below will en- able you to create a data only DVD-ROM disc. To create any type of DVD- Audio compatible disc, you have to first render a DVD-Audio project, see “Creating a DVD-Audio compatible disc ” on page 589. Creating a new Data CD/DVD project for data discs or Mixed Mode CDs To create a new Data CD/DVD project, select “Data CD/DVD” from the New submenu on the File menu. A new Data CD/DVD window appears. The principle is simple: The Data CD/DVD window has two main window panes; the source window on top and the destination window below. The source window shows the contents of your hard disks (or other stor- age media) in a way much like the Windows Explorer: with a folder hierar- chy “tree” to the left and the contents of the selected folder shown to the right. The destination window shows the contents of the CD/DVD to be recorded, again with two panes in the same manner. •To compile a data only CD-ROM/DVD-ROM or a Mixed Mode CD (but not a mixed data/DVD-Audio disc – see “Creating a DVD-Audio compat- ible disc” on page 589), drag files and/or folders from the upper into the lower window pane. You can record the CD/DVD as soon as you have placed all files in the lower pane. •In the destination window, you can rename, remove or open files. •You can save and open Data CD/DVD files from the File menu, as with other document types. Data CD/DVD files have the extension “.cdp”. Source window Destination window
WAVELAB 22 – 586 Data CD/DVD Projects Source window settings You can decide how files and folders are displayed in the source window (as icons, as a list, etc.) by selecting one of the items on the Source menu (or by clicking the corresponding icon) on the source window toolbar. To help navigating, you can use the functions “Up one level” and “Recent paths”. The latter (only available as an icon on the toolbar) displays a menu listing all recently used paths, allowing you to quickly go back to any of the listed folders. The Source window Source menu contains the following view options: Function Icon Description Refresh Click on this icon to update the contents of the window. This is useful if, for instance, storage media has been added or re- moved. Show Audio Files If this function is active, the right part of the window pane only shows audio files, if available. Show All Files If this function is active, the right part of the window pane shows all file types.
WAVELAB Data CD/DVD Projects 22 – 587 Destination window settings View settings Use the Destination menu to adjust how files and folders are displayed in the destination window, just like in the source window. Getting size information At the bottom of the Data CD/DVD window, a ruler shows you the current and the maximum size of the project. On the CD/DVD menu you can set the ruler to display either a CD scale or a DVD scale, as well as define the actual available space of the destination media you intend to use (see “Define media size…” on page 588). Holding the mouse pointer over the ruler brings up a pop-up tip, showing you the exact size of the project, and a dotted, vertical red line in the ruler shows you the maximum available space on the destination media. This allows you to quickly assess the used and remaining space for the project. You can also select “Properties” from the Destination window Edit menu, to get in formation about the number of files on the CD/DVD and their total size. Editing the CD/DVD contents You can move items between folders on the CD/DVD by using drag and drop, just like you drag them from the source window to add them. There are also various options on the Edit menu for adjusting the contents of the CD/DVD to be created: •To add a new folder (within the selected folder), select “New Folder”. See “Creating a Mixed Mode CD” on page 589 for a description of the “Add Audio Track Folder” function. •To rename the selected folder, select “Rename” from the menu and type in a new name. •To remove the selected file or folder from the Data CD/DVD, select “Re- move”. If a folder was selected, this and all its contents will be removed. Note that this only re- moves files from the Data CD/DVD, not from the hard disk. •To open the selected file or folder, select “Open”. There is also an “Open in WaveLab” item, for opening audio files and other documents in WaveLab.
WAVELAB 22 – 588 Data CD/DVD Projects The CD/DVD menu The CD/DVD menu contains items for preparing and writing the disc: Function Description Disk Label… Opens a dialog where you can name the CD/DVD to be recorded. CD/DVD Info… Displays the total number of files as well as the total file size on the CD/ DVD to be recorded. Add photo viewer to CD/DVD…This opens a dialog where you can select to add a simple photo viewing application to CDs/DVDs that contain photo images. The viewer appli- cation is called ImageViewer.exe and is added to the root of the CD/ DVD. It can only be used to visualize the photos on the CD/DVD. Note that the CD/DVD does not need to exclusively contain photos. Write CD/DVD… Opens a dialog from where you can start recording the data or Mixed Mode CD (see below). Save as ISO Image…An ISO image is a file that holds the entire contents of a data CD or DVD (files and folders). You can create an ISO image of a CD/DVD and burn it later in WaveLab. Create Label set… This allows you to create labels for your CDs. See “Selecting a tem- plate” on page 604 for more information. Edit text variables… Opens a dialog where you can edit and create text variables as used for CD labels (see “Defining user variables” on page 614). Export text variables in ASCII…This saves the current text variables as an ASCII text document in a tabu- lated format, suitable for editing in a spreadsheet application such as Microsoft Excel. CD Scale/DVD ScaleThese items allow you to select whether the ruler at the bottom of the Data CD/DVD window should display a CD scale or a DVD scale, showing the available amount of storage space. Since a DVD can hold considerably more data than a CD, you should for proper reference se- lect the appropriate option depending on which kind of media the mate- rial you are compiling is intended to end up. Define media size… Opens a dialog in which you can specify the available storage space of the destination media. If you for instance are using a DVD disc that can hold more data than the “standard” 4 700 MB, you can specify how much it can hold, to get a correct visual reference of the available space when preparing the DVD.
WAVELAB Data CD/DVD Projects 22 – 589 Creating a Mixed Mode CD To create a Mixed Mode CD (i.e. a CD with both audio and data), proceed as follows: 1.Select the “root” of the CD in the left destination window pane. 2.Select “Add Audio Track Folder” from the Destination window Edit menu. An Audio Track Folder item appears in the destination window. This cannot be moved or removed. 3.Drag any audio files you want included as audio tracks from the source window to the audio track folder. Creating a DVD-Audio compatible disc There is only one method you can use to create a DVD-Audio compatible disc, regardless of whether you intend to add data or not. 1.You first have to create a DVD-Audio project and then render the Mon- tage(s) that it contains (see “Creating and opening a DVD-Audio project” on page 552). 2.After the rendering process, a new Data CD/DVD window opens auto- matically, containing an AUDIO_TS folder and an (empty) VIDEO_TS folder. The AUDIO_TS folder contains all the rendered audio and visual menu content as well as optional value-added content (still pictures, text) stored as data files in various formats. 3.From here you can optionally add data and VIDEO_TS folder content cre- ated in a DVD-V authoring application. Like WaveLab (or any other DVD-Audio authoring application) always creates an AUDIO_TS folder, a DVD-V authoring application will always create a VIDEO_TS folder. •To add VIDEO_TS folder content drag it into the destination window. This content can be accessed from a DVD Universal player (see “Types of DVD players” on page 370) or a standard video DVD player. See “Data structure of a DVD-Audio disc” on page 368 for general information about the VIDEO_TS folder.
WAVELAB 22 – 590 Data CD/DVD Projects The Write dialog for the Data CD/DVD When you select “Write CD/DVD…” on the Destination window’s CD/ DVD menu, you will first be asked for a name for the CD or DVD to be cre- ated. After entering a name and clicking OK, the “Write virtual Disc” dia- log appears. Here you can make all the necessary settings for the CD or DVD to be recorded. • If you burn a DVD-Audio to a DVD-RW that already contains data, you will be asked if you want to create a new session. In that case you will have to click “No” and erase all the data on disk. Item Description Write The CD/DVD writing process is started. Close The dialog is closed. Settings This opens a dialog where you can make settings for your CD/DVD recorder. The content of this dialog depends on the recorder used. Disc Info If a writable disc is in the CD/DVD recorder, you can use this option to get information about its size and available space. Write speed Here you can select a write speed supported by your recorder. Write method Here you can select a Write method supported by your CD recorder. If you are adding the data portion to a CD-Extra CD, you must select “Track At Once” (see “CD-Extra support” on page 575). For DVD, there are no write method options.