FireStrater FX FAQ

What shouldn't I do if I want to use FireStarter FX?

A very important thing to do is set the system behaviour to Ignore 
in the System Preferences -> CDs & DVDs.

Otherwise, the Finder keeps the CD for itself, and FireStarter can't get 
access to the burner to burn the CD.

When you give a name for a CD in the Finder, the Finder formats that
CD, and then, it get unsuable for any other burning application, 
Toast and FireStarter included.

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How do I create VCDs and/or SVCDs with FireStarter FX?

If you want to burn SVCD, you have first to get the image of that SVCD. 
FireStarter won't create it for you, but only allow you to burn it.

VCD images usually come with as a couple of files, one called the 
TOC (or Table Of Contents) and has a .toc or .cue extension. 
The other is the data and has a .bin extension.

In order to do so, I suggest that you download "GNU vcdtoolsX" and use
the vcdimager (second button of the app) which allows you to "pack mpeg
files as tracks in .bin disc-images".
Since firestarter is perfect for burning .bin files, you should be able
to burn VCDs and SVCDs easily, and with the cool overburn feature :-)

http://www.sbpr.a.se/systemjammers/vcdtoolsx/

UPDATE: 
It seems that the VCDTOOLSX is now a dead project. 
Thanks to Scott for having send this URL which is a mirror:
http://homepage.mac.com/tgpo/prog/vcdtoolsX.sit

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Is you burner recognized as a burner by Mac OS X?

To check that, please launch the Apple System Profiler which is located in /Application/Utilities. 
Under the 'Devices and Volumes' tab, find your drive among those listed in the "Bus" section, and look for the "Disc burning" info: You should get something about the level of support by Mac OS X. For example, my drive has 'Disc Burning' "Fully supported"

If your burner is not recognized, you'll have to use the "Force" option.

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How does a copy of a CD made?

It's fairly easy: You put the CD on the default reader device: you must have openend the preferences window, selected the default reader device AND selected the driver corresponding to your device. If you don't know which driver to select, remember the following statement:
99% of the devices (applicable to almost all the recent drives) work with either the generic-mmc or the generic-mmc-raw drivers. If one these drives doesn't allow to burn AND copy, try the other. For more info about this, please read the readme :-)

Then, the disc is unmounted (which is different from being ejected). When it's unmounted, you'll see a "no readable" statement in the popup-menu. This is a little misleading but I haven't found anything better.

Finally, and hopefully, the copy begins, and you see the progress bar move.

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* IF YOU EXPERIENCES ISSUES WITH THIS VERSION, TRY TRASHING THE PREFERENCE FILE which is located in your home/Library/Preferences/ and is named : com.projectomega.firestarter.plist