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- More2CDMaker GUI 1.6 by UbiK
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- Sparse instructions written by DeXT
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- This GUI version takes full advantage of Mode2CDMaker 1.5.1. However it's also
- compatible with 1.5, althought you cannot use every option (CloneCD output). It
- will work with 1.4.x and earlier, but in this case it will create CDs with short
- filenames only, due to some command line switch differences.
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- The main GUI window is organized into four areas: left column of buttons,
- filesystem tree (the big white area), textboxes and CD space bar, and bottom
- row of buttons.
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- The main area where you will work is the filesystem tree which holds the target
- CD structure. Here you can drag&drop the files you want on the CD (note that
- they will be added as Form1 by default, you can then mark as Form2 (i.e. make
- them bold) with the "Set/Unset Form2" button.
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- If you push the right button while on the file tree area, a popup menu appears,
- with the following options: Make Folder, Set/Unset Form2, Browse File Folder (to
- browse the source path of the selected file), Rename, Remove all (cleans the
- file tree) Load/Save structure (load/save the current file tree).
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- On the left column a series of buttons can be found:
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- * Add Files: use this button to add Form1 files (such as executables, zip files,
- pictures, text, etc).
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- * Add Media Files: use this to add Form2 files (i.e. Movie files, such as AVI,
- OGG, MPEG etc). They will be shown in bold in the file list.
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- * Add Folder: use this to add entire folders with their full directory structure
- and sub-directories. By default these are added as Form1 (can be changed later).
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- * Make Folder: create a new empty directory on the CD structure, to put files
- inside.
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- * Remove: remove a file or folder from the file list.
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- * Set/Unset Form2: toggle Form1/Form2 status for any selected file on the file
- list (Form2 files will be shown as bold, Form1 as normal text).
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- Then a series of list boxes and checkboxes follows:
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- * File naming scheme (ASCII/ISO Level 1/ISO Level 2): changes the current file
- name format being recorded on the CD. ASCII is the default one (similar to
- Joliet or Romeo format). ISO Level 1/2 puts all in uppercase and cuts to 8+3 or
- 31 characters, respectively.
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- * Single Track: checks single-track mode, this saves space and has less problems
- when burning on some recorders, but it's not suitable for Linux usage.
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- * Keep Extension: keeps the original file extension on the file name (it will
- still be followed by the default Form2 extension).
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- * View Prompt: shown the command line prompt when creating the image so you can
- view mode2cdmaker output.
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- * Output image format (BIN/CUE and CloneCD): here you can select the output image
- format, being the default one BIN/CUE (CDR-WIN) which is compatible with most
- recording software. You can also choose CloneCD format which is more accurate
- and has less compatibility problems (it will generate four files: CCD, IMG, SUB
- and CUE).
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- Below the main file tree window, a series of text boxes are found:
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- * Save image to: you can push the "..." button to select a path and base filename
- for the output image. The extensions shown above will be added to this base
- filename to create the image sets.
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- * Volume name: change the default volume name of the target CD.
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- * Form2 Ext: change the default extension for Form2 files (DAT).
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- * Real path of files: shows the source path of the currently selected file.
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- Below that you'll find a grey bar showing the current estimated CD space taken
- on the target CD. Since mixing Form1/Form2 content make it difficult to
- caltulate by hand the total space taken on the CD, this bar shows you the space
- used by the current file tree, making the needed corrections for the Form2 files
- (a 700 MB CD can hold up to 800 MB of Form2 data). If you pass the current CD
- limit the bar becomes red. Clicking on the barr will toggle the current CD limit
- between the following values: 74, 80, 90 & 99 min.
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- Below this bar you'll find three numbers:
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- * Estimated CD size: the space taken on an equivalent Mode1 CD, i.e. 700 MB for
- a full 80 min CD. Form2 sizes are converted here to Mode1, so you can calculate
- how much Mode1 space is still left.
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- * Time: the current CD space taken, shown in minutes, as well as the current CD
- limit.
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- * Actual data written: the total data size being written on the CD, it's just a
- sum of the Form1 and Form2 data being written.
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- Finally on the bottom row you can find four buttons:
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- * Write ISO: launches mode2cdmaker.
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- * View CmdLine: shows the mode2cdmaker command line.
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- * Generate Batch: creates a BAT file with the current command line.
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- * Exit: really do you need info about this? ;)
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- That's all. Hope you'll find these instructions useful ;)
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- Many thanks to UbiK for making such a great GUI!
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- DeXT
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