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- DISC-AT-ONCE CDROM RECORDING UTILITIES
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- DAO.EXE
- This is the main disc-at-once recording program. It is capable
- of making AUDIO, CDROM (Mode1), CDROM-XA (Mode2), CD-I, CD+G, and
- MIXED-MODE discs. The resulting discs will be either "redbook" or
- "yellowbook" compatible and can be used as masters for commercial
- CDROM production. You are required to write a CUE SHEET file for
- each disc which defines (among other things) the data files to be
- written and the starting time of each track/index point. This infor-
- mation is used to build the table-of-contents and subcode-Q data on
- the recorded disc (the programs MAKECUE and QUICKCUE can generate
- cue sheets for existing audio CDs automatically). DAO gives you
- complete control over the track/index layout when creating audio
- discs. It is possible to define variable length "pause areas" between
- tracks (down to zero!) and define subindexes to other points within
- a track. Refer to DAO.TXT for more information.
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- SNAPSHOT.EXE
- This program will make backup copies of just about any CDROM disc.
- Refer to SNAPSHOT.TXT for instructions.
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- CDCLIP.EXE
- This program extracts "digital audio data" from a CD and stores
- the data in a WAV or other type of binary file. This file can then
- be recorded onto a new CD using DAO.EXE. CDCLIP performs complete
- "jitter compensation" to insure correct digital copies. NOTE: Many
- CD recorders are the best choice for reading audio data, because they
- are capable of reading audio at 2x speed and don't require jitter
- compensation (many CDROM drives can only read audio at 1x speed).
- Refer to CDCLIP.TXT for a list of supported drives.
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- MAKEISO.EXE
- This program will build an ISO9660 image file from one or more
- data files. Refer to MAKEISO.TXT for more details.
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- MAKECUE.EXE
- This program will scan an audio CD for subcode-Q data changes
- and generate a CUE SHEET file for use with REDBOOK.EXE. Only a few
- CDROM drives can be instructed to read subcode-Q data (if a drive
- can read digital audio data, it can usually read Q data as well).
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- QUICKCUE.EXE
- This program will create a "quick and dirty" CUE SHEET file
- for use with REDBOOK.EXE. This program should be used only if your
- drive does *not* support the reading of subcode-Q data. Refer to
- QUICKCUE.TXT for more information on making copies of audio discs
- with little effort.
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- ISO2RAW.EXE
- This program will take an ISO9660 image file and convert it to
- raw CDROM data sectors (2352 byte sectors). The resulting file can
- then be used by DAO.EXE to create a data or mixed-mode disc. You must
- convert your image files because some recorders (such as the Philips
- and HP) will only accept raw data sectors when doing disc-at-once
- recording. It takes substantial CPU overhead to convert the sectors
- while recording, so it must be done ahead of time. Refer to DAO.TXT
- for more information on using ISO2RAW.
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- WAV2MOT.EXE
- This program will convert a WAV file to Motorola binary format.
- It is used primarily to create data files that are compatible with
- the Philips 522 recorder which expects audio data to be sent in
- "most significant byte first" format. NOTE: If your files are not
- converted prior to recording, then the data must be converted on
- the fly. This can cause data underruns on some systems due to the
- amount of CPU time it takes to do the conversion.
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