Most CD Burners only support the creation of normal audio CDs. However, Audio Data Music CD Burner can create both normal audio CDs and data CDs.
When creating an audio CD, you should be able to put about 13 to 20 songs per CD. The main limit is that a CD-R can only hold 74 or 80 minutes of audio. The actual time of an 80 minute CD is actually less that 80 minutes.
Burning an 80-minute CD-R requires that your CD-Recorder hardware supports it. Not all CD-recorders support 80 minute CDRs! If you are not sure, consult your CD-recorder's documentation or visit the manufacturer's website for help.
For Data CD, you can fit hundreds of songs in a single disc. If you have a collection of MP3 files with an average of 5 MB each, you can fit 130 of them in one single 650 MB disc!
Can I add more songs on a CD that I created using DB CD Burner & Ripper later?
It depends. If you are creating a data CD, you can always put new files on the CD later as long as it has not been closed. Please refer to the 'Creating Multi-Session Disc' in the Help documentation that comes with the software for more info.
Audio CDs are recorded in TAO (Track-at-Once) recording mode and DB CD Burner & Ripper always closes the CD at the end of the burning process. So for audio CDs, you won't be able to add more songs later. You should have all your songs arranged before burning.
What type of blank media should I use to create a CD?
If you want the CD to be usable on any standard home or car stereo, you should use a blank CD-R disc. You can use CD-RW, but they are only supported by some of the more modern audio CD players.
I get a message saying that I have exceeded the disc capacity. I know the disc is new or has enough empty space.
Press the 'Reread CD' button to recalculate the disc empty space. Please note that the ADM CD Burner allocates about one minute from the total time available to separate each track. So if you have a 74 minutes CD, the software only allows you to use up to 73 minutes of recording time.
It won't finish the burn or I end up with an unusable CD!
You may be having buffer-under run problem. The CD recorder must have a non-interruptible stream of audio data. If it is interrupted the burn will fail.
Buffer under-runs are a common problem with CD writers. A buffer under-run occurs when not enough data is streamed to the drive from the system. Buffer under-runs are very uncommon using CD Burner. The software has a very efficient multi-threaded buffering system. There are some things you can do to prevent this problem from happening by:
1) Disable other processes running as background tasks (virus scan, screen-saver, etc...)
2) Try using a lower write speed especially on slow systems.
3) Don't run other applications while recording (especially on a slow system).
4) Try not to access the hard disk - I/O resources are needed by the writer and CDR software.
5) Don't record from a network connection if at all possible - the network data transfer rate may be too slow.
6) Install more memory - this will prevent heavy hard-disc swapping during recording.
7) Disable auto-insert notification for the CDR. Please refer to the Help documentation that comes with ADM CD Burner on how to do this.
8) Select the "Cache Image Before Writing" option on the Options window if you are burning Data CD or select "Cache/Decode files locally" if you are burning Audio CD
9) Try test burns before doing actual burns!
Doing any of these things will help you 'burn' more successfully and create less coasters. Most problems occur on slow systems with high write speeds (less data gets processed on time).
The CD writing was successful, but it won't play in my home or car stereo CD player!
Did you make sure to use a CD-R disc? Many people mistakenly use a CD-RW. Some newer audio CD players will support CD-RWs, but when in doubt use a CD-R!
I get an error message saying 'Component MySearchFile.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid'
This error is caused by an incomplete installation of ADM CD Burner particularly the incomplete registration of MySearchFile.ocx during ADM Burner installation.
First, make sure the file is present in your SYSTEM32 folder (for Windows XP) or SYSTEM (for Windows 98). If it's missing, you can download it from our website via the link below and save it into your system folder as described above.
I am seeing the message "runtime error '68': device unavailable"
If you using a CD/DVD writer combo drive, unfortunately ADM CD Burner doesn't have comprehensive support for such drive yet. You shouldn't receive that error if you are using a CD Writer drive.
To get around this, put an audio CD into the drive before you start the software. This tells the software you do have a CD Writer even though if it's not fully supported. The error should disappear.
Older CD drives (readers) do not have the ability to seek properly to a position on a CD and, thus, if they get out of sync, it will produce a pop in the audio. Here are some things to try.
Make sure the CD is clean and does not have scratches on it. (It may be permanently damaged and there may be no way to avoid the pop.)
Try lowering the ripping speed. Click the "Options" button, on the "CDDB Settings And Speed" under "Ripping Speed", lower the ripping spped. Ripping may be more accurate, but slower.
Try ripping the CD on another CD drive if you have more than one.
Shut down other programs, including screensavers and virus checkers to free up your computer's resources.
Try ripping to WAV format, instead of MP3. (This requires less computer power.)
Try purchasing and installing a new CD Drive. (Writers and readers are pretty inexpensive these days.)
Why does the program grabs CDs slower than other similar programs with other engines? Or, it grabs at the speed of 8x-10x, when the drive speed is 52x?
We have tested our software and other fast grabbers. The results are identical to other fastest grabbers.
Below we have described some grabbing speed dependencies, that may be interesting to you:
1. The first tracks of the cd are grabbed slower than the last tracks.
It is because the CD rotates with the Constant Angular Speed when the drive is reading the disc, so the Linear Speed of the disc rotation is slower on the first tracks (near center) and maximal on the last tracks (far from center). The maximal grabbing speed may show on the 2/3 of disc radius because of the maximal disc beating near the disc edge. The speed can vary from the 8x-10x near center to the 18x-20x on the last tracks.
2. The CD-R discs are grabbed faster than CD-RW, and very often than CD-ROM discs.
It is because the drive reading speed speed varies on this type of discs. The CD-RW discs reading speed can be 4x for the all disc from the beginning to the end. The CD-ROM disc speed is normally between 8x-12x, it can be slower if the disc scratched, even if there no errors during grabbing. However a lot of new CD-ROM Audio discs have 20x read speed.
3. The Plextor drives grab faster than many others.
Some CD-Drives grab with 18x when other drives grabs with 10x. It is permanently true for Plextor and Pioneer drives. Some old CD-ROMs have the 8x read speed and so it can't grab with the more than 8x speed even on the best quality discs.
4. When you grab to WMA Format, for example, the speed of the computer's CPU is one of the main parameters for the high-speed grabbing.
When you grab to the Format which uses compression (i.e.WMA, MP3, OGG) one thread is read from its beginning to the end, and the other thread converts the audio data from the first thread and save the wma data to the disc. So it may produce the following:
a) the track has been read but the grabbing is continued (in this case the speed of the CPU is not fast enough for converting with the same speed as disc reading, so converting is slower than reading)
b) the track grabbing speed is equal for grabbing to WAV and to MP3 Format, for example. (the track reading being slower than converting -- this case is normal for fast grabbing)
However, we admit that 5x speed is slow and if there are no logical reasons for grabbing with this speed on your PC and other software grabs faster -- it could be a bug. If that's the case, please feel free to contact us with a bug report. Please, include your hardware specs and we will try to help you to fix the problem.
The software does not see the tracks on my CD. What do I do?
1. Insert the AudioCD
2. Wait about 10-30 sec
3. If the tracks don't appear press the "Refresh" button.
4. If they are still invisible, try anothe CD drive if you have more than one
