Copyright: Copyright © 1997 by RSJ Software GmbH, Germering. All rights reserved.
Citation: Copyright © 1997 by RSJ Software GmbH, Germering. All rights reserved.


Contents
CD View

Contents:

•	RSJ CD View - Quick Reference

•	Basic and important stuff

•	Program launch

•	CD View's main window

•	CD View's context menu

•	Prepare tracks for copy operation

•	Support for MP3 and other multi media formats

•	Copying

•	Finalization

•	CD View and CDDB

•	Frequently asked questions

•	If you have another question

•	Registration/order full version

Copyright © 1997 by

RSJ Software GmbH, Germering.

All rights reserved.


Information
Copyright Information

RSJ CD View

für Windows™95 / NT

Copyright © 1997 by RSJ Software GmbH, Germering.

All rights reserved.

Authors:

Christian Mueller, Markus Mueller, Stefan Beutler

Also available for OS/2

RSJ Software GmbH

Industriestr.10

D 82110 Germering

GERMANY

Phone:	+49 - 89 - 89 41 42 0

Fax:	+49 - 89 - 89 41 42 80

Internet:

http(s)://www.rsj.de

Where to order

Where to get information

Trademarks

CD-related data through the Internet from the CDDB² Music CD Data Base.

 Copyright © 1999 CDDB Inc. CDDB Client Software Copyright © 1999 CDDB Inc.

"CDDB-Enabled", "CDDB", "CDDB²" and the CDDB Logo are trademarks of CDDB Inc.


Trade Marks

Microsoft, Windows and NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

OS/2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp.

CDDB-Enabled, CDDB, CDDB² and the CDDB Logo are trademarks of CDDB Inc.

All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners.


CD View Quick Reference

To copy tracks (CDs) with CD View proceed as follows:

1.	Launch CD View on both the target and source drive/directory; you can start as many CD View sessions on differrent devices as your system allows

2.	Select the tracks you want to copy in the source CD View session(s)

3.	Drag the selected tracks (left mouse button) and drop them on the target CD View; you can even drag MP3 and other multimedia files from Explorer to the target window.

4.	Select the preferred recording speed in the target CD View

5.	Press the record button.

6.	After all tracks are copied finalize the session in the target window.

Please note the hints in Basic and important stuff!


Basic and important stuff

Notes

Although CD View comes included with the CD-Writer file system, it has to be considered a seperate product. Please keep the following in mind when using either products:

•	A CD-R medium that was formatted using the file system can *not* be used with CD View anymore.

•	CD-Rs that were used with CD View (write access) can not be used with the file system, respectively.

Why CD View?

Data on CDs is stored in tracks; every CD therefore contains at least one track. These tracks can hold audio, video or CD-ROM data.

The RSJ CD Writer file system processes data on a file basis, so it cannot copy audio and video data (supposed this data is not stored in a WAV, AVI or similar file).

That's what CD View was designed for. CD View can work on CD-ROM drives, CD recorders and hard disks and copies tracks no matter what they contain. The tracks can be combined and sorted in any order before they are copied.

When to use CD View

Use CD View to

•	copy audio CDs; the desired titles (tracks) can be copied from various sources, including audio CDs and multimedia files (such as MP3, WAV etc.), so you can easily build your own "sampler"-CDs;

•	copy Data CDs (CD-ROMs); CD-ROMs typically contain only a single track that contains all the files on that disk. CD View copies data CDs simply by Drag and Drop and produces copies (CD-Rs) that can later be accessed with any CD-ROM drive and be used just like their originals;

•	combine different track formats on a single CD.

CD View and the different devices it supports

CD View can work on CD recorders, CD-ROM drives and hard disks. The functionality offered by CD View depends on the capabilities of the device used (e.g. already copied tracks can only be deleted if the device is a hard disk).

If you use CD View on a hard disk, a CD recorder is simulated. CD View creates a single file for each "track" with either a TRK or a WAV extension; the directory used should not be manipulated by other programs than CD View

CD View accepts files from the Windows™ Explorer, too. You can drag WAV or TRK files from an Explorer window and drop them in a CD View target session. CD View then creates a track for each file.


Program launch

There are two ways to launch CD View:

Using the context (pop up) menu or a command prompt.

Launch from the context menu

Every shell object in Windows 95 has a context menu that can be accessed using the right mouse button. The context menu of a CD recorder or CD-ROM drive contains an entry RSJ CD View

Launch from the command prompt

To launch CD View from a command prompt enter the device to be used as a parameter. CD recorders or CD-ROM drives require just the drive letter:

cdview e:

This command launches CD View on drive E:.

For hard disks you have to specify a sub directoy:

  	cdview c:\cdwriter\tracks

This command causes CD View to simulate a CD recorder in c:\cdwriter\tracks.

On start up, CD View reads the track directory of the specified device and displays it.

TIP:

Add shortcuts to CD View to your desktop and specify the desired device behind the executable file name (cdview.exe)


CD View's Main Window

Contents

On start up, CD View reads the track directory of the specified device and displays it.

To open CD View's context menu, right click into the track list.

Click the area below for further explanations:


column "source" (def.)

Tracks not yet copied (not availabe on "that" device) are displayed with their source description in this column.


(def.)

This column shows the track length in MB.


(def.)

The track length in minutes and seconds.


(def.)

This column indicates the track type, either CD-ROM, CD-XA, Video or Audio. Each track has a symbol in the left column that depends on the type.

 See also:

track type symbols


(def.)

This column displays the track titles. If you enter your own titles here, these titles are restored when the medium is re-inserted.

The symbols displayed to the left indicate the track type and its status.

Note:

The titles are not stored on the CD and are displayed only by CD View.


(def.)

Enter the CD's title here.

See also the description for the title column.


Die Statusleiste (def.)

The status bar displays general information about the medium.

During copy operations, the bar displays the title of the track being copied.

Eventual errors are displayed here as well.


Toolbar
The Toolbar

This is CD View's toolbar:

Click on the button you want to learn more about.


(def.)

Plays the (first) selected audio track.

This options is disabled if there's no audio track selected or thedevice does not support audio play back.

To be able to hear audio play back, CD-ROM drives and recorders must have a connection to a sound card.


(def.)

Pauses/resumes audio play back.


(def.)

Starts the copy operation

This command is only available in target CD View sessions and if the device has writing capabilites (no CD-ROM) and there are tracks queued for copying.

See also:

Prepare tracks for copy operation

Copying


(def.)

Finalizes the current session so the medium can be read by normal CD-ROM drives.

Only available on CD recorders and if tracks were already copied (a session is open).

See also

Finalization


(def.)

Opens the drive door.

This is not available if the current device is a hard disk.


(def.)

Sets the recording speed.

If the target is a CD recorder, the speed setting must not be too fast  for the source device. If you copy an audio CD from your CD-ROM drive to the recorder please note that rather old CD-ROM drives read audio data  with single speed, even though they read data tracks faster.

CD View automatically verifies how fast the source drive is before the copy process is actually started; this way, the target CD won't be damaged if the source drive is too slow. However, if read errors occur during the copy operation a buffer underrun error can still occur.

This setting does not affect the CD Writer file system.

See also

Hints


(def.)

Shows the CD View options dialog.

Use this dialog to adjust audio parameters if audio tracks are clipped.

Generally, the standard settings should be ok.

Additionally, you can turn CDDB support off or on.


(def.)

Deletes the selected track(s).

Already copied tracks can only be deleted if the current device is a hard disk.


(def.)

Rescans the track directory.

After rescanning, only already copied (existent) tracks are displayed in the list. If you have dropped tracks on CD View to copy them later, these tracks will not be displayed anymore.


(def.)

If the current drive supports CD-RWs and the CD inserted is a CD-RW, this button can be used to completely erase the CD.


Context Menu
CD View's Context Menu

CD View's context menu is displayed when you right click its track list.

Note:

The CDDB sub menu is only available if CDDB support is installed.

Click the area below for further explanations:


(def.)

Enables you to edit the selected track's title.

Note:

Titles edited in CD View cannot be submitted to the CDDB data base. If you want to submit data to CDDB, please use the Submit new CDDB entry command in the CDDB sub menu.


(def.)

Selects all tracks in the list.


(def.)

Launches RSJ CD Cover Editor, a program that prints CD covers.


(def.)

Prints a cover for the current CD with no questions asked.


(def.)

Shows CD View's About dialog containing version and copyright information.


(def.)

Performs a CDDB query for the currently inserted CD. This way, you can access the CDDB data base to retrieve the CD's title strings.

Notes:

•	A CDDB query makes no sense if the current CD is a self-compiled mix CD since CDDB only knows CDs that are available in public.

•	There can be only one CDDB query running at any one time; this also applies to multiple CD View sessions.

•	CDDB functionality is only available if CDDB support was installed.

•	An active Internet connection is required to access CDDB.


(def.)

If your CD cannot be found in the CDDB data base, you can submit a new entry using this command.


(def.)

Shows extended information about the current CD (if available).


(def.)

Displays a dialog that allows you to change your CDDB registration.

Note:

Any data you enter into this dialog is used by CDDB Inc. only, it will not be used or transmitted to RSJ Software.


(def.)

Displays a dialog whery you can change CDDB specific options.


(def.)

Opens CDDB's web site in your default browser.


(def.)

Opens the CDDB Music Browser.


Prepare tracks for copy operation

1.	Launch CD View session(s) on the source device(s)

2.	Launch CD View session on the target device (CD recorder or hard disk)

2.	Select the tracks you want to copy

4.	Drag the selected tracks and drop them on the target CD View session

5.	Optionally, you can edit the track titles in the target session; the track's context menu contains an entry edit title

6.	Sort the tracks in the target session as you like; if the target device already contains tracks, you cannot place other tracks before them.

Notes

•	Already copied tracks cannot be rearranged;

•	You can use multiple copy sources for a single target;

•	Storing tracks on hard disks is especially useful if you want to create more than one CD. If the source drive is a hard disk, you can adjust the recording speed of the recorder to its maximum value and thereby save time. However, you still have to be careful if the hard disk used is rather slow. In any case, if you copy from hard disk, you should close other applications that might acces the source drive to provide maximum performance.

•	You can edit the tracks' titles; these will be restored the next time you start CD View with the same CD.


Symbols (def.)

The following icons are used in the track list:

 	Data track (CD-ROM)

 	Audio track

 	Video track

These symbols are used for already copied tracks; tracks queued for copying have the following symbols:


Copying

After dragging the selected tracks into the target CD View window, start copying tracks using the record button [image].

CD View now copies the tracks queued.

If the target device is a CD recorder, you should set the recording speed according to the source device(s).See also the note in Prepare tracks for copy operation.

During copy, a status dialog is displayed:

The read cache indicator should never be to the very left during copy operations, since this would mean that the source device is not fast enough and the copy operation is aborted. If you copy to hard disk, this indicator is not displayed.

The indicator below shows the copy progress.

Note

You can abort the copy operation using the button. However, data already written to CD recorders cannot be deleted, so the space used by the aborted track is lost.

If you stop the copy operation before the recorder starts writing (indicator lamp on recorder), this does not apply.

When the Abort copy button is pressed, CD View displays a dialog where you can choose if you want to abort immediately or after the current track is copied.


 Finalization

After the copy operation the session must be finalized. Use the finalize session button [image] in the toolbar.

During finalizeation the table of contents is written to the medium. This makes the CD readable for normal CD-ROM drives (and recorders, of course) and uses about 20 MB of disk space. If you want to add more tracks to the CD-R later, you can eject it without finalizing the current session. However, the medium is not accessible from CD-ROM drives as long as the session is not finalized.

Notes

•	Sessions on hard disks can not (and don't have to be) finalized

•	Before you finalize the current session you can adjust the recording speed to its maximum value, since this task does not depend on the speed of the source drive.

•	When working with the RSJ CD Writer file system, you can create and finalize multiple sessions on a single medium. However, if you are using CD View you should create and finalize only the first session. Usually, audio tracks are recognized only when located in the first session (HiFi audio CD players).


If you still have a question...

If this online help or the manual could not answer your question, you can contact us as follows:

•	via E-Mail: 	support@rsj.de

•	via Fax: 	+49 - 89 - 89 41 42 - 80

•	via Phone: 	+49 - 89 - 89 41 42 - 0

•	postal address: 	RSJ Software GmbH

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•	Windows version (see Control Panel -> System)

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•	Make and type of the CD recorder and CD-ROM drive

•	SCSI host adapter make and type

•	Amount of memory (RAM) installed in your system

•	Settings used for the CD recorder

•	Precise description of the problem and the situation

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If you have questions on registration or how to place an order, please use the addresses shown here.


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If you have internet access, visit our secure site at

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find answers to some frequently asked questions:

CD View cannot access the CD recorder.

If you're recorder is an external device, make sure it is turned on before you boot the computer.

The medium inserted must not be formatted (with the RSJ CD Writer file system). Ensure there is no other application accessing the recorder.

CD View does not recognize tracks that it previously wrote to hard disk.

CD View creates one file for each track using the following naming convention:

TrackXX.trk

where xx is the track number.

If the file names are altered, they won't be recognized as tracks.

Strange errors and crashes

Some SCSI host adapters require you to make sure they do not start synchronous transfer. This option is to be set either using jumpers on the adapter or with some setup utilities (e.g. press Ctrl+A for Adaptec devices). if your adapter offers this option, make sure it's turned off for the recorder.

But:

No rule without exception: the Teac recorders CDR50S and 55S require synchronous transfer!

Maybe some memory chips are defect. Memory faults are hard to track (no parity bit) and often cause a total system crash. If you are not absolutely sure about the RAM used adjust a rather slow access speed setting in your computer's BIOS setup. Turning off the 2nd level cache might be helpful (for testing), too.

Please note that RSJ CD-Writer makes excessive use of installed memory. You might have faulty RAMs and never have a problem with other applications.

Try the latest driver for your SCSI host adapter.

After changing the cache size setting copy operations abort with an error message.

The maximum cache size depends on the amount of memory installed in your system. If the cache size is larger than the available (free) memory, the missing space is retrieved by swapping other data and/or programs to the hard disk. This reduces CD Writer performance and might cause copy faults.

CD-Rs written by CD Writer or CD View cannot be accessed from some CD-ROM drives

Unfortunately, there is no general solution to this problem. The CD-ROM drive must be able to read CD-XA tracks and recognize multiple sessions. Sometimes, certain CD-ROM / CD recorder combinations cause problems, e.g. the NEC 6-speed drive CDR502 cannot read disks created with a Yamaha CDR100E.

After copying the last audio track I sometimes receive an error message

On some audio CDs the end of the last track cannot be determined exactly. We will watch this problem and will eventually suppress the error message in a future release. The error can be ignored.

Are pauses between audio tracks avoidable - Disk-at-Once?

Since RSJ CD Writer does not (yet) support Disk At Once, the 2 second break between audio tracks is not avoidable.

Can I create single track CDs using the RSJ CD Writer Filesystem?

No. Due to the nature of our CD Writer file system one track has to be reserved for the primary volume descriptor; this track is written when the session is finalized.

If you want to copy data CDs into a single track on the target CD, you can use CD View or Copy Wizard instead. CD View creates a 1:1 copy of the source CD; this also applies to the number of tracks on the target CD.

Why do some CD ROM drives read audio tracks with single speed?

Some CDROM drives only support single speed for reading audio tracks. This is a hardware specific limitation.

When I copy audio tracks from my Philips CDD2600 to the hard disk some tracks contain errors.

This is due to a hardware malfunction of the CDD2600. This model usually copies the first tracks ok, while later tracks contain errors. To avoid this, you have to adjust single reading speed (1x). To do so, adjust the recording speed in the target CD View window (not in the one for the CDD2600) to "1x".


read cache (def.)
This indicator shows how full the read cache is.

If you are copying to a CD recorder, this indicator should never move to the very left, since that would mean that the source device cannot deliver the data fast enough. In that case, try to reduce the recording speed in the target CD View session.

This indicator is not shown if you copy to a hard disk.


(def.)

Shows the copy operation progress.


(def.)

Aborts the current copy operation

If this button is pressed, a dialog appears where you can either abort immediately or after the current track is written.


(def.)

Shows source and target of current copy operation.


Support for MP3 and other formats

CD View now includes seamless support for MP3 files and other file formats. However, this requires that Windows Media Player (version 6.00 and up) is installed.

Windows Media Player is available either as a separate archive or  included in Internet Explorer 5; both are downloadable from Microsoft's web site.

Copying MP3 files is done by simply dragging these files from Windows Explorer to the CD View target window - see also:  Prepare tracks for copy operation.


Options dialog
The Options dialog

The following options are available:

Start delay / Pause time

Allows you to adjust parameters for audio tracks in case they are clipped either at the beginning or the end.

enable CDDB support

Allows you to turn off CDDB support even if it is installed