creating format - CD-Rom-XA vs CD-R

[Mike Richter]

Phil Schuman wrote: I have an HP writer and use Easy CD creator - All the CD's I create seem to be in a format called CD-ROM-XA - using single track or multi-track - Also, I can use the Adaptec Direct-CD software to make the CD appear as a drive letter, and just bring files over to it - and then burn at the end. I friend gave me a CD with some photos on it, and after resizing and editing them, I wanted to put them back on the CD - but could not - It said it was a CD-R and could not be re-opened - It was not "closed" as my diag software said it was "appendable" - so - what software writes in the CD-R format vs the CD-ROM-XA format that seems to be used by Adaptec Easy-CD Creator and Direct-CD

CD-ROM = Compact Disc - Read-Only Memory

You really should take the time to read the basics of CD recording at
one of the usual references: the CD-R FAQ or the primer at my WWW site.

Any mastering software will let you add a session to an unclosed disc.
However, that is not done from the program creating the file(s) but from
the mastering program. To write files directly to a CD-R (erasable or
write-once), you need to format it for packet writing. YOu report doing
that with DCD.

I do not recommend adding a UDF session to a disc with an ISO 9660 Level
2 already written, though it may work. Your best bet is to use packets -
DCD - throughout or to save up the files until you have enough to write
a fresh session.

Mike
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[smh]

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Mike Richter, were you born with
"Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
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Mike Richter (Lying Scum) wrote: Your best bet is to use packets - DCD - throughout

Use DirectCD when you rejected it, Hit&Run Mikey?

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Date: 8/19/02

I have used only DCD for packet writing,
have had no problems due to the software -
but too many due to the format itself

to bother with it any longer.

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From: Mike Richter (cRoxio Shill)
Date: 6/17/02

uninstalled DCD
when I stopped testing for Roxio
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The above Mikey's statement is the first ever case in which a Shill is
rejecting the very product IT is shilling for.

With a Shill like this, cRoxio doesn't need any critics!

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cRoxio, Eat Your Heart Out !!!
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[Phil Schuman]

"Mike Richter" <mrichter@cpl.net> wrote in message
news:3EFF9E67.4040803@cpl.net... You really should take the time to read the basics of CD recording at one of the usual references: the CD-R FAQ or the primer at my WWW
site. Any mastering software will let you add a session to an unclosed disc. However, that is not done from the program creating the file(s) but
from the mastering program. To write files directly to a CD-R (erasable or write-once), you need to format it for packet writing. YOu report
doing that with DCD.

just as a followup -
I use the Adaptec CD Creator on my machine,
and the HP Writer software diag program
reports the CD format as CD-ROM-XA & appendable -

I asked the person that gave me the CD what he used
to create the CD, and he said Nero 5.5 -
Now when I pop this CD into the HP Writer software diag program,
it reports that the CD is formatted as CD-R & appendable.

I wonder if Adaptec CD Creator "always" writes in CD-ROM-XA format,
or if there is a way to force the common/default CD-R format ?
BTW - I tried both the "drive letter" and "all at once" methods...
Phil -

[Mike Richter]

Phil Schuman wrote:
I wonder if Adaptec CD Creator "always" writes in CD-ROM-XA format, or if there is a way to force the common/default CD-R format ? BTW - I tried both the "drive letter" and "all at once" methods... Phil -

PLEASE read one of the usual references: the CD-R FAQ or the primer at
my WWW site. Rewriting the primer for basic questions is a waste of time.

The "common/default CD-R format" is XA. You are free to choose Mode 1 in
ECDC if you wish.

Mike
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